Changes Proposed To Senior Hunting/Fishing Licenses

A compromise may be in the works on a plan
to start making older Kansans pay for hunting and fishing licenses.
The annual licenses cost $20.50 each. Kansas adopted a license
exemption for people 70 and older in 1937, then dropped the age to
65 in 1971.
Wildlife, Parks and Tourism Secretary Robin Jennison says the
exemption will cost his department more than $1 million in the
coming years as the population ages. He has proposed ending the
exemption – an idea that lawmakers say is highly unpopular.
But at a Senate committee hearing last week, Jennison said he’s
open to alternatives, such as raising the age for free passes to 75
or creating a half-price license for senior citizens.
Repealing the exemptions requires legislative action.