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Post by Foggy on Aug 30, 2019 18:48:18 GMT -6
I've been an idiot for too many years. I shoulda / coulda bought a couple of resident hunting and fishing licenses some years ago. Would have paid a dividend by now.....but I was too tight and always bought the annual licenses.
Now.....I am still a resident of MN.....and residents qualify for a lifetime license at no annual charges.....even if you later become a non resident.
I could have done this 20 years ago....but alas. So I have now paid my lifetime fees.....and will become eligible to hunt deer with firearm or ML and small game and fish for my remaining days - whether I am a resident or non resident of this state.
Gonna cost me about $1100. and I hope I live long enough to make it pay. Grin. The non-resident fees (which may or may not be in my future - grin)....would start to add up in a hurry.
IF YOU PLAN to hunt / fish MN for many years.....I would encourage anyone to pay-up at age 50 and get it over with. It wont get cheaper if you move out of state and return to hunt or fish with your family. FORE!
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Post by Catscratch on Aug 30, 2019 19:15:16 GMT -6
I bought a lifetime hunting license when I was 18. Cost somewhere around $400 if I remember right. At the time only residents could hunt KS and the lifetime license insured I could return for a deer hunt no matter where life dumped me. The boarders have since opened up and any nonresident can hunt here but it was still a valuable purchase.
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Post by batman on Aug 30, 2019 19:40:18 GMT -6
I have gone in and got free landowners tags in the past. I pay taxes. Seems legit.
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Post by Foggy on Aug 30, 2019 20:20:45 GMT -6
I have gone in and got free landowners tags in the past. I pay taxes. Seems legit.  |
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Post by nhmountains on Aug 30, 2019 21:08:00 GMT -6
I purchased a lifetime license in NH over 20 years ago. The break even point back then was 7 years. It included a rifle tag for deer and bear. Bear tags have gone up from $3 to $18. I still spend $90-100 a year on fishing, black powder, archery, and turkey tags though. I should’ve bought the combo hunting/fishing tag back then.
New Hampshire has a newborn lifetime hunting/fishing combo license for newborns. The fee is really low but, kids here don’t have to buy licenses until they’re 16. It has to be purchased by their one year birthday. It’s $300.
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Post by Bwoods11 on Aug 31, 2019 5:54:33 GMT -6
It’s a no-Brainerd😊 if you move to AZ
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Post by sd51555 on Aug 31, 2019 6:01:26 GMT -6
It may not be too long, and we’ll go from licenses to bounties. I wonder if the out of state bounties will be paid 6x higher to non-residents given we don’t get to share in the economic benefit of the suppressed herd.
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Post by Coda1 on Sept 1, 2019 12:21:18 GMT -6
I bought lifetime licenses for archery and firearms deer along with the sportsmans (fish and small game) the first year they were available. The deer license are paying off but I haven't hunted small game in at least five years and only fish some years. There have been a couple of times I wouldn't have gone fishing if I had to buy a license. Overall I am glad I did it.
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Post by badbrad on Sept 3, 2019 6:17:50 GMT -6
Wish Wisconsin offered this.
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Post by badgerfowl on Sept 3, 2019 8:30:26 GMT -6
Wish Wisconsin offered this. And miss out on all that yearly money? Would never happen. |
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Post by smsmith on Sept 3, 2019 10:37:38 GMT -6
I'm not interested in a lifetime deer license in MN. I may or may not hunt here for a long time. With the shit show that is almost certain to occur here over the next decade...deer hunting in MN may change so much that I lose all interest.
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Post by Sandbur on Sept 3, 2019 11:03:39 GMT -6
I'm not interested in a lifetime deer license in MN. I may or may not hunt here for a long time. With the shit show that is almost certain to occur here over the next decade...deer hunting in MN may change so much that I lose all interest. It’s a mess and not likely to get better. My goals are a deer or two to eat every year and not much beyond that. Got to wonder if I have ten years left to hunt or not. |
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Post by MoBuckChaser on Sept 3, 2019 14:32:10 GMT -6
I'm not interested in a lifetime deer license in MN. I may or may not hunt here for a long time. With the shit show that is almost certain to occur here over the next decade...deer hunting in MN may change so much that I lose all interest. Yep, would have been a bad investment for me. I have not deer hunted here in 6 years and don't plan on starting back here in MN any time soon. |
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