How can you estimate the amount of deer not reported. I don't see how that is possible at all.
For decades they estimated an annual "harvest" based on the statistically valid post-season survey -- deemed last year as worthless info by the director -- and whatever other method they used for the estimate.
So estimating the amount of deer killed based on a little-used check system should be easy. Just come up with a percentage, multiply it by whatever factor and then say "Hey, success!"
I'd be embarrassed and madder than 10 wet hens if after 2-3 years of a voluntary system, the amount of meetings and such they had last year, the discussion based on this site and elsewhere, and repeated stories about it being mandated, and 70% or so of the people ignored it.
As Skinny said, in the private world some heads would roll at such a failure.
All those seminars/meetings didn't cost the state a single red cent correct?
I just hope that they had to stay in chitty hotels and eat hard boiled eggs and envelope gravy at the continental breakfast like me and others state employees do.
