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If you haven't reported the re- harvest rate information is critical
suits of your hunting activity last for setting tags and seasons. I
year, it's time to toe the line. Report online or by phone ]at
Hunters need to report the re-
suits of most big game atd turkey
hunts by Jan. 31. Hunters should
complete a report for each and ev-
ery deer, elk, bear, cougar, prong-
horn and turkey tag purchased,
even if they didn't fill their tag or
go hunting. The participation and
1-866-947-6339. To complete the
report, hunters need the following
information:
• Hunter/Angler ID# (ODFW
ID#), which is printed on all licens-
es and tags
• Number of days hunted
• If they mentored a youth
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Photo courtesy of ODFW
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during the hunt
• Wildlife management unit
where hunted
• Number of antler points on
the side of their animal with the
most points
As of last week, only about
37 percent of 2011 tags had been
reported.
The Jan. 31, 2012 reporting
deadline is for hunts that ended be-
tween April I and Dec. 31, 2011.
April 15, 2012 is the deadline for
reporting hunts ending between
Jan. 1 and March 31, 2012.
To sweeten the deal, hunters
who meet the appropriate Jan. 31
or April 15 deadlines will be en-
tered into a contest to win one of
three special big game tags. Win-
ners choose the tag (deer. elk or
pronghorn) and may take an either-
sex animal during an extended sea-
son and in an expanded hunt area
that allows them to hunt nearly
statewide.
Reporting hunt results has been
mandatory since 2008 and is meant
to eventually replace phone "harvest
survey calls that determined hunter
participation and harvest rates. Or-
egon was one of the last Western
states to adopt mandatory hunt re-
porting. Reporting rates were low
in other states until penalty fees
were introduced.
Since 2008, reporting rates
have been too low and ODFW has
continued to call a percentage of
hunters by phone to get the needed
data.
To bring hunter reporting rates
up, ODFW will begin charging a
penalty fee to hunters who don't
report on time. The fee will be set
by the Fish and Wildlife Commis-.
sion this October, when i.t sets 2013
big game regulations.
ODFW will propose charg-
ing a fee of up to $25 to hunters
who fail to report on deer and elk
tags, as these tags have some of
the lowest reporting rates. The fee
will take effect for unreported 2013
tags, with hunters facing the pen-
alty when they purchase their 2014
hunting license. (Year 2014 licens-
es go on sale Dec. 1, 2013.)
"We were hoping a penalty fee
would not be necessary but despite
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all our efforts to get the word out,
beporting rates are still too low to
phase out phone surveys," said
Tom Thornton, ODFW game pro-
gram manager• "It only takes a few
minutes to report and the informa-
on is critical to setting big game
asons."
"We do thank all the hunters
at have reported on time," Thorn-
n added.
Since reporting became man-
tatory in 2008, ODFW has gotten
:he word out through press releas-
es, on the front page of the regula-
:ions. postcards to hunters, adver-
:ising online, in the regulations and
)y offering the chance to win a spe-
zial big game tag. Hunter reporting
• ates averaged 58 percent in 2010.
37 percent in 2009 and less than 15
9ercent in 2008 (for 2007 tags).
Apply for a 2012 fall big game
ontrolled hunt by Tuesday, Jan.
1, and you will be entered into
drawing to win one of 50 2013
Sports Pacs (a $164.75 value).
For the third year. ODFW is
awarding a total of 100 Sports Pacs
among the pool of hunters that ap-
ply for and are issued a fall big
game controlled hunt application
before April 15. While residents
receive a Sports Pac. non-residents
selected in the drawing will win a
hunting license (a $140.50 value).
The purpose of the drawings is
to encourage hunters to apply for
controlled hunts early, well before
the May 15 deadline. The soon-
er hunters apply, the better their
chances of winning one of the three
drawings:
• 50 Sports Pacs (or Non-
Resident Hunting Licenses) will
be awarded among pool of hunters
who apply between Dec. 1. 2011
and Jan. 31. 2012.
• 30 Sports Pacs (or Non-
Resident Hunting Licenses) will
be awarded among pool of hunters
• See Hunts, page 13
