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The license/tag will most likely have the ability to only be printed a single time. Try hitting that print button twice and the second time will not work. If you lose your license or tag, no reprinting, you'll have to call or stop by an office.Same way Oregon does it.No way they are dumb enough to have the ability to print multiple licenses/tags.Doing the system this way and knocking off 4 weeks of waiting is great. Kudos Montana.
Quote from: 92xj on January 16, 2020, 09:13:54 AMThe license/tag will most likely have the ability to only be printed a single time. Try hitting that print button twice and the second time will not work. If you lose your license or tag, no reprinting, you'll have to call or stop by an office.Same way Oregon does it.No way they are dumb enough to have the ability to print multiple licenses/tags.Doing the system this way and knocking off 4 weeks of waiting is great. Kudos Montana.
Quote from: vandeman17 on January 16, 2020, 09:58:26 AMQuote from: 92xj on January 16, 2020, 09:13:54 AMThe license/tag will most likely have the ability to only be printed a single time. Try hitting that print button twice and the second time will not work. If you lose your license or tag, no reprinting, you'll have to call or stop by an office.Same way Oregon does it.No way they are dumb enough to have the ability to print multiple licenses/tags.Doing the system this way and knocking off 4 weeks of waiting is great. Kudos Montana.I still see this as a huge fraud/poaching problem. Even if you can only print the tag once, a guy could still make as many copies as he wants too. No way to know if the tag is the original or not. Especially with all of the different kind of personal printers both high and low quality. I can print an original on my printer and then make a copy on the same printer and none of you would be able to tell which one was the original. In the past, if you went to a store and bought a duplicate due to loss, they could see that and give it extra scrutiny. Now there will be guys shooting multiple (many!!) animals on the same tag. As long as they are not checked after the harvest and the animal is processed and in the freezer, there is nothing stopping them from hitting the hills again and again.Another huge issue as some mentioned above is the ability to keep a common piece of computer paper in decent condition in the field. There will be huge problems with this also. You just about wonder how much thought was put into all of this. Sounds like a knee jerk reaction to the faded license problem they had last year. I do like that all of the licensing will be done on line and results will be available much earlier.
I like the move, save money on printing, get the draw done quicker, people can print their licenses immediately, and maybe MFWP can afford another warden in the field. Time for more agencies to catch up with modern times!
The paper Washington uses for tags/licenses works great.
We had to print our license and permit for our Mtn goat hunt on kodiak last year. Week of the wettest I've ever been out hunting. After a week of being folded up in a cheapo sandwich ziplock and it still looked like a folded up piece of dry printer paper I think we are getting a bit doom and gloom here. It'll be ok. If you are super concerned about this, use a real top quality ziplock brand ziplock freezer bag. Who is gonna be the first company to release a $100 high performance backcountry license ziplock
Quote from: Karl Blanchard on January 17, 2020, 07:01:30 AMWe had to print our license and permit for our Mtn goat hunt on kodiak last year. Week of the wettest I've ever been out hunting. After a week of being folded up in a cheapo sandwich ziplock and it still looked like a folded up piece of dry printer paper I think we are getting a bit doom and gloom here. It'll be ok. If you are super concerned about this, use a real top quality ziplock brand ziplock freezer bag. Who is gonna be the first company to release a $100 high performance backcountry license ziplock my license and tag is always in a little sandwich bag that stays in my bino harness pouch. Never had an issue with it and have hunted in some pouring rain and dumping snow
Quote from: Karl Blanchard on January 17, 2020, 07:01:30 AMWe had to print our license and permit for our Mtn goat hunt on kodiak last year. Week of the wettest I've ever been out hunting. After a week of being folded up in a cheapo sandwich ziplock and it still looked like a folded up piece of dry printer paper I think we are getting a bit doom and gloom here. It'll be ok. If you are super concerned about this, use a real top quality ziplock brand ziplock freezer bag. Who is gonna be the first company to release a $100 high performance backcountry license ziplock You can get one here and support a site sponsor for only $15.https://hunting-washington.com/smf/index.php/topic,245688.0.htmlI'm sure Sitka will come out with a high performance one for any "sitka fan boys".