Not requiring anyone 15 or younger to purchase a hunting license but requiring them to pay for this "baiting privilege" is nothing but a money grab and attempt to jack the numbers for federal license excise tax money. It's akin to fraud.

I still maintain my belief that within a few more years we'll have required licenses for teens, like age 10-15, as a "junior license" along with segmented weapons fees for centerfire, muzzleloader, bow and crossbow. Too much money being left on the table to not go after these things.

Lot of other possibilities for mandatory fees. Fishing guides could be hit with an annual state fee. Lot of hunting lodges and guides, too.

Do other conservative state administrations routinely increase mandatory fees and impose mandatory regulations? I thought those things happened only in liberal states like California, New Jersey, New York and Illinois.