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.

Perhaps you should read this again but a little slower this time. The special tax on ammunition, weapons, hunting equipment, etc... is what is regulated by the Federal government, NOT state license fees.

If you reread this one you' ll see that you are wrong yet again: These dollars, along with your license and permit fees, pay for land acquisition, wildlife research, and hunter education. The key work here is along. Or, in addition. This special tax is regulated by the Federal Government and distributed to the states. The states then use this money, in addition to the license fees for land purchases, research, education, etc...

I' ll say this again, the ODNR keeps ALL license fees period. Look up Ohio law and you will see that I am right on this one.

on a little further it states that these fees plus the license fees help pay for land, which the state buys with this money.