It's not like a speed limit. We already have limits for deer. It would be like you are required to check it and report how many miles you have driven in which county and on which dates. This information is vital to know where the traffic is/was so speed limits can be adjusted for your benefit. While this may not be the perfect analogy, I think it does show that regulations are not always helpful or make sense.

Until they know how many deer should be killed, what sense does it make to track how many deer have been killed? If someone would say, we don't know but we are going to use the harvest data to try and determine that, then I could see maybe where it is needed. If the harvest data is known and population censuses are conducted yearly and it can be determined that the overall herd is growing/shrinking/or whatever, and adjustments are made to the regulations to adjust the harvest, then that makes sense to me. However, "we need the data because we are only one of 3 states that don't get it and we don't want to look like we are behind the times so complain all you want, but we are getting it", doesn't seem like a very good reason to me.

Maybe getting this data is just a start. Maybe there are more plans to obtain additional data in the future, but you have to start somewhere and build gradually over time???

I'm not against supplying the data if it will help, but it sure would be nice for someone to logically explain HOW it will be used and why it is necessary. Yotetrapper is the only one that has attempted this, that I have seen.

I still have the same questions, 1) How many deer should be killed annually, and 2) What is the goal for the deer herd, to decrease it, maintain it, or grow it???