The only state I'm aware of that currently has a bounty is Virginia, but hopefully more will get involved over the next few years.
When I was a boy in Southern Illinois there was still a bounty on ground hogs oddly enough. My Father used to hunt them regularly with a .243 Winchester rifle. In Williamson County the bounty was on the tail and in a nearby county it was on the ears so each one was worth $1 instead of .50 cents. He's save up the parts and a couple times a year he'd go in to get the cash. It was enough to buy a couple boxes of cartridges or a little gas so free entertainment!
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I was as virtuously given as a gentleman need to be; virtuous enough; swore little; diced not above seven times a week; went to a bawdy-house once in a quarter--of an hour; paid money that I borrowed, three of four times; lived well and in good compass: and now I live out of all order, out of all compass. Falstaff - Henry IV
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