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New SmartPhone App from Conservation Dept.

Posted: September 4th, 2014, 10:48 am
by SAMCRO
Some of you may have seen this already - they sent an email out if you're on their distribution list. I already downloaded it, and it's pretty cool. You use your Conservation ID code (from your card, the number you use for permits, draw hunts, etc.) and birthday as your login. From there, it lists all of the licenses you've bought for the current year, as well as the previous year.

You can also look at your licenses, and see the number of telechecks you've done under each tag. You can also purchase tags through the app. The app lets you use your phone to telecheck your kills, too. You can already do this from their website, but this is quicker, and easier.

Right now, you still have to carry a printed-out tag, and you still have to notch it at the time of death. My thoughts are that this app is the first step away from that, however, and that at some point, if this pans out, you can do all of that from a simple app. Unless you're Amish, you already have a smart phone, and most of us keep them in our pockets or backpacks in the field already.

Pretty cool: http://mdc.mo.gov/mobile/mobile-apps/mo-hunting

Re: New SmartPhone App from Conservation Dept.

Posted: September 4th, 2014, 2:05 pm
by RB
I saw that email. Getting a new phone so didn't download yet. I have several of their apps their pretty good.

Re: New SmartPhone App from Conservation Dept.

Posted: September 5th, 2014, 10:01 am
by SAMCRO
RB wrote:I saw that email. Getting a new phone so didn't download yet. I have several of their apps their pretty good.
New phone, huh? You'll have to see if they offer a Jitterbug version of the app.
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Re: New SmartPhone App from Conservation Dept.

Posted: September 5th, 2014, 10:04 am
by RB
SAMCRO wrote:
RB wrote:I saw that email. Getting a new phone so didn't download yet. I have several of their apps their pretty good.
New phone, huh? You'll have to see if they offer a Jitterbug version of the app.
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Must be your pic in the future since I have a full head of hair and you don't cueball.

Re: New SmartPhone App from Conservation Dept.

Posted: September 5th, 2014, 2:07 pm
by Limbshot
I loaded the app about a month ago. Pretty sweet little program. Easy to use.

Re: New SmartPhone App from Conservation Dept.

Posted: September 5th, 2014, 3:32 pm
by SAMCRO
I can wear a wig. You can't get younger.

Oh, sorry. I said:

I CAN WEAR A WIG. YOU CAN'T GET YOUNGER.
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:rotflmao:

Re: New SmartPhone App from Conservation Dept.

Posted: September 5th, 2014, 5:50 pm
by Tigerhaze
SAMCRO wrote:Unless you're Amish, you already have a smart phone
I must be one of those "Breaking Amish" since I don't have a smartphone but have a flip phone and other "English" conveniences.

Re: New SmartPhone App from Conservation Dept.

Posted: September 19th, 2014, 6:08 am
by Rafe Hollister
Why would someone not have a smartphone? My 12 yr. old doesn't, but that's just because I don't want him to have access to all the internet at any time and any place. A smartphone is a computer in your pocket and is usually as fast as any computer on any network. Get a smartphone, you Luddite.

Re: New SmartPhone App from Conservation Dept.

Posted: September 19th, 2014, 7:12 am
by RB
If you think phones are smart you should see the features of my new Tahoe. Must be a smart truck.

Re: New SmartPhone App from Conservation Dept.

Posted: September 19th, 2014, 8:08 am
by PoisonSnake
The only problem I have with it is that you have to enter your ID every damn time you log on (unless I am missing something).

Re: New SmartPhone App from Conservation Dept.

Posted: September 19th, 2014, 8:48 am
by RB
PoisonSnake wrote:The only problem I have with it is that you have to enter your ID every damn time you log on (unless I am missing something).
You can opt out of a password.......at least on my android you can.

Re: New SmartPhone App from Conservation Dept.

Posted: October 4th, 2014, 10:49 am
by Triton X2
I phones are for weiners

Re: New SmartPhone App from Conservation Dept.

Posted: October 5th, 2014, 9:34 am
by RB
Where you been Tritoon?

Re: New SmartPhone App from Conservation Dept.

Posted: October 6th, 2014, 7:40 am
by Limbshot
The telecheck option on the App is pretty nice. I used it to telecheck my doe.

Re: New SmartPhone App from Conservation Dept.

Posted: October 7th, 2014, 6:08 pm
by Tigerhaze
Rafe Hollister wrote:Why would someone not have a smartphone? Get a smartphone, you Luddite.
Smart phones are an albatross especially with the kind of career I have; with them the company expects you to read their e-mails 24/7 and respond to them in real time. Without a smart phone I have plausible deniability in not jumping on a project right away when not at the office. It's not like my phone doesn't have text, photo, or video capability so I am not totally in the stone age.

I think characterizing me as a Luddite is a little harsh- it's not like I am protesting smart phones or destroying them but simply don't see the need to be tethered to the latest high dollar phone and related plan. I just got back from a weeklong trip to Montana with very limited cell coverage and it did not affect my ability to successfully fish, so don't feel deprived by the lack of the latest technology.