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| Had to call dnr to get some maps and also asked about fishing lic sales being suspended
operator confirmed tonite "thurs" at midnite license sales will not be possible with no time frame,,so hurry
you can still buy them on line till "midnite" and if your getting a 7 day just select the time
Edited by happy hooker 6/30/2011 4:30 PM
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Location: Lafayette, IN | Apparently, all online sales have already been shut down. Every portal for MN DNR takes me to this site. http://www.dnr.state.mn.us/shutdown.html I assume this is because it is now past working hours. Hmmm, now what??? (I'm not worried.......yet!)
Edited by stephendawg 6/30/2011 5:12 PM
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Location: Hudson, WI | I was pretty impressed with Minnesota's non-resident husband and wife deal this year. Non-resident license for both you and your spouse for $54 or something like that. That's a hell of deal, considering a 7 day for one is something like $24. I'm sure glad I bought that when I did! |
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Location: The Yahara Chain | Nice. It says you can buy them until midnight....HOW?
Maybe I can buy one from a warden on the water  .
C'mon Minnesota enough of the extreme partisanship...get it together. |
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| They've only been talking about this for 2 months! I'm sure most people wait until the last minute....then complain about it!!!!!!! |
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Location: Hayward ,Wisconsin | Just one more reason to come to Wisconsin. |
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Location: The Yahara Chain | Guest - 6/30/2011 5:21 PM
They've only been talking about this for 2 months! I'm sure most people wait until the last minute....then complain about it!!!!!!!
Sorry guest, I'm not from Minnesota. I didn't know about it until I saw Hookers post after 5 PM.
I was able to purchase a license from here:
https://jc.activeoutdoorsolutions.com/mn_customer/app/goHome.do
After they took my money it only let me print a receipt, not the actual license. I'm putting the receipt in my boat and using it as my license unless the politicians can get it together by next Friday. |
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Location: Land of the Musky | So does this mean no DNR agents to check you either??  As for the guest comment, do you really think everyone check the local gov to see if they are currently selling licenses??? I for one would never even think of it before I went on a fishing trip. JMO |
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Location: Not where I wanna be! | typically, the most state's conservation officers are paid out of the federal fish and wildlife fund, and not a part of state gov't. so they will probably still be working. Or being considered local law enforcement, they might not be included in gov't shut downs....
Glad I got my license already! :D |
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Location: The Yahara Chain | It said on the MDNR website that all of the wardens will still be working and all of the laws will be enforced.
I disabled my pop up blocker and was able to print my license.
Thanks for posting this Hooker!!!!
Edited by Bytor 6/30/2011 7:58 PM
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Location: St. Germain, Wi | I was able to print the license. had to try several time and multiple click the print license icon. |
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Location: sun prairie,wi | i just got mine......use this link i was able to print the licence...
https://jc.activeoutdoorsolutions.com/mn_customer/app/goHome.do |
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Location: Des Moines IA | I got mine, printed the receipt. Couldn't get the license to open to print. At least I'm legal. |
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Location: The Yahara Chain | MuskieMike - 6/30/2011 9:09 PM
I got mine, printed the receipt. Couldn't get the license to open to print. At least I'm legal.
It wouldn't open up for me in Firefox. Use Explorer and allow pop ups, you will be able to print it. If you go back in like you are purchasing one you can get to your transaction history and print it out.. |
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Location: Des Moines IA | Worked like a charm, it even let me save a copy! Big Pond, Here I come! |
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| Conservation wardens willbe operating at a "minimum level of staffing and operating expense" Whatever that means? Good luck getting a warden to respond to a call to the TIP line. |
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Location: Oregon, WI | This really sucks! I have a trip in early August that's not refundable. What's a guy to do??? |
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| All the state parks and campgrounds are closed also. Just a heads up if you were planing on fishing one of the muskie lakes within a park. They kicked all the campers out on Thurs. |
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| To me, all of this begs the question........ what they would or could do to you? They being a CO or warden or whatever you call them. I mean, if you tried to buy a license and couldn't, what could they do to you if you were out fishing w/o one? Especially an out of stater or something like that and were obviously camping/lodging far away from home.
Before Pointerpride gets on here and says I'm advocating for something and then tries to pin me down to it......I'm not trying to gather the masses to go out and treat this as a free-for-all free fishing weekend. I'm just asking for rhetorical purposes.....what could they do to you? You tried to buy a license and couldn't. You were already signed up for some trip or booked a cabin? Lots of folks drive to Canada and buy a license when they're up there. More than once I have bought my WI license the night before last year's expires. Likewise with gun deer tags: Friday night purchase.
I would definitely make a good effort to buy a license, but if I couldn't, I'd go fishing and not lose much sleep over it. |
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Location: Racine, Wi | Maybe we could send Walker over to consult on how to balance a budget (just kidding kids, don't get yer undies in a bundle). |
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Location: minocqua, wi. | any senators making a run for the border? |
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| Yeah, i'm anxious to hear what they will do. I have a trip to LOTW the first week of august and live in Indiana. This is the first I've heard this and slightly worried at this point. Hopefully it will get fixed by then, but what if it doesn't? Do I spend $1000 to drive to LOTW and sit there?
On a side note, is the construction from last year on HWY 11 between Int'l falls and Baudette fixed? |
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Location: minocqua, wi. | why would you have a problem going to LOTW? |
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| because we fish in minnesota... |
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| Sorry, i forgot to put in my name. This is more of a walleye trip with my dad, so we stay and fish walleyes in Minnesota. Already have our cabin paid for too... |
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| Our resort owner called us last week to tell us to buy our license on line. We already knew of the issue but I thought it was nice of them to make the call. I think this issue will be cleared up within a week or so. |
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Location: Kodiak, AK | Glad I had Dad run down to Fleet and buy my license three weeks ago... |
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Location: Northern Indiana | Printed out my license last night. Thank you to those who let us non residents know about the situation. I would have never known about this without you guys posting it on muskiefirst, so thank you !
Jonathan Arndt |
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Location: Hudson, WI | If you get stopped, just tell them your checkbook shut down because you and your wife couldn't decide whether to buy a license or visit her aunt in North Dakota. |
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Location: minocqua, wi. | Guest - 7/1/2011 8:17 AM
because we fish in minnesota...
i won't argue fishing minnesota waters of LOTW can be decent but you're missing a lot of LOTW by not crossing into Canadian waters. head up the channels and you should find a great experience with i'd argue much better fishing than what you would find on the Minnesota side. |
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