Fish and Wildlife trivia time

What year did Indiana issue it's first hunting license?

How much did it cost?

Betcha Weedy could tell ya. He probably still has it!!! :p

No he doesn't .. but jack does..

I bought my first one in 1961 and the license cost $2.00. h.h.

I got my first one in 1959 but my Dad bought it so I don't know what it cost...

I can't remember!

Hahaha.......bite me. :p

cheated via google...lol

http://www.in.gov/dnr/fishwild/5446.htm

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ha, ha

1901 and $1.00

According to the Inflation Calculator:

"What cost $1 in 1901 would cost $27.57 in 2013."

Hunting licenses are $17 now. I guess we are either getting a bit of a bargain today or the price in 1901 was high.

Ha! And we still have people bitchin about the cost!.. yet no problem paying 25.00 for a box of shells!

My Dad's license...

Cool^^^^that is something to hang on to!

Didn't realize you were hunting in 1952 Weed

We need to do a "get-together" for the folks on this dang site. I'll bring my own apron and drool spoon....

I bought my first one in 1993.

Youth license I purchased at Galyans, it cost $7.00 if I remember right.

I have all of my old ones.

I wish the old Galyans was still in business.

What is that??^

I second that. I stopped at the new Avon Gander Mountain tonight to buy some of those new fangled Wichester Long Beard XR's and I asked one of the clerks at the gun counter where I might find the turkey loads. "They're right behind you" he said pointing at the the rack full of pheasant shells. I thanked him and went off and found them on the other side of the store with the turkey stuff. So I go to the check-out (only one very flustered clerk but only one guy ahead of me). I watched as he tried to ring up 2 ammo cans and 3 boxes of shells. By the time he figured it out the line behind me had grown considerably and the kid got even more flustered. He swiped a box of 9 mm 3 times when the guy pointed out the boxes were similar but different calibers (.45, .40 S&W, and 9 mm). The kid couldn't understand the prices were different. When I finally got out of there it was such a relief. While it's very close to my house I don't think I'll be doing a lot of business there.

Jack

P.S. Dicks bought Galyan's about 15 years ago. I also miss the downtown Em-Roe and the old German gunsmith they had. He was the best around.

Dicks bought Galyans out in 04 so it will be 10 years in June...

I haven't been in Dicks for years now nor do I plan on anytime soon.... Their selection sucked the last time I was there...

I was -13 in 1959

John - have you been to the Greenfield Gander Mountain yet? Do they know what they are doing?

Jack

I've been trying to find out when squirrel season started opening on Aug 15. I can't make out what is says about squirrel on the back, please clarify. Thanks, take care, have fun...

It says established each year - consult county clerk. county clerks did a lot of wildlife stuff back then. you collected the bounty on fox ears from them too. h.h.

its under construction

iirc it opens may 20

Yep..that's what it states on the tag. We used to take crows to the clerks in Marshall County, and get 50 cents per crow. Not a bad gig for a kid back then.

I actually found my Dad's license in the butt stock of an old Nitro King 12ga. that he had. Seems that "back in the day" they would keep their license in the recessed area under the butt- plate of the gun, thus allowing them to keep their current licenses with them at all times. Two screws held the butt-plate on. One was normally a "phillips-head" screw,,and the other "slotted" head screw,,,large enough for a dime to be used to remove. I noticed a small blueish paper wedged between the stock and butt-plate, and investigated....otherwise I would have never found it.

Could never find any Hungarian Partridge. We actually tried a time or two.

WOW!

With our electronic caller and a scatter gun my son would be making bank today with a bounty like that today!!

Back then,,,I don't think anyone but us kids bothered to shoot crows. I remember bringing a deceased one into the house while my Mom was doing dishes. I squeezed that sucker and he let out a perfect "CAW"....Mom wasn't impressed.

Its scheduled to open on May 20 I will let ya know

Oops sorry Dave didn't see your post

Wish I would have kept my first one like Chevy it was around 1993 I would have been 7 that year and I bought mine from galyans in Plainfield. Was also wondering about the avon gander no one in any of them stores ever mows what's goin on galyans was the only ones that did