I read where the committee formed to study the license fee issue is suggesting this increase because of the decline in hunters over the past several years and they propose this will make up the gap. Would seem to me that if you are loosing hunters, but want to increase the numbers again, you probably ought to be thinking about lowering the license fees instead of increasing them. Increased fees can only lead to a continued decline of hunters. I just can't imagine how this move to increase fees will encourage more hunters into the field and a temporary increase in total revenue will be followed by a serious decline in the future. However, as far as I am concerned, a couple of hundred thousand people less in the field would be a welcome relief!!!