Just recieved survey " Your Hunting License "

I just got my email on my phone. I'll do the survey at lunch.

Yep, I got one. I also found that interesing Greenedog.

Here is the letter that I received:

Dear Rodney,

The Indiana Division of Fish & Wildlife is interested in your opinion on how deer are managed in Indiana. As a licensed hunter you are one of the few people who have been randomly selected to participate in this study. Responsive Management, a Virginia-based research firm specializing in survey research on natural resource and outdoor recreation issues, is conducting this survey on behalf of the Department.

The survey can be completed online at XXXXXXXXXXX.

The survey will require you to enter a PIN.
Please enter XXXXX as your PIN.

The results of this study will provide the Department with important information for deer herd management in Indiana, and your participation is encouraged and appreciated. Sincerely,Alison Lanier, Research Associatewww.responsivemanagement.com This link is uniquely tied to this survey and your email address. Please do not forward this message. Thanks for your participation!

Please note: If you do not wish to receive further emails from us, please click the link below, and you will be automatically removed from our mailing list. XXXXXXXXXXX

Is this the one?

Please understand that this is retyped from the survey and conatins typoes..


The survey was conducted by the division of fish & wildlife through Responsive Management which is a Virginia based research firm. The go on to say...

"The results of this survey will provide the department with important information for deer herd management in Indiana and your participation is encouraged and appreciated"

It was a lengthy questionaire. I'l be brief in description...

which license did you purchase
how many deer for each license
what eq did you use to hunt
what seasons did you hunt
what county
how many days
how many deer taken during ea season
did you hunt mostly on public or private
did you hunt land owned by you or others
was land owned by a friend or did you contract
how large was the parcel you hunted

rate how important to hunt the following reasons - introduce someone to hunting, exercise, food, trophy, time alone, be outdoors, harvest a deer, time with friends & family, control population.

has your deer hunting increased decreased or stayed about the same the last 5 years.

why has it changed
how far in minutes traveled to hunt
do you typically take time from work to hunt
how many days off work
which season do you take time off for
how often do you personally process the deer you take
did you know you could donate the meat
have you donated
how likely would you be to donate if it were close to your home
how satisfied are you with IN deer management

indicate if each of the following has been a major or minor problem or no problem at all while deer hunting the last 5 years;
confusing / unclear regs
landowner not allowing hunting
poor ethics / trespassing by other hunters
increased cost of eq
crowding by other hunters
non residents hunters
not enough land to hunt
land leased by others
hunting pressure
city growth / development
lack of tropht quality
reduced deer herd
finding a place to hunt

which statement best describes when you typically choose to shoot an anterless deer;
1st opportunity
evening generally regardless of season
opening am of firearm season
after 1st weekend of season
after 2nd weekend of firearm season
only hunt bucks but will take a doe during firearms season
only hunt bucks but will take a doe during muzz season
only after i take a buck
typically dont take antlerless
none of the above
don't know

please indicate if each of the following would make you very, somewhat or not likely to harvest an additional antlerless deer;
longer seasons
free donation programs
donation site close to home or hunting location
if you had more freezer space
shorter seasons
regulations to permit use of eq not currently legal in indiana such as xbow or CF rifle
opportunity to harvest 2nd buck by taking 1st doe (EAB)
reduced bonus antlerless license

do you support or oppose OBR
do you agree or disagree on the following OBR statements;
hurts deer management
increased number of bucks seen
increased number of big bucks seen
increased my opportunity to harvest the kind of buck i want
increased my opportunity to harvest a big buck
helped deer management
increased # of antlerless I see
taken away from my enjoyment of deer hunting

please indicate if you support or oppose each of the following;
EAB for 2nd buck
not changing OBR
OBR for private only
conducting 3 year study that removes OBR and returns to TBR that allows 1 during bow and one during gun/muzz to see if it changes the age structure

how long have you lived in IN
what county do you live in

Hey that looks VERY familiar WW

I believe the rough copy of the survey that WW posted was from me (Woody please verify) if so I received that survey request back in May. Sorry for the lousy copy but my boy was in the hospital at that time and a detailed copy was not at the front of the line of importance. I too have received a email "your hunting license" today via smartphone but will wait till I get home to review and complete.

I just finished doing this survey and came on here to see if anyone else got it. I guess I wasn't the only one.

Just checked that survey, sure looks to be the same one. Wonder why I am getting it twice?

I got one also and already completed it.

The Division of Fish and Wildlife is not the Indiana DNR. In fact, The Division of Fish and Wildlife is a pretty generic term. Are you guys sure this is something from the DNR and not just something some random group paid to have completed?