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Title:The Hunting Notesfile
Notice:Registry #7, For Sale #15, Success #270
Moderator:SALEM::PAPPALARDO
Created:Wed Sep 02 1987
Last Modified:Tue Jun 03 1997
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:1561
Total number of notes:17784

1248.0. "Pitman-Robertson Act" by SALEM::MACGREGOR () Fri Jan 29 1993 14:19

    I need some information about the Pitman-Robertson Act. Any information
    at all would be greatly appreciatted. Thanks in advance................
    							Bret
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1248.1there's a parallel law for fishing gear, tooHEFTY::CHARBONNDup creek, no paddle, no PFDFri Jan 29 1993 15:314
    Like what? It was passed in the late 1930's, initiated by sportsman,
    and has since returned several billion dollars to the states to
    be used to purchase conservation lands. I believe it amounts to
    a 13 or 14 percent tax on all hunting goods.
1248.22CRAZY::BROWNFri Jan 29 1993 16:332
    
    Gonna duke it out in the NH notes, eh Bret? :^)  Good luck over there.
1248.3A little infoESKIMO::BINGPoliticians prefer unarmed peasentsSat Jan 30 1993 08:3224
    
    
    
    From the NRA's sportsman's fact card.....
    
    
              HUNTING AND CONSERVATION FACTS:
               The Sportsmen's Contribution

  Through hunting licenses, excise taxes and duck stamps, America's
  18 million hunters annually contribute more than $500 million for
  wildlife and habitat conservation, hunter education programs and 
  funding of state fish and wildlife agencies.

  To date, American hunters have contributed over $6 billion directly
  to wildlife conservation projects. Nearly 4 million acres of wild-
  life habitat have been acquired since 1937 through the Pittman-
  Robertson excise taxes on guns and ammo alone. Without the hunter 
  and his guns, today's wildlife management successes would not have
  been possible.

    
    
1248.4????????SALEM::MACGREGORMon Feb 01 1993 09:404
    re .2  Yeah there are some people that believe this act has to do with
    taxes on property that go to conservation. I jut wanted to point it out
    to them that it is the sportsmen that pay these taxes. Thanks.
    							Bret
1248.5SALEM::PAPPALARDOMon Feb 01 1993 10:437
    
    The Remington calendar that comes out each year is also a good source
    of info on this subject and usually the game scene per month has facts 
    on what has been done to help that species along.
    
                                                              Guy