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Until a couple of years ago, Pa. required you to display your license on your back. So I have several of those tag holders with the 'big safety pin'. I just drop it into a pocket of my pants or coat. If I'm walking to my hunting place, I usually put my LTCF (CCW) card in my shirt pocket. If I drive, then the wallet goes with me in my pants pocket.
Dale It always ticked me off that we had to tag ourselves and display our license. Now, the pack of tags makes a big lump in your wallet. And I just use the old License holder. On my back.
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Ziplock bag in my pack forever.....but
Missouri started something new last year.
Digital tag via your smart phone.
With the app you can buy licences, cary them, notch them and check your deer/turkey all in seconds via s network data connection I like the ziploc bag idea and plan to try it this year. While I've never fallen in water, there is always a first. And I've sat on some rather soggy ground. Re the smartphone, there is no or very poor cell coverage in may areas here.and the phone better be waterproof or in a bag as well. Would hate to get accosted by DPW with a dead battery or water-soaked/non-working phone. Whatever the DPW uses is impervious to water, falls, dead batteries, etc. and is OK by me. Seems to me if they are going that route all you should need to carry is your photo ID. If you can sign and notch your license via phone, enforcement can look it up.
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In South Dakota we're allowed to use an electronic copy so there's one on my phone. And since we can print off copies, there are printed copies in my truck, boat, and 4 wheeler.
My tags are sitting in a folder on top of the safe. The tag to be used is placed in my pack when preparing for a hunt. I currently have 6 tags and don't want to risk trouble by always carrying all of them. I leave the tags in the original envelope and place them in the pouch that was made to carry a water bladder. Being consistent helps me from loosing stuff.
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Usually in a jacket pocket. If they want my drivers license they can meet me back at the truck. Ditto......the only game wardens I've ever talked to were in their trucks or at check points anyway. I use one of those plastic holders the vendors give you for the lic/tag. It stays in the console when I'm not hunting.
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Oh.....and when I'm in Colorado......my hunters safety card is with me
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but how do you carry it?......
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Dang Don, I was hoping you'd chime in. The rest of these guys are rookies, I wanted to see how an experienced elk hunter carries his license.
This is a problem that's been plaguing me for years. Thanks!!
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but how do you carry it?...... In my bino pack you know the pocket on the back...........
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I've been doing a lot of reading and this year I'm switching to those grocery store produce bags. Apparently, they're extremely secure.
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I've been doing a lot of reading and this year I'm switching to those grocery store produce bags. Apparently, they're extremely secure.
Dude. Everyone knows that the dog poop bags you get at the park are the gold standard for how to carry your license. Friggin rookies.
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but how do you carry it?...... Since the Colorado license is small, foldable and waterproof I just fold it around my drivers license and hunters safety card and pitch it in my packs lid pocket Oklahoma, Texas, New Mexico and Missouri are printed on paper so I put them in a ziplock
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I'm reminded of Henri Charrière's novel Papillon. He describes a storage device called a 'charger'. He lists an incredible variety of things stored in one, but never a hunting license.
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After all this postulation I suppose I will settle on a neck lanyard pocket. It will serve my needs best.It will always be on me & easily accessible.
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After all this postulation I suppose I will settle on a neck lanyard pocket. It will serve my needs best.It will always be on me & easily accessible. I use a neck lanyard for my yardage dope cheatsheet. Since my eyesight changed in my mid 40's and I now require reading glasses the small font needs to be bigger and held at or beyond arm length.
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I use a neck lanyard for my yardage dope cheatsheet.
Since my eyesight changed in my mid 40's and I now require reading glasses the small font needs to be bigger and held at or beyond arm length.
Amen to that.
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Ziploc here. For shorter day hunts I put wallet containing license etc. in a ziploc and put that in my daypack just to keep things out of my pants pockets. Hunting in pouring rain is normal for our part of the world, and anything we don't want wet better be inside something waterproof. For extra precaution, put the ziploc inside a small cloth stuff sack or travel neck pouch to protect the plastic from punctures. I only do that when wade fishing for salmon and stick my cell phone into the ziploc inside the neck pouch. For longer, steeper and multi-day backpack hunts, I take license, tags, driver's license and a credit card in a ziploc and leave all else. The driver's license and credit card are just in case I wind up somewhere other than planned. I usually stick a few 20's in there as well.
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I carry my lifetime hunting and fishing licenses in my wallet.
I carry the paper deer and turkey tags tri-folded in a #10 envelope that is inside a zip-loc bag and that is carried in my day-pack. I carry a few sandwich size zip-loc bags and large safety pins to attached the used tags to the carcass while it is in transit to the check station and then on to the processor. The cancelled tag in the bag is pinned inside the deer's ear or to the turkey's leg.
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Since I get mine online, I make many copies, put them in ziplock bags, and rathole them in hunting vests, vehicle, etc. The one I carry is in my wallet. If it gets trashed I fish out a fresh one from my stash. I have used waterproof paper for printing, but it doesn't fold up so swell. I also carry a couple of $50's for use in case I need assistance getting a big deer out of the woods.
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