I have posted links to the WDFD budget and financial statements several times. If your question is a serious one you can look it up online. Perhaps it was a rhetorical question?

The bottom line is everything is more expensive these days. The expensive gas you are complaining about is also expensive for WDFW to buy.

License fees do NOT cover all WDFW expenditures. Repeat WDFW spends considerably more money than they take in from license fees.

I for one would support a significant license increases IF the money were to go for more enforcement.

If you think the licenses are high now wait till this current budget mess shakes out. I believe the legislature will lean heavily toward user fees. Those who use it pay for it. (That would be a real shock for those who catch the $700 blackmouth.)If that happens license fees will go up significantly.