jim, is it like a card thats only good for certain species/hunters/seasons, cuz i dont think your dnr would make any money if it sold a lifelong license at a one time cost to every body, but i'm probably not understanding you. my idea is to replace the annual printing of 3 feet of plastic paper that we have here in WI and to make it easier to carry around and purchase licenses in the new tech savvy generation.

tc, you're right there would need to be a new way to check licenses, i thought of that too but had to rush out w/o finishing the post to meet the g/f. All they would need would be a radio to a dispatcher w/ computer access or computer access themselves as i know lots of them have them in their trucks, all they would need to do would be to call in your number or look it up and instantly know what licenses you have and what sort of tags. as far as knowing whether the license was current or not the license holder could call a 1-800 number and dial in their # and it'd tell what licenses and tags you have, or just check on the internet. Seems like somethin they could make cheap enough to put out every year or every season, like most of our licenses here in WI expire march 31st of every year, thusly so would your card.