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Post by firstwd on Aug 4, 2010 9:34:00 GMT -5
I have experience with Tele-Check from hunting in Kentucky, and had experience of not having a check station open close to hunting ground or home the last few years here.
I am neutral on us getting Tele-check here or not.
My question arises from guys saying they pass on does on Sunday or evening hunts because we do not have tele-check.
If you know that after a certain time you can not make the trip to a check station, wouldn't you pass on all deer and not just does? Wouldn't this time be when you would stop hunting and start scouting to see what deer are in the area for another day, or just head out of the woods all together?
I guess I just don't see where this is a viable tool to increase the antlerless harvest.
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Post by DEERTRACKS on Aug 4, 2010 9:40:08 GMT -5
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Post by schall53 on Aug 4, 2010 9:43:59 GMT -5
 DEERTRACKS, that is the way we do it also. |
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Post by drs on Aug 4, 2010 9:45:57 GMT -5
Here in Ky the Tele-check system of checking in your harvested Deer comes in very handy, especially on a weekend hunt. Now, before Ky had the tele-check system; Hunters had to check their Deer in a check station, but there was always one open so there was no problem in checking in a Deer on a Sunday. When I lived in Indiana, I shot a Deer late on a Sunday afternoon and went to check it in the next morning (Monday). I had to drive 50 miles to find one that was open as the local ones were all closed. Given that, it wouldn't supprise me if a Hunter in Indiana would consider not hunting on a Sunday due to the fact of not be able to find an open check station.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 4, 2010 10:01:52 GMT -5
Tele-chek did not increase the antlerless harvest when Ky. put it in. At least, if it did you couldn't tell it by the data generated. Yes, tele-chek is a lot more user friendly than a check station, yet you'll find some that prefer to take their catch to the store and show it off. Even though it's a painless and very simple to legally check an animal, you'll still find a lot of hunters will not complete the process. The first few years, Ky found about 18% of those legally harvesting a deer did not check it in. Wasn't long before about 30% didn't. Of course a lot of those guys aren't checking in now, so some of that is a continuation of a poaching past.
But the data is faster and better than check cards filled out incompletely by store clerks. so overall the system is better than check stations.
David, Indiana will not stop Sunday hunting with a deer reduction effort on the way.
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Post by catahecassa on Aug 4, 2010 10:13:06 GMT -5
If you know that after a certain time you can not make the trip to a check station, wouldn't you pass on all deer and not just does? Nope - not at ALL! I don't mind taking off work the next day for a buck, however I am NOT taking time off to deal with a doe. |
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Post by catahecassa on Aug 4, 2010 10:14:41 GMT -5
With 48 hours to check-in I hang em. It is a pain in the butt though to unload, hang, unhang, reload, check-in, unload, & rehang....  !!! The OTHER issue being having somewhere TO just hang them in the early season! If you don't have a walk-in to hang them in your only other option is to skin & quarter them right away. |
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Post by drs on Aug 4, 2010 10:22:49 GMT -5
David, Indiana will not stop Sunday hunting with a deer reduction effort on the way. Tom, that's not what I posted. I posted: It wouldn't supprise me if a Hunter in Indiana would consider not hunting on a Sunday due to the fact of not be able to find an open check station.  |
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Post by dbd870 on Aug 4, 2010 11:21:06 GMT -5
David, Indiana will not stop Sunday hunting with a deer reduction effort on the way. Tom, that's not what I posted. I posted: It wouldn't supprise me if a Hunter in Indiana would consider not hunting on a Sunday due to the fact of not be able to find an open check station. I don't hunt Sun afternoons in IN for that very reason. |
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Post by BOBinIN on Aug 4, 2010 11:32:39 GMT -5
DRS,
No hunting on Sundays...where did you get that?
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Post by DEERTRACKS on Aug 4, 2010 11:57:29 GMT -5
With 48 hours to check-in I hang em. It is a pain in the butt though to unload, hang, unhang, reload, check-in, unload, & rehang.... !!! The OTHER issue being having somewhere TO just hang them in the early season! If you don't have a walk-in to hang them in your only other option is to skin & quarter them right away. That is the very reason that I installed a window air-conditioner in my mini-barn.  |
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Post by huxbux on Aug 4, 2010 12:02:54 GMT -5
I have experience with Tele-Check from hunting in Kentucky, and had experience of not having a check station open close to hunting ground or home the last few years here. I am neutral on us getting Tele-check here or not. My question arises from guys saying they pass on does on Sunday or evening hunts because we do not have tele-check. If you know that after a certain time you can not make the trip to a check station, wouldn't you pass on all deer and not just does? Wouldn't this time be when you would stop hunting and start scouting to see what deer are in the area for another day, or just head out of the woods all together? I guess I just don't see where this is a viable tool to increase the antlerless harvest. You answered your own question here: |
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Post by DEERTRACKS on Aug 4, 2010 12:04:50 GMT -5
DRS, No hunting on Sundays...where did you get that? Read drs's post guys! He brought-up what my brother & I do on Sundays because we have to get-up very early Monday morning for work. |
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Post by firstwd on Aug 4, 2010 14:16:28 GMT -5
You are right Hux. I had just seen several posts on other threads that people don't shoot does (but would bucks) because we don't have tele-check. I didn't see the logic in that thought.
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Post by deerman1 on Aug 4, 2010 16:23:24 GMT -5
I have experience with Tele-Check from hunting in Kentucky, and had experience of not having a check station open close to hunting ground or home the last few years here. I am neutral on us getting Tele-check here or not. My question arises from guys saying they pass on does on Sunday or evening hunts because we do not have tele-check. If you know that after a certain time you can not make the trip to a check station, wouldn't you pass on all deer and not just does? Wouldn't this time be when you would stop hunting and start scouting to see what deer are in the area for another day, or just head out of the woods all together? I guess I just don't see where this is a viable tool to increase the antlerless harvest. Actually a good and fair question to ask since this is what I have said is standard for our group and myself . So I hope this is clear and you understand you have the right treasons in your post so the only time I or most of my group would shoot is a big Buck for the freezer and wall .At this point I and most of us will simply make a call in to work and Ice th bruiser down heavily and that ain't cheap and then check him in the next morning or on Sunday make a 45 or 50 mile drive to an open check station if one can be found and check him in . But honestly that is all about a big buck that would go on the wall or the like . A simple doe or antler less deer" since we process our own deer" is not worth missing work or pay over and the long drive and super late nite drive to far away check station that is open late or on Sunday if you can find that animal at all in theses parts.Not to mention lost wages and or cutting up a deer late into the nite or am. So I guess since we get just one buck and most of us here like them big and once he is down that means its worth the the shoot and loss of sleep and money or long drive to get him checked in. that nite or missed work the next morning doing the same and 5 or 10 bags of Ice .But since we take hunting vacations and get plenty of opportunity to shoot a doe when there is no complications involved like A Saturday morning hunt or say a Friday evening hunt or any vacation day its not that pressing to shoot a antler less deer at a bad time . But with tele check its a simple phone call on the way out of the woods a quick peel of the hide and throw the deboned meat in a few pans and cover and let cool and wrap when you get home the next evening from work ..Why miss what might be the best chance to take that big buck you want by scouting in season or setting at home when you can still hunt him if the day is right for that spot . But Honestly a Doe that can be shot at any time that is not complicated just is not worth the loss of time, money ,and late niter hassle. Hope this helps you understand where we are coming from When Tele check remedies all but maybe a later than usual evening for most hunters the loss of money in ice ,gas ,and maybe missing work and extra time going and coming from a far away check station over a doe . |
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Post by deerman1 on Aug 4, 2010 16:30:38 GMT -5
Tom, that's not what I posted. I posted: It wouldn't supprise me if a Hunter in Indiana would consider not hunting on a Sunday due to the fact of not be able to find an open check station. I don't hunt Sun afternoons in IN for that very reason. Bingo here as well if we do not hunt over a week it is usually Sunday afternoon. In the early archery season or when it is very warm I limit what I will shoot on a Saterday evening or Sunday morning as well .When it is coold out and insects are gone I will ice em with a couple of bags and lety them hang till I can check them in without looseing time at work. |
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Post by tickman1961 on Aug 5, 2010 8:54:55 GMT -5
It is ridiculous we have to take a deer to a check station when the check station does not look at the deer. Waste of my time and effort when I could be doing it afield with my cell phone and be done with it. Check stations need to go.
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Post by thecommissioner on Aug 5, 2010 9:02:32 GMT -5
It is ridiculous we have to take a deer to a check station when the check station does not look at the deer. Waste of my time and effort when I could be doing it afield with my cell phone and be done with it. Check stations need to go. When I used to live in Michigan over 20 years ago there were no check stations other than the ones where you could take a deer in for aging and receive a cool 'Succesful Deer Hunter 19XX' patch. At that time, the number of deer killed on the highways up there was greater than Indiana's harvest by hunters. If one of the top deer harvest states in the country doesn't have mandatory check stations, why does Indiana need them? |
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Post by drs on Aug 5, 2010 9:05:20 GMT -5
It is ridiculous we have to take a deer to a check station when the check station does not look at the deer. Waste of my time. Several years ago, during Indiana's M/L season; I took a Deer to a check station & the lady there said there was no way she was going to look at any dead animal, especially a Deer. So I told her the sex oof the Deer, she filled out the paperwork & I left. |
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Post by thecommissioner on Aug 5, 2010 9:14:29 GMT -5
It is ridiculous we have to take a deer to a check station when the check station does not look at the deer. Waste of my time. Several years ago, during Indiana's M/L season; I took a Deer to a check station & the lady there said there was no way she was going to look at any dead animal, especially a Deer. So I told her the sex oof the Deer, she filled out the paperwork & I left. LOL Good for her! ;D |
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