Price increases on Licenses thoughout the West
Last week we saw a proposal in Idaho, and now we see that Colorado will be raising their prices as well. Ihave no doubt that the inflationary pressures affect wildlife departments just as it affects other businesses and consumers
A friend in Colorado Forwarded me this story from the Grand Junction Sentinal.
Nonresident big-game hunters will pay more for a license next year after the Colorado Wildlife Commission Thursday adopted higher prices for out-of-state big-game fees.
Nonresident hunting-license prices are tied to a 2008 Consumer Price Index, which this year jumped 3.7 percent from last year’s level. Bull elk licenses will rise from $525 to $545, all deer licenses go from $315 to $325 and pronghorn tags increase to $325 from $315.
Other nonresident price increases include moose, mountain goat and Rocky Mountain bighorn sheep to $1,825 from $1,760. Nonresident hunters are not able to purchase a desert bighorn sheep hunting license.
Nonresident licenses for bear, mountain lion and cow elk will be $250.
The Division of Wildlife gets more than half ($53.8 million) of its $95 million budget from the sale of deer and elk licenses. Nonresident elk and deer hunters contribute $45.5 million of the $53.8 million.
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Well when we talk about non resident Idaho tags going up I don’t see the problem, but talk about any other state’s non resident tags going up and this is a problem! Guess it’s all in perspective.
I reckon, like you said, inflation would effect a F&G department the same it would a super market.
November 19th, 2008 at 9:25 am