It can be added to either the Small Game License or the Combination License. Under the new system, only those who add the Migratory Bird Certification Stamp will be required to fill in the questionnaire. Right now, everyone who buys a Basic or Sportsman's License must fill out that short set of questions, even though only about 40 percent of those people actually hunt migratory birds. Resident Small Game 1-day licenses will be new for 1999. A 1997 survey showed that there are a number of residents who only hunt small game one or two daysduring the season.
Small game includes such things as pheasant, grouse, cottontail, and squirrel.
Also available is a one-day fishing license. For anglers who fish three times or more, the annual fishing license is the better buy. The amount senior citizens pay to fish won't change under the new system. It is important to our funding base that we continue to consider the growing population of seniors as part of our license-buying public, even if at a reduced fee. The Game, Fish and Parks Commission also decided that the 5-day fishing license be discontinued altogether.