I don't normally have any problem figuring out which licenses to purchase, I am more concerned with the "sticker shock" associated with the ever increasing prices. I understand inflation, but I am guessing that many (not all) nonresident fees have risen considerably faster than the rate of inflation.
Years ago, several states had reciprocal agreements where they would charge the same fee to nonresidents from another state as what the other state would charge their residents when going there, but as far as I know, that doesn't happen anymore.
I understand the "goes for a good cause", etc. argument, and tend to agree to a certain point, but the economic impact from mobile hunters is substantial when you think in terms of motel rooms, dining, fuel purchases, etc., and I have absolutely no doubt that escalating nonresident fees directly impacts the number of hunters travelling to an individual state.