$1 fee on license for deer processing

[BLACKJACK]

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I hope that some of you who are opposed to having the

$1.00

fee rammed down your throat are never in the position to

have to

go to the food shelf for your next meal.

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RIGHT ON Rbuker!! We all need to think of the ones that are less fortunate than we are.

When this $1 idea came out I was also against it, why saddle it onto the deer hunters, if its such a good idea, why not fund it from the General Fund? After thinking about it I don't care if they do put it on or not, its going to a good cause and it will generate a lot of good publicity for deer hunters. Plus it only a dollar, thats not going to kill me.

My concern is what do they do with the excess dollars rasied? It better goto deer management and not into the General fund.

[lawdog]

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it will generate a lot of good publicity for deer hunters. Plus it only a dollar, thats not going to kill me.

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Do you seriously think it will generate good publicity for hunting? Do you think the Start Tribunes and WCCO's of the world are all the sudden going to go out of there way to say how great the hunting public is because we paid this tax? Do we get credit for saving all the wildlife and the habitat with Robinson-Pittman money or the DU PF etc. land? No.

I agree too that I can swing an extra dollar easy enough, but when we need more hunters to help ensure our future, should we be raising the costs to get into hunting? Lots of people who hunt are fairly poor themselves, what about them?

[Eric Wettschreck]

No, a dollar will not put me in the poor house. However, at what point do we look towards St. Paul and say enough is enough? Pretty soon there will be a tax on my poo-poo. Oh wait, there is. There is actually a tax on my sewer bill.

There will be no good pub out of this. People who donated in the past will continue to donate. People who didn't donate will continue to not donate. The only thing that will change is the state will get more tax money.

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I hope that some of you who are opposed to having the $1.00 fee rammed down your throat are never in the position to have to go to the food shelf for your next meal.

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Nah, I think instead of going to the food shelf, I'll go shoot a deer instead.

[kaz2611]

who pays for the processing of other meats that go to the food shelf? im all for donating to the food shelves but i think it should be left at the hunters choice when they purchase their license. alot of hunters have their venison professionally processed if it is stamped by processor why then cant this be donated to a food shelf and the state wants to charge a hunter abuck on top of his /her processing fee. im not trying to make this sound like its a big money issue but in reality it is from the standpoint that dnr would like to donate venison to the food shelves but doesnt have the necessary funds to have it processed therefore they want the deer hunter to pay for it reguardless if they want to donate or not. In my opinion it should be left up to the hunter wether or not they wish to donate a $1 for processing.

[101winchester]

Correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe a few years back we had another $1 added to our license fee to pay for deer feeding during tough winters and low and behold that money was put into the general fund never to be seen again from what I remember. DNR said that if it wasn't used that year that is where it went with no stockpiling.

[picksbigwagon]

After deer hunting in Iowa the last couple years, what if the state did like Iowa does: Non Resident Deer hunters must also purchase a non resident small game license and habitat fee. Overall I would like to see our out of state fee's increase for non residents, and use that money to pay for the processing.

I am not for new taxes, especially taxes to build stadiums for professional teams with billionaire owners. Will the dollar kill me? Nope, I have donated deer before and paid the processing, and I will probably do it again this year, but that is another story.

[Beeber]

I don't know about the rest of you but I would gladly give up another buck for a decent site tag. I hate fumbling around with all the string and such. Also, how about a decent license for your fish house. I almost had to laugh when I got out to the lake this winter and realized I did not have any duck tape with to attach that little piece of paper to the house. I can't wait for the return of the sticky back tags. Like that will ever happen

[BLACKJACK]

I didn't see in the bill where the $1 surcharge was called a 'tax' but if that word bothers people, how about calling it a 'user fee'. That seems to be the popular phrase now.

"HUNTERS PAY FOR XXX DEER DONATED TO LOCAL FOOD SHELVES"

Wouldn't that headline in the Strib generate positive feedback for hunters??!

[fisherking01]

it is my beleif that the systems of charity in MN are already abused to the point that they should be restructured to work with the funds they have. Adding another dollar to a broken system will benefit no one. Some who use food shelves, temporarily to get their feet under themselves, deserve to be there. Those who use the poor me attitude, beleive that I owe them something, and teach their kids to use the system instead of becoming productive citizens, turn me off to this system. Anyone in need can come to me and I will and do help them out. I do donate to food shelves, as I know some need help.

As far as forcing another $1 down my throat. I already pay my share of taxes.

For those who think the system works in Mn, do a little research on how the food stamp program runs. It is so easy to use those funds for unintended items it is unbeleivable.

If that and other welfare programs worked the way they were intended, there would be a lesser need for more programs and fee increases to cover them.

Headlines I'd like to see: THOUSANDS OF ABLE BODIED PERSONS IN MN GET OFF THEIR BUTS, TURN RESPONSIBLE, ELIMINATING THE NEED FOR GOVERNMENT PROGRAMS.

Once again this is my opinion. Brent

[Eric Wettschreck]

Call it what you like, a tax is a tax.

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"HUNTERS PAY FOR XXX DEER DONATED TO LOCAL FOOD SHELVES"

Wouldn't that headline in the Strib generate positive feedback for hunters??!

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Ya it would generate positive feedback. However, the Strib would never publish that headline.

[Scott K]

One could donate the deer hides to pay for some of the processing costs!

[gorrilla]

My fear, like several people I talk to would see this as another opportunity to "blast away" and not worry about how many deer they can pile up because in they can use the "feed the needy" excuse to stoke their own egos and kill all the veni. possible without having to do any of the work that goes along with it.

I think the most standup thing to do is process your own deer if you are able bodied,even if you can afford to pay someone to do it. If you never have, trust me its a full circle kind of feeling whereby you can appreciate the gift of hunting even more. If you choose to give away properly managed and harvested deer, then go ahead. I just hope people are doing it for the right reasons.

The part about us hunters taking on the burden of the rest of society, what else is new...

Why do we always have arts piggybacking for a free ride to the monitary promised land;

anti's saying stop the cruel hunter, yet never donating one dollar to create or improve habitat;

farm bills becoming less and less helpful to wetlands and riparian zones when I don't remember any duck hunters draining sloughs ever...

[BLACKJACK]

boilerguy, there was good article in last Sundays Strib about ethanol and using corn vrs switchgrass and talking about the starches/sugars/cellulose conversions. Very informational for a lay person.

[Eric Wettschreck]

Cool. I have to see if I can access it. If so I'll read through it and, if possible, fill in the blanks for ya if you're interested.

[Whoaru99]

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I didn't see in the bill where the $1 surcharge was called a 'tax' but if that word bothers people, how about calling it a 'user fee'. That seems to be the popular phrase now.

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"Surcharge" and "user fee" are both merely politically correct terms for a TAX, IMO.

[glenn57]

boilerguy,tried hooking up with you on the duck, etc. forum. noticed you are a boilermaker. me to. ever go to the meetings in ramsey? i work in a shop in st cloud.

[Eric Wettschreck]

Meetings in Ramsey??? Huh??? Dude, no offense but I have no clue what you are talkin about.