I thought I read that he couldn't get a hunting license in his own state.
I did not read that, but I don't doubt it being a posibility. Fact is owning property is not tied to a person's ability to get a hunting license.
"I thought I read that he couldn't get a hunting license in his own state."
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I missed seeing that. My thought is that he already hunted his own land in MN. And then went to WI - their season starts right after MN's ends. Just my own thought.