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Old 12-21-2009, 10:18 AM
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DougE
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You'll never get 100% compliance and you'll never get an actual number of dead deer.DMAP'S have required reporting whether successful or not.It was printed right on the tag that there would be a penalty and the loss of the ability to get another dmap in the futire is no reprt was given.Still,compliance was below 70% even though nasty letters were sent out to those that didn't report,threatening a fine and ability to buy future dmaps.In the end,there was nothing that could be done because all people have to do is claim they mailed them in and they got lost in the mail.Hopefully POS will illeviate some of these issues but not everyone owns a computer.Still,there's no way to determine how many guys kill and don't tag deer and there's no way to know how many are shot and not recovered.It always has been and always will be an estimate.

We have a controlled hunt where I live.At the end of the season,we mail or e-mail everyone a questionaire that is mandatory to send back if you want to hunt again.Compliance with that is less than 80%.A high percentage of hunters don't give a rat's behind about the data.It's easier to just be a part of the problem rather than being part of the solution.
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