(a) Except as provided in subsection (b), the fees for firearms hunting, archery hunting, trapping and sport fishing licenses or for the combination thereof shall be as follows: (1) Resident firearms hunting license, fourteen dollars; (2) resident fishing license, twenty dollars; (3) resident combination license to firearms hunt and fish, twenty-eight dollars; (4) resident trapping license, twenty-five dollars; (5) resident junior trapping license for persons under sixteen years of age, three dollars; (6) junior firearms hunting license, three dollars; (7) nonresident firearms hunting license, sixty-seven dollars; (8) nonresident fishing license, forty dollars; (9) nonresident fishing license for a period of three consecutive days, sixteen dollars; (10) nonresident combination license to firearms hunt and fish, eighty-eight dollars; and (11) nonresident trapping license, two hundred dollars. Persons sixty-five years of age and over who have been residents of this state for not less than one year and who meet the requirements of subsection (b) of section 26-31 may be issued a lifetime license to firearms hunt or to fish or combination license to fish and firearms hunt or a license to trap without fee. The issuing agency shall indicate on a combination license the specific purpose for which such license is issued. The town clerk shall retain a recording fee of one dollar for each license issued by him.

      (b) Any nonresident residing in one of the New England states or the state of New York may procure a license to hunt or to fish or to hunt and fish for the same fee or fees as a resident of this state if he is a resident of a state the laws of which allow the same privilege to residents of this state.