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NateW

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I got this from a friend who work with the DNR. What does everyone think? I've hunted Deer in Minnesota and turkey in MO, check stations aren't any big deal to me.

With the new electronic licensing system the DNR has established rules that
deer and turkey harvest must be reported to a license agent within 48hrs of
harvest. The DNR's rules DO NOT require deer or turkey physically be
brought to vendors, simply that a report tag with the species, season, date,
and county of kill be reported to a license vendor. This information can be
turned in ANYPLACE licenses are sold and 1 person can report the kill for
his entire hunting party.

Why does the DNR want to use check stations? It will give us more accurate
harvest data (exact county level harvest) and more timely data (total
harvest would be know on the last day of the season).

Currently the DNR has to wait until seasons are over then mail survey cards
to a sample of hunters asking them to report their kill. This is a very
expensive proposition when you consider stock, postage, and key punching
returned survey cards. The DNR only sends survey cards to a small sample of
hunters because of the cost. The success reported on returned surveys is
multiplied by the number of licenses sold to come up with a statewide
harvest estimate. County estimates of harvest can not be calculated
accurately because of the tremendous sampling that would be required within
a county to come up with a reliable estimate.

The Iowa legislature thinks requiring people to register their deer and
turkey is unnecessary. They also think the time requirements are not long
enough and that fine for not registering is too high. The list below
compares the DNR proposal to states surrounding Iowa. All states
surrounding Iowa except South Dakota, have check stations. Just providing
you with the facts.

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CHECK STATION REQUIREMENTS FOR DEER AND TURKEYS

Minnesota, Wisconsin, Illinois and Missouri require physically taking a deer
or turkey to a check station to register the harvest. Nebraska requires
checking deer, but not turkeys. South Dakota does not require checking deer
or turkeys.

Summary: Iowa's proposed 48-hour registration rule is more liberal than any
other state on turkeys - 3 of 4 states require checking the same day of
kill, 1 state within 24 hours.
For deer, Iowa is in the middle - 2 states reuire checking the same day or
within 24 hours, 3 require checking by the end of the season.

Most of the states have fines for not registering/checking a deer or turkey
similar or higher than that proposed for Iowa.


Specific requirements by state:

Missouri - Ollie Torgerson, MO DOC
Spring Turkey - 3 pm day of kill (shooting hours over at 1 pm)
Fall turkey - 8 pm day of kill (shooting hours over ay sunset)
Deer (Archery) - 24 hours after kill
Deer (Firearm) - Same day as kill
Failure to check deer or turkey: $75 - 100 plus court costs

llinois - Paul Shelton, IL DOC
Deer - Same day of kill
Spring Turkey - 2 pm day of kill (shooting hours over at noon)
Fall Turkey - 8 pm day of kill (shooting hours over at sunset)
Failure to check: If pleads guilty - $75 + court coss (at least $100
total); If pleads not guilty and loses in court = up to $1500 fine plus
forfeit animal.

Minnesota - Brian Haroldson, MN DNR
Deer (Archery & Firearms) - 24 hours after end of season
Spring Turkey - 2 pm on day of kill (shooting hours over at noon)
Fall Turkey - 8 pm on day of kill (shooting hours over at sunset)
Failure to check deer or turkey: $100 fine + $25 court cost = $125

Wisconsin - Keith Warnke, WI DNR
Deer (Firearm) - 5 pm day after season is over
Deer (Archery) - 5 pm third day after kill
Turkey - 5 pm day of kill
Failure to tag turkey: $500 + court costs
Failure to check a tagged aninal = $168.20


Nebraska - Murray Johnson, Nebraska Game & Parks
Deer (Archery) - 72 hours after kill or noon following last day of season
Deer (firearm) - Noon of day after close of season
Turkey - No check required.
Failure to check: If checked late = $50 + $23 court costs =$73; If
willfully avoid checking (deer butchered) = $73 + $750 liquidated damages
 
The way they check here in South Dakota is with every rifle or archery deer license that is issued the recipiant gets a tooth envelope that if you are successful you put the 2 middle teeth in and mail back to the game & fish dept. On this envelope you state if the teeth are from a buck or doe, the county the deer was killed, location of kill from the nearest town and any other information you may want to include. Since this comes in the envelope with your license, there is no additional mailing costs. This seems to be an effective way to get the harvest numbers to the game and fish dept.
 
i think check stations should mandatory in all states and the animals harvested should be looked at by the check station people. it is the only way to get accurate information on big game kills. the fines for not reporting a kill should be hi enough to deter people from not reporting.in pa we are supposed to send in harvest cards. it is so innaccurate the game comm. estimates how many hunters don't send them in. it lets them guess how many deer are killed. but our bears must be checked in an they do know whats going on during bear season.maybe since our bear man gary alt is now heading up our deer management we will get something better.maryland has one of the best check systems i have seen.they weigh most of the deer and check horn size. you can look at the stats for each county and for three seasons bow shotgun and muzzleloader and see if the hunting is getting better or worse.those maryland dnr people do a great job. nrrick
 
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