Basically what I'm getting at is, do y'all have this much backlash with non-hunting related laws/regulations as much as you do checking a deer you killed into gamecheck?
I do until I see that there is a problem that needs to be fixed.
Did you know that the voluntary reporting has declined in both the past 2 years? It was broke.
Is the deer herd broke? (Let me guess, you'll say we need data) and then I'll say why can't we use standard statistical methods, and no one will be able to give me an answer to that.
Judging from your posts, the deer are dang sure broken where you hunt.
The fact is, there's plenty of places around the state that have very low populations in areas which once had thriving ones. There's also quite a few areas that don't have many deer, and never have. Can we identify counties like this with game check? Yes. Can we see when these declines start to happen in the future with game check? Yes, after we have a few years base line.......
