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In reply to the discussion: Let's do this one, too: subsistence hunting. [View all]farminator3000
(2,117 posts)or other non-licensed 'animals'?
i mean really, WHAT IS YOUR POINT!!?!?!?
look at the part below about Utah and contemplate a bunch of yahoos with guns on the 1st day of duck seasom for 5 seconds, plz.
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In the United States, Regulation of hunting is primarily performed by the state law; additional regulations are imposed through United States (Federal) environmental law regarding migratory birds (such as ducks and geese) and endangered species.
Like many licenses, a hunting license is considered a privilege granted by the government, rather than a constitutional right under the Second Amendment.[10][11]
As a general rule, unprotected pest species are not subject to a hunting license. Vermin may be hunted without a license, or may even be the subject of a bounty paid to the hunter. .[12]
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Sorry but California was not the first nor the oldest state issuing a Hunting Licence.
The State of Utah in 1901 passed the following law in their State legislature.This beat California by 2 years..
"Any bona fide male citizen of the State of Utah over the age of fourteen yers of age and making payment of $1 to any justice of the peace of the county in which he resides, the county commissioner,or a deputy warden, or any other person whom shall be duly authorized shall be entitled from the officer to whom such payment is made, a hunting and fishing license. Said license shall permit such person to pursue,hunt and kill any of the game animals, or those mentioned in this title during the time when it shall be lawful to kill same, in any counties of this state, subject to the limitations as to the number of animals or birds provided, and to catch fish with hook and line according to the provisions of this statute.
All "FEMALE" persons, residents of the state of Utah, may take game animals under the provisions of this title, WITHOUT procuring a license,as provided by this title.
Utah was also the first state to issue a "TAG" that was to be worn on the outside of clothes while hunting.... Whew..
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