The Problem With Buying a Hunting License?!

[@dozinallday]

Hunters safety card is asked on the very first license you buy. It is in the sytem after that.

[@derekmortensen1665]

Not completely true. I was able to purchase my license before I took the course online here in Texas. Though I already took mine as a kid in Colorado, I just did the Texas version the day before I went hunting.

[@nickbrand9872]

@@derekmortensen1665 Texas recognizes hunters safety certification from all other states and provinces. If you took it as a child in Colorado and passed and got certified then you did not need to take it in Texas.

[@derekmortensen1665]

@@nickbrand9872 well hell, I just took the online portion😆 now I’m extra good.

[@brightly9318]

It's in the system before that....

[@bustada509]

@@derekmortensen1665 if you’re in a different state of course it’s not gonna be in their system unless said states have a reciprocity agreement

[@alyssasims7277]

Give all your rights back to the government

[@sedanzzz_guy2488]

Underrated comment I totally agree just like the electric cars a ploy to take driving away from us this guy just naming something they can add more laws to

[@piggyslayer1999]

This is moreso to stop idiots from shooting each other on public land. I can see worse ways the gov interferes with hunting

[@landongr]

@@sedanzzz_guy2488take your meds

[@Sticky_Ricky]

Yep, the world needs to be absolutely black and white like it is in your mind. These regulations guarantee my grandchildren will be able to enjoy hunting and fishing like I do today, so that morons like you who use the constitution to abandon all moral code can't absolutely obliterate our wildlife, no matter how hard you try.

[@traphuntnstuff8096]

As if we have them? Other than on paper.

[@alfaq654]

Yes, let's create more regulation for hunters. Sounds great.

[@johnbracewell3700]

To be fair most regulations are extremely helpful for conservation. If you leave it to the public to regulate themselves that would go terrible. The bad 10% can quickly ruin everything for the 90%. also anyone going out with a rifle definitely needs some type of hunters ED. It takes about 30 minutes to pass and you're good for a lifetime and if you can't pass it then you need it even more honestly

[@alfaq654]

@@johnbracewell3700 but everyone already does take hunter saftey. What this guy is suggesting is either making hunters take it in every state they want to hunt in, or force states to share this information with each other (which I'm not necessarily against tbh). But I can tell you unequivocally that you cannot buy a hunting license in CA without proof of hunters saftey. I took a long break from hunting that started before CDFW digitized everything and when I decided I wanted to start hunting again 5 years ago, I had to find my certificate of completion from 1998 and bring it into Bass Pro before I could get a license. Now that I'm in the system, I don't have to show it every year. I assume most states are this way as well.

[@jacobt1045]

This regulation is literally to protect lives. There are some very stupid people out there and can, have, gotten themselves and others killed due to their incompetence. I completely agree with the speaker in this video.

[@eippo]

​@@johnbracewell3700 sounds like a bunch of commie gobbledygook

[@calebnezat8418]

@@alfaq654 correct, once it’s in, it’s in.. that’s how registry’s work, for all things too 👀

[@jackcoultas7869]

Um, most places that I know of require a hunter ID number, which is normally saved in the system after getting your first tag.

[@daveulrich4623]

Bingo

[@jamestobin4849]

@A same here in Washington everyone has a “wild id” number and you present your hunter education upon purchase of your first license.

[@progradepainting3755]

@@jamestobin4849 dude. It’s your god damn social security number.

[@jamestobin4849]

@@progradepainting3755 no it’s different your wild id is on your license your social is what they use to find your wild id profile.

[@JakeB-920]

that’s EXACTLY how it is here in NY been that way for almost 20 years that i’ve been hunting, my girlfriend took her gun course this year and they would not give her archery tags since she did not have a completion letter from her bow course

[@auqbaby1143]

It’s not about safety, or organization… it’s about money. The more buyers the better.

[@Reeltimefish]

100% another tax. Teach it in school and I'm ok with it.

[@patrickgrolemund545]

It’s 100 % about safety and promoting interest in hunting Pittman Robertson act has literally helped bring the eastern wild Turkey, whitetail deer, and other species back from the brink of extinction and also kept hunting accidents low.

[@patrickgrolemund545]

@@Reeltimefish I took Hunter Ed in 6th grade. Brought firearms into school too. And I’m on 47

[@auqbaby1143]

@@patrickgrolemund545 Maybe back then, but it’s 2023 everything is a money grab especially when the government is involved… What you said is outdated, but it sounds good.

[@ML-ks2lj]

​@@patrickgrolemund545it also made bullets much more expensive, almost unaffordable 🤔

[@huckfinn2315]

speak for your own county before you jump on air talking nonsense

[@AdamAtlanta404]

Fr I don’t think he knows what he’s talking about

[@piecar7364]

When I was a kid in Minnesota I had to take a hunters safety corse to buy my first license. When I moved to Iowa I had to show proof of taking a hunters safety before buying my first tag. And now its all in the system.

[@WesternNyBigfoot]

It's in the system in NY. U have to give them the certificate in the beginning. Once it's logged its logged.

[@Gibson_Branch]

Same in MS

[@damianbigelow9511]

Same in vt

[@jameswynn3025]

Some in WV

[@mbranbb]

Same in SC

[@JoeyMo973]

Same in NJ

[@stephenembrey883]

Back in the good old days our dads and grandpa's Gave us our hunter safety courses.

[@HUNTRPOD]

No doubt! No it can be online?! How is that sufficient

[@brentblind937]

Exactly!

[@Floridaman6815]

My steps dad took me to South Carolina when I was 13 years old and we hunted. It’s been that way since. I took my safety course the year prior when I was 12 years old. I’m not on board with the idea of everyone having to show proof that you took it when you were taught from an early age. Just my personal opinion

[@Waty8413]

The diligence of your parents/grandparents does not protect you from the negligence of someone else's when you are in the woods. Hunting accident rates have steadily declined since the the adoption of required formal H.S. courses. You may not have needed it, but a lot of people did.

[@JoshNormandy]

My government shouldn't dictate my ability to hunt....

[@ML-ks2lj]

It's pretty easy to not be found. Always use a bow dude get dropped off and have with you cover, combustion container, cutting tools, cordage and a compass.

[@johndoe-mn9fo]

@@ML-ks2lj recommend any bows?

[@Leroy-Jenkem]

@@johndoe-mn9foi can recommend to buy a stave online and make your own bow, a wood i would reccomend are pacific yew

[@RollingRigTraction]

I support that absolutely especially when even no matter now how much you pay there's no guarantee for a tag for any hunt. It's FUCKED. I suspect that in Utah that residents take the back seat to out of state hunters as they pay more. The UTAH DNR seems utterly inept and it's all about control of we the people for profit.

[@chrisstarr2427]

Montana required a hunters safety course completion number and requires a archery safety course

[@MrChris7582]

guns aren't just for hunters.... 2nd ammendment applys to all legal forms of gun ownership including self defense.

[@GRUFF..]

Your hunter's safety license number is your hunting license number. So yes, if you have a hunting license that has a hunting license number they know you took the course

[@AdamAtlanta404]

When they get your drivers license its linked to your hunter safety certificate in the state’s system. This dude is getting all worked up over nothing

[@chappychap7447]

That’s what I was wondering. Cuz from when I could bow hunt in Michigan (was age 10) and rifle hunt (was age 12), up until I had a Driver’s license, I had to show them my DNR Sportcard (which you get from passing hunter safety)

[@green_bay_all_the_way7993]

I know, this guy clearly has no idea what he is talking about.

[@Yourmomsbasement100]

Exactly

[@patrickgrolemund545]

The first license you buy when you start hunting you need a hunter safety certificate for. Hunter safety is intended to be a one time deal. It’s done tremendously well at preventing most accidents while hunting.

[@ogopp7834]

Buying a license is just money going back to the state department that manages the conservation. It's when your stopped by an officer in the field while hunting is when you're asked to show proof of Hunter education if you are of age or were born after the date in which Hunter education became a mandate due to that States laws. I know lots of people who buy hunting licenses and don't go hunting to support conservation.

[@southernslipping4225]

They don’t have to ask the number on your license is the number on your hunters education card

[@michaelstephens3509]

My wal mart I get my license as every year, asks me and my wife for our course ID. Every single year

[@codyjames9929]

Montana gives you a designation number. So there is in fact a way to keep up with whether you have done it or not. And they ask for it to get the license and your tags every year.

[@sethw322]

Alabama is the same way it doesn’t appear this guy has done his fact checking to well🤣

[@redwolfmedia1276]

Sounds great 👍! He wants it Nationwide for all us Dumbasses out here that don't understand how to be safe or follow "rules".

[@maddawgnoll]

Didn't even show proof when I got my first Montana license last year. Only gave my DL and address. I moved up here the year prior. But yes, most of the systems are automated now, and there's records kept.

[@kphillips55]

Indiana has a system that you must go thru to get your license and the guys at Walmart take your drivers liscense and enter in your info and it pops up with all your hunting info including you hunter safety id number. If you’re born after 1986 and aren’t getting an apprentice license you can’t purchase a tag unless you have that number on you or in the system.

[@HOLYSTREETARTMinistries]

Maine, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, and Vermont all have bow hunting safety classes. Not all states are in it for the money.

[@michaelaniff5315]

Texas and California both require verification of Hunter safety. I got a ticket in TX for not having it one year.

[@simeongray2645]

I'm in maine and I have to show proof of my hunters safety course every year to get my license

[@MrVOODOO76]

*wiggles trigger finger* "This is my hunter safety course."

[@frankoftheforest]

my brother drove hundreds of miles to hunt with me and he forgot his safety card and they wouldn't sell it to him. we still shot birds at a discount price because they didn't wanna take our money.

[@nicholascecil6733]

Yes there is, its called false application of license. Happened to me. I was too young for the hunting safety card to be valid. I didn't take the class again when older

[@sasukedemon888888888]

Imagine not understanding that they put in your drivers license number into the computer and their software tells you if you have the certification or not. Source: I work at a store that sells hunting licenses.

[@danielsmith6371]

If these classes are going to be required they need to be 100% subsidized. It is unconstitutional to charge for a right in any capacity. Yet it’s still done.

[@timspellman47]

I was so angry when they passed the hunter safety course rule in the 80s because I had already been hunting for five years with my dad and had been taught a lot more from him than that course ever taught me. My dad who didn't have to take it because of his age took it with me because he knew I didn't want to and knew that i was already well versed in hunting and safety.

[@josharnold.]

That's BS here in Washington State you can't buy a hunting license without going through hunter's ed 1st. It's under your fish and wildlife account it will say if you past hunters ed or not and if you don't have the hunter's ed certification it won't let you buy hunting license

[@mr.romero4799]

Here in New Mexico Hunter safety is only required for minors to buy a hunting license

[@nathanstrickland6508]

I'm 49, never had a hunters safely corse. Fortunately I was old enough that I never had to do this. I started shooting when I was five. Started hunting when I was six. I was trained by my dad and his brothers. Where I'm from, guns and hunting are apart of our everyday life. So your telling me that you want the government to be more involved in your life. I know tons of people that took the hunters safely corse. I wouldn't be caught in the woods with any of them. The hunters safely corse is nothing but a way for the government to get more money out of you. It's a joke to say because someone took a corse. They are now safe to go hunt.

[@coreykleinfeld3562]

Iowa requires nonresidents to show a hunters safety certificate.

[@KayaStar1]

You don’t understand what America is about buddy. The Gov needs to keep its greedy nose out of our business. Guns are our right to fight the tyranny of govt. not hunt to hunt. And hunting is a god given right and not the state or feds business

[@caseyreed5231]

Hey! Elmer fuds out there, if nothing happens when you pull the trigger don’t look down the barrel. But if your friend points it at you remember to stick your finger in the barrel . Gun safety is not “hold my beer while I shoot at those bushes that just moved. “ some of the idiots out there should go to a safety class.

[@desmondblack5339]

I don't go into the woods during gun season.. even on my own property. I don't trust these folks to positively identify the target before pulling the trigger.

[@melissasolinski2614]

I got my first license in new Jersey and I was never asked to provide anything. Moved to Pennsylvania and I just show them my previous license

[@kalib20101]

They always ask me for my hunter education number before I buy my elk tag for Colorado.

[@samsmith7150]

WA too👍

[@kylesimpson865]

That’s like the police don’t wait outside the bar to see if your drunk but wait down the road to pull over someone drunk driving

[@leroyapplegate5049]

This is the guy that tells the teacher she forgot to collect their homework 🤣🤣

[@rustyshackleford1562]

Anyone born before Dec 31 1986 didn't have to take hunters ed in Indiana...

[@twistedarrow2766]

I have never took the hunter safety course an I still get a hunting license 😂 I believe that Common Sense goes a long ways

[@Sundog0811]

Yea we definitely need more federal regulations to force hunters to give more money

[@goodoleboy83]

I can guarantee I have taught my kids more than any safety course can. I took the course like 25 years ago itwas a joke. Guy carra deer on his shoulders. Shoot or don't shoot.... my answer was depends, is it your land lol. They laughed but still that doesn't teach a thing.

[@Paul-3]

The big stores won’t give a shit, it’s not their job, but the state game wardens will give a shit if you get checked.

[@Paul-3]

All states enforce it, if your putting your trust into Walmart that’s where you fell off. Next time you shoot a deer drag that SOB down the isles and say yeah I’m here to check this in. They won’t have a fucking clue or care. We are hunters not hunters red light special hunters.

[@scottybjj9689]

I dont know why youtube keeps recommending @huntrpod clips to me. These guys are clowns in the hunting community

[@gdawg4ever119]

The problem with buying a hunting license , is the fact that you have to BUY a license to hunt to begin with. A man shouldn’t have to pay the government anything to hunt or fish. But we put up with the robbery and pretend it’s for our own good lol. Oh me 🤦‍♂️

[@thephilosopher5799]

Yep

[@Kildahl1776]

I have the exact opposite problem. I took mine before it went digital and now there is no record of me taking the stupid ass class. So I can't legally hunt untill my 35 year old ass goes back and takes that class. I'll hunt illegally thanks.

[@WhuppopotamusYT]

I for one like not having to ask the government to put food on the table

[@kevinjamieson7899]

This guy knows the technology of a computer...... SMH

[@ballisticlt7452]

I live in Maine and you need to either show them the card or a previous license. Never had em not demand one or the other.

[@radamrussell]

Texas has a hunter ed number that prints out on our licenses to verify that you've taken them, and i believe out-of-state hunters have to have verification from their state. Game wardens definitely check for it.

[@samsmith7150]

I did my hunter Ed when I was 12yo in WA

[@charlesmorse4050]

I've lived in texas my entire life and renewed my license every year and also in south dakota, the numbers may be there but they mean absolutely nothing. I have never once taken a hunters safety course. Gun safety and common sense is all you need to know.

[@thedirty3306]

When I moved to Missouri, they required me to provide them with my original hunters education number from Ohio. Also, certain states still require an archery certification. Alaska is one of them. You can take the certification test in Alaska or your home state.

[@Dadlife911]

First off I’m pro conservation but it seems like you just want them to have more power over you… Second, Tennessee keeps it on file so if they check your license in the field then they check your hunters safety, even if you don’t have it on you.

[@verteup]

In west Virginia you have to enter your hunter safety course number or you can't get the license. It's a 2 day ordeal designed to stop people from hunting in order for the land to be sold to "elites".

[@beneaglen4373]

Never had to do that in WV buying my license from 16 yr old to 36 I've never put a hunter safety ID number. That's crazy where makes u do that in wv

[@verteup]

@@beneaglen4373 anywhere in west virginia that sells hunting licenses. They use a computer system that asks for a hunter safety number or it takes it from your ID automatically. You cannot get a hunting license in WV without completing the hunter safety course unless you were born prior to 1975.

[@zelepuza3518]

Here in Washington you either have to have your certificate or you can get a free hunter safety course certificate card in hunter orange from fish and game. It’s a good quality card as well. Also I’d rather there be less restrictions on getting a license and/or tags, along with many other things. I mean just being able to find public land is already hard enough and then add on that everyone and their mother hunt it.

[@marcussmerker9556]

PA has an online record of your hunters safety course and you need to show it to purchase your first license. After that, if you’ve had a license you’ve already had the course.

[@AndrewTortellinis]

When I was 14 I went to Walmart and got a combo hunting/fishing license. They asked if I had a hunter safety certificate. “No” so they put “military” as my hunter safety qualification. Yes that’s me, the 14 year old grizzled veteran you’ve all been hearing about

[@ML-ks2lj]

Hunting is a right i dont need a license to eat

[@paulcoulter7181]

In Louisiana you cannot get your hunting license unless you show them your hunter education card.

[@progradepainting3755]

It’s just you soc# ya clown

[@gunshyarchery]

In Canada, Saskatchewan, you have to prove it the first license you purchase. Then they have it on record for the rest of your life. I had to prove it when I purchased a Manitoba (out of province or Canadian resident) license for Bear. Never asked in the field. Only when I was 12 buying my first tag.

[@danielscales12]

For those of you hunters out there….you probably knew more than the course taught you, long before you took the course…..don’t give any stock to the Morons crying for more government control.

[@thshanafelt625]

Every G&F interaction I've had while hunting in Wyoming I was asked to see it. Now it's on the licenses.

[@mikestackz854]

It shows up in the system that you took the course… these guys are so out of touch

[@Oldguycasey]

It’s stored in the system with your information after that. 🤦🏻‍♂️

[@KJ_PARA9MM]

I don’t know who’s all seeing this, but if you haven’t go, treat yourself to this gem. There’s a hunter safety video with Jim Varney that he made back in the day and it is great! Definitely should be a part of hunters safety

[@clubber2306]

I live in Iowa and have never been once asked about my hunter safety when purchasing and tag or license. The only time I was asked to show actual proof was when I went to go hunt in Missouri.

[@drvelocci]

I took mine in Nova Scotia and it took 2 days online. Probably 4hrs total

[@BobKK136]

In British Columbia, we have a hunter number that's needed to buy a hunting license. Number comes with the completed course.

[@1duv]

they ask for your hunter ed ID # on your first license , they will enter it and see if the class has been completed online (12 hours). Then they will then sell you a license and your hunter ed ID remains connected to your account

[@nicks8320]

NC has a number that goes into the system when you buy a license. It won’t allow you to buy one if you haven’t taken the safety course

[@tyduckert5570]

I know a guy that bought a fishing license and forgot to buy a hunting license but then they sold him a turkey tag and he dident have a hunting license

[@bugs825]

I traveled to WV and had a HUGE issue as a kid over my hunter's safety card having 1 blob of ink that covered 1 number of my birth year. I traveled 800 miles to hunt and told the lady that I was hunting tomorrow with, or without, their $300 stamps. Now it's all digital.

[@zackbiggins8070]

What I don't understand is that in my state is you can get a 1 year exempt hunter safety course license so what's the point of letting someone go out for a year but after that you have to take the course!!

[@JWsGarage]

Not NV! It’s a online test that takes a week then two days classroom. All licenses are through NDOW and your not getting one with out being in the system. Honestly took it 35 years since my last one , best decision ever.

[@Codyintexas]

I'm from the government and I'm here to help.

[@darthcycy]

In AZ we are not required to take a hunter safety course.

[@Jesus-zk3ze]

The bad thing is that it is required, i had a combo license from Walmart for hunting and fishing, and one time while hunting i was surprised by the Game Warden and asked for my hunter’ Education, i had no answer since i didn’t know that was a thing , just thought i needed that license from walmart but he ended up giving me a warning cause i explained i didn’t know about that and that they didn’t even ask me for that in walmart and he said “they don’t ask anymore” 45$ bucks later and now i’m fully licensed

[@ez7977]

In PA they check the first time you buy a lic, it gets entered and each year thereafter they ask for your drivers lic to pull up your info. In CO you must carry your hunters ed card with you and they always ask for it in CO. If you buy a lic online you must enter the hunters ed card no or date on the card

[@StorminTheOutdoors]

They have records in PA. They dont require proof at time of purchase, they ask if you've had one. However, if they wanted to, they could look into it later and fine you. Its a weird system. Should just be a stamp on your drivers license or something.

[@MiamiMidwest]

He’s saying I don’t want to get shot by someone that doesn’t know basic hunting safety rules and I agree. There are some idiots out there that don’t know how to be safe

[@anorthidahooffroadlife]

When they check your drivers license or ID it will show in the system that you have had or currently have or are not able to have a hunters license.

[@angrymadden9252]

I use to sell Oklahoma hunting and fishing licenses at a gun shop. If you were under I believe 31, it required proof of a Hunter safety course.

[@treyhill8898]

Down here in Tennessee they ask for it every time you get checked

[@CDEOutdoors]

Not in middle tn

[@johnqtrump9495]

My wife bought her first hunting license this year. we asked for a apprentice license and the guy at walmart asked why we wouldnt just buy a regular license for her and my reply was she never took hunters safety. the guy said oh that doesnt matter. was dumbfounded.

[@jimmccourt4270]

in ohio it's tracked by either driver license or ss #. then the verification is printed on your hunter license every year.

[@joewinters1533]

I'm from Kansas and they do it all online. I'd love to hear more ppl taking this course

[@usmc200971]

It says in the system that you have taken it. Once you have your license once you are renewing licenses. Therefore, common sense would tell you that if you already have a license where it is required to have a hunter safety course, you have taken a hunter safety course.

[@jeffnearing719]

That number is in the system. My son just completed his class and had to show proof when getting his first license. His info is in the system from here on out. Montana even requires a bear identification test, and ues that is saved in the system from that day on.

[@gregoryhunts3006]

I've taken hunters safety and bow hunting safety in 1986. Never been asked to show proof since the late 90s.

[@aidanoconnell3287]

NY requires hunter safety, bowhunter safety, etc. Proof of completion must be presented upon purchase of license for first time. Proof of completion is then recorded in state database and does not need to be presented every year.

[@brandonmeza9305]

You have to provide a certificate of completion of hunter’s safety to get your license for the first time in California

[@danielhoward9806]

Can you believe that once upon a time people could actually hunt without a license at all?! I can’t imagine being able to hunt wild animals and feed my family without having to ask the government for permission first! I’m so glad the government has fixed that.

[@justinbehl2035]

In Michigan when you turn 18 you no longer need to possess hunter safety class. But most northern Michigan boys start hunting around the age of six

[@Darnell822]

Not true. If you’re born in 1960 or after you have to have completed a hunters safety course to purchase a base license. When i did my course back in the early 2000s almost half the classes moms or dads who were there the entire time anyway just paid the fee and took the test at the end so they could hunt with their kids.

[@jaredeberly9724]

Not true

[@brantleythornton1222]

When I signed up for hunting license in ks, I had to submit my hunter safety number to get a tag, actually had to get it resent to me cause I had lost it, and to purchase a bow tag before the age of 14 had to also have a bow hunter safety number. There still listed on my online account. So wonder if that's a out of State flaw.

[@screwball191145]

Minnesota "lost" a friend's hunting safety course record in 2022. It's attached to your driver's license number (my hunter safety number i recieved at 12 is now my drivers license number). He had been hunting for several years previously but the DNR "doesn't make mistakes" to paraphrase their response when they were called. He had to retake the class. Even though they "don't make mistakes" they had to either lose his record or sold him several licenses previously while he was not certified. Either way they had made a mistake and the guy on the other end of that phone call made them look professionally foolish.

[@patrick5910]

It's been in the system ever since you were giving a customer identification number that's how you get the number by finishing the hunter safety course

[@200037706]

California still requires hunters to present their hunting safety certificate before purchasing your hunting license.

[@zackbundy3338]

When I got my hunting license I asked him if he needed proof of my hunting course and he said no bc it already in the system saying that I passed or not

[@mikepogoda572]

Montana still asks for a hunter safety cert. it won’t let you buy tags without the number off the form.