ORIGINAL: doughboysigep
ORIGINAL: doctariAFC
...is that the process takes too long.....
I don't buy into the it's too long, too hard, too complicated. Yes there have been some difficulties & issues, but I believe most have been addressed. I too had some difficulty at first (pushed wrong number), but didn't give up and quit. It comes down to plian laziness. A hunter can sit in a tree all day, but not take 2, 5, 10, maybe even 20 min. to report a harvest? They can wade through other phone directories when trying to contact some outdoor store/catalog or company, but not the "complicated" DEC reporting call? Give me a break. Pure laziness. If you have some difficulty, hang up, and try again later. The 48 hour thing to me is more of a request and not a "law" - seeing how they can't really enforce it. As long as they get an accurate reportDEC will be happy. The 48 hour just helps those get it reported quickly before they forget, which we all can do. Those that don't report either don't know or don't care that their report will help the DEC with their job of deer management (more than likely the latter).
You know, I don't know how old you are. I am 38. I have no issues beyond the way the system operates, which I have already stated, but, again, I am 38. Average age of a NY deer hunter is 50. Many are older. They spent many, many years with the fill out the report and drop in a mailbox, which is definitely faster and easier for the hunter to report. No so easy for officials to compile. They transferred the workload off the State and onto the Hunter. Fine for younger folks, but, hunters in NYS are not what I would consider a "young" group, and we ain't getting any younger.