JF Griffin - Index

JF Griffin - magazine - Index

Licenses, Permits & Stamps
Licenses and Permits
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• NOTE for applying at license agents:
Agents using a VeriFone® machine (a
special keypad) can print a transaction
receipt, but might do so only at your
request . Therefore, you should ask for a
receipt of the transaction . This receipt
will list your choices and the transaction
number . Agents using Web-based (computer)
systems may or may not be able
to print a receipt . ASK FIRST! When an
agent cannot print a receipt, it’s important
to have the clerk orally verify your
application choices and provide your
transaction number . Keep this transaction
number; it can be helpful should a
problem occur with your application .
• Each agent decides what types of payment
to accept . Learn this in advance,
then have the correct payment ready
when you arrive .
Changing Your Lottery Application
Regardless of where or how you
applied for a lottery, applicants may
review their information at any time
from any computer with Internet access .
Check your application status or edit your
application if you discover a correction is
necessary . With your CID and DOB, visit
www .WildlifeLicense .com/NJ/ to access
your profile and follow the prompts .
Applications may be edited only during
the actual application period . Once the
application period is closed, it is impossible
to change your application . License
agents and Fish and Wildlife offices DO
NOT have the ability to change your
application once submitted . Only you
can make changes, so take care during the
application process .
Application Status Check
Hunters and trappers may check their
application status at any time . Go to the
licensing Web site (www .WildlifeLicense .
com/NJ/) to access your profile using your
CID and DOB, then follow the prompts .
The license system displays if the lottery
has been run and if you won a permit .
When the system shows ‘pending,’ the
lottery has not been completed . During
the application period the system displays
your application as ‘pending’ .
Notification of Lottery Results (Did
you win a permit?)
Once the lottery is complete, applicants
will be notified of their results .
When hunters or trappers first apply, the
system may have asked your choice for
either e-mail or postcard lottery results
notification . For those who choose e-mail,
be sure to review your junk or spam
e-mail filters so the lottery results notification
is accepted by your computer . When
applying at a license agent, applicants may
or may not be asked to choose a notification
mode . Some license issuing machines
must use the default method of mailing
a postcard notification . Applicants who
don’t receive notification by the date
posted in this Digest can check their application
status online .
Claiming Your Permit
Lottery permit winners may claim their
permit(s) by going to any license agent or
via the Internet . See the corresponding
lottery permit “pick up” dates listed in this
Digest for beaver/otter, deer and fall turkey
permits . Recall that at the time of application,
you paid only the non-refundable $2
application fee; the actual permit fee must
still be paid . At license agents, be sure to
bring your CID; tell the agent you’re there
to pick up your Fish and Wildlife-awarded
lottery permit . Permits claimed via the
Internet are subject to an additional convenience
fee and will take 7–10 business
days to arrive .
Purchasing Non-lottery and Unclaimed
Lottery Permits
Leftover (unclaimed) lottery permits
and non-lottery permits are available
at license agents and via the Internet .
Internet purchases CANNOT be printed
from home . Plan ahead, as it may take
7-10 business days for your permit(s) to
arrive . During every transaction there are
several opportunities to review your information
for accuracy . A complete review at
each step will allow you to make corrections
now, if necessary . Once a transaction
is complete there will be NO refunds or
exchanges . When purchasing permits at
a license agent, speed your transaction by
presenting to the agent a written note with
your CID# and DOB, plus the season and
zone of your permit choices .
Beaver and Otter Permits
• Beaver and otter trapping are allowed
by special permit only .
• Additional information - including the
zone map and descriptions - becomes
available Sept . 17 on Fish and Wildlife’s
Web site, www .NJFishandWildlife .com .
• Application period: Oct. 1-31.
• Leftover permits, if available, will be
sold at all license agents and at Fish and
Wildlife’s Internet license sales site .
For current availability, see our Web
site or call the Permit Hotline at (609)
292-9192 during the week of Nov . 24,
2008 . If permits remain unsold after the
lottery, leftovers will be sold beginning
at 10 a .m . on Monday, Dec . 1, 2008 .
Permits will be available at all license
agents and via the Internet .
• For trapping season information including
regulations, season dates and bag
limits see Trapping Regulations, page 67 .
Black Bear Hunting Permits
The black bear hunting season is closed
until the DEP Commissioner approves a
comprehensive black bear management
policy . Should this policy contain provisions
for a black bear season, information
will be posted on Fish and Wildlife’s Web
site .
Coyote, Red and Gray Fox Hunting
Permits
• A $2 permit is required to hunt coyote,
red or gray fox during the special
permit season from Jan . 19 - Feb . 16,
2009 .
• Permits will be available at any license
agent or via Fish and Wildlife’s Internet
license sales site beginning Dec . 15,
2008 . A 2009 hunting license must be
purchased prior to, or in conjunction
with, the purchase of a 2009 Coyote/
Fox Permit .
• For season details, see coyote and fox
hunting regulations, page 61 .
Deer Hunting Permits
Permits are required to hunt during
the Permit Bow, Permit Muzzleloader and
Permit Shotgun deer seasons .
Permits may be purchased either at
a license agent, at Fish and Wildlife’s
Internet license sales site
www .WildlifeLicense .com/NJ/ or through
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