megalomaniac
Well-Known Member
Found out yesterday I had been poaching deer, turkey, and saltwater fish in MS since October.
I'm a stickler for being properly licensed, so much so that my MS licenses are set to auto renew via credit card every Oct 31st....
Except for my WMA user permit. That one I always buy April 1st, as my local WMAs don't open until April 1st, and it's not set on auto renew.
Well, I got on the website to buy the WMA permit yesterday, and it showed no valid active hunting or fishing licenses. What the hell??? Shows they all expired 10/30/23, while my WMA user permit expired 3/31/24.
Why didn't it auto renew like it has in the past????
Then it dawned on me... we had some questionable fraudulent activity on the credit card and had new ones issued sometime in early 2023. I'm sure MDWFP tried to hit the old card on file in Oct, and it did not go through. Can't for the life of me understand why I didn't get a notice from them... maybe went to spam folder?
Regardless, I bought all my licenses yesterday, put them on auto renew with the current card. But I've been saltwater fishing 6 or 7 times, deer hunted 20x, and turkey hunted on public 12x without a valid license. Even checked in my turkey opening day on the phone app and it didn't tell me licenses were expired. Heck, even got checked by the game warden at the launch back in January for safety gear and boat registration. But he didn't check fishing license I guess.
I'm sure I'll get a call from them for the turkey I killed without a license, and I'll pay my stupid tax. At least they can't confiscate the bird, as he's already been eaten .
But if you have your licenses set on auto renew, may want to check before hitting the woods on Apr 14th.
So thankful for the TN Lifetime license. Don't have to worry about that one!
I'm a stickler for being properly licensed, so much so that my MS licenses are set to auto renew via credit card every Oct 31st....
Except for my WMA user permit. That one I always buy April 1st, as my local WMAs don't open until April 1st, and it's not set on auto renew.
Well, I got on the website to buy the WMA permit yesterday, and it showed no valid active hunting or fishing licenses. What the hell??? Shows they all expired 10/30/23, while my WMA user permit expired 3/31/24.
Why didn't it auto renew like it has in the past????
Then it dawned on me... we had some questionable fraudulent activity on the credit card and had new ones issued sometime in early 2023. I'm sure MDWFP tried to hit the old card on file in Oct, and it did not go through. Can't for the life of me understand why I didn't get a notice from them... maybe went to spam folder?
Regardless, I bought all my licenses yesterday, put them on auto renew with the current card. But I've been saltwater fishing 6 or 7 times, deer hunted 20x, and turkey hunted on public 12x without a valid license. Even checked in my turkey opening day on the phone app and it didn't tell me licenses were expired. Heck, even got checked by the game warden at the launch back in January for safety gear and boat registration. But he didn't check fishing license I guess.
I'm sure I'll get a call from them for the turkey I killed without a license, and I'll pay my stupid tax. At least they can't confiscate the bird, as he's already been eaten .
But if you have your licenses set on auto renew, may want to check before hitting the woods on Apr 14th.
So thankful for the TN Lifetime license. Don't have to worry about that one!