Only birds taken in the eastern half (east of I-35) of Oklahoma are required to be checked according to ODWC policy. I've been told this is due to the dense population of turkeys in western part of the state. Just curious what your state game agency practices are.
Nope. Niether Georgia or Alabama. Although Alabama requires you write down the date of the kill and county on a piece of paper. ::)
In Wi. they must be registered. In Mi. they do not get registered.
You have to in Ky.
yes here in tn. if you dont check them in how do they inforce baglimits? sounds like a poachers dream just like the telecheck
Quote from: knightrider on February 21, 2011, 09:46:43 PM
yes here in tn. if you dont check them in how do they inforce baglimits? sounds like a poachers dream just like the telecheck
Cheaters are gonna cheat regardless of the regulations IMHO...
Not in california,only on the WMA you have to check them in.
Quote from: Hognutz on February 21, 2011, 09:44:08 PM
In WI. they must be registered. In Mi. they do not get registered.
Not just registered in WI but taken to a registration station fill out a card then the person there has to come out and wrap a metal registration tag around its leg....... We need a call in system!!
Just tag them here with date and Parish
Yes we have to check our birds in Indiana too. Can only take one in the spring and one in the fall.
Yes in West Virginia and Ohio
You have to apply a field tag before moving it from the place you killed it then check it in at a state game check station.
Call in system here in Illinois
Quote from: FttFttVroom! on February 21, 2011, 09:48:18 PM
Quote from: knightrider on February 21, 2011, 09:46:43 PM
yes here in tn. if you dont check them in how do they inforce baglimits? sounds like a poachers dream just like the telecheck
Cheaters are gonna cheat regardless of the regulations IMHO...
Exactly. We can take them to a check station, check them online, or telecheck.
DE and NJ birds have to go to a check station
VA and MD use a call in system
SC birds have to be tagged but not checked
Quote from: FttFttVroom! on February 21, 2011, 09:48:18 PM
Quote from: knightrider on February 21, 2011, 09:46:43 PM
yes here in tn. if you dont check them in how do they inforce baglimits? sounds like a poachers dream just like the telecheck
Cheaters are gonna cheat regardless of the regulations IMHO...
that is true but no use in making it a cake walk for them jmho
VA you have to check them in via call in system. with a bag limit of 3 in the spring if you did not take any in the fall.
In NY we have to call in or report them online.
Call in system in kentucky
No tags nor check in here in MS. It is strictly on the honor system here. I personally wish we had to tag em and check em in.
iowa tagem in the field and report them on line or by phone.
Quote from: JBIRD22 on February 21, 2011, 10:49:17 PM
No tags nor check in here in MS. It is strictly on the honor system here. I personally wish we had to tag em and check em in.
wow
Quote from: FttFttVroom! on February 21, 2011, 10:56:17 PM
Quote from: JBIRD22 on February 21, 2011, 10:49:17 PM
No tags nor check in here in MS. It is strictly on the honor system here. I personally wish we had to tag em and check em in.
wow
Yeah tell me about it. But as stated earlier, the ones who are gonna outlaw are gonna outlaw regardless of the rules.
Im just impressed more than suprised
Quote from: turkey slayer on February 21, 2011, 10:01:13 PM
Just tag them here with date and Parish
Dont forget to call em in and get the confermation #
SC done away with the check stations around 5 to 7 years ago. You still have to tag them. Going to the check station and telling and hearing stories from other hunters is not done anymore and it is a shame IMHO.
Quote from: FttFttVroom! on February 21, 2011, 11:02:18 PM
Im just impressed more than suprised
I am impressed by the states that require you to physically check your birds in. I know it can be a hassle but at least it does convey some type of accountability. We have a 3 bird limit which is very generous but it still gets abused beyond belief. I am sure that it goes on a lot more places than just here though.
I wish here in Ms. we did have some kind of Check in or taging system.
We don't need to check birds in Michigan, we only get one tag though, which is bullsh*t!
CA doesn't even have tags for turkeys much less make you check your turkeys in. It's all on the honor system.
TRKYHTR
In NC we must notch the tag (we have two spring only tags) before removing the bird from the kill site. Then you must call in for a registration number, which you write onto your tag - tag stays in your wallet, not on the bird.
NH requires you to tag your bird right after the kill. You have 24 hours to register it though.
Tn, yes but we can check them in, online :z-guntootsmiley:.
Here in Minnesota we have to take them to a registration station.
We have to check them in WV and Ohio,.
Alabama only requires me to check it for a beard before I pull the trigger. Do have to record it on a piece of paper and keep that paper on me but the paper goes in the trash at the end of the season.
Maine you have to tag it at the kill site, and then pay $5 to register it at a check-in.
Nope, Only has to have a 6" or longer beard....
in Alabama we just gotta write it down, unless your hunting on ft rucker, then you gotta bring it by a station on base and they have to check it. but their just making sure your punching your tag. you tell em you got one in the truck, they just say ok and ask to see were you punched it...
Call in. :cowboy:
Quote from: new2turkey on February 22, 2011, 08:48:55 AM
Maine you have to tag it at the kill site, and then pay $5 to register it at a check-in.
is that $5 after you have alreadt bought a license and tag if so that is B.S. :character0029:
Quote from: knightrider on February 21, 2011, 10:35:34 PM
Quote from: FttFttVroom! on February 21, 2011, 09:48:18 PM
Quote from: knightrider on February 21, 2011, 09:46:43 PM
yes here in tn. if you dont check them in how do they inforce baglimits? sounds like a poachers dream just like the telecheck
Cheaters are gonna cheat regardless of the regulations IMHO...
that is true but no use in making it a cake walk for them jmho
They are still suppose to notch the tag before they move the animal. When we had tags that we had to remove they would just keep there license close by to where if they saw someone or got pulled over they could tear it fast. Hard to beat a crook
Here in Washington State we have to notch the tag upon harvest attach to bird and have a gender identifying piece of bird (head) attached to carcass for transport. We also have to report to the harvest to the WDFW with our wild game ID# (on line or by phone) or we get charged an additional $10.00 when we get our tags the next year.
In MO you have to tag the turkey and then call the MDC check-in hotline. They ask for county of kill, if it's an adult gobbler, juvenile gobbler or bearded hen, if spurs are over an inch and if the beard is 6 inches in length or longer. God bless.
As Bo whoop said here in Md we have a call in or computer check system..
we have to tag the bird, but the state does not really give us tags per say, they put some in the hunters guide that you can use, or you can make your own tags as long as the proper info is on them.
You do however have to fill out a harvest record before you move the bird from p[lace of kill...
DE deosnt even require tagging of birds, but they do require a check in, then they give you a metal band to go around the turkeys leg to transport....
I think it is crazy not to check birds, not for the outlaw standpoint, but for a management standpoint.. how does a state know how many turkeys are being killed, if you dont have to check them in?
Quote from: paintbrush on February 22, 2011, 07:42:51 AM
Here in Minnesota we have to take them to a registration station.
OR you can do it On-line and over the phone.
CW
For Michigan, nope. They do a survey at the end of the season, but not mandatory.
PA and NY has online reporting.
Quote from: turkey slayer on February 21, 2011, 10:01:13 PM
Just tag them here with date and Parish
forgot having to call and talk to the computer and repeat everything 3 times! :toothy12:
Quote from: TANK on February 22, 2011, 03:56:38 PM
Quote from: turkey slayer on February 21, 2011, 10:01:13 PM
Just tag them here with date and Parish
forgot having to call and talk to the computer and repeat everything 3 times! :toothy12:
works better if you do it online.
Yes in AR. You have to put a tag on the bird, before moving. Then you have 24 hrs to check it in online or by phone.
Wow, every state is so different. Going to the checking station is a fun way of showing off your bird too. In Tn, they print you off a new tag everytime you check something in and they record all the data and it goes directly into the TWRA database. In my county in 09 we took 643 birds. Region II recored almost 11000 birds. The state total was 30074 birds tagged in 09. That only accounts for the legal ethical hunters but we still have an abundance of birds.
Quote from: LaBiologist on February 23, 2011, 02:24:17 PM
Quote from: TANK on February 22, 2011, 03:56:38 PM
Quote from: turkey slayer on February 21, 2011, 10:01:13 PM
Just tag them here with date and Parish
forgot having to call and talk to the computer and repeat everything 3 times! :toothy12:
works better if you do it online.
Prolly so , but I usually forget and end up doing it before daylight when I'm gettin ready to head into woods rite before the 72 hour deadline.........I do have a knew iPhone for this season!
Quote from: TRKYHTR on February 22, 2011, 12:15:11 AM
CA doesn't even have tags for turkeys much less make you check your turkeys in. It's all on the honor system.
TRKYHTR
I'd support a tag system here in CA if the money went to the turkey fund, but unfortunately it wouldn't....................
Sucks too because there are dishonest "hunters" out there shooting more than their alloted 3 per season. >:(
Minnesota - you have to tag them on site and note the date, and then register them. They just added phone in registration, so that's more convenient.
Wisconsin - you have to tag them on site and note the date, and you have to physically register them and get it banded.
South Dakota - taking my first trip this year, I don't know!
Alabama's harvest report system has already been mentioned. It is insufficient. I wish we had an actual tagging system. Don't care whether it's telecheck, internet or check stations for checking the birds, but I want a tag per bird. A copier will work wonders to multiply that 5 into 10 or 15 or 20.
In Washington we have to put a tag on the bird and then we have to report the kill to the game department within 10 days. I do it on-line, but I believe you can also do it over the phone.
In Idaho, we tag the bird and they send us a survey after the season is over.
Check in not required in the states I hunt - WY, NE, KS but of course they must be tagged. :icon_thumright:
No tags no check-in here in Alabama. 5 Bird limit on the "honor" system. I would really like to see them go on some kind of tag system
In Pennsylvania - no. Only tag it at the spot of the kill.
Nope, 2 bird limit on the honor system..
Texas Easterns, yes.
Texas Rios, no.
Yes in N.J
Quote from: Double28 on February 21, 2011, 11:05:58 PM
In NE we have paper tags, you just use a stick or something to punch a hole through the month, day, and punch the selection for male or bearded hen. No check stations. No telecheck.
I was pleased once when I was taking my turkey out of my truck at our camp site and a game warden pulled up and checked that I punched the holes at the site of the kill. At least there was some kind of accountability!
Nebraska also sends out a survey via email after the season.
Not anymore! The powers that be decided it was too inconvienient for their buddies to have to drive to a check station and check the game. Now it's tag it before you move it and call it in within 24 hours of the kill.
Surely prople would report their kills.......right??????
Most Management Areas require you to check in your gobbler in Alabama and enter the day on the" Kill Sheet " before moving any Gobbler,and the ones killed on public land too ,but I have a lifetime license and have to find a kill sheet in a magazine ,of which I could duplicate and kill five more gobblers,etc,but most Turkey hunters are more honorable than that and I wish the state had a system like Tennessee.
In Florida on a whole, no. But certain WMA's with manned check stations require you to check your bird. I've had them sign and date my license with a harvested bird info. Wish the state would issue 2 spring and 2 fall turkey tags with our license, too many extra birds bein' carried out. :help:
as mentioned not in Ga. Most Mgt. area require hunter to sign in and sign out birds. Only one I've ever hunted is Lake Russell. Hunt there a lot every year, never saw a warden, don't know anyone who has. In deer season they swarm. Don't know if they just don't care about turkeys or they have more confidence in turkey hunters. 10 times more hunters may have something to do with it
yep in IN
As a couple of guys already stated, Ohio has computer/phone in starting this year. Put on a flimsy paper transportation tag in the field. Call when you get home, get a number and put on another flimsy green paper tag.
Now, if you're going to have the bird mounted, will that big green paper tag have to be attached to the leg of the mount for eternity?
All hunters I know, process their own bird -maybe save the tail or legs to mount themselves. Will that big green tag have to be displayed on tail and feet mounts for eternity?
If that's the case, the less conspicuous metal tags were much better.
Confusing for me. I'm gonna make a phone call to the DNR.