Quote Originally Posted by Northforker View Post
Im not sure that comparing deer tag costs with fishing license cost is a fair comparison, I see lots of Florida plates in Illinois and West Ky in October and November too. They arent fishing. I agree that something has to be done about the possession rules though. I keep enough for a few meals, not a 100 person sportsmans banquet. Take lots of pictures and toss a bunch back.
I have mixed feelings on it. Tons of folks from GA (and elsewhere, just using it as an example) come down here to enjoy our fishing at a very reasonable price. For me to go hunt Georgia it cost $400 for a season or $170 for ONE DAY.

For nonresident fishing licenses in Florida, its $17 for a 3 day, or $50 for an annual. For nonresident hunting it's $150 annual or $50 for 10 day . Only way a nonresident gets screwed in Florida is if you want to kill a gator at $1,000 for the tag.

Not to mention, every place you stop in GA on the way to deer camp or to resupply you get to hear an earful about "dang Floridiots comin here to kill our deer." lmao

We have saltwater fish with no harvest season, limited harvest seasons, tiny slot limits, etc as a result of people (from all over) abusing the resource and it being limited. Yet we continue to encourage more and more of it. Seems other states value their residents and resources for their residents more than Florida does.

Another consideration is we have no income tax, likely because of our large amount of tax revenue generated via tourism and snowbirds having second, third homes, etc.