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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[blake_08]

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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It sure is, another $100 for OLAP land. I had forgotten about that.

[deerhunt1988]

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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It sure is, another $100 for OLAP land. I had forgotten about that.

$200 for non-residents!

So $549 for a single turkey off OLAP!!!!


Unreal.

[GobbleNut]

It sure is, another $100 for OLAP land. I had forgotten about that.

$200 for non-residents!

So $549 for a single turkey off OLAP!!!!


Unreal.

Geez...I didn't see that note that the NR fee for public ground was $200. 
...And here I had just been talking to a friend in OK about coming back over there to hunt this spring. Ain't no way I am paying that kind of money to hunt on the public ground I am familiar with over there!    
If the goal is to keep nonresidents from coming to OK to hunt, it is definitely going to work with this particular fellow. Too many other states with way lower license costs and far better public-land turkey hunting!

[deerhunt1988]

It sure is, another $100 for OLAP land. I had forgotten about that.

$200 for non-residents!

So $549 for a single turkey off OLAP!!!!


Unreal.

Geez...I didn't see that note that the NR fee for public ground was $200. 
...And here I had just been talking to a friend in OK about coming back over there to hunt this spring. Ain't no way I am paying that kind of money to hunt on the public ground I am familiar with over there!    
If the goal is to keep nonresidents from coming to OK to hunt, it is definitely going to work with this particular fellow. Too many other states with way lower license costs and far better public-land turkey hunting!

Well that $200 permit is just for OLAP lands, which is their "private land public access program". The main public land fee that is new for this coming spring is the "Non-resident game bird permit" at $100.

You could still hunt public for $349. But yes, $549 will definitely deter some non-residents!!