Hunters Want More If The State Gets More Responding to a proposed increase of nearly 50 percent in hunting and fishing license fees -- from $12.50 to $18 -- some hunters are demanding more from the Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries (DGIF). One third of the comments the department has gotten say no problem to the increase -- if there are more opportunities to hunt, reported WSLS NewsChannel 10. One hunter said, "If you are going to raise the fees, why not allow hunting on Sunday?" Forty-three states do allow Sunday hunting, but the DGIF says a 2000 survey found that 52 percent of Virginia hunters were actually against hunting on Sundays. If approved, the fee increase would take effect on July 1. After that, says David Meadows, DGIF director, a new survey on Sunday hunting can be up for debate.