ELS solutions not always practical afield when hunting

I just bought my 2026 white-tail archery paper license and tag. Both are on a sheet of 8½-by-11 printer paper, with instructions to immediately validate the kill by notching this flimsy “what a joke” tag. They spent $5.2 million from the Game and Fish Fund and this is what they came up with? The folks who approved this must never have hunted.

Gone are the orange durable tags attached to your deer. Electronic registration is now mandatory. I can’t help but think the tail on this mockery is wagging the dog. Tagging was part of teaching my son the ethics of deer hunting. So the rocket science software folks got with the “I don’t hunt” DNR folks and came up with notching printer paper while in the field.

How often is it raining or snowing? Just get out a soggy wet folded sheet of paper and validate your site kill. $5.2 million from the Game and Fish Fund, no wonder they are scrambling to increase license fees.

Vern Wagner Roseville