I own 29 acres (cost me $40,000) plus paid a local guy to bulldoze a trail system for me. Also pay him every few years to put stone and culverts in to help curb the erosion. Paid a local to build a dock at my pond, stocked it from a semi local business (Jones fish hatchery) and have them restock with baitfish every few years. I buy my corn in Ohio and split the costs of food plots with my neighbor. I pay my neighbor to keep my trails brushhogged and let him cut what fields I have for hay to feed his cows. I spend money at local restaurants in Logan and McArthur, always stop by Hocking hills moonshine every trip, get my snacks/drinks for my all day sits at Walmart in Logan. Shop at sporting goods stores/bait shops when I go fishing/turkey hunting in the spring. Occasionally buy from local hardware stores and automotive stores. Plus fuel and motel for a week in the spring and two weeks in the fall. In all I spend around $3-4,000 every year in Ohio. A license increase isn’t going to stop me from coming, but they just raised the prices for non resident licenses...why would they raise them again so soon? One thing Ohio does have going for it is that once you buy a license, you’re done. Here in NJ you need a firearms license, archery, fishing, plus a permit for extended bow, muzzleloader, a rifle permit and doe days plus a buck tag for each season. At $28 a pop for each permit plus another $28 for each buck tag...it all adds up. Not to mention turkey permits that are for one week....want to hunt the entire turkey season?...you’ll need five permits. You even need a permit to go clamming. If using a crab pot, you’ll need another permit for that. Granted, hunters aren’t knocking down doors to hunt big deer here like in Ohio, but in the summer there are more out of state license plates than resident tags....sorta like what I see when I come to Ohio during deer season. Everyone comes to the beaches, the boardwalks, fishing and the casinos. I guess if the state that you live in has a resource that people want, you’ll have tourists/visitors. Luckily, everyone that I’ve met while in Ohio has treated me well...but I do know there are some who dislike non residents. I wish I had the writing skills that Jesse possesses, as I could be a bit more articulate in getting my thoughts across. Basically, if you add up all of the money I spend in Ohio and NJ, plus the costs of hunting gear, licenses, permits, trail cams, etc. I probably average about $100 per pound of meat!