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Big Game Hunting => Elk Hunting => Topic started by: Bean Counter on October 03, 2008, 01:22:29 PM

Title: Can I change tags?
Post by: Bean Counter on October 03, 2008, 01:22:29 PM: My buddy and I are signed up for the Eastern WA gun hunt. Can we change to Western WA if we do so before the opener? Any tips on how to do this? Just a general tag, obviously. Thanks!
Title: Re: Can I change tags?
Post by: robodad on October 03, 2008, 01:32:42 PM: The only time I have heard of that being allowed was in the case of a WDFW mistake, a friend bought his license and tags early online and when received them he just put them in the drawer till season and he looked at them and they were wrong, he had to prove WDFW made the mistake because they were unwilling to switch them just by him asking for the change,

Good luck with that one, I don't know if it can be done or not really !! :dunno:
Title: Re: Can I change tags?
Post by: WDFW-SUX on October 03, 2008, 01:34:27 PM: If you did not apply for a special permit then they will let you change tags as long as the season has not started.
Title: Re: Can I change tags?
Post by: brokenbone on October 03, 2008, 01:54:44 PM: you can change tacs up to the opening day. if you want to ml insted of modern you can switch up to the opener of modern.
Title: Re: Can I change tags?
Post by: runningboard on October 03, 2008, 03:03:04 PM: the guys who answered are correct, you can change until the season opener. just go to any dealer that sells tags and if they don't know how they can call.
Title: Re: Can I change tags?
Post by: Bean Counter on October 03, 2008, 04:14:28 PM: Quote from: Passion on October 03, 2008, 01:34:27 PM
If you did not apply for a special permit then they will let you change tags as long as the season has not started.

Passion,
clarification: I did apply for special tags, but I was not drawn. This is a general tag. Will that be allowed? Thanks.
Title: Re: Can I change tags?
Post by: Bean Counter on October 03, 2008, 04:15:05 PM: Do I have to pay some sort of transfer fee?

Wouldn't surprise me with the WDFW.
Title: Re: Can I change tags?
Post by: wastickslinger on October 03, 2008, 07:03:44 PM: Thats the catch, if you applied for special permits they will not let you switch now.