Rick.69 Loc: Portland, Oregon

It’s okay, we all have our days. Just be sure to have tight lines.

Waterlou Loc: Hood River, Oregon

The Senior rate for a license applies at age 70 in Oregon, not 76.

PLS Loc: Kingsport, TN

Move to Tennessee. Resident over 65, lifetime license cost $50. Still have to purchase trout stamps and such.

bjoe Loc: Prineville Oregon

I pay a whole six bucks for my combo license the rest is extra at regular price. Woo Hoo for being old and a pioneer in Oregon. Wait.....no.....my Elk tag costs the same as my deer tag.

shaddick Loc: Oregon

that applies only after you are a 5 year resident.thank's
Shad

Fredfish Loc: Prospect CT.

Connecticut resident (no minimum number of years) 65 and older : Free freshwater, Free Saltwater, $5 for a trout stamp.
Allowed 4 rods bank fishing, unlimited in a boat, no restrictions on number of hooks per rod.
Small game hunting licence also free.

shaddick Loc: Oregon

thank's,it's really good to hear that.
happy ground hog day every one.
Shad

FixorFish Loc: SW Oregon

And this guy wants OTHER FOLKS to not do drugs.....hehehe....might be "MIRROR TIME", buddy.

You DO add a certain amount of "amusing, but fairly off-the-wall & irrelevant posts" to the forum...I assume for our entertainment, thanks !

Jeremy Loc: America

You also have to be a resident for 50 years to get it.

Jeremy Loc: America

50

Jeremy Loc: America

Here it is

FixorFish Loc: SW Oregon

Thanks for the above, Jeremy....as I was aware of the discrepancy stated (5 vs. 50) to be eligible for the highly reduced in price "Oregon Pioneer" license.
(I can only hope that I live another 11 years, so I can qualify !)

I would have beaten you to the punch with the exact same photo of the regs....however, it seems that there are a few fellow-stagers (one in particular on this thread) who don't much care for my pedantic contributions. So, this time, refrained for a bit.

Edit: had a bit of a rant in this space, about being told to "leave the thread" from an earlier response to my posts. Apparently the poster thought that I was being "too harsh" or possibly too flippant ?....idk. After I pushed "send", I
went back to page one, to re-read the disparaging "go away now " post, and was both surprised, as well as pleased, to find it...... GONE !?!?

Hehehe...thanks Admin, or whomever.

shaddick Loc: Oregon

Fix,
nice to meet you.
also everyone,my protest is about the fact that the funding for ramps,dams,changing rivers,and paving over the earth as it was, is coming from a general fund.not our licence fees.
fish on.
Shaddick

Fredfish Loc: Prospect CT.

Minor correction here, it's 3 rods from the bank, not 4.

FixorFish Loc: SW Oregon

"Paving over the earth"...in Oregon ? Just WHERE do you observe THAT happening in our state, Shaddick ?
Sure, the ramps and roads leading TO our fisheries are often funded by local, county and state funds...with contributions from ODFW ADDED.
The dams and their maintenance(and sometimes their REMOVAL) are mostly state or federal $$.....with contributions from the ODFW.
"Changing rivers" ? Not sure what you are referring to, with the exception of dams or are you referring to the repair of riparian areas around a particular waterbody ?.......ODFW most CERTAINLY contributes a portion of its funds for the latter.
The hatcheries in the state are funded by our license fees. That's where a lion's share of their funds go.
Education is another large expenditure of ODFW, as are the administrative costs of running the state's licensing process, hatcheries and promotion of the resource itself. And let's not forget the slick 97-page "Sport Fishing" publication, that keeps us aware and informed of the regs for our many diverse waterbodies and the coastal fisheries, as well as good identification pages and helpful information. And then there is the enforcement of the regs(often supplementing local law enforcement funding), the state board that determines the regs, and the ODFW staff, that keeps this whole conglomerate of diverse needs, wants, and execution, humming year after year.

In other words....your rather misguided "protest" is kinda for naught, imo.
We are incredibly blessed to live in this state, & should support all of the above with our money, as well as our participation, in all that Oregon has to offer.
As has been said, "gotta pay to play"....and Lord knows, we have one of the best "playgrounds" on the planet.

Do join us on the playground....only costs less than 50 cents a day if you go full-on and get ALL the tags and endorsements....closer to about 11 cents a day (!) if you go basic.

And waiting until you are eligible for a reduced price on your license after a five-year residency, is only going to save you a measly $14 ($41>$27) anyways.
....."protest" ?.......really ?.....and who is it (outside of the few dozen on this forum....and probably not even all of them) that will even be aware of this protest, much less pat you on the back for doing it ?

Nice "meeting" you, as well, Shaddick.
And good luck out there if you have a change of mind and decide to join us licensed and informed folk !