Do you report your harvest???????

[seth30]

Intergity

[muzzlebuck]

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[the1rod]

you forgot an option, "oh crap, forgot again" 

[Atroxus]

I want an incentive tag so I report ASAP

Huh? You get incentive tags for reporting??

[wraithen]

You need an N/A option as well 

[Practical Approach]

anyone not voted yet?

[lokidog]

I don't see any upside to not reporting, or reporting inaccurately.

I can see an upside to not reporting all of your crab on your summer card, might extend the season after they tally a below quota amount....

I report accurately BTW.

[jaymark6655]

I don't see any upside to not reporting, or reporting inaccurately.

I can see an upside to not reporting all of your crab on your summer card, might extend the season after they tally a below quota amount....

I report accurately BTW.

 But then there is a possibility of too many crabs being taking which might ruin crabbing for several years, right?

[STIKNSTRINGBOW]

I do all I can to do my part, that way I can complain.
Nothing worse than listening to non-voters complain about the government 

[JimmyHoffa]

I don't see any upside to not reporting, or reporting inaccurately.

I can see an upside to not reporting all of your crab on your summer card, might extend the season after they tally a below quota amount....

I report accurately BTW.

I've heard that unreported crab cards go into the system as maxed out for limits.  So if you don't report thinking it will go into the system as a zero harvest, it actually goes in at the maximum you could've possibly harvested.  Just what I have heard, can anyone confirm?  Heard this was done to assume a worst case scenario before attempting to extend the quota season.  Again, just what I've heard once before.
Another thing I've heard regarding possible upside of inaccurate reporting is for wild steelhead.  I've heard that wild steelhead retention is based on quota.  Certain rivers allow keeping wild steelies and the quota is broken down to 50% tribal and 50% sport/commercial.  The amount of quota unharvested by one group can be harvested by another.  So all the guys that C&R wild steelies and report 0 kept and don't fill sport/commercial quota have then allocated their percentage of the quota to tribal harvest, so instead of 50% it might be 70 or 90%.  So I usually hear from other fisherman how they mark it as being caught so they keep that percentage of wild fish from harvest.  The downside I would see to this is if they somehow survey the fish after the fishing season and think that those C&R-fake harvests are actually escapement fish.  Not exactly sure how that works for determining the quota and limit. 

[Dan-o]

I always report accurately.......   Seems like the obvious right thing to do.

Besides, it's kind oif tough to complain about WDFW if you're not going to help them with accurate data.

[elkslayer069]

nope not their business and besides it pisses me off when i meet someone out in the woods and they say well in the pamphlet said that there were blaa blaa amount of bucks or bulls taken out of a unit. if you want to know whats where get off you a$$ and from behind your computer and do your own scouting.

[Practical Approach]

nope not their business and besides it pisses me off when i meet someone out in the woods and they say well in the pamphlet said that there were blaa blaa amount of bucks or bulls taken out of a unit. if you want to know whats where get off you a$$ and from behind your computer and do your own scouting.

Interesting, managing wildlife populations is not the business of wildlife managers????Gives you something to really think about.   I personally use all of my resources to make my hunt the most successfull that I can.  It usually means:  talking to folks, looking at data, looking at maps, talking to biologist in the area, etc.  I try to cut down on some of my scouting time since I don't live near the areas I like to hunt. 

[big wood]

i report accurately but I dont know what good it does

[doyourtime89]

I report accurately and every year when putting in for special permits I look at the last couple years harvest report that comes from everyones reporting.