Someone explain why TENNESSEE is so expensive to deer hunt….

[TnKen]

Tn is actually pretty cheap for a NR compared to a lot of states. Try going up to IL to hunt.

Almost $300 for me, and that is with the minor discount land owner tag.

 

[Rabbitkil]

Some simple paperwork and time could make it where you could get a lifetime license … would be sorta a pain but may be worth it in long time

 

[wcw280]

Ky was well over 400 last time I went up there. I think so many residents buy lifetime licenses anymore that raising prices on sales across the board is their way of making up that money.

 

[Rabbitkil]

Ky was well over 400 last time I went up there. I think so many residents buy lifetime licenses anymore that raising prices on sales across the board is their way of making up that money.

Why would residents buying lifetime make them need to make up money? If I remember correctly @scn can probably verify but lifetime license sales money goes into an account and they draw interest from it.

The cost of salaries , vehicles , gas etc is why the costs are going up

 

[wcw280]

Why would residents buying lifetime make them need to make up money? If I remember correctly @scn can probably verify but lifetime license sales money goes into an account and they draw interest from it.

The cost of salaries , vehicles , gas etc is why the costs are going up

You just answered your own question. I paid $1000 22years ago for my lifetime license. Unless they invested that in bitcoin they are I'm sure losing money on me by now. But just like you said cost of salaries rising, gas going up, vehicles doubling in price since then. You think that $1000 I spent back then is hitting the same as $300/year right now. Or 6600 over the past 22 years? Even at that 300 a year ain't the same money it was even 5 years ago.

 

[Rabbitkil]

Looks like they may have changed that last year

Tennessee General Assembly Legislation

 

[Carlos]

It's not expensive at all, it's just been under-priced for quite a few years.

 

[Carlos]

Looks like they may have changed that last year

Tennessee General Assembly Legislation

So how in the world are the lifetime licenses supposed to make financial sense?
I mean, it seems to me like they're losing money, just by selling more LT licenses.

 

[7mm08]

Tn is actually pretty cheap for a NR compared to a lot of states. Try going up to IL to hunt.

Wouldn't give them a dime of my money but there are big deer there.

 

[.243 Deer]

And people wonder why there are fewer overall hunters in the U.S.A and more poachers.

 

[wcw280]

Wouldn't give them a dime of my money but there are big deer there.

So you're complaining about paying $300 for the chance to kill a good deer? Residents waste a lot more money than that every year to chance it. Leases, fuel, seed, time