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Licenses for hunting, fishing to move to Web in 2011

By Bob Downing
Beacon Journal staff writer

The state of Ohio has an agreement with a contractor to operate a new Web-based system to provide licenses for Ohio hunters and anglers.

The system, to be provided by the Active Network Inc., will go into effect March 1, 2011.

That is a year later than the Ohio Department of Natural Resources and its Division of Wildlife had been expecting when the proposal was unveiled last fall.

The contract with the San Diego-based company will cost $16.3 million over 81/2 years. Money to pay for the new system will come from Ohio's Wildlife Fund that is derived from the sale of hunting, fishing and trapping licenses. State tax dollars are excluded from that fund.

The Active Network maintains or is developing automated hunting-fishing license systems for 26 states.

The new Ohio system will replace an antiquated and costly license system that is 10 years old, state officials said.

The current system is old, inefficient, breaking down and costly to repair. The computer hardware and software systems have begun to fail and the cost of repairs is growing.

The change is expected to reduce the number of vendors who sell hunting and fishing licenses, but that is not expected to cause major problems for hunters and anglers, state officials said.

At present, Ohio has 1,313 vendors that sell licenses.

A resident hunting license costs $19, and resident fishing license costs $19. Those fees are not increasing.

Tackle shops and large outdoors stores are expected to continue selling licenses, but some mom-and-pop operations might cease selling Ohio licenses because of the added costs they would face, officials said.

Vendors would be required to provide their own computers and Internet access to continue selling hunting and fishing licenses. Credit cards will be required for online license purchases.

Under the new system, Ohio hunters would not have to take their deer or turkey to check-in stations to get metal tags, as is now required.

They could go online or use a telephone to check in and get required identification numbers. Check-in stations still would be available.

In 2007, Ohio sold 685,734 resident fishing licenses. That included 22,780 in Summit, 24,935 in Stark, 11,397 in Portage, 8,013 in Medina and 5,389 in Wayne counties.

Ohio sold 298,828 resident hunting licenses in 2007. That included 7,588 in Summit, 12,679 in Stark, 4,915 in Wayne, 4,380 in Medina and 3,731 in Portage counties.

For more information, check out http://www.wildohio.com.


Bob Downing can be reached at 330-996-3745 or bdowning@thebeaconjournal.com.

The state of Ohio has an agreement with a contractor to operate a new Web-based system to provide licenses for Ohio hunters and anglers.

The system, to be provided by the Active Network Inc., will go into effect March 1, 2011.

That is a year later than the Ohio Department of Natural Resources and its Division of Wildlife had been expecting when the proposal was unveiled last fall.

The contract with the San Diego-based company will cost $16.3 million over 81/2 years. Money to pay for the new system will come from Ohio's Wildlife Fund that is derived from the sale of hunting, fishing and trapping licenses. State tax dollars are excluded from that fund.

The Active Network maintains or is developing automated hunting-fishing license systems for 26 states.

The new Ohio system will replace an antiquated and costly license system that is 10 years old, state officials said.

The current system is old, inefficient, breaking down and costly to repair. The computer hardware and software systems have begun to fail and the cost of repairs is growing.

The change is expected to reduce the number of vendors who sell hunting and fishing licenses, but that is not expected to cause major problems for hunters and anglers, state officials said.

At present, Ohio has 1,313 vendors that sell licenses.

A resident hunting license costs $19, and resident fishing license costs $19. Those fees are not increasing.

Tackle shops and large outdoors stores are expected to continue selling licenses, but some mom-and-pop operations might cease selling Ohio licenses because of the added costs they would face, officials said.

Vendors would be required to provide their own computers and Internet access to continue selling hunting and fishing licenses. Credit cards will be required for online license purchases.

Under the new system, Ohio hunters would not have to take their deer or turkey to check-in stations to get metal tags, as is now required.

They could go online or use a telephone to check in and get required identification numbers. Check-in stations still would be available.

In 2007, Ohio sold 685,734 resident fishing licenses. That included 22,780 in Summit, 24,935 in Stark, 11,397 in Portage, 8,013 in Medina and 5,389 in Wayne counties.

Ohio sold 298,828 resident hunting licenses in 2007. That included 7,588 in Summit, 12,679 in Stark, 4,915 in Wayne, 4,380 in Medina and 3,731 in Portage counties.

For more information, check out http://www.wildohio.com.


Bob Downing can be reached at 330-996-3745 or bdowning@thebeaconjournal.com.



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