Fishing licence question...
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DHaun
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DHaun
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Good question - My Florida license lasts a year from when I purchased it. My current TN license has an expiration date on it of 2-28. They always have expired on the same day for as long as I can recall...Do you have the standard TN Resident fish/hunt license? It should have an expiration date on it.
Liveliner
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Yeah Tennessee's experation date really sucks. Florida and Georgia sell you a license that is good for a year. Now that TN does their license on computer printout and there is no big demand for the paperwork, I think is about time for TWRA to move into the 21st century with the other states around here.
Davo
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I've griped about this for as long as I can remember. I think that they would actually make more money by making them last a year because there are a lot of people that won't buy one late in the year because it won't be good for long. How tough would it be to make it valid for a year from the date of purchase??
rsimms
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I am not suggesting this is THE reason Tennessee does it the way they do... but here is just one reason I liked the standard expiration date. And as former game warden, I believe it to be true.... if licenses expired at arbitrary dates MANY people would not remember when they bought theirs, or when they need a new one. A guarantee you there would be LOTS more tickets written to people who "forgot their license expired."
I don't think TWRA could send out renewal notices... I fear that would be an administrative nightmare, and expensive. I don't want to pay for it. And I betting that very few, even among the hardcore, would be able to remember when their own "year was up."
Note that earlier that I said "liked" the way they do it, as in past tense. I bought a Lifetime License so mine will never expire... expensive, but I sure do enjoy gloating about it every year about this time. emoBigsmile
I don't think TWRA could send out renewal notices... I fear that would be an administrative nightmare, and expensive. I don't want to pay for it. And I betting that very few, even among the hardcore, would be able to remember when their own "year was up."
Note that earlier that I said "liked" the way they do it, as in past tense. I bought a Lifetime License so mine will never expire... expensive, but I sure do enjoy gloating about it every year about this time. emoBigsmile
Ronnie Garrison
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Georgia just went to a license good for a full year from purchase date a couple of years ago. I hate it for the reasons Richard mentions. Always before it was easy to remember get a new license every year before April 1. Now many people forget.
I have been buying an Alabama annual license for a long time - and they have the same deal. Not as hard to remember since I take a trip to Lake Martin the second weekend each October and get mine then.
Any system you use has problems. I prefer a set date.
I have been buying an Alabama annual license for a long time - and they have the same deal. Not as hard to remember since I take a trip to Lake Martin the second weekend each October and get mine then.
Any system you use has problems. I prefer a set date.
fischnrod
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One way to look at it is they do last a year if you buy them on march 1st every year.emoSmile
TennesseeTalker
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Got mine .. pretty green color this year! Kinda clashes with my new purple pole .. just going to have to live with that! 
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Liveliner
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Like Mr Simms, I have not bought a TN fishing license in seven years and I have no intentions of ever buying another one for as long as I live.
rsimms
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Non-resident 10-day=$25.50
Non-resident annual=$41
Yes, you can buy online here: https://www.wildlifelicense.com/tn/start.php
