rats1955
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Not to get to political, but it is a states right issue. We have enough federal intervention into our state issues with out opening the door on state’s fish and game. Good idea for simplification of the user, not so good for the states. In Montana we have enough problems with our fish and game commission. It is strictly a political appointment by the governor.
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bid_time
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A Non-Resident 72 hour fishing license in Michigan costs $21.00. Multiply that by 50 states = $1,050.00. In order to be fair, that's the amount that needs to be split between the 50 states otherwise someone is going to be losing money. Now I don't care much about ND, AR, CA, or about 46 other states, but I don't see any reason why Michigan should lose money to let a bunch of people to fish here. We already donate gas tax monies and a whole lot of other funds to the other states. You want to fish here, we have licenses available, and we have a reasonable fee already established for it.
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Deetour
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rats1955 wrote: We have enough federal intervention into our state issues with out opening the door on state’s fish and game. I agree.
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skipnchar
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Fishing has ALWAYS been under the jurisdiction of the states and I HOPE it stays that way. In this day and age there are many who believe that the Feds already are into far too many things. Kind of hard to see this happening any time soon.
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wandering1
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Should be as easy to do as winning the lotto.
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MAU MAU
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Some state Fish & Game agencies are funded through the states's general fund, and some are totally self funded through the sale of fishing, hunting and trapping licenses.
With this difference in the funding, a nationwide freshwater license will most likely never happen.
In New Hampshire, the Fish & Game Department receives ZERO dollars from the state, and in fact the state has come in and taken monies out of our funds for the general fund.
As a Fish & Game Commissioner in New Hampshire, I was not too pleased with that.
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lat471
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Nice thought but It'll never happen for most of all the above reasons. Especially the states right issues.
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mowermech
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If you want to fish or hunt in Montana, either pay the fees or become a resident.
Actually, many of us would prefer that you become a resident. We need all the income tax payers we can get!
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Why 65? Why not 55 or 62?
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Tom N
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Never will happen.....infringes on states rights.
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