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especially when providing the Wildlife Management Unit number and letter. “Hunters and trappers can use the telephone reporting system for report-

ing  deer,  turkey,  bobcat  and  fisher,”  Roe said. “For elk and bear, hunters are still required to present their harvest to check stations.”

PALS lets hunters check status of licenses
THANKS  to  the  new  PALS  license  sales  system,  license  buyers  can  now check  the  up-to-date  status  of  their  special license applications. To do so, just go to the Game Commission  website  and  click  on  the  “Buy  Your  License” box in the upper right corner.  Click on the “Purchase Fishing and/or  Hunting License Permit and or Application/Replace License and or Permit”  option, which includes the ability to  “Check on the status of an Antlerless Deer or Elk Application.” Scroll down and click on the “Start Here” button. At  this  page,  choose  one  of  the identification options below to  check  your  records,  fill  in  the  necessary  information  and  click  on  the “Continue” button. Click on the  appropriate  residency  status,  which  will display your current personal information. At the bottom of the page, choose the “Check on the status  of  any  Lottery  Application”  button,  and then hit “Continue.” While  this  is  a  long  process,  it  is designed this way to protect an individual’s  personal  information,  while at the same time enabling that person to check on the status of his or  her application. “As doe licenses are processed  by  county  treasurers,”  said Carl Roe, “a license buyer’s application status will be updated in the system and,  consequently,  can  be  checked  online. This update — which includes the WMU for which the license was  issued — occurs as soon as a county treasurer’s office allocates a license to a license-buyer’s account. This feature provides application tracking on the doe  license  issuance process  unlike  anything we have offered before. “Prior  to  PALS,  the  only  way  to 

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