I am license exempt. I only hunt land owned by myself. My point was the license exempt or licensed hunters I see as doing nothing for the herd, only the Dept...which is fine. Maybe it will help. I was referring to the number of exempts (people reaching age 65) as growing. They may call in and say exempt instead of using their lifetime license number. But as I said, no big deal.
I think I have a grasp of what you are saying. If the person has a lifetime license and also gets a H.E.L.P. Number the Gamecheck program should put the 2 together.
Along that line... Director Sykes also talked of a unique Conservation ID number that would be assigned to each hunter. This will likely not come about until next year, but it will be much like a drivers license number, but for hunters. It would be a unique 6 digit number for each hunter that would follow that person for their lifetime. This number would make GameCheck easier and make finding the number of hunters in the state easier.
I appreciate your patients with my dumb@$$. The problem is I have gotten trucks or equipment stuck, and I ain't talking a little bit stuck, for 5 consecutive days now. So, my wife banned me from all that for today and I have too much time on my hands. So, put it in dumb@$$ terms that I can understand: What's the ultimate goal? How was this goal decided on?
Another explanation: I have some medical stuff coming up for me and a family member an won't be able to attend a meeting between the 2 of us be laid up.
Ultimate goal: Get better data to better manage Alabama's Natural Resources.
"Ultimate goal: Get better data to better manage Alabama's Natural Resources." is a noble goal! However, the path to get there should not be through force and punishment to comply, period. EDUCATE, EDUCATE, EDUCATE!!! Running out and putting on seminars about the beauty and wonder of a forced system could be the same effort in educating the public on how to manage the resource through voluntary efforts.
Also, will any outside "consultants be used to analyze the data that is gathered? If so, who will those "consultants" be?
