Harvest rates are definitely good to have. Agencies can use them along with recruitment rates to determine what we’re removing/replacing from the land. Recruitment rates give you an idea of of the productivity of the herd. You can also determine an estimate of harvest that could be sustained. Having recruitment along with harvest data can give great insight to upward/downward population trends.
Our goal is not to count all the deer but, for a given area understand and “regulate” a sustainable harvest level.
Honest to goodness this is the best written and logical explanation of why we need game check that I have read or heard anywhere since game check was introduced 👍🏻
Seriously, it makes perfect sense. Maybe Chuck said this same thing and I just blocked it out 😂
