They also ask public or private. Pretty sure they do, it's been a few years since I had to do one
I’d add days hunted, weapon used to harvest, and if you shot an animal that you didn’t recover.
Number of tines on left and right idk why this wasn’t all just built into the e tags makes my head hurt such a huge opportunity missed
This seems like something that would be easy to add in the offseason. So much useful data that would take anyone less than 2 minutes to enter in an online survey.
Yes they do. I thought I forgot one.They also ask public or private. Pretty sure they do, it's been a few years since I had to do one
And in limited entry units on a general tag. Would be really easy to get away with…I'd really like to know how many animals are killed on private without valid tags each year in Montana.
Even if the last part somehow made it. That would be the most lied about one out there.
Are you referring to the unrecovered animal part? I don’t think people would claim they lost an animal if they hadn’t. I’m also not sure why people would be afraid to admit they lost an animal in an anonymous survey, but even if that was the case, I think less than perfect data is better than no data at all.
After one season with the north end 380 cow tag, I avoid the Elkhorns at all cost. But I spent a bunch of time there that fall and live like 2 miles from the National Forest boundary, and I've never seen a game warden there. Seems like you have to poach 10+ animals and at least a few off private to start to raise any red flags, based on the most recent bust of the 4 guys from Helena/Bozeman.
Actually a good friend is a higher up at the Golden Sunlight mine, he received a call from FWP that they busted a guy who poached THREE bulls in 380.
Just saw a posting by FWP about another bull in 380 shot and abandoned. Two bulls shot, one of which was removed.
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24 years of hunting and I’ve never been through a check station. Nearest one to me is over an hour awayIt will never be the case that all animals go through a check station. Sure, people can lie on phone surveys, and they also could hide their kills. We might as well just forget about it.
We have to check in every deer we shoot at the check station. During firearm season.
To be honest, i'm not sure a couple hours after dark anyway.If not, you can check it in the next morning i think. They are not like your guys's check station on major highways. It's a designated spot, 1 for each county pretty much. You'll get a check station tag for your deer.So if you don't have that anywhere caught without it, it would be the same as not tagging your deer I guess.
Game wardens are kicking about.
If I remember correctly I’ve only been through check stations with a big game animal twice, both times coming out on Sunday with bulls I shot opening day. For the rest of the season, unless you’re coming through before dark on Saturdays you’ll never see a check station.
