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Post by drs on Nov 21, 2007 11:18:07 GMT -5
some of us hunters' want tele-checking, why should we waste gas and time for something that could be done over the phone?they(d.n.r.) talk about saving money all the time ,well what about our money ,shouldn"t that be considered too,theres nothing the check station does that we could not do, even clip on a metal transport tag.. and theres a lot of hunters do not even bother with checking them in anyway, so i say "lets have tele-checking" for 2008....turkey scout I agree! WHY doesn't the State of Indiana have "Tele-Checking"?? If Ky can do it why not us? Now I've checked in Harvested Deer over the past Several years and all they do is take your information and tag, and give you a metal tag. They don't even Check the Deer!!!! I could have just took the tags in, telling them what I harvested, and left the Deer hanging in my Barn!!
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Post by jackc99 on Nov 21, 2007 11:18:49 GMT -5
some of us hunters' want tele-checking, why should we waste gas and time for something that could be done over the phone?they(d.n.r.) talk about saving money all the time ,well what about our money ,shouldn"t that be considered too,theres nothing the check station does that we could not do, even clip on a metal transport tag.. and theres a lot of hunters do not even bother with checking them in anyway, so i say "lets have tele-checking" for 2008....turkey scout I contacted my state Rep on this and his reply was he was told the state liked the present system as it let them keep better count of the harvest. OK guys I may not be real bright BUT wouldn't it be much easier to keep track on a computer program?Also he was told it would cost one million dollars to implement this. I would have to think we already have the gurus who could set this up. I think my Rep has been fed a line of BS. Someone on the "other" website already asked me about this a couple of weeks ago and I directed to Dr. Jim Mitchell at DNR. They do not want to lose their ability to check deer at the check-in stations for their database to maintain herd health. It's a touchy subject and been presented a number of times. It always fails. But feel free to contact DNR and ask. Jack
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Post by Woody Williams on Nov 21, 2007 11:21:48 GMT -5
I contacted my state Rep on this and his reply was he was told the state liked the present system as it let them keep better count of the harvest. OK guys I may not be real bright BUT wouldn't it be much easier to keep track on a computer program?Also he was told it would cost one million dollars to implement this. I would have to think we already have the gurus who could set this up. I think my Rep has been fed a line of BS. Someone on the "other" website already asked me about this a couple of weeks ago and I directed to Dr. Jim Mitchell at DNR. They do not want to lose their ability to check deer at the check-in stations for their database to maintain herd health. It's a touchy subject and been presented a number of times. It always fails. But feel free to contact DNR and ask. Jack I think we all agreed that if there is a telecheck that the check in stations should still be an available option.
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Post by danf on Nov 21, 2007 11:24:43 GMT -5
Isn't most of the data collection by the biologists done on opening weekend of shotgun? Implement tele-check, but turn it off for those two days... Seems pretty simple to me.
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Post by chicobrownbear on Nov 21, 2007 12:59:00 GMT -5
Isn't most of the data collection by the biologists done on opening weekend of shotgun? Implement tele-check, but turn it off for those two days... Seems pretty simple to me. They could easily set up shop at the processors.
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Post by drs on Nov 21, 2007 14:10:02 GMT -5
Personally, I think the biologists are the ones who are probably the most vocal against the tele-check system. Without the check stations in place, they have no good way to age and check deer for disease en masse. I see no problem with adding a tele-check *option* to our current system though, and wish they'd just hurry up and do it! Though, I've never seen a Wildlife Biologist at any check station; I agree with you that it should be an option to either check-in your harvested Deer by check stations or by "tele-check".
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Post by raporter on Nov 21, 2007 14:53:16 GMT -5
I think they used about $2-3,000,000 for the new point-of-sale system which includes the ability for us to print out our own. Jack So that is what P-O-S stands for.
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Post by danf on Nov 21, 2007 15:49:59 GMT -5
Though, I've never seen a Wildlife Biologist at any check station; I agree with you that it should be an option to either check-in your harvested Deer by check stations or by "tele-check". They are out there, usually at the same check station every year. When I wanted to get my antlerless buck aged last year, I knew exactly where Dean Zimmerman would be, so that's where I went. Had it been any other day than one on opening weekend, I doubt I could have found him....
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