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Message: <blockquote data-quote="shorthairman" data-source="post: 227697" data-attributes="member: 6223">I have been following this from the beginning, and being a non-resident I don't have a "dog in the hunt", but if deer numbers are low in ND then I would think you need to have mandatory deer checks to get an accurate harvest number.  Western Nebraska is pretty sparsely populated, not sure how it compares to ND, but fairly similar I would guess so check stations can be made there.  I am definitely not saying Nebraska's system or that NE Game and Parks is better than what ND has, but this is what we have.  All gun shot deer are checked in at a station and information is taken (hell grocery stores that have a willing person to do it and tell the G and P they will check deer in can).  County of harvest, unit of harvest, date of harvest, public or private land, some check stations have Wardens and they age deer for further data and take lymph nodes (diseases I think?).  We only have a 9 day gun season not sure how long ND has.  Then for all archery, muzzleloader, and antlerless only (January season) tags NE has a Tele-check or online check.  Call a number and get an automated system and leave information, or go online and fill it out.  I've done both and each one takes maybe 5 minutes and its 24/7 so you can do it whenever you want.  Yes, people can lie, or not online/tele-check, but I guess G and P hope for the best and they made it as simple as they can on hunters.Anyone wanting to travel for an out of state adventure can look at our Private land River Whitetail Antlerless Only tags.  $70 plus hunting license gets you two doe.  Season is long, we have a lot of doe, and getting permission for harvesting doe usually is not too much of an issue. Also, I noticed a couple of times it was mentioned that some of you know/feel there has been illegal activity with tag useage or misusage...turn the violators in!  The Game and Fish can't do anything if they don't know about it.  If "hunters" brag about killing a deer with a gun and put a bow tag on it and nothing happens it only validates them and in turn more likely to do it again. Sorry so long, I really feel for most of you guys and I now know I take the deer hunting here for granted...</blockquote>

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