Click here for more search tips . It seems that in many communities, it's harder and harder to find a place to buy your hunting or fishing license. Traditional outlets like sporting goods stores and hardware stores have, too often, either gone out of business or stopped carrying sporting licenses. Phone and on-line sales are the wave of the future in outdoor sports, not only in terms of outdoor gear, but licenses as well. All kinds of sporting licenses are available by phone and on-line including hunting, fishing, trapping, and commercial fishing.
Some states even provide boat and snowmobile licensing and registration on-line or over the phone.
In some cases, you can buy the sporting licenses online, but you must purchase specific tags or stamps required to hunt specific species from a traditional licensing outlet. Many states, that do not yet offer on-line or telephone license sales, will post applications, drawing requirements and license application mailing instructions on their main department websites . This has translated into an early start for many winter sports. For fisherman who aren't satisfied spending their winter months at outdoor shows and counting the days until the spring thaw, this is the time to enjoy some great ice fishing. And with the arctic blasts that much of the country has already experienced in the last few months, the ice fishing opportunities have never been better.