RE: REWARDS FOR DOE IN PA.
It was explained during the BOC meeting, as part of the doe study. Radio collars and other "tags"sometimes get thrown away and are not reported. They cost far more than the $100 reward tags being put in some doe ears for possible later recovery by hunters.
As it related to previous studies, $100 is about the minimum required for the majority of hunters to bother reporting them for the purposes of the studies.