What gets me is here in Michigan the sportsmans clubs and the Michigan outdoor TV shows say we have to get the young intrested in hunting and fishing. Yet the main sportsman club MUCC is behind this push for the increases.
Unless you got to go to college and found a good job in mostly sourthen Michigan their isn't out there as far as jobs for young people.
I'm on a fixed income so to speak as I am retired. Fuel cost has doubled since I retired, food cost has raised 20% as has heating oil/natural gas. Our medical cost just took a 27% leap, plus a deductiable.
We knew we needed to go back to work to live comfortable at the rate cost were going up. So we are now beekeepers with start up cost for the last 3 years.

The typical young person out of high school no colleage works for $7.15 an hour here. Many only get 20 to 30 hours a week so the employer does not have to pay any benifits.
So at $7.15 an hour for 30 or even 40 hours a week it isn't much. Add in cost of some type of tranportion, insurance, fuel, houseing and food, How are the ypoung people supposed to be able to pay hunting and fishing fees?
Sorry about ranting.
BUY AMERICAN is my moto as much as you can.

Al