Test - Hunting License Fee Increase

[JaMak84]

I'll agree to a license increase when the state decides to earmark a percentage of all state sales tax for the MDWFP. I pay a lot of taxes towards services I'll never use simply by being a citizen of this state. Since the fish and wildlife of this state belong to all the people of the state, we should all chip in for the management.

[jbs38654]

We need to lobby for more nïggers to hunt if you want more government funding

[Lazy Drake]

Not interested in any license fee increase. MDWFP should have plenty of money from all the additional ticket revenue generated from all the additional regulations passed in the last 5 years.

I might, with some major assurances be willing to designate an extra $1-2 buck that goes straight to buying public land to hunt. Only if it can never have a dumb draw hunt and I don't need a cheat sheet to take with me to make sure I am in compliance with the 50-11 rules posted at the entrance.

[MSDawg870]

I'm 100% in favor of a license decrease.

[booger]

It doesn't do any good to have public land to hunt, then a 60 day season, then out of the 60, you can only hunt it perhaps three, four days a week, say Wednesday, Saturday & Sunday. Unless there is a deer draw hunt prior to the first full moon in December on a Friday if that Friday falls on an even number.............it goes on forever.

[SB]

1993 is when today's license prices were set. I Googled what gas prices were in 1993, and the best I was able to come up with was $0.99/gal.

JaMak84 - you make an interesting comment regarding earmarking a percentage of the sales tax for conservation. Several states have alternative funding sources like this. MO and AR are the two that come to mind. I believe MO gets 1/8th of 1%. It doesn't sound like much, but it adds up quickly. You touched on one point, all of society benefits from wildlife and enjoys the use of public land in which the wildlife resides, either directly (hunting, camping, bird watching) or indirectly (clean air and water). As it is now in Mississippi, hunters are paying the way for all users. I wouldn't be opposed for others to chip $ in.

A 1993 dollar will not buy much today.

[DUCKAHOLIC]

All of yall do understand that the MDWFP is a self sufficient state agency. Their operating budget comes from license sales.

And to the brother whining about tickets.....ticket fines go into the county general fund where the ticket was issued....even highway patrol tickets go to the county not the state or the agency issuing the ticket......and heres one for ya....dont break the law and you will not get a ticket.

[ScottBrown]

DUCKAHOLIC

I don’t think anyone would mind paying more for a license if the "self sufficient state agency" would efficiently manage the public lands that we have, promote hunting on public lands, and not HENDER hunting on public lands. Seems like they want more money to make more rules that restrict my hunting on public land.

[7ducks]

Who do we need to petition to make the wildlife commission to become an elected position instead of an appointed position? Until we get some people in that have the best interest of public hunting and the sport itself as its main goal, and not revenue and attracting people to increase hunter man hours, then we will never proceed like the true sportsmen of the state would like to see it. We need common sense people like on this board on the commission, rather than the Billy DeViney's who are big proponents of high fence operations and could give a rats axe what is going on on the WMA's.

We need a like button on this page

I agree with what you're saying, but........you do not want POLITICIANS running the wildlife commission and making decisions on how our public lands and resources are used for hunting.....JMO

[ScottBrown]

Go up on Ooser Licenses..

[arduckslayer]

Go up on Ooser Licenses..

It's already one of the most expensive in the south for sure.

[peewee]

I don't have a problem with a reasonable increase. IMO though I believe if you pay $15.00 for a WMA fee that I should be able to hunt the WMA's.

[LODI QUACKER]

[quote="peewee"]I don't have a problem with a reasonable increase. IMO though I believe if you pay $15.00 for a WMA fee that I should be able to hunt the WMA's.[/quote

Without being told what time you can pull your vehicle into the parking lot! Next it will be how many squares of toilet paper you can wipe your butt with. The overregulation has got to freaking stop or people will quit hunting.

Hey, that may be what there after.

[420 racin]

They don't want you to hunt..they want you to buy the licenses and ATV permit, and Boat launch permit and the WMA permits, and then like said before, you can only hunt on certain days, if you were drawn and at this certain spot from this time til that time. And the whole Cain Mount thing..what SOB thought it would be a good idea to spend our money to buy that property, just to restrict it like it is restricted? Like somebody said, we can't pump the GTR's but we can spend millions on other stuff??? And don't forget like I have said before, alot of your WMA's are owned by the Corps of Engineers and they subsidize/pay for the entire "managment" (i use that term loosly) of the property that the MDWFP does, even pay the salary for an employee.

I got a lifetime license along time ago from my Old Man, best present I ever got, he is buying my son one this year for his birthday.

You don't think they want to confuss you with the rules so you break them...look at the regulations regarding shooting hogs...pure ignorance!

[LODI QUACKER]

If the MDWFP is going to continue spending like drunken sailors for boundry surveys on private property, I'd say they need to at least double the price for a license.

Been waiting for that.
Can't afford to pump a green-tree or put gas in game warden trucks but can spend $32K to survey a piece of property that was surveyed less than 10 years ago

Why raise prices when you can just steal 10% from surrounding land owners. Really makes you wonder what's going on, when the survey was preformed so recently.