In SC, all permits run from end of June to June. When I got back into fishing many years ago, a buddy was to take me fishing in mid June. Went to every place I could think of to get a permit and no body had any left. All sold out for that year and new ones hadnt come out yet. I pinned a 10 to my hat and hoped for the best. No fine and caught my first large mouth, 2lbs. woohoo
Its now all on computer and the permit is printed like a reciept. Stupid thing is that its printed on heat transfer paper. After a couple months in my wallet, theirs no print left. Started to make a photo copy of permit and tapeing it to the back of the original, the original had DNR watermarks. Works fine but thats just anouther peice of paper in my wallet.