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

[knightrider]

Worth every penny to me whether its 165 here, 400 in ky, 400 in ohio etc if i kill or not

 

[7mm08]

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

No , Illinois politics is why I would boycott paying that state anything.

 

[7mm08]

Worth every penny to me whether its 165 here, 400 in ky, 400 in ohio etc if i kill or not

Well I doubt where I'm going in ET is Ohio or KY over bait.

 

[wcw280]

Don't go have fun because some politician you've never met and likely never will don't share your same views. You're letting them win

 

[knightrider]

Well I doubt where I'm going in ET is Ohio or KY over bait.

Where i go in ky and oh isnt over bait either, illegal on public lands. Its either worth it to you or it aint simple as that

 

[timberjack86]

Don't go have fun because some politician you've never met and likely never will don't share your same views. You're letting them win

There's so many other states that are gun friendly to want to spend my money there.

 

[wcw280]

There's so many other states that are gun friendly to want to spend my money there.

I'm not saying I'd go out of my way to go there but if the opportunity presents itself I'm not letting a politician and $300 stop me.

 

[Popcorn]

For OLD out of state farts.

Now that I live in SC but I'm coming to my son's home this week to hunt on his property. It will cost me at a minimum $200 for a 7 day license! So if I hunt just one day…$200! There is no discount as well for over 65. I got an invite to go to Jackson county in December to a friends place and that would cost me another $200! There is no annual non resident.

I mean did TWRA bottle feed these deer to charge this much?

Before you get too bent outta shape go hunt Illinois and Kentucky as non-resident then come back and enjoy the rates in Tennessee

 

[trkhunter]

well all of them are driving brand new $50.000 + trucks. so there is that!! meanwhile im still driving my 16 yr old truck to work!!! and i dont make $75,000+ a year!! can any one tell me who pays for the nice fancy trucks??

 

[scn]

well all of them are driving brand new $50.000 + trucks. so there is that!! meanwhile im still driving my 16 yr old truck to work!!! and i dont make $75,000+ a year!! can any one tell me who pays for the nice fancy trucks??

The vehicles are purchased by the State of TN through the Dept. of Motor Vehicle Management.

TWRA leases the vehicles from MVM. MVM has total control of the replacement schedule.

Try again for something else to whine about.

 

[SSlater]

Just do the 7 day small game and if you get a deer just say your eyesight ain't what it used to be.

 

[Displaced_Vol]

Oh, another option....
if you were born in TN, you can get the 'TN Native' license. same cost as resident... so may be free if you are over 65.

It's the best deal going in hunting. Even if I don't end up actually hunting in TN I've bought my native license every year.

 

[BMan]

The vehicles are purchased by the State of TN through the Dept. of Motor Vehicle Management.

TWRA leases the vehicles from MVM. MVM has total control of the replacement schedule.

Try again for something else to whine about.

The State of Tennessee is also not paying MSRP for their vehicles - not even close to it. Fleet purchases are a fraction of retail purchases.