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House committee concurs in bill giving residents 10-day head start on upland game hunts; 16-4
Summary
After debate about federal funding and private-land exceptions, the House Fish, Wildlife and Parks Committee voted 16-4 to reconsider and concur in Senate Bill 514, a bill that would allow residents to begin upland game hunting 10 days before nonresidents with specified exceptions; Representative Jan France will carry the bill on the floor.
Representative Frantz moved to take Senate Bill 514 off the table and described the bill as setting a separate start date for resident and nonresident upland game hunting: residents would begin 10 days earlier, and nonresidents could still hunt on private land and in outfitted areas subject to exceptions.
During discussion, Representative Fielder warned that creating resident-only head starts could jeopardize federal funding streams such as Pittman-Robertson and…
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