68 FISH AND GAME COMMISSION 



During the bienniiim tlie Fish and Game Commission rescinded the 

 order requiring the wearing of licenses on the outside of the clothing 

 above the waistline when hunthig and fishing. No money had been pro- 

 vided for the purchase of license holders so that the sportsmen could 

 wear the license on the outside of their clothing. Many complaints were 

 received from the license agents because we did not furnish the holders, 

 and it had been recommended to the commission that this order be 

 rescinded. However, many of the license agents are now purchasing the 

 holders from the manufacturer and these agents are either selling them 

 to the license buyers for a very small fee or are giving them away free 

 of charge. 



At the 1948 Session of the Statp Legislature a new law was passed 

 providing that every person who hunted pheasants must have in addi- 

 tion to the regular hunting license a pheasant tag, the fee for which 

 was $1. Due to the short time elapsing between the time that the Gov- 

 ernor signed the bill and the opening of the pheasant season it was not 

 possible to obtain a completely satisfactory pheasant tag, although the 

 one procured was fairly satisfactory. The sale of the pheasant tags in 

 1948 was not as great as had been expected, the total sales amounting 

 to 171,352. 



During the 1948 hunting season for waterfowl the waterfowl man- 

 agement area regulations went into effect. This act permitted the hunters 

 to shoot on waterfowl management areas provided by the Fish and 

 Game Commission. There were three types of areas established : the 

 developed area where hunters were charged $5 per shoot; partly devel- 

 oped areas, where the fee was $1 ; and undeveloped areas where no 

 blinds were furnished and hunters were permitted to hunt free of charge. 

 Boys under 16 years of age, when accompanied by a permittee on a 

 developed area could hunt for $2.50. The number of permits issued is 

 shown at the end of this report. 



During the biennium we experienced very little difficulty with our 

 license agents in requiring full settlement on all license sales, and in 

 closing out accounts. The amended law, providing that all agents must 

 remit on all books completely sold not later than the tenth of the follow- 

 ing month, greatly assisted our offices in controlling these agents. 

 Although we do have laws governing the manner in which agents must 

 account for their license money, the fact that we have 3,200 agents 

 scattered throughout the State and that our personnel is cpiite small 

 makes it difficult to supervise all of them properly. 



The premium on our deer meat permit bonds was reduced to $1 

 for each $500 sold, and we have in excess of 500 locker plants and cold 

 storage plants holding deer meat after the legal time that deer meat may 

 be possessed by the hunter. 



ANTELOPE DRAWING 



In 1949, the commission provided that there should be a special 

 hunt for antelope in the northeastern part of the State and that 500 

 permits should be issued. The law providing for these special antelope 

 hunts had previously been amended to provide that no person could 

 apply for a permit who had received a permit in any one of the 10 years 

 previous. This made it necessary that every application received in 1949 

 be carefully screened — with 2,000 cards for persons to whom permits had 



