license - turkey reporting

I find this odd.

A week before turkey season I purchased two tags at crappy tire. So with the purchase I get two licenses and two tags. There is absolutly not marking on either tag/license that shows a differance between both. MEaning there are no tag numbers or license numbers. It looks like dupilicates of each other. WTF.

So I notice the data collected when I phoned my first bird is slightly different as they dont ask for a beard length anymore. They ask the number of days hunted etc. When I phone my second bird in they ask how many days I hunted in the WMU (which was the same as the last reported bird). The old system didnt ask this on the second bird. The call concludes thanks for reporting. The old system says thanks for reporting your second harvest etc.

Am I the only person who thinks this is wierd.

I find it wierd they spend more time and are more comprehensive on the right to privacy legislation and the details of the system than on the reporting.

Jakes can be adult birds now.

The oddest part is there is no way to tie your tag, to your report.

Scenario,

I shoot a bird "loosely" tag, report, get home, cut off said tag, re-use, re-port, now I have two confirmation numbers, and no way to marry one to a tag...

Would it not make sense to have a tag number associated to the report so when you give your confirmation number, someone could check and see yes, the right tag is on that bird and everything matches? just makes it that much easier for would be's to float their tag around.

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Originally Posted by TurkeyRookie

The oddest part is there is no way to tie your tag, to your report.

Scenario,

I shoot a bird "loosely" tag, report, get home, cut off said tag, re-use, re-port, now I have two confirmation numbers, and no way to marry one to a tag...

Would it not make sense to have a tag number associated to the report so when you give your confirmation number, someone could check and see yes, the right tag is on that bird and everything matches? just makes it that much easier for would be's to float their tag around.

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Not that easy first as soon as you drop the bird you must notch out month, day, am/pm. After you report you must record the confirmation number on your tag. Those who do not valiadate their tag as directed will poach no matter how easy you make it.

So the bird is plucked cleaned and in the freezer. Are you supposed to keep the tag?

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Originally Posted by toddy

So the bird is plucked cleaned and in the freezer. Are you supposed to keep the tag?

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I dont think you have to but I normally leave it with the bird until consumption. I actually have also kept a couple over the years with the pictures of the bird. Good memento of harvest time/date.

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Originally Posted by TurkeyRookie

The oddest part is there is no way to tie your tag, to your report.

Scenario,

I shoot a bird "loosely" tag, report, get home, cut off said tag, re-use, re-port, now I have two confirmation numbers, and no way to marry one to a tag...

Would it not make sense to have a tag number associated to the report so when you give your confirmation number, someone could check and see yes, the right tag is on that bird and everything matches? just makes it that much easier for would be's to float their tag around.

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Its basically an honour system. There are just way too few co's, I havent seen one out in the field or on the water in about 10 years. Seriously. The only uniformed people I have seen in that time were CWD researchers and I spend alot of time afield. Its pretty sad how easy it is to poach.

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Originally Posted by finsfurfeathers

I find it wierd they spend more time and are more comprehensive on the right to privacy legislation and the details of the system than on the reporting.

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I'll second that. It seems to be an unnecessarily long spiel. Couldn't they just provide an option to press another button if you are interested in hearing it all?

all the co,s must be down here in the windsor area, if not anywhere else. they are on the river all the time.

If that tag is NOT notched and you get stopped with that bird, you will burn just as bad as if you did not tag it.
And if you also get caught not reporting, expect to lose your licence for abit.
A guy got pinned for not reporting a bird last year in Cayuga and got fined and a 3 yr hunting suspension..

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Originally Posted by delmer

I'll second that. It seems to be an unnecessarily long spiel. Couldn't they just provide an option to press another button if you are interested in hearing it all?

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Press 1 to skip the BS.

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Originally Posted by Greenhorn

Jakes can be adult birds now.

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I pretty sure they ask if it's a juvenile or an adult.

People, it takes 10 minutes or less to tag your bird. Do yourselves a favor and follow the rules. Tag your bird, call it in, and report the # down.

"The real you is the person you are when you know you won't get caught"

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Originally Posted by Allumette

People, it takes 10 minutes or less to tag your bird. Do yourselves a favor and follow the rules. Tag your bird, call it in, and report the # down.

"The real you is the person you are when you know you won't get caught"

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I dont think anyone said they wouldn't tag/notch or report a bird. The post was to show how flawed the tagging system is.

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Originally Posted by TurkeyRookie

Would it not make sense to have a tag number associated to the report so when you give your confirmation number, someone could check and see yes, the right tag is on that bird and everything matches? just makes it that much easier for would be's to float their tag around.

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You're dealing with the govt here, don't give them too much credit lol

Just for the record I hate our new tag system. Never realized how bad my eyesight is getting until I tried reading the dates on my turkey tags LOL License issuers are further and farther between. if the computer system goes down there is no way to purchase licenses. No more hard copies of hunting/fishing regs available unless you print them. I can keep going but typically not a whiner and negs by far out weigh the pos's for us users of the new tag system.

The game is more fun when you play by the RULES.