Game Management

Do you have to report your large game shot to the DNR, Wildlife team etc.? I am talking about deer, bear, elk, antelope, mule deer or special permit game.

Yes

In PA we have to but only about 50 % actually do . So I guess the answer is maybe

Yes, Always, every time.

Game management is only as effective as the accurate data it receives.

People Biatch about how ineffective game managers are

but then refuse to provide them with the necessary data to do the job.

w

Scientists can't science without their numbers

br549

Mo started a "Noodling" season at the behest of a few fans, lasted 2 yrs and cancelled, because they couldn't be bothered to file the paper work, likely because they didn't want the state to know how effective it is.

I have always reported my required game. Now I have the HuntFishNY app on my phone and report from the woods. I don't have to be concerned about remembering to report and what not because I have proof that it was reported. Kind of neat too that it keeps a history of reported and unreported tags.

Most game harvests here including furbearer have to be reported every year of you held a hunting or trapping license. Failure to do results in draw applications to be removed from the pool

Some get a survey at the end of some seasons but it's not like we have check stations to register most big game Elk is the exception and buffalo maybe.

So conservation officers rely on us to tell them how the wildlife populations and wildlife health are and want us to tell them what we see in the outdoors. Then they tell us the rules and regulations of hunting said wildlife because they are oh so smart sitting in an office in the city. Ok then.

Harvest reporting is a small piece of info and they must be careful how they use that data.
A low/high harvest could have nothing to do with the number of animals on the landscape-they have to take into account effort and numbers of hunters in the field and for how long,among other variables.
High gas prices for instance or bad weather could limit effort even though the animal numbers may be high,the harvest may not indicate that.And vice versa.

NO

oregon is reporting on big game and trapping and monetarily punishing you for not -- most is online and not a big deal -- geese they get kindof stupid on.

In NC we have 24 hours to report. Lots of people do not bother. I report.

No

Comments like ^^^^^^^^^^THIS^^^^^^^^^^ reinforce my belief that some Canadians are TOOPID

w

Spose to here.

Forgot that Wally is an old city boy. Sorry I hurt your feelings.

Yes. I was talking to a game warden a few years back and he said the NC Wildlife knows a lot more bear are killed than are reported. Which is true. He was saying that's one of the reasons that they don't up the bag limit to two a year. The science is in the numbers.

walleyed is NOT a city dweller.

My neighbors are corn plants.

Sorry that you did not hurt my feelings.

I do not have any of those.

w

Them poor corn plants.

Thankfully, they are not IOWA corn plants.

w

We are supposed to report big game kills to our game commission. I always report mine but, as has been said, about half in our state do not.
The hunters in PA have things pretty good. We also have some of the whiniest hunters too-most of them do not report their kills.

I always report, and most states are going to online instead of the old way of driving to the closet gas station that was a check in station. I don't mind the online, but last year in Illinois having bad cell service and being honest resulted in me losing my buck and paying a fine to the state. So from now on if using online I'll triple check everything

Didnt hear that story. It wasnt the big one that you killed was it?

No, Matt it was a nice one though that scored 147", I definitely learned my lesson

Thank god-----You got that right ------It's about the only thing.

So you are a game poacher, Too ?

If you are required by law to report your game harvest , and don't,

that makes you a poacher, no different than the guy that

jack-lights deer at night.

Way to go Tea-Pee.

w

Here I'm agreeing with you. We are both happy their not Iowa corn plants. An that makes me a poacher. You might be a country hick, but your reasoning seems more like a New York liberal. If all else fails start making accusations and calling names. grow up.

Lol

No, you said it was the only thing I got right.

Implying my statement about my reporting my game harvest was somehow wrong.

No name calling.

teapee is your screen name, so maybe you should grow up sweetpea

Have a nice day, brother trapper.

w

The only thing you got right was about the corn plants not being Iowa corn plants. You sure read a lot into a statement. I didn't imply anything about your statement on reporting. Not reporting harvest makes you a lazy sportsman not a poacher IMHO. T.P. happens to be my initials, I'm having a nice day by the way, it's raining out. I'm reading the latest issue of International Trapper. Oh I forgot you got your panties in a wad over that to didn't you "honeybun"

It's settled then.

From now on, I'm referring to you as "Toilet Paper" !!

w

Well then I will just have to wipe my "walleyed".

Yep.
Have to send in a tooth from the bear kill also.
Unreal how they can mess that up!

Very weak, T.P.

Of course you will.

Nobody else will do it for you.

Over here they take a ratio of the ones they fine for not reporting, against the ones that do report and multiply by the entire state.
They use several ways to get these numbers, one is from processors, there are other ways also.
Accurate enough to cook the books lol.
And yes some home dressers do not report as well as some road kills, but it's not near half.
I'd like to hear where this half number comes from. Sounds like a "I'm better than average" complex.

Edit, Pa Game news used to report on this. Maybe that's where the half comes from?

You seem to have more Feelings than your willing to admit.

Toilet Paper............LMAO !!!!

w

Just how many fisher skulls must we submit in New York before they have their info? All for one wildlife manager to justify his job.

I've noticed they can't manage very well with their numbers.

BTW I never considered myself a sportsman. I thought filling out paperwork was what lawyers did?

Im happy they are collecting data. Im not happy they only do it from half the story. Its like they don't want to collect field data from another source. Im aware it costs resources. However there is alot more to discover rather than simply punishing sportsmen for having a bad year and rewarding them with looser regs. When we have a great year. Our numbers don't reflect the whole story.