180$ fine delevered to my door!

[domination]

Got a nice visite from CO at my house tonight!

I've always been good with reporting and harvest questionnaires.
Trapping harvest reports
Bear, deer , turkey reports
I have been voluntarily collecting and shipping wings and feathers for waterfowl study!
I hunt moose on my land and on purchassed permition for county land near my house when im lucky enought to draw a tag!
Well this years moose hunt was not successful and i kind of forgot about the "moose hunter questionnaire" Actually i thought it would come in the mail and i would fill it out then (like the deer and bear report)! But it actually came in the envelope when i received my Tag and stayed in bottom of the drawer!!!

Well CO called during super and asked to met him outside! asked me a few questions and handed me a 180$ fine!
"Fail to return moose questionnaire" is what the fine is for!
I agree that the reporting is an essential tool in managing the local moose population. But what is 180$ of my hard earned money going to do for Moose or any wildlife?
I know the CO is doing his job ( or what he is been told to do!!!) But i cant help being frustrated!!! a simple friendly reminder would of done the job! NO?
It seems wrong seeing a CO with a nice flashy truck with an atv on the back knocking at my door during super time to hand over a fine for not returning a peace of paper by the Oct 29 deadline!
Is this commune practice ?
Here we enter a pool for 50$ and if your lucky you get a tag every 4-5 years! then the county charges 75$ for permition to hunt there land ( even if there are no permits required... for hunting any other game) And then this 180$ fine!
Anyone else get this??

[MikePal]

Mandatory....good to see them enforcing it actually...sucks for sure, but....

[Hardrack]

If it's mandatory then there should be a postage paid envelope included for those who don't use the Internet !

[greatwhite]

I received a card in the mail and it did not include a stamp but you could do it online.

If it's mandatory then there should be a postage paid envelope included for those who don't use the Internet !

[B Wilson]

did the co say anything in regard to not being eligible to enter the 2016 draw?

[GW11]

So what if you weren't finished moose hunting yet? It's open for a couple of weeks yet in parts of the province. Was it a WMU specific survey?

[JUDGE]

Never heard of a fine for not answering , wonder if you will get one for not answering the mandatory bear, black bear questionnaire.
Thanks for the reminder .
Black Bear Questionnaire to be done by Dec 15 2015.

[trimmer21]

So what if you weren't finished moose hunting yet? It's open for a couple of weeks yet in parts of the province. Was it a WMU specific survey?

That was the first thing that I thought of. Was the ticket for LAST years reporting that the OP missed,maybe?

[waltman]

Maybe you could visit a Justice of the Peace and state your explanation as to why it wasn't returned, it might get you a reduced fine. When do they actually want them returned by? I thought they gave you a few months and didn't rake you over the coals for not doing the paper work, I agree a friendly reminder would have been the respectful thing to do.

[Wahoo]

I wonder how the reporting is handled with the 'privileged groups' in this province?