EMTDAD
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I know.. NPR.. but seems like a balanced article overall.
Decline In Hunters Threatens How U.S. Pays For Conservation
Decline In Hunters Threatens How U.S. Pays For Conservation
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Lol everyone pays PR/fet for gun stuff, not just hunters.
I know.. NPR.. but seems like a balanced article overall.
Decline In Hunters Threatens How U.S. Pays For Conservation
Tue but the licensing is way more of the funding stream than p and r on the whole .Lol everyone pays PR/fet for gun stuff, not just hunters.
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Tue but the licensing is way more of the funding stream than p and r on the whole .
Yes. License fees are 35% of conservation funding and p r tax is 11%. Did you read the article?So the licensing, a greater part of that goes to that as opposed to the 10/11% excise tax?
-Mike
One thing you'll never hear me complain about believe it or not is the proce tag to hunt in mass. Resident "sporting" license includes huntig AND fishing for $45 and it includes 2 antlered tags, small game and upland bird. Other stamps for turkey, bear, and antlerless tags are only $5. It's pretty cheap to hunt and fish in mass compared to other states.I haven't bought a license to hunt or fish in 35+ years. Bought my lifetime licenses big game small game bow muzzle loader turkey fishing and not a dime since. Bought same for sons when they were four. They never need to buy a license. Not sure how any of that figures into stats for revenue.
New York has been raising license prices. They recently reduced fishing license costs trying to get some people back.
One thing you'll never hear me complain about believe it or not is the proce tag to hunt in mass. Resident "sporting" license includes huntig AND fishing for $45 and it includes 2 antlered tags, small game and upland bird. Other stamps for turkey, bear, and antlerless tags are only $5. It's pretty cheap to hunt and fish in mass compared to other states.
Hell I paid $75 for a Maine non resident SMALL GAME LICENSE!Yea it is. A sporting license, 2 doe tags, turkey tags and a waterfowl stamp is like 70 bucks. I ain't complaining. I pay more than that for just 1 tag in RI (non-resident though).
Yes. License fees are 35% of conservation funding and p r tax is 11%. Did you read the article?
Perhaps because they are politicians, first and foremost.I remember when Romney was planning on taking the money for fish and game and using it elsewhere, until he realized he'd lose the fed money that goes with it.
Why are the republicans we elect in this state never on our side?
Yea it is. A sporting license, 2 doe tags, turkey tags and a waterfowl stamp is like 70 bucks. I ain't complaining. I pay more than that for just 1 tag in RI (non-resident though).
Yes, but I read it too fast.... this part explains a lot...
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To access those federally apportioned funds, states have to pony up some of their own matching money - 25 percent or more of the total they're looking to get back. No match, no money."
What the actual f***? So the feds are probably sitting on a pile of cash from P-R money.... I guess what I was driving at earlier, is that 10/11% is a shitload of money, and you would think that it would, at least
partially, offset the slumping hunting license sales due to the volume alone.
-Mike
Yes...you can't compare non-resident to resident. Differences between Res and Non Res out West are moronic. Every year states raise tag prices to NR, and they are whoring the resource more and more. Many are not willing to pay it anymore, as the demographics of baby boomers paying retarded prices to hunt game have changed as the Gen X is taking over. Paying thousands just for a tag only is borderline dumb.....
MA prices are OK, but there are other much better deer hunting states that are cheaper for their residents. And MA is pretty much unhuntable in the eastern third of the state with the laws on the books, unless you know someone or have land access.
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Point being - our hunting licenses are one thing we really can't complain about. That said the state does a poor job managing the land. So I guess you get what you pay for.