Montana Mule Deer Mismanagement

[mtmuley]

Post 3400. This is the one that fixes it all.

This is a forever thread. mtmuley

 

[DFS]

Post 3400. This is the one that fixes it all.

 

[Nick87]

I also believe that we should have mandatory reporting. However, I do not believe that it's the silver bullet that most people on Hunttalk think it will be. The same people that aren't honest on phone surveys, won't be honest for a mandatory report.

Totally true, how many people percentage wise do you think lie about it?

 

[Forkyfinder]

And R3

R3 makes people buy otc cow tags that basically require paid access?

More like - the people making decisions got their intended result. Complete commodification of cow elk.

 

[brockel]

Totally true, how many people percentage wise do you think lie about it?

It wouldn’t even have to be specific to get them more data than they have now. You could break it down to which region you hunted

“How many days did you hunt”

“What region did you spend most of your time”

“Where you successful”

Fwp favorite question “did you see any wolves”

“Did you see any Washington hunters being idiots”


You know the usual questions from the cold calling except everyone would be answering

 

[sclancy27]

R3 makes people buy otc cow tags that basically require paid access?

More like - the people making decisions got their intended result. Complete commodification of cow elk.

R3, R4, R5 OTC (and unlimited) cow tags all have the same rules.

 

[Nick87]

It wouldn’t even have to be specific to get them more data than they have now. You could break it down to which region you hunted

“How many days did you hunt”

“What region did you spend most of your time”

“Where you successful”

Fwp favorite question “did you see any wolves”

“Did you see any Washington hunters being idiots”


You know the usual questions from the cold calling except everyone would be answering

Exactly even if 20% of them bullshit it youre still getting 80% accurate from ALL hunters. Hell of a lot better than what you got. Never understood how some states manage so well like wyoming while collecting such little data tbh. (I say little data when compared to the midwest, we give them a lot of info takes literally 60 seconds or less).

 

[sclancy27]

Exactly even if 20% of them bullshit it youre still getting 80% accurate from ALL hunters. Hell of a lot better than what you got. Never understood how some states manage so well like wyoming while collecting such little data tbh. (I say little data when compared to the midwest, we give them a lot of info takes literally 60 seconds or less).

It helps when WY has ~50% the tags as MT

 

[Nick87]

It helps when WY has ~50% the tags as MT

I get that but they still do a great job, not just a great job compared to MT.