Hunting license

Finnish bowhunting license

A hunting license or hunting permit is a regulatory or legal mechanism to control hunting, both commercial and recreational. A license specifically made for recreational hunting is sometimes called a game license.

Hunting may be regulated informally by unwritten law, self-restraint, a moral code, or by governmental laws.[1] The purposes for requiring hunting licenses include the protection of natural treasures,[2] and raising tax revenue (often, but not always, to dedicated funds).[3][4][5]

  1. ^ National Shooting Sports Foundation, The Ethical Hunter, brochure p. 6, March 2003, site at [1]
  2. ^ Bennett, Elizabeth (May 24, 2012). "How to Stop Wildlife Poachers". New York Times. Retrieved June 5, 2012.
  3. ^ Busse, Nick (May 29, 2012). "Open season with new omnibus game and fish law". Twin Cities daily Planet. Retrieved June 5, 2012.
  4. ^ Delo, Howard (May 31, 2012). "Hunters first to pony up for conservation". Mat-Su Valley Frontiersman. Retrieved June 5, 2012.
  5. ^ Toth, Leslie (May 10, 2012). "Hunters, anglers face higher license prices". Mille Lacs County Times. Retrieved June 5, 2012.

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