Well, that was kind of my point. Since a hunting license is valid through the year (Well hunting season, really - May)it doesn't mean, by itself, that I can hunt anything I want until May (I still have to adhere to rules regarding seasons for what I want to hunt AND get tags for some stuff), it means I have a valid hunting license until May. Then I have to get another one.  
  
Maybe not the best analogy, though.