The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources launched an electronic deer registration program for select hunters across the state with the opening of the 2014 archery season September 13. Approximately 200 hunters in each county were selected to participate by having the option to register their harvest in person, on the phone, or online. Electronic registration will be available to all hunters next year.

Department of Natural Resources launches electronic deer registration pilot program for select hunters this fall

We hope in-person registration stations do continue on, to allow a place for people to gather and talk about hunting, and keep the tradition alive.

For the 2014 hunting seasons, select hunters will have new options for registering their deer harvest.
Approximately 200 hunters in each county in the State of Wisconsin were selected by the Department of Natural Resources to participate in the electronic deer registration pilot program.
The selected hunters have the option to register their harvest by using their DNR customer ID and date of birth on a specially set-up State website, or by calling a game registration phone number. The program will be open to all hunters in 2015.
Assistant Big Game Ecologist Melinda Nelson, from the DNR, said electronic registration was one of the recommendations in the deer trustee report, which was released in 2012.
"We spent a good part of last year coming up with a process for implementation," Nelson said. "Wisconsin is one of the only states in the Midwest that doesn't use electronic registration for deer."
Nelson said the DNR wants to provide ease for hunters, as well as cost savings. By going paperless, Nelson said the DNR will save on printing materials and metal tags, and hunters won't have to travel to register their deer.
"Hunters will be able to register their deer moments after the harvest," she said.
Using any internet-connected device, including mobile phones, hunters can use the Wisconsin DNR harvest registration website to quickly and easily register their deer.
"We're going with the rest of the group," Nelson said. "We visited the Minnesota DNR, who recently went to electronic registration. They love it. I believe if they were given the choice to go back to in-person registration only, they wouldn't do so."
A total of just over 14,000 hunters across the state were selected to participate. Nelson said the selection was mostly random, but the DNR targeted individuals who consistently register deer each year.
"We want to get the best sample possible," she said.
Nelson said the DNR will be looking at all collected data, including compliance, how well the system works, and how many hunters took the electronic option versus in-person registration.
"We're also doing a meat-locker pilot program where we'll see how biological data measures up to information provided by hunters," she said.
After the deer hunting seasons have concluded, selected hunters will be sent a questionnaire asking specific questions about the e-registration experience and how it can be improved. Nelson said the DNR will also collect information regarding weather conditions, date of harvest, land type, and animal information.
Deer and Elk Ecologist Kevin Wallenfang said the responses from hunters will be invaluable in helping create the most efficient and hunter-friendly system possible.
Only the individual hunters selected will be able to register deer electronically. Nelson said the DNR has a list of those selected, and only those people will have access to the system with their customer numbers and date of birth.
Upon registering a harvest, hunters will receive a confirmation number, which they will then be required to write on the carcass tag.
"We're notifying meat processors and others that electronic registration is being used and not all deer will have metal tags," Nelson said. "The deer has valid registration if the confirmation number is written on the tag attached to the deer."
Deer must be registered no later than 5 p.m. the day after the harvest for archery, or by 5 p.m. on December 1 for the nine-day gun season.
Wisconsin is in its third year of electronic registration for turkeys.
In 2013, there were 635,165 licensed hunters for the gun deer season, and 266,573 licensed hunters for the archery season.
Nelson said this pilot program is meant to work out the kinks and check data.
"When electronic registration is opened up to all hunters, in-person registration will still be available," she said. "Anyone can set up a laptop or land line at their business to register deer. We hope in-person registration stations do continue on, to allow a place for people to gather and talk about hunting, and keep the tradition alive."

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