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Post by parrothead on Feb 26, 2019 11:40:55 GMT -5
Effective this year, Colorado is mandating that you must buy an annual small game license ($81) or Turkey license ($152) just to be able to submit for the lottery. That is in addition to the $10 habitat stamp.
Then, You must buy your big game tag before you enter the lottery.
Elk tags $660 Colorado tags $396 Or preference point for $100.
If you are not selected, you receive a refund of your tag only. No refund if you select preference point.
It is an absolute screwing. Non residents are charged these ridiculous prices to hunt National forest land...National forest,,,,National.
The private landowners of Colorado may get the worst end of all. The more the licenses cost, the less they can charge hunters. The State is now purchasing hunting rights from private landowners to gain a monopoly.
If Alabama ever gets like this, I’ll sell my hunting rifles.
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Post by Woody Williams on Feb 26, 2019 13:35:58 GMT -5
Just think when I first bow hunted Colorado it was $25 each for deer and elk. It got all the way up to $90 the last time I went out there.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 26, 2019 13:41:34 GMT -5
Just think of the money the state will lose and less taxes. This is cut off your nose mentality. Colorado will lose millions in hunting-hunting related revenue. Less revenue less taxes.
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Post by parrothead on Feb 26, 2019 13:46:07 GMT -5
From gas stations, food stores it is a trickle down.
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Post by lawrencecountyhunter on Feb 26, 2019 13:54:10 GMT -5
Effective this year, Colorado is mandating that you must buy an annual small game license ($81) or Turkey license ($152) just to be able to submit for the lottery. That is in addition to the $10 habitat stamp. Then, You must buy your big game tag before you enter the lottery. Elk tags $660 Colorado tags $396 Or preference point for $100. If you are not selected, you receive a refund of your tag only. No refund if you select preference point. It is an absolute screwing. Non residents are charged these ridiculous prices to hunt National forest land...National forest,,,,National. The private landowners of Colorado may get the worst end of all. The more the licenses cost, the less they can charge hunters. The State is now purchasing hunting rights from private landowners to gain a monopoly. If Alabama ever gets like this, I’ll sell my hunting rifles. This is not correct.. You do get your tag fee refunded if you do not draw a tag. Preference points for deer, elk, and pronghorn have no fee associated this year. Net cost this year is roughly $81.75 License+$10 Habitat stamp+$9 app fee for each species. For someone building elk, deer, and pronghorn points it would come to around $120, cheaper than Wyoming and not much more than it would have cost in Colorado last year when they charged individual preference point fees. Now if you only build points for one species, it will cost you about double this year. But at $9 apiece, might as well throw in for all 3 species. The $100 point fee is only for moose, goat, or sheep. Again, there is no point fee now for elk, deer, and pronghorn. As far as private landowners, I have no sympathy whatsoever for what they can or cannot charge hunters. Colorado provides landowners tags that the landowners can then sell for massive profits, often several thousand dollars each, and the landowners often do not even include access to their property with those tags. The state does lease hunting rights from some private landowners then open it up to public access. This is a free public access program and is a good thing for both willing landowners and hunters.
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Post by parrothead on Feb 26, 2019 14:16:59 GMT -5
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Post by esshup on Feb 27, 2019 20:26:30 GMT -5
AND guys that buy the landowner tags (sometimes they are bought by brokers and sold for even higher fees) don't use those tags to only hunt on that landowners land. My cousin hunts CO every year and knows guys (that work/own hunting magazines) that hunt on public land in areas that need 6+ preference points year after year after year. There is no way they can be THAT lucky to draw annual tags in those trophy areas. BUT there is nothing in place (that I know of) that requires the landowner license holder to only hunt that landowners property and none other.
I believe that because the area that I was hunting in took a minimum of 6 preference points to draw a mule deer tag. Public ground, IIRC GMU 42. Guy and his Dad that I talked to that were there hunting said they hunted there last year too and got "X" and "X" sized deer. When I asked how did they pull the tags again for the area they said they bought landowner vouchers. I bit my tongue and kept on talking.
If that is incorrect, please correct me, and I'll let my cousin know.
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Post by esshup on Feb 27, 2019 20:34:09 GMT -5
When is deadline to buy Preference points in Co? I've been buying Mule Deer and Cow Elk, because bull elk is normally OTC. I plan on going back in 2020, but this time with a buddy that lives there and going with an outfitter that he used last year to get his 202" Mulie. They glassed 6 over 200", the one he shot was the closest at 300 Yds.
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Post by steiny on Mar 1, 2019 9:37:27 GMT -5
I hope IN doesn't get silly like that with NR deer tags, they are plenty expensive now. Just because other states decide to charge ridiculous fees, doesn't mean we need to go there.
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Post by lawrencecountyhunter on Mar 1, 2019 9:48:54 GMT -5
I submitted my apps for deer, pronghorn, and elk this morning. Total damage was $118.75, none of which will be refunded. If I were to draw a tag that charge would occur in April, but I'm points only in CO this year.
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Post by SFC (R) B on Dec 26, 2019 23:06:23 GMT -5
Just saw this thread. A couple of points from my perspective (Hoosier in CO for 10 years now).
1. IN NR fees are WAAAAY too low. The cost compared to similarly attractive WT states is stupid low.
2. Colorado fees are on the low end of western state fees (MT elk NR $905, WY $692-1268, NM$548-773)
3. Having been here for 10 years and watching fees rise I can tell you that anything other than a BIG increase in price will have no effect on NR hunter numbers here or the $$$$ they bring. Every fall there are "wagon trains" coming into CO from the SE and NE. Those folks driving $80k diesel rigs with huge trailers, UTVs etc couldn't give a crap about an extra $50 or $100.
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