Game and Fish will continue to seek hunter feedback after hunts
This allows Game and Fish to follow up with hunters by providing them harvest surveys in a much more cost effective manner.
Hunter survey coordinator Gail Sheridan said each internet response saves approximately $2.50 compared to sending the survey through the mail.
“This cost savings allows us to continue to provide other services for the public,” Sheridan said. “We will continue to mail out surveys to those that don’t provide an email, but being able to complete surveys using email is a substantial savings and provides use good feedback quickly.”
Each year the Game and Fish conducts Hunter Harvest Surveys to estimate harvest, hunter success and hunter effort. Biologists use this important information as one of their tools to monitor populations, set quotas and season dates.
Sheridan said that even if hunters do not hunt or harvest, their input is important because the license activity is a major factor in Game and Fish annual harvest reports, which includes license holders reporting “did not hunt” or hunters reporting “hunted ‘X’ number of days but did not harvest.”
“Learning how many days hunters are in the field helps us calculate overall hunter effort and the hunting pressure on the various species. This information is a major factor in managing Wyoming’s wildlife,” Sheridan said.
All license holders for moose, sheep, goat, black bear, mountain lion, fall turkey, spring turkey, furbearer, sandhill crane, light goose conservation order are included in the survey process. Because of the volume of antelope, deer, elk, small game, upland game bird and waterfowl license holders, a random sampling of those groups are surveyed so not all license holders will receive a request to complete a harvest survey.
Hunter survey coordinator Gail Sheridan said each internet response saves approximately $2.50 compared to sending the survey through the mail.
“This cost savings allows us to continue to provide other services for the public,” Sheridan said. “We will continue to mail out surveys to those that don’t provide an email, but being able to complete surveys using email is a substantial savings and provides use good feedback quickly.”
Each year the Game and Fish conducts Hunter Harvest Surveys to estimate harvest, hunter success and hunter effort. Biologists use this important information as one of their tools to monitor populations, set quotas and season dates.
Sheridan said that even if hunters do not hunt or harvest, their input is important because the license activity is a major factor in Game and Fish annual harvest reports, which includes license holders reporting “did not hunt” or hunters reporting “hunted ‘X’ number of days but did not harvest.”
“Learning how many days hunters are in the field helps us calculate overall hunter effort and the hunting pressure on the various species. This information is a major factor in managing Wyoming’s wildlife,” Sheridan said.
All license holders for moose, sheep, goat, black bear, mountain lion, fall turkey, spring turkey, furbearer, sandhill crane, light goose conservation order are included in the survey process. Because of the volume of antelope, deer, elk, small game, upland game bird and waterfowl license holders, a random sampling of those groups are surveyed so not all license holders will receive a request to complete a harvest survey.
Gail Sheridan (307) 777-4567
