Ohio hunters spend millions of dollars annually to support wildlife and wildlife restoration projects in the sate by paying a special tax. It' s an excise tax that you pay on hunting grear, guns, and ammo. It all started 63 years ago when hunters, concerned about habitat loss, created a program allowing the FEDERAL GOVERNMENT to place an additional tax on the equipment they use; the funds are earmarked for wildlife conservation.
These special funds helped bring back the wild turkey, the white-tailed deer, the wood duck, and other great game species. These dollars, along with your license and permit fees, pay for land acquisition, wildlife research, and hunter education.
The program is officially known as the Wildlife Restoration Program and is a result of the Pttman Robertson, or P-R Act. The U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service collects the money, then distributes it to every state wildlife agency according to the size of the state and the number of hunters.
The next time you buy a box of shells, or a new gun, you should be proud that you are supporting wildlife management in Amercia."
This is the exact wording of it. I found it in a phamplet that' s produced every year. It has a bunch of things we call laws and regulations. It happened to mention this. And oh yeah...it was put out by the ODNR. Am I really supposed to be so naive that all the upright and honest people that work in Washington are going to make sure every cent goes to the ODNR that they deserve?
As far as cutting out the free senior licenses, I kind of agree with that. My grandpa gets a free license every year, and is old enough to be grandfathered, but he hasn' t gone huntin in I don' t know how long. It' s just a waste of money to issue the license ' cause it isn' t being used in the slightest. For those who have to buy the license, I think the stamps should be half priced too.
Brandan