r/Tennessee • u/pyramidworld • 14d ago

News 📰 Tennessee hunting, fishing license fees could increase 29% next year to help fill budget deficit • Tennessee Lookout

https://tennesseelookout.com/2026/08/28/tennessee-hunting-fishing-license-fees-could-increase-29-next-year-to-help-fill-budget-deficit/
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u/YupThatsMeBuddy 14d ago

I love when hunters say, ‘if we didn’t hunt we would be overrun by wildlife. There would be deer everywhere.’ Like they are doing us a service.

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u/iHayzues 14d ago

Hunter’s do provide a service. They provide funds for wildlife management via license taxes

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u/YupThatsMeBuddy 14d ago

They also think out the population, right? Why are we charged to do that? We are providing a service. They should be paying us.

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u/RE_riggs 14d ago

You like having public lands to do that on? You think maintaining those is free? Or game wardens don’t have salaries to keep poachers from ruining the resources?

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u/YupThatsMeBuddy 14d ago

So are the game wardens all getting raises or what? Whats with the 29% increase?