I think its a good idea,but a little too tough to put into action. Take for instance where I live in Illinois. We can buy our licenses online and print them out immediately. I print one hunting license and on fishing license a year. Deer permits of course need to be mailed. After purchasing, at anytime we can go back and print them in case they are lost or destroyed. I actually really like the way they do it in Illinois, its the one the IDNR has done right here.

Also, with the DNR also spends a lot of time on there feet walking around and carrying around a machine would probably not go over well to them. Plus, I used to sell these type of cards to corporations and large Hotels chains. Getting a few million for the state of Illinois would not be cheap on a budget that is already hurting. Plus the ones we would carry in our wallets would have to be a little bit more durable. The average life of a hotel room key with the type of magnetic strip required for storing info is about 3 days so it would have to be as durable as a Drivers license.

Im not saying its a bad idea, Id personally like it, but for illinois, its far easier and affordable for the state to just have a system set up where the consumer spends the money on paper and all they have to do is provide a system and collect the money, then let us worry about keeping tracks of our license. Plus, we can buy our license at home, work, etc and don't have to worry about heading to the store. I agree though that WI does have some problems with there system and the amount of paper they print out for each license.