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Deer harvest, what % unreported?
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<blockquote data-quote="Ski" data-source="post: 5814341" data-attributes="member: 20583"><p>Imo any hunter who goes through the trouble to have a license and follows all the rules except for checking the deer in is at best a fool. The entire premise of checking deer in is to help establish future bag limits. Biologists work to estimate herd numbers and after season closes they use checked kills to determine how much of the population was reduced by hunting. Our license buys are what fund these biologists and analysts. By not tagging deer a hunter is effectively working against himself. Zero place to complain about TWRA or regulations & bag limits. They've made so easy to do it's really inexcusable not to do it. </p><p></p><p>I kill multiple deer per season on private ground and I process them at home in my barn at night with the door closed so the neighbors don't have to see it. Every single deer is checked in. Takes about a minute thirty each time I do it, maybe 3min for bucks because I have to record the number of points. Hardly an inconvenience for me but a critical statistic for TWRA so they can more accurately set next season's bag limits. Sure I could get by with not doing it but to what end? I don't follow the rules because I'm afraid of a fine. I follow them because there's a reason they exist and they're set for the purpose of managing our state's herd. I don't want inaccuracies. I want TWRA to have the most accurate information because as a hunter it's in my best interest that they get it right when setting the regulations. And as a license holder I'm financially invested in TWRA. Of course I want the best bang for my buck, no pun intended, so I follow the rules.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Ski, post: 5814341, member: 20583"] Imo any hunter who goes through the trouble to have a license and follows all the rules except for checking the deer in is at best a fool. The entire premise of checking deer in is to help establish future bag limits. Biologists work to estimate herd numbers and after season closes they use checked kills to determine how much of the population was reduced by hunting. Our license buys are what fund these biologists and analysts. By not tagging deer a hunter is effectively working against himself. Zero place to complain about TWRA or regulations & bag limits. They've made so easy to do it's really inexcusable not to do it. I kill multiple deer per season on private ground and I process them at home in my barn at night with the door closed so the neighbors don't have to see it. Every single deer is checked in. Takes about a minute thirty each time I do it, maybe 3min for bucks because I have to record the number of points. Hardly an inconvenience for me but a critical statistic for TWRA so they can more accurately set next season's bag limits. Sure I could get by with not doing it but to what end? I don't follow the rules because I'm afraid of a fine. I follow them because there's a reason they exist and they're set for the purpose of managing our state's herd. I don't want inaccuracies. I want TWRA to have the most accurate information because as a hunter it's in my best interest that they get it right when setting the regulations. And as a license holder I'm financially invested in TWRA. Of course I want the best bang for my buck, no pun intended, so I follow the rules. [/QUOTE]
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