I was curious if anyone else had a problem receiving their digital Texas hunting license electronically this year?

My license was mailed to me instead of giving me the digital version.

Was this your first time attempting to purchase electronically?

Oddly, I did the electronic signup as well and they sent me a hard copy. I don't care either way, to be honest, but I was surprised by what I received. This was not my first signup online, but the first time trying to do it for the digital version.

First time for me to purchase the digital license and it has worked flawlessly. Took about 20 minutes from the time of purchase until it showed up on my phone.

Did you both use "My Texas Hunt Harvest" App, Purchase a license, all from the mobile app?

I did, no issues.

Does this hunt harvest app take the place of a tag, or just report a harvest? Reason I ask is that when I was hunting the Panhandle a couple of weeks ago, one of my buds from Louisiana showed me his app for Louisiana and you can actually "tag" your deer electronically when you harvest a deer in that State.

Yes, no paper license or paper tag.

You kill, open app, log it and you get a confirmation # that you write on a piece of tape and attach to the animal. I use white, cloth type medical tape and the same pen I carried when I was completing paper tags and the harvest log on the back of license.
I like it, don't have to carry license, just the phone that I have with me at all times anyway.

Yes this was the first time I tried to purchase it digitally. This is the first year that it was possible

Thanks!

Now you don't have to worry about keeping your paper license charged up

Just make sure you have the odd shaped PITA piece of paper with you.

It's in a credit card slot in my wallet because it's that small

What happens if you don't have cell reception? Can you move the deer until you can get reception?

It's as thick as 2 credit cards, added weight. What else you got?

They thought of that. It gives you an error message, "try again when within coverage". You can move the kill. As soon as you move into an area with coverage you open the app again and your number will be there. You don't have to re-enter anything. I had this very issue a few days ago.

Gre


Great!! Thanks

I have purchased a digital license two consecutive years. Has worked flawlessly. I really like it.

It weighs almost nothing and If you were a better hunter and used some tags it gets even thinner

@nxtrapper: It may get lighter, but not actually thinner. Not to mention it is just more cool to use an App. I want to be cool.

I’ll buy thinking it’s cool over thinking a paper one being a burdensome piece of equipment.

I suspect that sometime over the next few years it will become digital only.

On the two TWA hunts I had a few folks had them. It was a little tricky finding their document number, which is the actual license number. The customer number listed first is not the license number.

Until the State of Texas provides everyone with a cell phone, I don't see that happening.

Glad I still have my government issue license pen and knife to fill out my tags properly...

You will probably not get anything anyway because you’re playing on your phone instead of hunting