Fees closing Maine big-game registration stations
9/23/09 | 10 comments

Fees closing Maine big-game registration stations


By The Associated Press

NEWRY, Maine — Some big-game registration stations, upset over a $4 fee increase to tag bears, have stopped providing the service in Maine.

For many years, store owners charged hunters $1 to register animals, pocketing the money. The Legislature added $4 to be sent to the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife to help with funding woes.

State bear biologist Randy Cross tells the Sun Journal some station owners upset with the fee hike have stopped the service.

In the past, tagging stations changed little from year to year, but recession woes are affecting stations and hunting guides. Fewer people are booking hunts.

Hunters cannot keep an unregistered bear, deer, moose or wild turkey at home or any place of storage for more than 18 hours, unless they bag the big-game animal in Maine’s unorganized territories.

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On 9/23/09 at 12:15 PM, hardworkerx2 wrote:         Repeated separate thumbs down will cause comment to be hidden

This has nothing to do with needing more money. It has everything to do with our governors lack of budgeting skills.

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On 9/23/09 at 1:36 PM, captainandy wrote:         Repeated separate thumbs down will cause comment to be hidden

We should all send a turd to Augusta along with a dollar bill. It's the last thing to have a "fee" attached but it's just a matter of time......

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On 9/23/09 at 8:43 PM, ElectraGlide wrote:         Repeated separate thumbs down will cause comment to be hidden

Maybe we should march on Augusta!!!

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On 9/23/09 at 11:30 PM, theinfoman wrote:         Repeated separate thumbs down will cause comment to be hidden

A march would be great if we were going to run all of the politicans out.

But let me get this right.

The store would charge a fee and keep it. The state wants some action so they could still get thier buck or so and turn the 4 over to the state. Who is going to pay for the warden service and police and all the other agencys that are used for the big game or in the persuit of it. Money don't grow on trees and people dont work for free.

So guess you will show them by cutting off the ability to get a tag (cut your nose off) to spite the government. The hunters will go to the places that do it and they will get thier business for supplies and eats and treats. What intelegence.

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On 9/24/09 at 9:45 AM, Technical_13 wrote:         Repeated separate thumbs down will cause comment to be hidden

So lets see if I understand this straight... The warden service and guides are being pinched by the recession with a shortfall of funding. So they are charging a fee to tag out a bear. This is supposed to encourage hunters to go shoot a bear to tag out? Where is there logic? Would it not make more sense to separate dear and bear on hunting licenses?

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On 9/24/09 at 10:27 AM, Mainefriend wrote:         Repeated separate thumbs down will cause comment to be hidden

If the Warden service is feeling the pinch from this state, it sure doesn't show! THEY RECENTLY BUILT TWO. NOT ONE, BUT TWO NEW FACILITIES

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On 9/24/09 at 10:33 AM, Mainefriend wrote:         Repeated separate thumbs down will cause comment to be hidden

Each of them close to $1,000,000.00 of tax payer monies! This is rediculous! They shouldn't even be in these new buildings! They should be in the woods looking for criminals who abuse our natural resources! Looking for theives, and mischivous people! Not on the street at the local gas station sipping coffee and gossiping at the local police station or in their new million dollar office or harrassing out of state vacationers who happen to be on ATV! Stupid, Stupid, Stupid, state we live in! I wonder if augustanites are smarter than 5th graders! They'll probably start on a new 20 million dollar building for the ATV TASK force next or maybe a new Dirigo Health Building!

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On 9/26/09 at 9:46 AM, bud55bud wrote:         Repeated separate thumbs down will cause comment to be hidden

ITS TO BAD THEY CANNOT CUT BACK LIKE ALL US JOBLESS PEOPLE HAVE TO.

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On 9/28/09 at 12:42 AM, theinfoman wrote:         Repeated separate thumbs down will cause comment to be hidden

Hey they come to houlton for training get paid for not working. We got one on Maine street pay must be exceptional to do nothing.

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On 10/6/09 at 1:27 PM, Hampden1 wrote:         Repeated separate thumbs down will cause comment to be hidden

No Big Deal just drive to Augusta and get your prize personally tagged by Uncle John for $20.00 Who knows you may even get in a picture for the paper. He loves to pose for the Newspaper!!

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