Hi all.
Just been reading several posts about many of you winding up your seasons already and got to thinking about how blessed we are here in the state of Missouri with season length and bonus doe tags.
I'd like to do a little comparison between some of the other states. Just looking for the basics like, season dates, bag limits, can you bow hunt during other seasons like gun etc?
Here in MO, our season runs September 15th to Jan 15th except for 10 days in November rifle season when you can bowhunt on a rifle permit. For one license, you get two turkey (fall season), two deer, either buck or doe but you can only kill one buck before the rifle season and you can buy as many doe tags as you want. You can also bowhunt for all your small game and I think furbearers too. Pretty good deal for $19!
Heck, maybe we could all post some price info and build a data base for the site. Here's a link to the MO website showing permit prices. You could also find the seasons if you get into that section.
http://mdc.mo.gov/regs/permits.htm
How about your state????
Hi Dave,
Currently here in MS we can bowhunt straight through from the opening of archery season until the end of January. The license is cheap for residents.
Traditionally our archery season opens on Oct. 1, and gun season with dogs opens the third Saturday in November. Primitive weapons season (no dogs) opens Dec. 2 and closes Dec. 15. Then it's guns without dogs from the 16th until the 23rd, and then guns with dogs again from Dec. 24 until Jan. 20. Primitive weapons season then runs to the end of Jan. There are some variations to this schedule in the extreme southern part of the state, with 15 days taken off the front end of the archery season and added back to the last primitive weapons season, making the closing Feb. 15. Does are legal on private land, but only part of the time on public land. It's difficult to keep up with.
Next year everything may change completely. There is a rumor that the season may run from Oct. 1 until the end of January, all legal deer hunting weapons legal all the time! This will be a significant blow to archery and primitive weapons hunters, and may do real damage to the sporting goods stores who have archery and primitive weapons inventories to sell. We bowhunters will no longer be able to hunt deer that haven't been harassed by the gun hunters yet, if this takes place.
I love hunting in your state, even though I have to pay $175 for each season I hunt in. Missouri is very progressive, apparently with wildlife professionals managing the seasons. Down here it's the politicians.
Hay Guys read Pa Deer Hunters !!!!!!!!!!!! thread I'll find it and bring it to the top
Wish I could say good things about Illinois. Blago decimated our DNR and swept millions from the sportsmans funds into the general fund. It will take years for our state to recover. I am ashamed of the outrageous amount our state charges non residents to come here to hunt.
Im not even going to talk about California, we have to by tags for PIGS.
In Iowa we start Oct. 1 to Dec 4th. Then a shotgun season starts. We are NOT allowed to hunt with a bow during shotgun. We head back out Dec. 21st (I believe) to mid January. I am a land owner so I get my tags for $3 then up to $13 reduced fee. Not sure about what non-land owners pay. I think it is around $25 per tag.
K
I live in the Lowcountry of SC. We have one of the longer seasons and the most gracious bag limit, unlimited bucks, in the country. Our season runs from August 15th until January 1st. You can literally kill as many bucks as you can get to walk, or run, past you in a day, a week, a month or the entire season. You can also get turkey tags and 8 does tags with your license, $15 resident hunting license.
The season and bag limits are on private land. On public land it ends to be around 5 bucks total in gun hunting seasons and on the three or four archery only WMAs you can kill one deer per day, bucks only September 1 until Septemeber 15 and then buck or doe September 16 to January 1st.
To hunt the WMAs most residents purchas a Sportsman license which is $50 and includes hunting on private and public land, fishing and small game and pig hunting. The season for pigs is open year round.
Bill
Ditto what Pops said. California is a hard place to hunt.
my TN is a $139 a year
In AR license is $25 you get 4 deer no more than 2 bucks and can bowhunt from Oct 1-Feb 28.
I am blessed for sure here in Indiana. Bow season is Oct 1 - Early January except for a few weekdays after general gun season when all deer seasons are closed.
We can kill 1 buck and almost unlimited does. I have no problem filling my freezer year after year, mostly with a gun though. We have plenty of deer and a conservative government that is the poster child for incremental change. i.e. Change is slow but steady. I was lucky enough to buy a lifetime license when they were still available so all my tags are included. We have a youth license that is $7 and includes everything. We have special youth hunts for deer and turkeys.
It ain't perfect but it sure is good. We also have lots of quality public land if you are willing to work a bit for it.
Our weather is perfect most of the time too. OK, that might be stretching it but the rest is true :)
In New Jersey it sucks! except that winter bow is till Jan,30 2010.
Firearm Licenses
Resident Firearm Hunting $27.50
Senior Resident Firearm (65 yrs & older) $15.50
Non-Resident Firearm Hunting $135.50
Non-Resident Two-Day Small Game Firearm Hunting $36.50
Special One-Day Hunting (On Commercial Preserves Only) $12.50
Youth License Free
Bow and Arrow Licenses
Resident Bow & Arrow Hunting $31.50
Senior Resident Bow & Arrow Hunting (65 yrs & older) $16.50
Non-Resident Bow & Arrow Hunting $135.50
Youth License Free
Trapping Licenses
Resident Trapping $32.50
Non-Resident Trapping $200.50
Permits
Deer Permits for Bow, Shotgun or Muzzleloader (antlerless only) $28.00
Antlered Buck Bonus Permits (for Permit Bow, Shotgun and Muzzleloader seasons) $28.00
Youth Deer Permit $12.00
Turkey Season Permit $21.00
Youth Turkey Permit $12.00
Rifle Permit (valid July 1 - June 30) $10.50
Youth Rifle Permit (valid July 1 - June 30) $6.00
Stamps
Pheasant & Quail Stamp $40.00
Resident Waterfowl Stamp (valid July 1 - June 30) $5.00
Non-Resident Waterfowl Stamp (valid July 1 - June 30) $10.00
Miscellaneous Licenses
All-Around Sportsman (Includes Resident Firearm Hunting,
Bow & Arrow Hunting & Fishing Licenses) $72.25
Duplicate licenses $2.00
NOTE: License fees are subject to change
QuoteOriginally posted by lpcjon2:
In New Jersey it sucks! Except that winter bow is till Jan,30 2010.
That's only in some Zones. In Zone 10 for deer it started Sept (second Saturday) and ran till mid-Feb, Everything is the same... Also in most zones You had Unlimited Anterless deer tags
Ditto what Bill said, It's all about the money. It's ridiculous and shameful what they are charging for non-resident tags and even more shameful how many they are selling.
Iowa has started charging over $500 for non res deer tag and it takes at least 3 preference points to get one - way too much and too hard to get.
We can bow hunt during gun but only in the town hunts where guns are not allowed. Resident tags are cheap and generous, up to 3 bucks (regular, landowner and late muzzle when you can use your bow) and all the doe tags you need.
Glad all states are not so high. I recently purchased a one year non res tag in Georgia for under $200 and it allows a dozen deer including 2 bucks one of which has to be an 8 or better.
michigan, It's like 30 bucks for a combo tag, and 9 dollars for every doe tag over that, you can shoot two bucks and buy several doe tags if you get leftover tags or if you own land. Boy does it get expensive quick, I wouldn't mind at all and would even be cheerful if all the money went to good use, management, habitat ect..... but I look around like hmmm. Sure are correct on Illinois, soon they are going to start asking for body parts, I really love Illinois but Wow! gotta start saving now.
Georgia.
Second Saturday in September through Jan 1 in northern part of the state, and second Saturday in January in the Southern part.
Metro Atlanta, 13 counties, goes all the way through Jan 30th.
12 tags- 2 bucks, 10 does and you can use the buck tags for does if you like.
3 turkeys in Spring from March 20th through May 15th
Hogs on private land all year round- hogs on public ground and Fort Stewart and other military bases by permit most of the year...bear in the fall, alligator by permit, bowfishing in fresh and salt water.
Sportsman's License covers everything, including fishing, but not trapping and ducks- 58 dollars.
Here is Colo we are blessed with a wide variety of big game: elk, mule deer, white tails, antelope, lions, bears, moose, big horn sheep, mt goats. We have a great DOW that work hard to provide quatlity experiences. The season for bows is sept and the weather is nice and the fall colors are at thier peak...
Down side is deer tags are all draw and its been an every other year deal....
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My county in VA bow season starts on 1st saturday in Oct.Then blackpowder picksup on the 1st saturday of Nov w/ rifle starting on the second saturday of Nov and runs till the last day of Mar. w/ 3 bucks and 2 antlerless deer a day thru the whole season
Oh, I forgot to mention season dates we get an early doe season in late september gun/bow then regular bow season opens Oct 1-Nov 15. On Nov 15 gun opens but you can bow hunt, it closes for a few days but then muzzleloader opens till dec 20ish and pretty much the deer around us are tunneling under ground by christmas to escape the crossfire. Bow only opens till Jan 1 and then its done till next year.
Tx has a good season too. I think its $70 is for the super combo which covers gun hunting, bow hunting fresh and saltwater fishing.
Bow only season starts roughly beg of October and ends roughly beg of Nov. I believe gun season lasts thru Jan 31 in some places. You can bowhunt during the gun season which is what I do
You can also hunt exotics year round...lots of free roaming Axis, Goats, Sheep all in the 'hill country'. I need to figure out a way to hunt the hill country for free. Need a general hunting license to hunt exotics though.
Pigs everywhere, year round, you need a hunting license to hunt em though unless you are landowner or landowners agent or lessee who is killing hogs to avoid depradation.
In Illinois, our deer season starts October 1st and ends the first Sunday after January 13th. Unless you're hunting in the archery-only portion near Chicago, there is no archery deer hunting allowed for seven days, during both of our general firearms seasons (three and four days respectively).
For residents, a hunting license is $7.50 plus $5.50 for a habitat stamp. A set of combination deer tags (one either sex, one antlerless-only) is $26.00. Fall archery turkey tags are $5.50 each. So the bare minimum you'll spend as a resident here to hunt deer and fall turkeys with archery equipment is $44.50.
There are no limits on antlerless deer, but hunters are limited to two antlered bucks per season (all weapons combined). Hunters are also limited to two fall turkeys per season.
Wisconsin's seasons and tag prices are different depending on where in the state you hunt.
Statewide, archery deer season starts mid-September (the 12th this year) and runs until the first Sunday following New Years Day. In the CWD Zone, there is no interruption to archery season. Outside that area, there is no bowhunting during the nine-day general firearms season.
A resident archery tag is $24, which allows the holder to take one antlered buck and, I believe, one antlered deer in a Herd Control unit, and another antlered deer anywhere in the state. Additional antlerless tags are $2 for Herd Control units and $12 for regular units. In the CWD zone, all additional carcass tags are free of charge for both residents and nonresidents.
Statewide there are no limits on antlerless deer. Outside the CWD Zone, bowhunters are limited to one antlered buck per season. Inside the CWD Zone, it is an unlimited earn-a-buck situation. If a bowhunter kills, for example, four antlerless deer, he or she can kill four antlered bucks.
In Maine it is 38 for a res. hunt fish, which allows you one deer, unless you take one with your $21 res. archery tag. You can get additional deer by hunting the expanded archery zone which includes some archery only town zones and part of the coast and offshore islands, where you can buy a buck tag for $32 and as many $12 doe tags. You can buy a tag for one spring turkey for $20 and one fall turkey for $20. Expanded zone season runs from mid-Sept. until this coming Sat., reg. Archery runs the month of October, rifle is and month of November (and I shift over due to the desire to put venison in the freezer), Muzzleloader is and additional fee and runs for 1 or 2 weeks depending on what part of the state you hunt.
As a resident of ND:
Deer archery season starts at noon the Friday before Labor Day weekend and usually goes until the first Sunday in January. Archery season stays open during the rifle and muzzleloader season.
Antelope archery season starts at noon the Friday before Labor Day weekend and goes until the first Sunday in October.
OTC
- $20 for 1 deer (antlered or antlerless, whitetail or mule deer) anywhere in the state.
- $20 for 1 antelope (antlered or antlerless) in the antelope unit.
- $7 Furbearer license for mountain lion (one unit is limited to 8 cats total for all hunters, the other unit has no limits on cats).
Lottery
- $8 for 1 spring tom turkey (some units it may take 2-3 years to draw the tag)
- $8 for 1 fall turkey (hen or tom)
- $3 for a one-in-a-lifetime moose
- $3 for a one-in-a-lifetime elk
- $3 for a one-in-a-lifetime bighorn sheep
I will kinda expand on the Arkansas post earlier. $25.00 gets ya a combined bow,muzz.and modern gun resident lic. 4 deer max. combined total and 1 bear. 5 months to hunt oct 1 thru feb 28th. and we can bowhunt through our gun seasons.. parts of the state are very game rich, others not so much....you can hunt pigs year round on private ground with no limit. i think I have been priced out of hunting out of state.. last years may be the last with these prices.. its just not worth it to me anymore
Jason's pretty close on WI. One slight error, might have been a typo. We get one buck and one antlerless tag for $24. These are valid anywhere in the state. With all the antlerless tags available in Herd control units and the CWD zone no-one uses that antlerless tag in these areas. You also get one herd control tag "free" with the purchase of your archery tag. Also allows you to bowhunt for any small game in season.
Public land is fairly plentiful, especially in northern WI. It does get hunted very hard though. It can be ok though.
Nathan
I could've sworn I posted here yesterday but I'm not seeing it, so will repost.
Nebraska runs Sept. 15 to Dec. 31 with a nine-day closure in mid-Nov. for rifle season. We share the month of Dec. with muzzleloaders (in-lines with scopes are legal). For the most part, whitetails and mule deer are managed together with few exceptions.
Resident permits are $28. Hunters can get any two permits that allow the harvest of either-sex (any combination of bow, MZ, rifle...including two of one kind). For that $28 permit, it will allow an either-sex deer and an antlerless deer. One can also buy a nearly unlimited supply of antlerless tags, each of them being $28 and good for two deer. Also need a habitat stamp (can't recall what they cost).
While I would certainly tweak a few things if I were in charge, we really have a pretty good deal. Trophy quality isn't what IA/KS/IL and others may have, but it has been on the improve since about 2000. Not a lot of public ground in this state. We DON'T rape the non-residents unlike a certain state to our east; permits are reasonable and available over-the-counter or internet, and they can also get two either-sex tags like the residents. And beginning next year, there will be $5 youth permits for turkeys and I think deer, residents and non-resident alike.
Wyoming.....We basically get the month of Sept for deer & elk. One of each unless you obtain an extra cow/calf tag or can hunt whitetail up north. Antelope is, I believe, Aug 15th-Sept 15th. There is a nice variety of game and lots of public land. I can bowhunt on public land for days at a time and never see another hunter. I may see deer, elk, moose, & antelope in the same day.
On the downside.....the seasons are far too short and they all happen at about the same time, (deer, elk, antelope). I'd like to see a late season, (Dec-Jan), but I doubt it will ever happen 'cause WY G & F does not see a need or benefit. Nonresident license are, in my opinion, outrageously priced.
WY resident & nonresident fees:
Res Elk $57
Res Deer $43
Res Antelope $38
Non Res Elk w/ fishing $591
Non Res Deer $326
Non Res Antelope $286
And just for grins.....
Non Res Moose $1416
Non Res Sheep $2266
Non Res Mtn Goat $2166