California 2010-2011 Pig Take Report now on-line

[DFG_Bear]

All,

The 2010-2011 California Wild Pig Take Report (along with previous years' reports) is now available on-line at:
http://www.dfg.ca.gov/wildlife/hunting/pig/takeindex.html.

Enjoy.

Please contact me if you have comments or suggestions for improving next year's report.

-Marc

 

[asaxon]

Conspiracy

I looked over this CA F&G report very carefully and there is no mention what so ever about flying pigs. I know I filled in my tag reporting the flying pig I shot.
http://www.jesseshunting.com/forums...dove-plus-a-5-000-flying-pig!?highlight=shock

As I suspected, it is a giant government conspiracy to cover up the existance of the stealth pigs that are being breed to fight terrorism over seas.

 

[HOGHUNTER714]

DFG_Bear,

Just out of curiousity. Looking at the Annual Take on the chart that was provided in the report. I saw the 2001-2007 Harvest quite a bit bigger than the 2008-2011. Do you think this is due to an increase in pig tags (fees)? I would think not as many people are hunting pigs because of the price hike within the recent years.

 

[ltdann]

I did my part, 3 or 4 of those pigs were mine. yee haw!

 

[BigSurArcher]

I wouldn't be surprised at all if the actual take was triple what those reported numbers represent.

 

[DFG_Bear]

DFG_Bear,

Just out of curiousity. Looking at the Annual Take on the chart that was provided in the report. I saw the 2001-2007 Harvest quite a bit bigger than the 2008-2011. Do you think this is due to an increase in pig tags (fees)? I would think not as many people are hunting pigs because of the price hike within the recent years.

As BigSurArcher alluded to, I pretty much think it's non-response bias. If you look, the overall reported take has decreased over the years since the inception of the pig tag (1993). I think folks just realize that there's no repercussions in the regulations for not reporting. Now with ALDS, we're most likely going to an on-line harvest report here soon, and you might even see it become mandatory. That should get us better in-line with what the actual take is.

 

[spectr17]

We do cellphone harvest reporting in MO for deer and turkey. It's pretty fast, just enter your hunter ID, tag number, county and if buck doe etc. The only drawback is we don't get to hang around the check stations to ogle all the big bucks and gobblers.

 

[boar slayer]

the higher pig take mite coincide with elnino la ninia weather patterns the wetter years produce better habitat more water more pigs dry years less pigs if there is a chart for deer id bet it mirrors the pig chart water is life

 

[DFG_Bear]

the higher pig take mite coincide with elnino la ninia weather patterns the wetter years produce better habitat more water more pigs dry years less pigs if there is a chart for deer id bet it mirrors the pig chart water is life

Assuming equal reporting across years, I'd agree.