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Regular firearms to muzzleloader license

chevyracin8k

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My father in law told me last night that if you don't use your regular firearms license, you can transfer the license to a muzzloader license without being charged? I was always under the assumption that I have to buy a muzzleloader license seperate even if I don't use my regular firearms license.

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Wanderer Grand Master

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I'm HIGHLY skeptical that can be done. In fact I'll say no chance of that happening after the firearms season has started.

Heck, they charge you $3 to edit your original license if you made a mistake on your antlerless area application (daughter did this) or need a duplicate if you lose your copy.

The DNR isn't into charity for license sales! wink

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I think the FIL is trying to run you out of the family wink

Yep you need to get a new muzzy license. Remember to get it before the season starts or you have to wait a few days for it to be valid. Can't use scope on it etc.

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Wanderer Grand Master

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Here's one more for ya.

The last two days of the B season overlap with the first two days of ML season. For those who hunt the B season with scoped MLs and have a ML license, it's best to leave the ML license in the truck.

This was a tip from a C/O I talked to.

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On page 17 of the hunting regulations (page19 of online regs):

Regular firearms license may be changed to a muzzleloader or archery license prior to the opening of the firearms season.

There is a "new" bullet next to it on the page.

He must have talked to someone that didn't read it correctly. Thanks guy.. I've been muzzy hunting for several years now and I never would think the DNR would do something like that. Way too much money to be lost if they did. Just wanted to make sure. Thanks again, good luck

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Way too much money to be lost if they did. Just wanted to make sure. Thanks again, good luck

Ya its kind of a scam, why sell one deer license when you can sell 3 of them. I think others states sell you a tag and you can pick whatever weapon or season you want to hunt, really that is the way it should be. You don't buy a fishing license and then buy an ice fishing license (but of course they have to nail you for perm house license). Bear license is a bear license. Kind of sick of getting nickeled and dimed (and stamped) to death. Especially when the management is sub-par.

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I think the different license is perfect as it is at present. You want to complain go to Montana and pay close to $600 to shoot one deer now for non resident.

Hunting license are cheap. Look at all the $1000 of dollars people get for their outdoor sports that they don't even need. We are very lucky to have all the public land etc.

Hunters been grumbling since the caveman. Wonder what his problem was?

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Their management practices are asinine. I would love to see that govt agency gutted from top to bottom and restructured. They might actually earn some public respect by doing so....

Yup, heartily seconded.....

The gooberment apologists and employees will chime in on why that's a "bad idea"...but what else would a guy expect from those who are fearful of losing their place on the (public employee, great benefits, only remaining pension in the U.S.)gravy train.

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laker1 Mentor

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If some of those retired Wildlife managers didn't care why do most of them volunteer after retiring working weekly for many on wildlife projects.

The state gives 3-4% matching fund on their salary to pensions. They retire the state charges them 7-10% income tax on those same funds when withdrawn. State isn't losing any money.

There is a lot of pensions or 401K accounts that contribute much more than state employees get. This is all irrelevant.

Like I said earlier this forum is kind of run its coarse. It was productive and many blogs by many individuals were constructive and very cordial.

What do many of the recent comments have to do with bettering the wildlife populations and habitat which I never hear mentioned.

Getting to be more barroom talk.

I apoligize(sp) for even commenting it has nothing to do with deer management.

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Hunters been grumbling since the caveman. Wonder what his problem was?

They killed off the dinosaurs then blamed the government for not stopping them sooner.

Kinda funny to see an outdoors forum filled with supposedly conservative,small government types calling for a government agency to fix things and save us from ourselves.

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I think the different license is perfect as it is at present. You want to complain go to Montana and pay close to $600 to shoot one deer now for non resident.

Hunting license are cheap. Look at all the $1000 of dollars people get for their outdoor sports that they don't even need. We are very lucky to have all the public land etc.

Hunters been grumbling since the caveman. Wonder what his problem was?

Just more of the same, pricing out the average hunters for more $$$. I don't mind chipping in but it gets old when they structure everything around money instead of resource management.

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Ya its kind of a scam, why sell one deer license when you can sell 3 of them. I think others states sell you a tag and you can pick whatever weapon or season you want to hunt, really that is the way it should be. You don't buy a fishing license and then buy an ice fishing license (but of course they have to nail you for perm house license). Bear license is a bear license. Kind of sick of getting nickeled and dimed (and stamped) to death. Especially when the management is sub-par.

On this post I initially agreed but then thought about the differences between MN habitat and hunter population with other states I've been to. We put a lot of pressure on our deer and keep going until we're told to stop. I see the license structure as one way to manage that pressure.

Nobody says we all have to hunt all three seasons and in the past we didn't even have that option. I'm sure you remember the days when firearms licenses were way more restrictive for options than they are now. Options were zone 1, 2, 3a, 3b, 4a, 4b, OR muzzle loader. It might cost another $31 to hunt ML after the fire arms season but now anyone with $31 left over after buying their new easy to load, clean, and shoot accurately, smoke pole CAN keep going until their permissable limit is reached.

Seems like the hunter still has the advantage compared to years ago.

I do get the fact that MN hunters are paying $93 to hunt from September through December now but that's up about $20 from the former All Season license so many flocked to when that became available. Should the DNR go back to the OR muzzle loader option?

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I thinks it's crazy that when management tags are available that if I don't fill it with my bow, I have to buy a firearms licence to fill it with a gun. Management tags should just be management tags ok to use in any season. So if I shoot a buck or doe with my bow I have to spend another 30 bucks on a tag I cant use. grrrr lol

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We put a lot of pressure on our deer and keep going until we're told to stop. I see the license structure as one way to manage that pressure.

But there isn't any management of the pressure, it just kind of a free for all and anyone can hunt all that time. Not that there is anything wrong with that but I don't think its about pressure.

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I think the different license is perfect as it is at present. You want to complain go to Montana and pay close to $600 to shoot one deer now for non resident.

Hunting license are cheap. Look at all the $1000 of dollars people get for their outdoor sports that they don't even need. We are very lucky to have all the public land etc.

Hunters been grumbling since the caveman. Wonder what his problem was?

The woman overcooking his venison.
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