I have said it before and after seeing the harvest reports this year will say it again, telecheck is not the problem...
Youth gun, gun week, bonus gun were all down, first 6 weeks of archery was down ...this doesn't exactly reflect an increase in rifles being used and deer being reported over the phone/internet.
Muzzy and the remaining archery weeks were up. Did everyone decide to do all their poaching outside of the main gun days?
How many deer were never tagged/checked in before? It was way easier for a landowner to shoot one out back, take it to the barn/garage and butcher it without leaving the house to go to a check station. Now the state has provided a method for these folks to report their harvest without a huge inconvienence.
Same goes for anyone really....how many just drive straight home before? Like rex said, if it is late at night/early in the morning, how many guys were driving all over to an open check station? My most convenient spots were Gander Mountains. Think their store hours worked well for me to check in something? Nope.
You shoot a turkey as soon as he hits the ground. It is just after 6am...let me wait 4 hours till a store opens. You shoot a deer at 5pm. Wait an hour, track, gut, drag it out. Load it and gear up...oh well, check station is closed...
These situations are far from uncommon. Telecheck gives these hunters a better opportunity to report the harvest...
Now back to what if anything the statistics are telling us about our States deer population.
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