2011 harvest reports

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The 2011 harvest reports are posted on WDFW site.

[Todd_ID]

How would you like to be the 1 guy in the state with 36 quality elk points and not draw the tag you want?

[Rainstorm Hunter]

I was looking through the special permit hunts and noticed that it says almost nobody returned hunting reports for them 

[CP]

I was looking through the special permit hunts and noticed that it says almost nobody returned hunting reports for them 

Yep, the data is worst than useless, it’s totally bogus.

[Fullabull]

There is only one way to fix that....No report, No hunting next year for you!!!!! Or, you don't get to put in for any special hunts the next year 

[dreamingbig]

There is only one way to fix that....No report, No hunting next year for you!!!!! Or, you don't get to put in for any special hunts the next year 

But then they wouldn't get their money.  I would be all for it but I don't think it will happen for said reason.  On second thought, maybe if they allow you to be reinstated after paying $100 fine and submitting the report.   

[wall of wood camp]

Don't they already do this on a smaller scale if you dont report by January you have to pay 10 dollar penalty before you can purchase the permits the next year I know I filed my reports.   Regardless the reports are still useless as i know of a few people that report being unsuccessful every year regardless of whether or not they harvested an animal.  even if 1 in 5 people report this way it will really scue the results and be inaacurate useless information, it only works if everyone reports and everyone is honest which i know is hard to believe but there are a lot of dishonest folks out there.   

[royalbull]

I think that when you report being unsuccessful when you weren't just tells the game department there is less game therefore they should reduce our opportunities to try to increase the herds

[rackattack]

I think that when you report being unsuccessful when you weren't just tells the game department there is less game therefore they should reduce our opportunities to try to increase the herds

I think just the opposite.  I think they have a pretty good idea of herd sizes already and when they see lower harvest numbers they increase the permits numbers.  Look at the St Helens antlerless tags.  They've got these numbers way to high and in a few years the herd is going to crash and then there will be a dramatic drop in tags because they over-issued trying for a certain harvest level.

[WenHunter]

The Harvest reports are bogus, I just went and looked to see if anyone else got a Cow in the unit I got drawn in, and it says 0 hunters reported, then I went to WDFW site to just double checked that I submitted mine, and sure enough I did, the reports arent accurate at all!!!

[DIYARCHERYJUNKIE]

I doubt 1 out of 5 don't report or lie probably 1/50 a lot of guys here said they reported but it doesn't show it.  Wdfw says they put millions of dollars towards this research an data but they can't enter anyone's report correctly into the thinking box that ensures a paycheck for there incompetent employees.  I'd say the woofers that infiltrated the department were assigned this task and failed.  Illiterate.....  Probably.

[bobcat]

The data showing right now is obviously wrong. I'm sure they're working on it. Many of the permits are now showing more hunters than the number of permits issued.

[Special T]

If they pay this much attention to detail for thier "statistics" then what does that say about the rest of the decisions they make? Especially the ones using this information?

[Bob33]

If they pay this much attention to detail for thier "statistics" then what does that say about the rest of the decisions they make? Especially the ones using this information?

"0 Wolves". "0 Breeding Pairs"....

[npaull]

Guys who don't report, or who are found to report dishonestly, shouldn't be able to get a license the next year.

It's unbelievable to me that there exist people who, almost in the same breath, will accuse WDFW of not being able to manage herds well, and then say that they actively lie to them about their hunting activities! It's like they expect WDFW to be perfect DESPITE them!

I'm not saying WDFW is perfect - there are lots of bones to pick with them. But for gods sake be honest in your hunting reports. I don't know what kind of totally twisted backwards logic goes into someone's decision that if they say they are unsuccessful, that will somehow convince WDFW that there should be more opportunities for a given area, or that maybe fewer people will visit their spot. It's just nuts.

Report honestly. Otherwise everything you might say about how hunters contribute to good wildlife management (which is TRUE generally) is an active lie for you personally.