Family Fishing License/Hike Safe Card?

[Descant]

If you and your spouse are fishing different spots along the river and the CO comes along, who has the license? Always gonna be the other person. Since kids don't need a license, there was not much interest in the family license and it was discontinued.

[coltgov101]

This is the second time today I have read about a hike safe card. I have never heard of it. Can anyone enlighten me?

[DickR]

Originally Posted by coltgov101

This is the second time today I have read about a hike safe card. I have never heard of it. Can anyone enlighten me?

http://www.wildlife.state.nh.us/safe/

The card won't keep you from getting hurt from your own carelessness or from being ill-prepared for a hike. Too many times, coming down from a hike along a rough mountain trail, I've seen other hikers headed up in flip-flops or carrying just a 16 oz. bottle of water in warm summer conditions or without additional clothing for radically cooler or windy weather higher up.

[coltgov101]

Thanks, DickR, interesting idea and excellent plan. Far to many inexperienced hikers today and very expensive rescue operations take place every year. Thanks for the info.

[dpg]

Good god what's next a 19.95 charge for calling 911?

[DickR]

Originally Posted by dpg

Good god what's next a 19.95 charge for calling 911?

The Hike Safe card program arose from the costly and all-too-frequent rescues, involving numerous volunteers and state personnel, in really foul weather and all hours of the night, of foolish people who thought they could go for an easy outing up some of the most rugged trails in the country, ignoring weather conditions, and ill-equipped for such an outing. If you took the family sedan off-roading in treacherous conditions and had to have a wrecker tow you out and a repair facility fix the damage you foolishly caused, wouldn't you expect to foot the bill?

If you need rescue from a hike, you won't necessarily be billed for it, because accidents and the unforseen can indeed occur. The RSA is intended to cover situations that didn't have to happen, due to true negligence of the one(s)needing rescue. As they say, you can't fix stupid, but the stupid ought not to expect others to pay for their stupidity.

[fatlazyless]

Save your $25; in 2018, as soon as you purchase a NH hunting or fishing license, register a boat, ohrv, or snowmobile in NH, then you also get all the benefits of a '$25 NH Hike Safe 2018 Card' without spending the $25.

Could be a good time to treat your car to a $19.88 Walmart oil change, and still have a theoretical, left-over $5.12! What a great theoretical deal ....good for 5000 NH miles.....plus a $5.12 lunch .... so, go visit the King at Burger King .... courtesy NH Fish & Game!

[thinkxingu]

Originally Posted by Descant

If you and your spouse are fishing different spots along the river and the CO comes along, who has the license? Always gonna be the other person. Since kids don't need a license, there was not much interest in the family license and it was discontinued.

I totally forgot the kiddos don't need a license! Thanks for the reminder.

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