What are you're WI Legislatures doing??!?!?!

[CanOCorn]

What are you're WI Legislatures doing??!?!?!

http://www.duluthsuperior.com/mld/duluthsuperior/news/politics/11978599.htm

It’s not enough that I’ve had to pay $160 to pass up a big buck in order to shoot an anterless, then I have to pay $34 to sit in an ice shack while a resident pays nothing?

[nolte]

I think it is quite dumb myself, but with our current DNR finacial woes it isn't that big of a deal. We have to pay in your state, so they are returning the favor I guess. I don't agree with all our game management but with the opportunities we have in both MN, and WI it is hard to complain too much.

I don't understand why we have all these little sideline fees and charges anyway. IT is quite aggrevating. You get a small game license and you still need a state duck stamp and now a woodcock/partridge stamp. Fishing you need an inland trout stamp and a great lakes, and now possibly a musky stamp. In the future will we need a bluegill, crappie, largemouth, smallmouth, pike, bullhead, catfish or boating stamps too. I thought that is what the original license was for. If you need more money just add it to the stinkin license. My best example is turkey hunting. You need a $3 app and then a turkey hunting license plus a turkey stamp. All for one five day season. Just put the stamp with the license and be done with it.

I now just buy the conservation patron and be done with it. But I can definately see the frustration other people have.

[pcguide27]

canocorn

Not wanting to sound rude to your question, because i am sure you work hard for your $ like many of us outdoor users do. But if the price to Hunt/ fish/ and whatever other outdoor activities you are interested in doing in another state is too much I would suggest staying in your own state.

Mn has charged a shanty fee for ice fisherman for years, so I dont think that is a real issue. Futhermore what exactly does 34$ set you back when you look at it in terms of what we spend our money on anyway. Not even one tank of gas for 34$. A half a dozen decent crank baits for around 30$$$ I pay between 16 and 18$ for a pound of leeches. Dinner and a movie??? there goes $50 to take your spouse with.... A night on the town with a few beers with the boys can shoot the heck out of more than 34$ in a hurry.

Just my way of looking at things I guess.... Have you checked out the prices of other out of state liscenses lately?? Wisconsin isnt out of line when you look at the other states around the midwest and further west in the Mountain areas is even worse.

Good luck with the rest of summer maybe we will see ya on this siede of the border after all..