Canadian Outdoor Card

  • Doug Bonwell
    Cedar Falls IA
    Posts: 887
    October 26, 2009 at 6:06 pm #1218391

    Just got it in the mail today. End of May to the end of October, must have used the USPS. lol

    walleye_wisdom
    Big Sky Country Helena, MT (Adel, IA home)
    Posts: 1160
    October 26, 2009 at 8:48 pm #811713

    Bought my lisence may 9th and just got my card 2 weeks ago… Not that i need it immediately, but they said 2-3 weeks…

    jslsfish4u
    Cold Spring,MN
    Posts: 134
    October 26, 2009 at 11:36 pm #811740

    Applied for mine when I applied for my Remote Area Border Pass back in January and got the card Oct.1st

    big_g
    Isle, MN
    Posts: 22456
    October 29, 2009 at 1:27 am #812329

    Taken from the Canadian Outdoor Card website….

    The temporary Outdoors Card and paper licence are effective immediately. Your plastic Outdoors Card will be mailed to you by year end, and is valid for three calendar years (including the year of purchase).

    Non-Canadian resident hunters can also fish under the authority of their Outdoor Card (hunting version) with the appropriate fishing licence tag.

    You can also get more information on the Outdoors Card by calling the Outdoors Card Centre at 1-800-387-7011. This toll-free number works from all of North America, from Monday to Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. (Eastern Time).

    big G

    bigpike
    Posts: 6259
    October 29, 2009 at 5:02 pm #812528

    I dont get the purpose of this card. Why didn’t they just raise licsense fees to equal the cost of the card. Seems like a tax but they made a whole new set of paper work to handle it….

    big_g
    Isle, MN
    Posts: 22456
    October 29, 2009 at 11:26 pm #812638

    Not sure… I believe it was Ontario’s way of getting more cash… I buy my fishing license in Manitoba, which does not have the Outdoor requirement… if I wanted to fish Ontario… I would need a license & it costs me $9 for the Outdoor Card… which is good for 3 years. Everything I have heard and read is, because Ontario is going to an ELS system (Electronic) like we have in MN. Basically, with the card, you will have Hunting accredation and also be able to buy your license for your trip on-line.

    big G

    bigpike
    Posts: 6259
    October 30, 2009 at 4:09 am #812692

    This may big true G, but it is alot more difficult than that to carry a firearm and hunt in Ontario. Looking at my card it looks like a credit card so I suppose it is easier to track what services you are using. If that is there intent. It would be intersting to know exactly what there intent is for this card. If they are going electronic it would be just as easy to track through a license IMO

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