Turkey check system

[HillclimberWV]

I get what your saying about the check in system but the splitting of the tags kinda sucks for out of staters with lifetime license. I grew up on the boarder of VA and WV have had a lifetime license since highschool and hunt bear deer and turkey. By splitting the bear out from the other 2 it basically doubled what it cost for me to hunt even with the lifetime license and if they split the turkey i would anticipate it to double again. I will still continue to buy the tags but i don't have to like the price increase.

[WV Flopper]

 As a non res hunter of Virginia, they do have separate tags for turkey. You buy a general hunting license then an additional big game license. This big game license has tags attached too it, separately per game animal. You can only use a turkey tag for a turkey.

Virginia has a Great Call in system! Simplistic, efficient, fast. County of kill, date, male/female, beard length (Slot size), private or public (I think), weapon.

WV started theirs a few years later, not near stream lined or as efficient. But non the less does get the required info for a count, location,  date,  land use, also keeps you riding around trying to find a check in station.

I will add. WV has required a turkey to be "Tagged" before moved from location of kill since I was a kid, a minimum of 34 years ago! It has been required to be checked in (Two different processes) since I was a kid, again 34 years ago.

VA requires your tag to be cut upon kill. You still need to check it in, again, two processes.

Md., Many years ago required a turkey to be check in. I can not remember the exact process as I only bought one license there 31 years ago.

Point being: NO! The check in process has not just began in states because of the population decline. If your state is now just getting on board with this management tool, call it what it is....piss poor management on the states part!

[g8rvet]

I knew some dirtbags that used their Florida doe tags and would put them on and not cinch them.  Get them home and clean them.  If they got caught, cinch them up tight.

It is at least a good step forward.  They screwed the pooch on the bear harvest and have shut it down since.  We are loaded with them in this part of the state.  Could and should have a season on them as well. 

[deathfoot]

As a non res hunter of Virginia, they do have separate tags for turkey. You buy a general hunting license then an additional big game license. This big game license has tags attached too it, separately per game animal. You can only use a turkey tag for a turkey.

Virginia has a Great Call in system! Simplistic, efficient, fast. County of kill, date, male/female, beard length (Slot size), private or public (I think), weapon.

WV started theirs a few years later, not near stream lined or as efficient. But non the less does get the required info for a count, location,  date,  land use, also keeps you riding around trying to find a check in station.

I will add. WV has required a turkey to be "Tagged" before moved from location of kill since I was a kid, a minimum of 34 years ago! It has been required to be checked in (Two different processes) since I was a kid, again 34 years ago.

VA requires your tag to be cut upon kill. You still need to check it in, again, two processes.

Md., Many years ago required a turkey to be check in. I can not remember the exact process as I only bought one license there 31 years ago.

Point being: NO! The check in process has not just began in states because of the population decline. If your state is now just getting on board with this management tool, call it what it is....piss poor management on the states part!

Agreed. Virginia has had a check system for as long as I can recall. Which is a great thing.

Tags are separate but not really. You buy a big game tag and you get deer and Turkey tags. So while you're deer hunting you can shoot a Turkey with your high powered rifle if you wish. Granted there is a hand full of days for that to happen or a few weeks. Depending on the region you hunt. But it can also be done with muzzleloader on a hand few of days or weeks too while sitting in a deer stand. And that is my beef. I've asked the state to do away with rifles for a legal weapon for turkeys but they just won't.

So that's my reason for separating the tags. Separate bear, deer and turkey. It won't happen here. And I see the above comments and they make complete sense. But without separating the tags you have no clue as to how many actual turkey hunters you have. You just have the final check in tally. Which you can see that 36% of the fall kill was by rifle. That also burns me a new one just thinking about it. That's just my opinion tho. And I truly see others points on not separating the tags. But the bear hunters did it..they appear to have a better lobby effort tho.

[Teamblue]

Yes Virginia has a system but it relies in honest, ethical hunters to report in.  An alarming amount of hunters do not. I have run across too many.  There are not enough wardens to keep the masses in check. When they started the earn a buck regulation during deer season. At a gas station I overheard a group of "hunters" bragging about call in checking a ghost doe so they could keep plugging away at bucks.  Without enforcement people cheat. Sadly


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[Tom007]

    I wish New Jersey still had Check Stations. It all comes down to Money. There seems to be less money for everything these days.
   

X10 here. I think they should bring in mandatory check-in back. Call-in, on-line check in makes it easier for the non-ethic hunter to just through it in the freezer and go out and re-use his tag. This is just my thoughts here.....

[deathfoot]

Yes Virginia has a system but it relies in honest, ethical hunters to report in.  An alarming amount of hunters do not. I have run across too many.  There are not enough wardens to keep the masses in check. When they started the earn a buck regulation during deer season. At a gas station I overheard a group of "hunters" bragging about call in checking a ghost doe so they could keep plugging away at bucks.  Without enforcement people cheat. Sadly


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Totally agree. Me and my friend talk about this allll the time. It makes it too easy for the ones not wanting to play by the rules. We often wonder how many does are checked that were never actually killed. And then wonder how many deer in general are killed that are never checked.