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Post by cambygsp on Dec 23, 2008 19:42:56 GMT -5
I don't think so.......checking your deer is part of the hunt, it's like complaining because you get blood on your hands during the field dressing.
I can live with it either way
I don't think it will turn honest folks into criminals though!
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Post by johnc911 on Dec 23, 2008 22:07:13 GMT -5
Well said Kevin
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Post by staggyd on Dec 23, 2008 22:25:27 GMT -5
911- If you don't see what the big deal is ...then you don't read the replies to the posts ! I'd be alot more agreeable to taking more does out of the herd if it was a little more convenient...and I live with-in a mile of a check in station. But by the time you go there...if they are open...get someone to assist you that knows something about checking in a deer...blah, blah, blah...geez..I've spent 2 hrs of my life that I'll never get back !!! Now if a person only shot one deer every year or two....well...nots so bad  ...no what I mean ? |
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Post by indianahick on Dec 24, 2008 0:14:06 GMT -5
Hate to say this but the check in is still a part of the hunt. And no I don't like to look for a check in that is open late, but I do know what one is open until 9 pm. But to me that is like hunting late in the evening, I don't like following a blood trail after dark either. So what does one do? A) either get down 10 or 15 minutes early or B) hunt until last legal shooting light.
To me all tele-check is is the lazy way to check in your deer, you are still going to be answering the same questions. Except this time your going to be taking your phone down to hit the right buttons, Hit 9 for a buck and 0 (zero) for a doe. Hit 1 for archer, 2 for ml, 3 for shot gun, 4 for PCR, 5 for hand gun. If you hit one for archery you now need to hit 1 for compound, 2 for recurve, 3 for long bow, 4 for crossbow. Etc etc etc. I have found nothing that you do automated over the phone as easy or uncomplicated. If you think it is just wait until you have 4 or 5 or 6 or more maintenance prescriptions that you have to have filled via automated responses.
Sorry but while I really do not care I do not see where it will be that big a boon overall. All lines are busy, site is down please call back.
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Post by TagTeamHunter on Dec 24, 2008 1:14:24 GMT -5
I don't think so.......checking your deer is part of the hunt, it's like complaining because you get blood on your hands during the field dressing. I can live with it either way I don't think it will turn honest folks into criminals though! And when Tele-Check becomes reality it will than be part of the hunt. As for getting blood on your hands .. rubber gloves? |
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Post by mrfixit on Dec 24, 2008 6:19:55 GMT -5
It's about time we caught up with technology available. This should make it much more convenient for us and the state too! Now if we can get something done about the license cost structure to encourage more young adults to hunt .... oh wait thats another thread!
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Post by powderfinger on Dec 24, 2008 7:47:17 GMT -5
I'm in favor of it. Sometimes it can be troublesome when hunting warm October evenings.
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Post by Harley on Dec 24, 2008 7:54:00 GMT -5
Im in favor!
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Post by oldhoyt on Dec 24, 2008 8:33:38 GMT -5
I read a few posts but not all.
I agree that Tele-check is a good idea. As far as the DNR is concerned, I can see not disadvantages.
If someone wants to cheat the system they will, and that's all there is to it. Makes no difference what system is in place.
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Post by raporter on Dec 24, 2008 9:59:01 GMT -5
The only time I see it as a big deal is opening day of gun season when you have lots of hunters show up and look at what is being taken. Since I mainly bowhunt when I take one in I just take in the tag, they write down the info and I get to drive the 15 miles back to the processor. Big waste of time and gas.
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Post by Woody Williams on Dec 24, 2008 10:23:00 GMT -5
The way it is now with us being able to use home made tags and not having to check in a deer for 48 hours and then someone else can check it in for us is very ripe for cheating.The cheaters can just get the deer home with that home made "transportation tag", hang it in the garage, throw away the tag (maybe shread it or burn it  )... butcher the deer. Go back hunting.. Without state issued tags that can in no way be re-used cheaters will prevail - telecheck or no telecheck. Illinois has state issued and numbered tags that must be notched and attached to the deer before it is moved. The numbers can be traced to individual hunters. The antlered tags are two fold. One for the leg and one for the antlers. These are the peel away and sticky kind in that once the two sides come together you can not get them back apart. You can call in the kill or get on line and register your kill. They also take two measurements. One is the distance from the corner of the eye to the nose. The other is the circumferance of the antler. They will give you a verification number that you write on both tags on the deer. The verification stays with the deer to the processors and/or taxidermist I'd say that it would be tougher, but certainly not impossible, to cheat there. |
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Post by freedomhunter on Dec 24, 2008 12:01:10 GMT -5
No downsides to it. I would estimate that the number of deer that don't get checked in will stay the same or actually decrease.
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Post by hoosieroutdoorsman on Dec 24, 2008 14:23:34 GMT -5
I am all for tele check,,the other states that have used it for a while have had no adverse issues with it,,don`t see why we would.
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Post by TagTeamHunter on Dec 24, 2008 15:20:33 GMT -5
I am all for tele check,,the other states that have used it for a while have had no adverse issues with it,,don`t see why we would. Because we're still arguing about Daylight Saving Time. ;D |
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Post by batchief909 on Dec 24, 2008 15:30:59 GMT -5
Tele-Check would make it nice for those of us who like to get deep into the woods,,away from others. Instead of having to drag the deer out,,you could quarter it up,,get your backstraps,, and pack it out like they do out West.  |
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Post by Hoosier Hunter on Dec 24, 2008 18:04:01 GMT -5
Tele check makes sense....currently the check in stations are not required look at the animal anyway. I live about a mile from my check in station and yesterday I didn't want to mess with loading my doe back up in that cold so I just took my tag down there and checked it in and the deer never left my garage. I didn't know you you could do that? The regs say "the person who takes the deer must cause the delivery of the deer to an official check station" I don't see why it matters tho if they don't look at it. When I checked my doe in last week and handed them my fancy laminated tag that I make on PC she asked if I needed a metal tag from since I had that laminated one... LOL  |
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Post by frameless on Dec 24, 2008 21:41:26 GMT -5
Noone seems to have mentioned the elephant in the room here - regardless of right or wrong. what's it going to cost us?
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Post by beehunter on Dec 25, 2008 7:09:47 GMT -5
I wonder how much in sales check in stations make to the hunters in gas, soda and snacks when they are checking the deer in? I know I almost alway buy a soft drink when I check my deer in. Alot of these check in stations are in depressed areas and I would think all sales would help.
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Post by Decatur on Dec 25, 2008 7:46:55 GMT -5
I work at a store that is a check in station, and the sales from people checking in deer is practically non existant. The few pops and snacks you sell wre heavily out weighed by the hassle of checking people in.
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Post by Old Ironsights on Dec 25, 2008 9:32:13 GMT -5
Like I said on my recent thread... try checking in a deer on Christmas Eve sometime...
I was very lucky that the (10mi away) taxidermist was home/willing, since the next closest open sheck station was Bass Pro in Portage (25mi ish).
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...no what I mean ?
)... butcher the deer.
