Outofstater: I like your idea however If a hunter processes their own deer, once it's in the freezer if they don't report who's to know? Just curious, but how do they determine they have a 60% check in status?
My point is it's still pretty much a system that rely's on hunters being honest and voluntary reporting of their kills. In this State it would probably incresae the report rate in hunters who take their deer to processors, but no guarantee that those who process deer themselves will comply.
Now let's say that hunters were required to report all their tags. Here's a example of what I mean using easy math and round numbers.
If the PGC sold 2,000 doe tags for WMU3X, and after all deer seasons were finished let's say they recieved 250 kill reports and 750 no kill from hunters. Or a 50% report rate, 25% kill, 75% no kill. All that would need to be done is apply the kill/no kill percentages to the missing tags. The total harvest would be 500 kill 1,500 no kill. Wouldn't this be better?
It would also give the PGC the power of Santa Claus and know who's been naughty and who's been nice.
Merry Chrimas to all!!