DesertBull Report post Posted June 6, 2006 COMMISSION APPROVES MANDATORY REPORTING SYSTEM FOR DEER, ELK HUNTERS CLAYTON ? All deer and elk hunters, and furbearer hunters and trappers in New Mexico will be required to report their harvest results or risk losing the ability to participate in the next season's special hunt drawings under a new system adopted by the State Game Commission. The New Mexico Hunter-Trapper Reporting System, approved at the Commission's May 25 meeting in Clayton, will improve the Department's ability to manage the state's wildlife and hunting opportunities. Typically, only one in four hunters returned harvest questionnaires under the old system. Under the new system, everyone who is licensed or has a permit to hunt deer or elk must report the results of their hunting efforts by Feb. 15, 2007. Furbearer hunters and trappers must report their harvest results by March 31, 2007. Reporting harvest results will take only minutes by telephone or the Internet. Details will be attached to licenses and permits, printed in rules and information booklets, and available on the Department of Game and Fish Web site, www.wildlife.state.nm.us . License buyers who do not report will have applications for the following season's special hunt drawings rejected -- including applications in the private-land authorization process. Hunters who miss the deadline can still participate in the drawings if they report their harvest and pay a late fee. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Rembrant Report post Posted June 6, 2006 This is a good thing. It will seperate the men from the boys. Kind of a drunk test. If you can't do this simple thing, you can't hunt next year. AZ should do the same, except if we did, the complainers would have a riot and cry conspiracy!! Mike Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
.270 Report post Posted June 6, 2006 even a bassackward state like nevada has been doin' it for about 30 years. Lark. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
