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Post by ~ADC~ on Sept 30, 2011 20:16:27 GMT -6
www.traptags.com/copper_tags.htm$58/1000 at Larry Finch's ... but still if its either DNR# or name and address I don't think I've seen anyone who would be opposed to that. If there is another reason to vote no besides you don't want to replace your current tags, I'd like to hear it too. ~ADC~
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Post by hightoweria on Sept 30, 2011 23:06:20 GMT -6
This issue was brought up during a meeting with some of the DNR 2-3 years ago with trap tags using the either or identification - name & address or DNR ID number. The DNR number on your license remains your number from the 1st time you ever bought any license under the new electronic system which started in 2001, if I remember right. Other issues raised at the time were 330's 1/2 out of water, snares with breakaways or loop size less than 3 inches, and night time calling with artificial light. From the input received in the areas stated above, it would require "opening the code" to get these changed. Once you open that code any reasonable simple request by trappers can be a stepping stone by which the anti's could further restrict or take away totally from any current regulation. At that time, for what little could be gained for the trappers side was not worth risking what could possibly be lost in the end by the opening of that section of the code. If my statement is incorrect I apologize, but that is what I remember if I am correct.
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Post by furman on Oct 1, 2011 6:22:42 GMT -6
i see what your saying hightoweria....i used to be a grievance negotiator and "opening the contract" was always a worry because the threat of loosing something
BUT there is NOTHING gained if we don't go for it....the 330,snare and using lights deals would be a great things to go after also....
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Post by LLLTrapper on Oct 1, 2011 6:31:14 GMT -6
i guess my vote is no as i feel proud of what i do for a hobby and who i am as an outdoorsman that is if the issue is so that antis would be less likely to harrass me for carrying on a tradition older then america itself i cant think of another reason to go with just the dnr number but if there is another reason i would possibley change my vote Your pride is well noted but it would not help when or if these crack pots decide to go to arson or something else and the state gives them the ability to get your address. None of us think we are doing anything immoral but then again none of us are tree huggers either. I voted yes to either /or. I have wished this for years and have brought it up in circles of trappers for years. We really need this to happen sooner than later. IMHO. On another note if you are unrolling my tags you had better be in law enforcement because if your just lookin you are breaking he law. It is illegal to disturb a trap or to interfear with someone who is trapping. In other words They are for game wardens not competition!!! LLL
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Post by dahlyjr28 on Oct 1, 2011 7:35:57 GMT -6
Voted yes but would like to see a either/or. My CO has asked me not to conceal may tags. She would rather not have to disturber my set to check the tag. She checks some of my set every year. She is just doing her job. I have had my ups and downs with a few set and learned from them but also have had issues with people moving them.
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Post by Horn on Oct 1, 2011 10:48:57 GMT -6
Once again "Opening the Code" has reared its ugly head. I would like to know what we can do to improve out sport with out having to Open the Code.
Who makes the final decision of what ends up in the "code" ??
It appears that if we are going to loose something like Pre-Staking it is Ok as we don't have to "Open the Code" but if there is a Gain for trappers it requires "Opening the Code"
-------Rant Off-------
An Explanation of the Code and the difference between it and what we can change by (rule?) or and how to know the difference would be good thing.
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Post by 4fur on Oct 1, 2011 11:21:57 GMT -6
I still roll tags on most of my snares but everything else I use Wayne Funkes two holed tags folded over the chain, crimped and fastened. I find it hard to believe there are many on here that have NEVER read a tag. I want my tags to be legible and easily accessed by competition and wardens.
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Post by bradphillips on Oct 2, 2011 8:44:04 GMT -6
I would be in favor over numbers for anti's to wear so I can see 'um coming down the road. My tags are put on so they are readable, the bad part is that animals sure are hard on them that way. Most of the trappers in my area know each other or at least know of each other. I have read a tag or two in my time, mostly ends up being a high rollers set as they travel through. At some places each trapper kind of has "his" spot, and has had a trap there for as long as I have been around.
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Post by hvtrapper on Oct 2, 2011 13:11:27 GMT -6
While reading another thread asking about the address used on your tag the thought came that this was another good reason to use the DNR number we've all been assigned since electronic licensing started. Some have commented on the cost of re-tagging. The DNR number would've saved me a bundle as I moved and trapped in 5 different locations from 1980-87. As another ITT member mentioned "if the DNR is looking for you, they will find you".
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Post by justwannano on Oct 2, 2011 19:10:02 GMT -6
So a question for you guys that trap other states. Will a Iowa DNR # work for other states? What are the requirements in different states? just
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Post by bullsnake on Oct 2, 2011 19:26:23 GMT -6
So a question for you guys that trap other states. Will a Iowa DNR # work for other states? What are the requirements in different states? just
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Post by furman on Oct 3, 2011 7:59:07 GMT -6
good question...but in the end how many guys state jump and will have to deal with that....every state has there own requirements and if you have to change tags because your going into a different state that would be the cheapest part of the trip
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Post by Eric Rector on Oct 5, 2011 13:34:11 GMT -6
Just got back from a statewide meeting that Sandholt was at and the idea was talked about there without complaint, it was also suggested that maybe Ice Houses and Treestands could use tags with ID numbers also. I think it was suggested that name or ID # on trap tags. Not sure if it has any wheels or not to go one way or the other.
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Post by bullsnake on Oct 5, 2011 16:47:20 GMT -6
since when do tree stands need tagged ??
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Post by hvtrapper on Oct 7, 2011 3:03:28 GMT -6
Thanks to all who voted and commented. Supplies needed food for thought/discussion. Tom
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