Tagging works in other states and has for decades. Telecheck or computer check has worked for several years. Hunters have kept up with their tags just like they keep up with licenses, driver's licenses, wallets, whatever.

The biggest thing is why are the tags needed? More accurate data? For what? Management?

Fine. But show why that management is needed in Alabama (or any state) before just saying "we're going to tags" or "this is the new X limit."

We have a successful deer "harvest" every season. Hunters are happy, right? We see big bucks killed, smaller bucks killed, does killed or not killed. For all the yammering about "trophy" deer and "money lost in other states" and such, managing for "trophy" bucks shouldn't be and I don't believe is the main goal of the agency.

So what is going to be gained by knowing, with a small +/- percentage, that 219,023 bucks were killed this season? Or that 184,302 does were killed and that may be 10 percent fewer than last year? By looking at the "harvest" totals from 10-15 years in Ohio, what does their DNR see that having tags and specific numbers each season give them?

What is the specific outcome of knowing that data? To manage better? How? By tinkering with doe-buck limits every few years? Or to just have more data?


Trying to learn, not trying to argue.