This week we’re starting out with a quick recipe for slow cooked pronghorn shoulder made from a Nevada antelope and chukar stock.
Michael recaps his recent steelhead fishing trip to Idaho which ended up being substantially more successful than last year.
We revisit the discussion of renewable energy development on public lands with some new insight into what’s going into the decision making.
Wyoming has seen severe weather conditions across the state along with a rare disease outbreak that is making life tough for wildlife.
We hear about a bill in Utah that had a last minute amendment to essentially make mountain lions a nuisance species.
Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife is being sued by the Sportsman’s Alliance in an attempt to remove her from the Fish and Wildlife commission for anti-hunting stances.
For the Deeper Dive we discuss hunter harvest surveys, why they matter, and how various states conduct their surveys to have an understanding of wildlife populations and the impacts hunter’s are having.
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00:00 Intro and Pronghorn Cooking
01:08 Michael’s Steelhead Update
03:36 Renewable Energy Update
05:44 Disease and Winter Kill in Wyoming
07:38 Utah Year Round Lion Hunting
08:38 Washington Commissioner Sued
09:50 Deeper Dive on Harvest Surveys
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In Michigan starting last season it is mandatory to report only if you actually shot a deer. You go online or on the app to do it. I think you have 72 hours to report. The most contentious part about it is that you have to drop a pin on the map at the location you shot it. I have a feeling most people don't drop it exactly where they shot it.
Are you guy's bitching or complaining. I think that the state should go to a draw only hunting. And cut out of state hunters by 50 percent. That way there would be so many people to track down.
Why don’t the states do this when you check your animal in? In WV it’s mandatory to check in animals within 24-48 hours of harvest. We can do it online or phone and they use all that info for something. Why don’t do it like when you buy your license for that year they do their survey from last year
So, how many people complying with reporting requirements just flat out lie? I would guess a lot.
I like the way Montana does the surveys actually. I remember just about exactly how many days I hunt in each spot for which species.
So are they open to suggestions? Been to a few game management meetings just for issues like this in Nevada can't say they culminated satisfactory but better than just whining keep doing these so people know others feel the same 👍
Seems like a full podcast topic
Great stuff! 👍
I do agree with your comments on harvest surveys. You must remember that the FWP has check stations, especially on weekends, that all hunters must stop and report. So the FWP has that data in addition to phone surveys. More data to work with. In phone serveys I can remember a close proximity of areas I hunt and the number of days hunted. This year they didn't ask about my elk hunting just deer. This year I didn't get any special tags so they only asked about my deer. I feel the only reason I was asked about that was I had brought it to FWP to be checked for CWD. I think it should be mandatory on line by species. Great subject
Thank you for your updates. Marcus and randy are great spokesmen for us!!
MN is mandatory reporting, thankfully we no longer have to bring the animal to a gas station to register it. We can now just call it in, no idea what the compliance rate is but it’s not like it matters with whitetail they are everywhere here. Where I’m at we get 3 tags per person, some parts are 5. Max of 1 buck the rest must be doe, farmers can get additional tags to help reduce localized populations.
There’s bunches of folks don’t know what unit they are hunting when they’re hunting. No excuse for that.
Oregon has mandatory reporting. It’s contained within the app. It’s pretty thorough.
It’s hard for agencies to get accurate data on hunter harvest if hunters don’t cooperate. It’s so easy for hunters to provide accurate information if we just choose to do it. If the data is missing or inaccurate then shame on us the hunters. Are we really so paranoid or flat out dishonest that we don’t want anyone to know that we hunted and whether we harvested? Get on board people and help effectively manage game animals for the future for all of us! That said, I agree that online surveys are so much easier to do and to get right. I can’t imagine how they could be expensive.
Saskatchewan went to mandatory reporting and it is 100 percent online. We do have incentives. I agree with the statement that most hunters want to supply accurate data because we want to continue to enjoy our sport. Here our ministry does not get the funding needed to do accurate estimating and hunter data in some instances is the only data they get.
I'm with Randy…if you don't complete your survey you are anti-conservation or worse yet, trying to hide something. I believe all surveys should be mandatory and a condition of future license purchase.
Manitoba uses online surveys with reminders in your on line hunting/fishing account and by email reminders for each species for which a license was purchased. As I recall, Manitoba also uses aerial winter surveys on alternating years. Keep up the good work guys!
You also need to factor in the number of scouting days outside of season because that has an inverse relationship to hunter effort, especially in low animal density areas. In Army terms, "time spent on recce is seldom wasted".
In Alaska we have mandatory reporting. It’s really easy online, in person or on the mail in report card that comes with your tags/harvest tickets. I don’t understand how there isn’t mandatory reporting in other states. Seems wild to me.
In Idaho, its mandatory to do harvest report for each tag you buy, and if you don’t submit one they make repeated attempts to track you down by phone and e-mail. If you still don’t respond, you can’t buy another license or tag until you do. For moose, goat and sheep you have to have the animal inspected at a regional IDFG office. Its a good program, and I’m sure its valuable data.
Fwp really should go to an online survey vs phone calls. I personally feel the compliance rates would go way up
Seems pretty failsafe with the app for harvest numbers, dont see why someone would want to carry a paper tag anymore. I was called for a random little bma I hunted about pheasents that's it this year.
Do like Wisconsin and Minnesota do you have call in and register your deer turkey bear they give you a number to put on your tag. The service is 24 hr a day and 7 days a week pretty simple. Thank you Marcus Michael Randy
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