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Post by welder on Nov 20, 2016 11:47:05 GMT -5
I'm only using this number for EASY REFERENCE,if the total harvest for this season is 100,000 deer,how many additional deer went unrecovered and died? In 31 seasons,I have lost a few and I am sure most people have, but it is an interesting question.
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Post by M4Madness on Nov 20, 2016 11:54:46 GMT -5
Unrecovered, poached, and road-killed deer probably come close to equaling the harvest.
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Post by alduflux on Nov 20, 2016 11:56:37 GMT -5
A complete guess:
15-20% of shot deer are never found.
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Post by alduflux on Nov 20, 2016 12:07:28 GMT -5
Unrecovered and poached deer probably come close to equaling the harvest. I don't believe the number of "poached" deer is significant. |
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Post by 3ptbuck on Nov 20, 2016 12:08:47 GMT -5
Unrecovered and poached deer probably come close to equaling the harvest. I don't believe the number of "poached" deer is significant. Id bet it is. Poaching covers a wide area..untagged deer are in the same group as someone hunting with a spot light. |
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Post by boonechaser on Nov 20, 2016 12:09:21 GMT -5
No way of knowing.
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Post by M4Madness on Nov 20, 2016 12:20:29 GMT -5
Unrecovered and poached deer probably come close to equaling the harvest. I don't believe the number of "poached" deer is significant. I've heard from many over the years that poached deer equal the legal deer. I wouldn't go quite that far in my speculations. I also forgot to include roadkills. |
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Post by jjas on Nov 20, 2016 12:22:58 GMT -5
Certainly an interesting question, but one I too feel would be very difficult to answer with even a reasonable level of accuracy.
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Post by boonechaser on Nov 20, 2016 12:27:48 GMT -5
Grandpa always said. " Don't worry about things outside your control".
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Post by davers on Nov 20, 2016 13:06:34 GMT -5
Unrecovered and poached deer probably come close to equaling the harvest. I don't believe the number of "poached" deer is significant. What poachers don't take, some deer will succumb from auto hits to being pray to coyotes and roaming dogs. Not to mention or discount diseases. |
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Post by fowlhunter on Nov 20, 2016 14:26:46 GMT -5
I'd say a significant portion of the deer checked in are killed illegally.
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Post by GS1 on Nov 20, 2016 14:51:56 GMT -5
I'd say a significant portion of the deer checked in are killed illegally. A lot of them for sure. |
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Post by boonechaser on Nov 20, 2016 14:59:49 GMT -5
I think the Ole 80/20 rule applies. 80% of people do it the right way. Some think that online check-in increases illegal checked in deer. Although I liked check station I never once had a clerk come tag my deer or even look at my deer in 30 plus years of hunting.
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Post by Woody Williams on Nov 20, 2016 15:16:01 GMT -5
I think the Ole 80/20 rule applies. 80% of people do it the right way. Some think that online check-in increases illegal checked in deer. Although I liked check station I never once had a clerk come tag my deer or even look at my deer in 30 plus years of hunting. The only time I've had a check station operator come out and look at my deer is when I said it was a big buck.. Some people think that the check station operator is obligated to look at the deer and affix the tag (used to be metal). Not so .. |
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Post by alduflux on Nov 20, 2016 15:29:26 GMT -5
Some think that online check-in increases illegal checked in deer. . Can you explain what this means? How do you check a deer in illegally? |
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Post by jackryan on Nov 20, 2016 15:31:41 GMT -5
I don't believe the number of "poached" deer is significant. I've heard from many over the years that poached deer equal the legal deer. I wouldn't go quite that far in my speculations. I also forgot to include roadkills. I'd bet if you could count the deer shot and die on their own or rot in the woods along with the ones poached it wouldn't be far off. |
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Post by whitetaildave24 on Nov 20, 2016 15:33:17 GMT -5
Some think that online check-in increases illegal checked in deer. . Can you explain what this means? How do you check a deer in illegally? Easy to check in deer online under another persons license so you can continue to hunt. Have the wife/girlfriend buy a license and use that to check in your deer. At least that's one way a person can do it. |
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Post by alduflux on Nov 20, 2016 15:34:03 GMT -5
I would like to point out the OP's question was with regard to how many deer get killed. (he never mentioned poaching) A poached deer that is checked in is a counted deer in the harvest. So if 100,000 deer are checked in and 50,000 of them are poached/illegally shot then you have 100,000 dead deer, not 150,000 dead deer.
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Post by alduflux on Nov 20, 2016 15:42:13 GMT -5
If the wife/girlfriend is going to the store to buy a tag then why didn't she tag the deer at the check station before online check in?
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Post by whitetaildave24 on Nov 20, 2016 15:45:08 GMT -5
I don't disagree. Some just said online check-in would make it easier.
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