License prices NOT going up.......

[Mike D]

until July 1st so buy your licenses early and you won't feel the increase until 2016.

Just sayin'

 

[MUP]

I'll be getting my license after the end of Feb when it expires as usual.

 

[plinker22]

That is pretty cool. Will make sure and purchase early.

 

[Jaahspike]

2 years ago, I "broke down"(pardon the pun) and bought my lifetime license. Hurts the wallet right now but will hopefully pay for itself in about 10 years. Both of my boys have it as well.

 

[Bone Collector]

Well I'm off the hook this year

 

[ttf909]

Might be a great time to get the lifetime license

 

[vixty]

Has anyone figured out what the new prices will be?

 

[Mike D]

I think these are the changes for July 1st, 2015;

•Annual resident combination hunting and fishing license - $28 to $34.

•Annual youth hunt/fish/trap license - $8 to $10.

•Annual resident Sportsman license - $136 to $166.

•Annual big game permits (gun, archery, muzzleloader) - $28 to $34 each.

•Annual non-resident hunting license, all game - $251 to $306.

•Annual non-resident fishing license, all species - $81 to $99.

•Annual resident/non-resident WMA waterfowl and small game license - $51 to $62.

•Annual resident commercial fishing license - $201 to $245.

•Quota hunt application fee - $10 to $12.

•Resident Lifetime Sportsman license under age 3 - no change.

•Resident Lifetime Sportsman license age 3-6 - $540 to $659.

•Resident Lifetime Sportsman license age 7-12 - $810 to $988.

•Resident Lifetime Sportsman license age 13-50 - $1,620 to $1,976.

•Resident Lifetime Sportsman license age 51-64 - $945 to $1,153.

•Resident Lifetime Sportsman license age 65 and over - $270 to $329.

•Annual resident guide license - $244 (new).

 

[REM7]

Guess I be getting lifetime

 

[TboneD]

Looks like a lifetime sportsman license is what I need to get, too.....in four years once I turn 51....unless I can afford to buy a good piece of ground before then.


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[ROUGH COUNTRY HUNTER]

I'll be getting my license after the end of Feb when it expires as usual.

X2

 

[ttf909]

for sure going to get the lifetime . cant fault them for going up its just the cost of doing business.

 

[HuntingDicksonDTC]

Yes, gonna get a lifetime myself.

 

[HuntingDicksonDTC]

I agree it's high for a resident license for sure

 

[Boone 58]

I can definitely see the advantage of buying a lifetime resident now!

 

[luke]

Sent mine off Thursday!

 

[AllOutdoors]

I'll be getting my license after the end of Feb when it expires as usual.

Yep.

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[8up]

With gas prices down and hunting license prices going up shooting them from your truck with no license has never saved a poacher so much

 

[BULL MOOSE]

If we don't increase the fees, how else will twra buy new green trucks and new military style uniforms?

landowners hunt for free...what happened to buying a license to pay for wildlife restoration?

If you don't have family land, then hunting may be the most expensive sport to enjoy.

20 years ago, a $20 permit gave you access to thousands of acres of timber lands. We need more land.

 

[TNGunsmoke]

I want to know what the new horseback, ohv, and mountain bike permits will cost, I have seen nothing anywhere about this. And will a sportsman's license cover those activities as well?

 

[Hardwoodmaterials]

I want to know what the new horseback, ohv, and mountain bike permits will cost, I have seen nothing anywhere about this. And will a sportsman's license cover those activities as well?

I'm also interested in the answers to these questions.

 

[sgtwebb1]

Might be a great time to get the lifetime license

CRAP.

I guess I'll bite the bullet and get it too, better to spend the $945 now, instead of well over $3K the next 20 years, and they'll increase it over that period also.
Get the Lifetime and never worry about it again.
I am soooooo glad I got my son's when he was a baby.

 

[TboneD]

If we don't increase the fees, how else will twra buy new green trucks and new military style uniforms?

landowners hunt for free...what happened to buying a license to pay for wildlife restoration?

If you don't have family land, then hunting may be the most expensive sport to enjoy.

20 years ago, a $20 permit gave you access to thousands of acres of timber lands. We need more land.

Amen on all counts. I've never considered it equitable that landowners hunt deer for free when the deer don't know the property lines. Regarding public land, I don't think it's been quite twenty years, but the loss of Willamette and Westvaco lands sure increased pressure on state forest lands, and especially wma's, like Cheatham. But speaking of Cheatham, maybe the increase will pay for something to be planted on a few of all those fallow "wildlife openings"....?


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[TLRanger]

If we don't increase the fees, how else will twra buy new green trucks and new military style uniforms?

landowners hunt for free...what happened to buying a license to pay for wildlife restoration?

If you don't have family land, then hunting may be the most expensive sport to enjoy.

Land owners hunt for free?????? I just sent in my property tax for last year, the total amount was $4,636.58. I know this does not go to TWRA but it certainly isn't free hunting land.

 

[drrxnupe]

Sounds like a lifetime in my near future as well. I'm sure they planned for this and are expecting a surge of income in between now and July. Anybody with young uns would be stupid not to make the investment. I got my boy's when he was six months and I will be sending off more paper work as soon as my next comes into the world in February.

 

[JeepKuntry]

Unfortunately I'm in the highest price range. These increases are gonna drive more folks away from the woods. I'm probably gonna skip deer hunting next year. Money will be very tight for us for quite some time.

 

[Bowdacious]

I'll be getting my license after the end of Feb when it expires as usual.

Same here. At least by the end of March so I can fish.

 

[Bowdacious]

If we don't increase the fees, how else will twra buy new green trucks and new military style uniforms?

landowners hunt for free...what happened to buying a license to pay for wildlife restoration?

If you don't have family land, then hunting may be the most expensive sport to enjoy.

20 years ago, a $20 permit gave you access to thousands of acres of timber lands. We need more land.

Amen on all counts. I've never considered it equitable that landowners hunt deer for free when the deer don't know the property lines. Regarding public land, I don't think it's been quite twenty years, but the loss of Willamette and Westvaco lands sure increased pressure on state forest lands, and especially wma's, like Cheatham. But speaking of Cheatham, maybe the increase will pay for something to be planted on a few of all those fallow "wildlife openings"....?


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Seriously? Most landowners buy a license but I suppose y'all just assume that anyone who owns any land only hunts there and does so for free and that they do their duck hunting and fishing in their property for free too. Landowners pay more of a share than you think.

 

[TboneD]

If we don't increase the fees, how else will twra buy new green trucks and new military style uniforms?

landowners hunt for free...what happened to buying a license to pay for wildlife restoration?

If you don't have family land, then hunting may be the most expensive sport to enjoy.

20 years ago, a $20 permit gave you access to thousands of acres of timber lands. We need more land.

Amen on all counts. I've never considered it equitable that landowners hunt deer for free when the deer don't know the property lines. Regarding public land, I don't think it's been quite twenty years, but the loss of Willamette and Westvaco lands sure increased pressure on state forest lands, and especially wma's, like Cheatham. But speaking of Cheatham, maybe the increase will pay for something to be planted on a few of all those fallow "wildlife openings"....?


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Seriously? Most landowners buy a license but I suppose y'all just assume that anyone who owns any land only hunts there and does so for free and that they do their duck hunting and fishing in their property for free too. Landowners pay more of a share than you think.

If most landowners already buy a license anyhow, then why do we need a landowner exemption? Regardless, the bottom line is that it simply shouldn't cost two to five times as much to hunt deer legally in TN as it does in all our neighboring states. I mean, non-hunters benefit indirectly from wildlife management, too. Of course, I guess that might have something to do with why these other states haven't put all the cost of funding their wildlife agencies on the backs of their sportsmen. Anyhow, it sure would be nice if there wouldn't be anymore increases before I turn 50 three years from now. ray:

 

[Mike D]

To take that a bit further, why do landowners get the free pass when all we ever hear is that the deer are free ranging and they are not the property of the landowners. Why should a deer cost one hunter the fees when on the other property line feet away it costs the next hunter (landowner) nothing?