Truth is definitely stranger than fiction. Drove 23 hours, in 2 days, to hunt in Florida. Get to Walmart to buy a license, nope. They don't print them out, they email them. I think I should be able to get one at city hall here. Get in my truck and drive 20 minutes to a flea bag, no wallet. I scream back to Walmart. I check where I was parked, last row over a storm drain. There it is, on top of the storm drain. Same color. Sooo, after the 17 heart attacks, fits of rage and driving back. I went across the street to a much nicer hotel and didn't care what it cost . I got my military discount and it saved me $75. I'm cooked, shower then bed. Hunt starts Wednesday if I get a license. Only me. Z
My dude. Just go online and get a license. You can download the Florida Fish Hunt app and buy a license through that.
Quote from: zelmo1 on April 08, 2024, 08:09:54 PM
Truth is definitely stranger than fiction. Drove 23 hours, in 2 days, to hunt in Florida. Get to Walmart to buy a license, nope. They don't print them out, they email them. I think I should be able to get one at city hall here. Get in my truck and drive 20 minutes to a flea bag, no wallet. I scream back to Walmart. I check where I was parked, last row over a storm drain. There it is, on top of the storm drain. Same color. Sooo, after the 17 heart attacks, fits of rage and driving back. I went across the street to a much nicer hotel and didn't care what it cost . I got my military discount and it saved me $75. I'm cooked, shower then bed. Hunt starts Wednesday if I get a license. Only me. Z
Gooutdoorsflorida.com
Or download the fwc app. Purchase your license on there and itll be saved in the app
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I'll do it after I throw up and shower, lol. Z
Get the bad luck out of the way first Z. Then make up for it with a good one.
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Bad Omens for sure. Glad you got your wallet back!!!
Cut your loses now!
All downhill from now on Z, go kill a big old gobbler!
Did you check to make sure you still had your guns?! :funnyturkey:
Z you are one lucky individual to go back to WalMart after 30 or 40 minutes and find your wallet still sitting in the parking lot with everything in it.
Based on that alone I think you are going to tag out in Fla bud.
Good Luck and be safe!
Glad you got your wallet Z. It will work out brother. Go get them!!
Did you see any black cats or walk under any ladders on the the trip down ?? My goodness! Glad your wallet was there....Good Luck on the hunt!
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Florida has been good to me so far, minus the 17 heart attacks and puking uncontrollably. People are nice, got a deal on the hotel and my back is holding up. A nice gobbler and they may gain another fat Northeasterner. :turkey2: :funnyturkey: Z
Of course the hotel WiFi " didn't recognize me" , but my new buddy Akida and I calmly fixed it with the help of an ATT WiFi oligist. Heart rate never went above 50, blood pressure at 116/72 :funnyturkey:. Z
come on Z, I know your missing all that SNOW!! How are you handling the heat?
I have never hunted Florida so I don't know this answer. Find out if you have to have your tags printed out before you hunt. I hunted SC and bought my license and tags online. South Carolina game warden gave me a $155 ticket because I did not have the tags printed paper. Showed him the licenses on my phone but it didn't matter. In Tennessee, we can do it completely online. Don't know the law in FL but I would check.
Best of luck on your hunt.
Quote from: zelmo1 on April 08, 2024, 08:09:54 PM
Truth is definitely stranger than fiction. Drove 23 hours, in 2 days, to hunt in Florida. Get to Walmart to buy a license, nope. They don't print them out, they email them. I think I should be able to get one at city hall here. Get in my truck and drive 20 minutes to a flea bag, no wallet. I scream back to Walmart. I check where I was parked, last row over a storm drain. There it is, on top of the storm drain. Same color. Sooo, after the 17 heart attacks, fits of rage and driving back. I went across the street to a much nicer hotel and didn't care what it cost . I got my military discount and it saved me $75. I'm cooked, shower then bed. Hunt starts Wednesday if I get a license. Only me. Z
That story almost gave me a panic attack just reading about it! I did the same thing (sort-of) a few years back in a post office. Your story brought back the anxiety I felt, so I can totally sympathize. (My "adventure" ended up the same as yours...except a nice lady had picked up my wallet and was wondering what to do when I ran in the door with a crazed look on my face...she knew immediately whose wallet it was... :D )
...Good luck on your hunt Zelmo....things have got to get better! ;D
Thank you sir. I printed the registration form before I left home. I have paper tags that I can use too. Z
Glad your getting squared away and dialed in. I wish you the best!
The people I have talked to in Florida have been great. Actually was just kind of afraid a redneck hillbilly from WV would stick out. If you get off the beach the rednecks run at large in Florida. My kind of place! I was not out of place, kind of high class... For a redneck.
Maybe next spring I'll go back, have enjoyed my time there.
You got very lucky in finding your wallet, much less with everything still in it!! God is smiling down on you Z!! Prepare for a good hunt!!
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