If you’re fishing or hunting to put food on your family’s table that you know doesn’t contain a bunch of chemicals, preservatives, hormones, et c. or just to be able to save on the exorbitant grocery store prices we’re seeing today, you shouldn’t be harassed and shaken down by the government to do so. Especially when the license fees collected only seem to go to the buddies of FWC commissioners who own land the FWC over pays for, or so the FWC can by beachfront property at a premium price that is just going to erode away after the next hurricane.

Now if you’re hunting just to get antlers for your mantle or taxidermy a billfish, that’s a different story. Lastly, even though you’d be exempt from the government imposed fees to use the guns and fishing rods you already paid taxes on, you’d still need to follow state and federal rules around seasons, quotas, sizes, et c.