CPW Raising prices

[hawk1]

Sorry if this is a repost.

2019 Fee Changes

[Irving]

We've discussed this before, but why in the world didn't they raise the fee for non-residents?

[CS1983]

Odd. They actually lowered bear for NR.

[Irving]

They sure won't attract more bear hunters with a lower price when you can't bait bears here.

[sniper7]

Total bullshit. The fucking state parks does such a shitty job managing money and now we (me, wife, kids, family, friends) and you guys are getting fucked over. I get it’s only $8 a license, but when I typically draw several tags a year and purchase several B and C list licenses now they are upping my costs close to $50 a year, which will only grow as my kids get older. They need to start charging every subaru registered in the state $250/yr for their hippie fees.
Wish we could go back to separate DOW and parks...but that ain’t gonna happen with the fudge packer polis. He is promising some crazy ass educational goals, and coming from a family of teachers not a single one of us voted for his stupid ass. This state is full of absolute fucking dipshits

[theGinsue]

I got an email yesterday with the complete breakdown of prices, I wasn't surprised as I expected this when I first heard that DOW was merging with CO Parks which is still bleeding money. Increasing the Permit Draw fee from $3 to $7 is just greedy. I'll give it a few more years of appling for Pref Pts until I can draw for a once-in-a-lifetime elk hunt like Forbes Ranch/Trinchera - then I'll probably just go to over the counter permits.

If enough people get fed up and quit applying then the DOW side will start loosing money because of this BS (thus no longer able to carry the Parks side, financially speaking), maybe they'll learn from it and adjust back to fair pricing. Just kidding - this state hasn't learned a damned thing from it's mistakes for many years.

[Irving]

Moose, sheep, etc all went up $50. The points went up from free to $50 as well.

[sniper7]

Moose, sheep, etc all went up $50. The points went up from free to $50 as well.

Wow, just saw that now that you mentioned it. That’s $300 a year for my wife and I. Up to $600 when both kids are applying.
Guess Colorado only wants the wealthy to hunt as the average guy can’t justify $600 a year just to apply....

My only hope is if you actually apply for a license and don’t draw you aren’t hit with that $50 fee, I doubt it but slightly hopeful

[hurley842002]

Guess Colorado only wants the wealthy to hunt as the average guy can?t justify $600 a year just to apply....

Of course that's what they want, and with the new "regime" it's only going to get worse.

[ray1970]

But if all of this saves just one animal, then isn?t it worth it?