Feds don't own the wildlife, it is held in trust for the residents of the state.
Not accurate
Under the Tenets of the North American Model-
Opportunity for All: Every citizen has an opportunity, under the law, to hunt and fish in the United States and Canada.
Additionally, each state received money from the federally collected excise tax on all sporting goods which amounts to billions of the years.
I'm not opposed to paying a reasonably higher tag fee. What I am opposed to is not having an equal opportunity to tags that are for wildlife held in trust for ALL CITIZENS on Federal land.
As for the current legal aspect of who, what, where....It is observed that individual states manage wildlife to an extent, Federal manages the land and habitat, but ultimately the states’ trust responsibilities for wildlife are subordinate to the federal government’s statutory and trust obligations over federal lands and their integral resources.
The real problem is the Federal agencies don't have the balls and take the lazy way through every situation and dump it back on the state level
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