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<blockquote data-quote="CMP70306" data-source="post: 2474215" data-attributes="member: 36999"><p>As a PA hunter our hunting conditions are a lot different than out west, for one until recently we had almost twice as many hunters as wyoming had residents, the numbers are currently sitting around just under 900,000. Our buck tags are given with your hunting license and our doe tags are on a first come basis based on the Wildlife Management Unit, some you can only get one in while others you can get 6 or more. Bears are an over the counter tag and the only draw hunt in the state is for elk where 50,000+ hunters apply for a last year record high of 164 bull and cow tags. The only difference between residents and non residents is that the non resident license costs about $100 more and doe tags are $26.90 instead of $6.90.</p><p></p><p>I will admit these rules make me far less likely to spend my money to try drawing in any western state as it sounds like they intend for us to pay higher fees and fund their agency with very little chance of actually getting an opportunity to hunt. At that point if I'm already going to be paying hundreds of dollars a year for well over a decade to apply to multiple places to hunt something then I'd rather save my money and spend it outright for a guided hunt with landowner tags.</p><p></p><p>I'll use bison as an example as that is the only one I have experience with, in Wyoming based on last years quota of 25 bull tags and 413 nonresident applicants I have 6% chance to draw a tag that costs me $4,400 plus an additional $5,000+ in fees to hire a guide with no guarantee of even seeing one. Alternatively my bison hunt in Nebraska cost me $8,000 which included the guide, lodging, meals and I was guaranteed to get one hunting with my Sharps. By the time I finished my research I realized trying to do a draw hunt was not worth the effort to apply as the sole benefit of shooting a B&C legal Bison wasn't really much of a concern compared to a freezer full of meat, a trophy to put on my wall and a hide to put on the bed.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="CMP70306, post: 2474215, member: 36999"] As a PA hunter our hunting conditions are a lot different than out west, for one until recently we had almost twice as many hunters as wyoming had residents, the numbers are currently sitting around just under 900,000. Our buck tags are given with your hunting license and our doe tags are on a first come basis based on the Wildlife Management Unit, some you can only get one in while others you can get 6 or more. Bears are an over the counter tag and the only draw hunt in the state is for elk where 50,000+ hunters apply for a last year record high of 164 bull and cow tags. The only difference between residents and non residents is that the non resident license costs about $100 more and doe tags are $26.90 instead of $6.90. I will admit these rules make me far less likely to spend my money to try drawing in any western state as it sounds like they intend for us to pay higher fees and fund their agency with very little chance of actually getting an opportunity to hunt. At that point if I’m already going to be paying hundreds of dollars a year for well over a decade to apply to multiple places to hunt something then I’d rather save my money and spend it outright for a guided hunt with landowner tags. I’ll use bison as an example as that is the only one I have experience with, in Wyoming based on last years quota of 25 bull tags and 413 nonresident applicants I have 6% chance to draw a tag that costs me $4,400 plus an additional $5,000+ in fees to hire a guide with no guarantee of even seeing one. Alternatively my bison hunt in Nebraska cost me $8,000 which included the guide, lodging, meals and I was guaranteed to get one hunting with my Sharps. By the time I finished my research I realized trying to do a draw hunt was not worth the effort to apply as the sole benefit of shooting a B&C legal Bison wasn’t really much of a concern compared to a freezer full of meat, a trophy to put on my wall and a hide to put on the bed. [/QUOTE]
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