Eagles Dare Posted December 30, 2021 Report Share Posted December 30, 2021 29 mins ago, stinky1 said: Did you purchase on a computer or smartphone? Im just curious if that is the ticket. Computer. Didn't actually buy anything yet, just signed up for the account. But I can see this years licenses as well a previous year's . I'll have mine on the rocks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sandbars Posted December 30, 2021 Report Share Posted December 30, 2021 Had a lot of glitches when they started it. They have been working on it everyday since with feedback from reps. Lots of problems had to do with sporting and hunting license for 2022 year not printing tags and so forth. Instead it would only print the 2021 tags Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CcCstriper89 Posted January 2, 2022 Report Share Posted January 2, 2022 The harvest history in your profile was deleted in the new platform. That is kind of a bummer it was just a list you could see of deer and turkeys you have tagged in over the years. If the auto renew works properly that will be cool. The pop ups after clicking every permit is annoying. Over all I think the site is worse off than before but thats typically the way it goes in MA. I still miss the printed out colored licenses and metal deer tags for every harvest. west tide and Cabo2005 2 The Best Day to go fishing is any day that ends in Y Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bdowning Posted January 2, 2022 Report Share Posted January 2, 2022 The "don't fix it if it ain't broke" philosophy is broken. b-ware 1 Pfantum Pfishah Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikez2 Posted January 7, 2022 Report Share Posted January 7, 2022 Really surprised about how much hue and cry over this. I'm the least computer savvy ole Luddite that ever swore at a computer screen and I blew through the process without a hitch. I did my NH license right after and found it very similar. Neither one frustrated me at all, and I'm famous for getting frustrated by computer stuff. I did both licenses at my desk on my lunch break, including creating a new account for the Ma site, printed everything out, and still had time to eat my lunch. I'd say that's infinitely better than waiting in line at Walmart in two different states on my day off when I could be fishing. One thing I have learned is these things rarely work well on a phone. Dealing with my professional licenses, I have found it's not worth doing applications or renewals on a mobile device. Hence doing it at work. All I got at home are mobile devices. I can see why it might be a problem for those that don't have access to a PC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WorcBoy Posted January 11, 2022 Report Share Posted January 11, 2022 Just did my 2022 licenses on my work computer. Not too bad, just a little lighter in the wallet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Italianbuca Posted January 12, 2022 Report Share Posted January 12, 2022 On 12/29/2021 at 10:57 AM, ged said: Unique email for each account, which is a pain for those who purchase a license for a youth. not that this was easy to figure out, and the overall layout of the new system is a pain, but you can merge accounts/id's under one "primary account" so you can do everything from a single login. I setup my account and merged my wife's and both of my parents under mine as the primary as I am the sucker who renews everyone else's licenses for them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bob_G Posted January 12, 2022 Report Share Posted January 12, 2022 On 1/2/2022 at 8:20 AM, CcCstriper89 said: The harvest history in your profile was deleted in the new platform. That is kind of a bummer it was just a list you could see of deer and turkeys you have tagged in over the years. If the auto renew works properly that will be cool. The pop ups after clicking every permit is annoying. Over all I think the site is worse off than before but thats typically the way it goes in MA. I still miss the printed out colored licenses and metal deer tags for every harvest. Being able to buy a license online is convenient, but I'm with you. I miss the old way of buying your license in person. Getting a hand written licence, signature on the bottom. Place it in one of those heavy plastic license holders. I enjoyed taking my deer or turkey to a check in station, getting the metal tag. The whole process now is rather impersonal. The Sultan of Sluggo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unskunk Posted January 12, 2022 Report Share Posted January 12, 2022 35 mins ago, bob_G said: Being able to buy a license online is convenient, but I'm with you. I miss the old way of buying your license in person. Getting a hand written licence, signature on the bottom. Place it in one of those heavy plastic license holders. I enjoyed taking my deer or turkey to a check in station, getting the metal tag. The whole process now is rather impersonal. I was gonna say, I miss those red license holders you got every year with your license....... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ged Posted January 12, 2022 Report Share Posted January 12, 2022 Waiting in long lines for antlerless tags was terrible. HQ is down the street from me and it was a hardship. I prefer online 100% Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eagles Dare Posted January 12, 2022 Report Share Posted January 12, 2022 2 hours ago, bob_G said: Being able to buy a license online is convenient, but I'm with you. I miss the old way of buying your license in person. Getting a hand written licence, signature on the bottom. Place it in one of those heavy plastic license holders. I enjoyed taking my deer or turkey to a check in station, getting the metal tag. The whole process now is rather impersonal. I like it when I get a deer the first week of shotgun season. Still need to take it to the check station. My wife's cousin is always working one of them. He lives one town over but that's usually the only time I see him. I'll have mine on the rocks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bob_G Posted January 12, 2022 Report Share Posted January 12, 2022 1 min ago, Eagles Dare said: I like it when I get a deer the first week of shotgun season. Still need to take it to the check station. My wife's cousin is always working one of them. He lives one town over but that's usually the only time I see him. Two deer checking stations really stand out in my mind. The one on Barre Commons was super cool. 50-75 people would hang around all day and wel l into the evening. Waiting for hunters to bring in their deer. The Worc Telegram would have a photographer there on opening day taking photos. The other was in the rest area in Great Barrington. Cars and trucks would line up 50 deep waiting to check in deer. Really nice times, will always remember them. Cabo2005 1 The Sultan of Sluggo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eagles Dare Posted January 12, 2022 Report Share Posted January 12, 2022 Before my time as a hunter but I vaguely remember seeing this at the General Store in town. Not sure if they were a check station or if people just displayed their deer there. I'll have mine on the rocks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shark lobster Posted January 12, 2022 Report Share Posted January 12, 2022 Lots of places will do them for you tackle shops wallmart! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
z-man Posted January 18, 2022 Report Share Posted January 18, 2022 I just bought my licenses. Pretty simple and my info carried over from last year. My only complaint is why do the licenses need to be so big and why is the freshwater license twice as big as the saltwater. You have to fold the thing four times to fit it in a wallet. I get licenses for quite a few states and my wallet looks like George Costanza’s with all these folded papers in it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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