States battle it out for most expensive non-rez turkey tag! Oklahoma now $349.

[NYturkey]

Texas is right behind them with a $315 license fee and $7 upland bid endorsement which brings the total to $322 for a non resident to hunt turkey. But, you do get 4 tags...


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[deerhunt1988]

Texas is right behind them with a $315 license fee and $7 upland bid endorsement which brings the total to $322 for a non resident to hunt turkey. But, you do get 4 tags...


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Didn't realize Texas had gone up too. I paid $133 last spring for my turkey tags.

[NYturkey]

They did away with their special spring turkey tag. I received this email from them




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[GobbleNut]

Just a thought:
Since most all hunting in TX is on private ground and with access to that ground easily costing a thousand or more for a turkey hunt, I doubt seriously that the extra $200 for the license is going to matter much to those who hunt there.  Could be wrong, I suppose...but I have my doubts...      

[NYturkey]

I understand that thought and don't disagree with you. Doesn't change the fact that they raised it and more states are following.


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[Ryanmc]

I was on the Oklahoma Wildlife Dept. website trying to find the new non-resident regulations for turkey next spring. Noticed they've added a new $100 Non-Resident Game Bird permit for non-residents hunting game birds on WMAs. That effectively makes Oklahoma $349 for a single turkey.

Non-resident annual hunting - $209
Non-resident turkey - $40
Non-resident game bird permit - $100

For a total of $349! To my knowledge, the most expensive tag for a single turkey to date. This bypasses Arkansas's $325.


You can view the non-resident license prices here:
https://www.wildlifedepartment.com/licensing/regs/license-fees#nonresident

And the new Game Bird Permit regulation here:
https://www.wildlifedepartment.com/hunting/regs/regulation-changes

The madness knows no end. Other states will take notice and respond accordingly in the future.

And to think a certain subset of turkey hunters helped bring this upon us all. Sad, sad, sad!

I think it's another fee to hunt the public access private land as well.


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