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Even though the new website directs you to using the electronic reporting, appears it isn't working yet. Posting both Survey ID and postal code comes up with an error. Guess we will have to wait until after the 26th. I know it says you can't buy a licence, didn't see any reference that your could not complete the surveys.
I'm not in a hurry. There's 5-6 weeks of hunting left!
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I got the Moose and Black Bear survey in the mail today. We're still Bear hunting until the end of the month. I won't send these in by snail mail because I want a receipt. With Canada Post ready for a full blown strike,I'll leave nothing to chance a license suspension in case the cards get lost in the mail.
It works. Have to have hyphens in ID number and postal code needs to be in CAPITALS.Quote:
Originally Posted by Stuart22
Both bear and wolf worked for me .
Glen
Hmm, I just got my deer survey in the mail today, nowhere does it say that it's mandatory. All it says is please complete the questionnaire and personal information is requested.
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Correct me if I'm wrong but I think the 'mandatory' end of it may come in with the new licencing changes in the new year.
deer isn't mandatory this year, bear is.
I did my bear on line last week, will do my deer at the end of the season. Not sure why people don't, give the MNR better harvest info can't be a bad thing.
Controlled is i think i read.
HUNTER HARVEST REPORTING – what we know so far:
Harvest reporting is a very important piece of the information puzzle when it comes to sustainable fish and wildlife management. The MNRF needs this information to support research, to accompany population modelling and to develop harvest quotas. The idea is to collect the information by electronic device (computer, smartphone, telephone) rather than by mail.
Details…
Mailed-in postcard surveys will be coming to an end (they will still be mailed out in 2018)
ALL hunters who purchase a licence for moose, elk, white-tailed deer, wolf/coyote, wild turkey and black bear will be required to provide information whether they harvested an animal or not, and even if they didn’t end up hunting
If you do not complete the report, you may not be able to purchase a licence the following year. The new regulations coming into effect on January 1, 2019 allow the government to refuse to issue a licence to a hunter who did not report in the previous year, but the details related to the consequences of not reporting have not yet been finalized
The MNRF will communicate with hunters (via email) to remind them of deadlines and mandatory reporting
The OFAH has been pushing for a phased-in approach to allow hunters to adapt to the new system (i.e. not have severe consequences immediately), and to share harvest reporting results with hunters as well as how they are using the information in wildlife management
bear and moose, online worked for me.
More tags for the brown nosers i guess...
Moose did NOT work for me
Mandatory game survey is a waste of time. I see the same deer 6 times during my hunt. My buddy that I hunt with sees the deer too. Then my neighbour sees the same deer 3 times. So we all report this large number of deer activity. So how does that help manage the population. We end up will more tags in an area that has less deer. People can lie and say they saw lots of deer hoping to get extra tags the following year.
Totally agree with that.Quote:
Originally Posted by deerhnter
I was able to complete the survey with no problems at all. I'm sure what I did differently or correctly, but I finished it on Wednesday
So of the 11 total questions, one asks how many animals of that species you saw, and that one question makes it a waste of time? And there are significant fines if your caught providing false info. (although hard to enforce I agree, I'm not taking that chance).Quote:
Originally Posted by deerhnter
Guess it was the hyphens, got moose, bear and wolf surveys completed tonight.
I did mine tonight,too. Worked OK.
I had a problem accessing the site using my IPad. No problems when I tried with my desktop computer.Quote:
Originally Posted by Stuart22
If the amount of data is large enough that kind of bias can be corrected for. Same with guys over or under reporting their deer sightings. They adjust for that type of scheming. I do agree it's not the best data to manage a population but it's all they seem to be able to afford.Quote:
Originally Posted by deerhnter
I think they put out the survey way too early as there is a lot of hunting yet to be had.... Sending it out early can make people either forget or make up numbers so they can send it in now before they forget?.... Why the rush?
Mine was easy to fill out. It was all ZEROs.
Agree 100%Quote:
Originally Posted by fratri