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FYI - Game Check issue in Outdoor Alabama app
#2991743
12/23/19 06:37 AM
12/23/19 06:37 AM
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Joined: Dec 2017
Posts: 31 Jefferson County, AL
Sakkyoku
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Jefferson County, AL
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This Saturday I shot a doe and tried to check it through the app, but I had low cell reception (one bar going in and out) and the app wouldn't show confirmation. When I clicked to view harvests the deer didn't show up, so I tried three or four more times.
A conservation officer came by while we were skinning my deer and checked records. Didn't catch his name. I told him I had tried to check it multiple times already and he said to try again with him there, because he said if I had done it with no reception it would still show up but I that I would get a confirmation number later when I got reception. As luck would have it I had no reception at all at camp so everything worked great with him standing there...the app said I was offline and it would update the record when I got online.
The officer was professional enough about it but I could tell he didn't believe me and he told me he could give me a ticket for that which of course made me feel pretty sick to my stomach and powerless to prove myself. Thankfully he didn't give me a ticket. I get it...they're lied to all day, but it sucks to know you're telling the truth and have someone not believe you.
Saturday evening I got one harvest confirmation email and 4 Duplicate Harvest Report emails.
I just wanted to let y'all know that it's possible for someone to check their deer on the app with a tiny bit of reception and still not have that record show up when the CO shows up.
What I'll do next time I have really low reception: Put my phone in airplane mode, open the app, check my deer, take it out of airplane mode. I'll also just go ahead and print a record to keep with my license just in case.
Last edited by Sakkyoku; 12/23/19 06:37 AM.
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Re: FYI - Game Check issue in Outdoor Alabama app
[Re: Sakkyoku]
#2991755
12/23/19 06:56 AM
12/23/19 06:56 AM
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Joined: Oct 2008
Posts: 31,221 Clanton, AL
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Grumpy Old Man
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Grumpy Old Man
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You are not required to prove your innocence. He is required to prove your guilt. He "could" have given you a ticket but a judge would likely call him an idiot in open court.
My opinions and comments are my own. They do not reflect the position or political opinions of Aldeer or any of the Aldeer administration.
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Re: FYI - Game Check issue in Outdoor Alabama app
[Re: Sakkyoku]
#2991930
12/23/19 10:39 AM
12/23/19 10:39 AM
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Joined: Sep 2009
Posts: 6,774 somewhere around 112.
slippinlipjr
I make Calds fer a livin
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I make Calds fer a livin
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somewhere around 112.
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Same thing happened to me. I don't trust a cell phone. I have the hard copy of the license, and I still carry a paper harvest record that sits next to it in my wallet. Write it down first so you know you are legal, then you have 48 hours to check it.
Ctrl+C, Ctrl+V, Ctrl+Z
thesharkguard.com
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Re: FYI - Game Check issue in Outdoor Alabama app
[Re: Sakkyoku]
#2991990
12/23/19 11:56 AM
12/23/19 11:56 AM
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Joined: Dec 2002
Posts: 52,130 Round ‘bout there
Clem
Mildly Quirky
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Mildly Quirky
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Certainly, the app helps create a better hunting experience.
Just use the paper record. That way you know it works, aren't potentially being tracked-hacked, and can show the GW.
"Hunting Politics are stupid!" - Farm Hunter
"Bible says you shouldn't put sugar in your cornbread." Dustin, 2013
"Best I can figure 97.365% of the general public is a paint chip eating, mouth breathing, certified dumbass." BCLC, 2020
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Re: FYI - Game Check issue in Outdoor Alabama app
[Re: Sakkyoku]
#2992003
12/23/19 12:17 PM
12/23/19 12:17 PM
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Joined: Oct 2008
Posts: 31,221 Clanton, AL
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Grumpy Old Man
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Grumpy Old Man
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I've been critical of game check, and the app, in the past. But I've used it twice this season and it's been very easy and flawless. I guess I'm not so much critical of game check, I'm just critical of Chuckie.
My opinions and comments are my own. They do not reflect the position or political opinions of Aldeer or any of the Aldeer administration.
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Re: FYI - Game Check issue in Outdoor Alabama app
[Re: Sakkyoku]
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12/23/19 05:17 PM
12/23/19 05:17 PM
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Joined: Oct 2000
Posts: 15,223 Right Behind You
William
Old Mossy Horns
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Old Mossy Horns
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Right Behind You
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Stuff like this is why I hunt less and less.
"The misery of being exploited by capitalists is nothing... compared to the misery of not being exploited at all."
Joan Robinson
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Re: FYI - Game Check issue in Outdoor Alabama app
[Re: William]
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12/23/19 05:30 PM
12/23/19 05:30 PM
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Joined: Oct 2008
Posts: 31,221 Clanton, AL
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Grumpy Old Man
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Grumpy Old Man
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Stuff like this is why I hunt less and less. I just became a big fan of game check! I'll support anything that gets more people out of the woods! 👍
My opinions and comments are my own. They do not reflect the position or political opinions of Aldeer or any of the Aldeer administration.
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Re: FYI - Game Check issue in Outdoor Alabama app
[Re: William]
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12/23/19 06:07 PM
12/23/19 06:07 PM
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Joined: Apr 2000
Posts: 29,544 Fosters, Alabama, USA
Shaw
Administrator
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Administrator
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Posts: 29,544
Fosters, Alabama, USA
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Stuff like this is why I hunt less and less. Yeah, it’s really hard. Your head would explode if you ever hunted out of state. 🙄
"I hate rude behavior in a man. I won't tolerate it." Captain Woodrow F. Call
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Re: FYI - Game Check issue in Outdoor Alabama app
[Re: Sakkyoku]
#2992243
12/23/19 06:22 PM
12/23/19 06:22 PM
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Joined: Sep 2004
Posts: 37,024 alabama
BhamFred
Freak of Nature
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Freak of Nature
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Sonny, I've hunted out of state in several states with less hassle than here.
I've spent most of the money I've made in my lifetime on hunting and fishing. The rest I just wasted.....
proud Cracker-Americaan
muslims are like coyotes, only good one is a dead one
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Re: FYI - Game Check issue in Outdoor Alabama app
[Re: BhamFred]
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12/23/19 07:03 PM
12/23/19 07:03 PM
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Joined: Apr 2000
Posts: 29,544 Fosters, Alabama, USA
Shaw
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Sonny, I've hunted out of state in several states with less hassle than here. You can use the app to buy your license. Takes less than 5 minutes. It takes less than 1 minute to check a deer. What is so hard about that? Hell, it easier than old days when we had to go to a store to purchase our license. The real reason folks say it’s “so hard” is they don’t want to check their deer.
"I hate rude behavior in a man. I won't tolerate it." Captain Woodrow F. Call
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Re: FYI - Game Check issue in Outdoor Alabama app
[Re: Sakkyoku]
#2992290
12/23/19 07:20 PM
12/23/19 07:20 PM
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Joined: Oct 2008
Posts: 31,221 Clanton, AL
Out back
Grumpy Old Man
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Grumpy Old Man
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The app was a PIA to begin with but most of the bugs are worked out now. However mine still says there's a mandatory upgrade required, every time I open it. I hit continue and there's no update. I've not found any way to get the "mandatory update" to update.
My opinions and comments are my own. They do not reflect the position or political opinions of Aldeer or any of the Aldeer administration.
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Re: FYI - Game Check issue in Outdoor Alabama app
[Re: Sakkyoku]
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12/23/19 08:14 PM
12/23/19 08:14 PM
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Joined: Sep 2004
Posts: 37,024 alabama
BhamFred
Freak of Nature
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Freak of Nature
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alabama
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Sonny, I spent two days trying to check one my grandson killed and finally said fk it. It don't work ALL the time and I sure ain't the only one who has had major trouble with it.
I've spent most of the money I've made in my lifetime on hunting and fishing. The rest I just wasted.....
proud Cracker-Americaan
muslims are like coyotes, only good one is a dead one
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Re: FYI - Game Check issue in Outdoor Alabama app
[Re: Sakkyoku]
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12/24/19 07:14 AM
12/24/19 07:14 AM
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Joined: Jun 2016
Posts: 1,873 lauderdale co
brushwhacker
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Its not the fact that the app is working or not. Its the fact that the gov wants in your buisness in every thing you. I just want go hunting kill deer go home an clean it. Not have worry bout warden stopping me an hassling me about whether ive told them ive killed a deer . Biggest bunch crap ever. Could understand if i was on gov lands like management area. Most clubs nowaday do better job managing there deer than the gov ever will. Especially the ones that hunt on there own land.some rednecks i hunt with have never checked a deer. Some these older folk that own land don t know what a smart phone is much less a hunting app.
Brushwacker
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Re: FYI - Game Check issue in Outdoor Alabama app
[Re: brushwhacker]
#2992614
12/24/19 08:28 AM
12/24/19 08:28 AM
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Joined: Jan 2014
Posts: 1,235 Black Belt
fourfive45
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Its not the fact that the app is working or not. Its the fact that the gov wants in your buisness in every thing you. I just want go hunting kill deer go home an clean it. Not have worry bout warden stopping me an hassling me about whether ive told them ive killed a deer . Biggest bunch crap ever. Could understand if i was on gov lands like management area. Most clubs nowaday do better job managing there deer than the gov ever will. Especially the ones that hunt on there own land.some rednecks i hunt with have never checked a deer. Some these older folk that own land don t know what a smart phone is much less a hunting app. I don’t think there is anything wrong with gathering statistics on the number, sex, and quality of deer killed each year, I just wish there was a different way to go about it. I’m afraid we’re gonna get issued tags before too long and that is a totally different hassle.
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Re: FYI - Game Check issue in Outdoor Alabama app
[Re: Sakkyoku]
#2992785
12/24/19 12:45 PM
12/24/19 12:45 PM
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Posts: 52,130 Round ‘bout there
Clem
Mildly Quirky
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Actually, tags aren't any hassle. You already have a license and are checking in a deer on the app or via paper-phone-computer. Wrapping a piece of something around an antler or leg, or poking it through an ear isn's a big deal.
Physical tags do not have to be issued by the state and cost them or hunters money. Ohio requires tags but allows the hunter to do it themselves with whatever they want to use - big zip ties, a sheet of paper, whatever. As long as the info is on the tag/paper/whatever and affixed to the deer before moving and you then telecheck it, they're good.
Everyone bitching about trespassing, poaching and lack of compliance with deer and turkey check-in should want physical, visible tags on deer and turkeys. I know in Iowa they don't phuck around with anyone who has an animal with no tag. You're in trouble, period. It makes a difference.
What'll happen next IMO is weapon-specific licenses like in Tennessee and Mississippi for centerfire, MX, bow, xbow. There's too much money to be made to not do that. If you enjoy a crossbow and rifle, for example, right now you only buy one license but with segemented fees you'd have to buy one for each.
Some keep saying it won't happen but I believe it will. Just a matter of time.
"Hunting Politics are stupid!" - Farm Hunter
"Bible says you shouldn't put sugar in your cornbread." Dustin, 2013
"Best I can figure 97.365% of the general public is a paint chip eating, mouth breathing, certified dumbass." BCLC, 2020
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