Every year, during the rifle season (mostly) the Minnesota DNR "campsout" and a game checking station 4 miles from my house.

As people bring in their deer, they ask if they can take a few numbers down.

They take a sample of the teeth, and some antler measurments (if it is a buck, of course). I think that is really cool. They tell everyone a rough score, and the rough age of their deer. Not only good for the hunter, but good for the state/ my area.

Anyone else have anything like this going on, provided that you have to check in your deer?

I wish we still had check stations[&o]

Since CWD was found in the WV county I hunt in....we are req'd to check our deer in at the DNR office during the first week. They do the same thing, except they take tissue samples too. Yes, kinda cool. Just sucks to have to drive so far to check them in when it used to be the little store down the road.

Conversely...in VA where I hunt, a couple years ago they did away with the mandatory check in process. Now we can just call them in. I wonder how many people do [&:]

Are you a call in State?

DNR office would be rough. They do it at quite a few check stations around me, and it is not mandatory to comply.

I'm glad that we are required to check in deer. I wouldn't like the call in system, I don't believe. Like you said, who knows how many people actually do.

Yep, I hate it compared to the old check stations.

Nothing like that here, You used to take it to the local check in gas statioin, and have your pic taken if you wished. Now it's just a automated phone call.

( you can still takeand check them in if you wish.)

A public federal land I hunt age and weight all the deer and take CWD samples from deer that people let them take . It's a good thing

Bump for the mid day crew. Interested to see if anyone else does this.