Posted: 10/7/2009 4:57:14 PM EDT
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Hello MI,
I was hoping to get some information about obtaining an out-of-state hunting license for deer season. This will be my first time hunting and I'll be out with a MI resident who has a license. I read on the DNR site that I will need to schedule a 'field day' for hunter safety before I can buy a license, but I also read that there is an apprenticeship program that allows people to hunt with a licensed hunter. Does anyone have any info about this apprenticeship? Does it apply to out-of-stater's? Thanks. |
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Go to a license dealer and let them know you need a DNR Sports card (cost is $1). they will take the info from your state drivers license plus phone number and make it up for you on the spot.
then you can get a non resident license. If you want to go the apprentice way, its almost the same, DNR sports card, and apprentice license. the only thing different is you HAVE to be with another licensed hunter. From the 2009 Hunting and Trapping Guide: Apprentice hunters 17 and older, when afield, must be accompanied by someone 21 or older, who possesses a valid, regular hunting license to hunt the same game as the apprentice hunter. It doesn't say anything about resident or non- resident. Just be prepared for the $138 price tag for the license. |
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Go to a license dealer and let them know you need a DNR Sports card (cost is $1). they will take the info from your state drivers license plus phone number and make it up for you on the spot. then you can get a non resident license. If you want to go the apprentice way, its almost the same, DNR sports card, and apprentice license. the only thing different is you HAVE to be with another licensed hunter. From the 2009 Hunting and Trapping Guide: Apprentice hunters 17 and older, when afield, must be accompanied by someone 21 or older, who possesses a valid, regular hunting license to hunt the same game as the apprentice hunter. It doesn't say anything about resident or non- resident. Just be prepared for the $138 price tag for the license. Thanks for the information, I was thinking I couldn't get around the $138... But, as far as hunter safety training, that can be avoided? Not that I'm against training, but I'm only out there for a few days and that might take up one of them. Plus, I looked at the online computer test and it seems like some pretty basic stuff, to add a day of learning what a stock, sight, and muzzle are seems redundant IMO. |