Larry Dablemont on telecheck

[tjm]

ah, the social media self confessors

[Quillback]

6 hours ago, Johnsfolly said:

Did you get any of the guys that brought in a cold deer with rigor mortis at 10 am opening morning saying that they shot it that morning?

I have a friend in the MDC and he told me that in the first year of the phone telecheck manned by live people that they caught hundreds of folks that checked in "does' that were actually bucks simply by asking how many points did the deer have. if you answered with a number they came to your house.

That is downright funny!  That being said, I'm in the kill as many as you can camp.  Monday on the way back from Table Rock had two does run across the road in front of me, maybe 50 feet in front, there was a third one that stopped at the road edge, probably would've hit that one if she had followed the others across.  This was on the edge of the Pea Ridge battlefield which doubles as a deer sanctuary.  They really need to have a hunt on that property, there's always deer on the side of the road every time I drive by on my way to fishing.

[Terrierman]

I do my share to kill a few every year.  I'd rather eat venison than beef.  It's not hard to stay legal these days.  Write me down for a fan of tele check, landowner tags and bonus doe tags.  I was checked at the house about 20 years ago.  The agent was not intimidating, but was intimidated to be met at the door by me and a big black lab who was not a fan of getting the door knocked on by a stranger after dark.  He was very polite.  The agent.  The dog was only more or less polite.

[MoCarp]

7 hours ago, Johnsfolly said:

Did you get any of the guys that brought in a cold deer with rigor mortis at 10 am opening morning saying that they shot it that morning?

I have a friend in the MDC and he told me that in the first year of the phone telecheck manned by live people that they caught hundreds of folks that checked in "does' that were actually bucks simply by asking how many points did the deer have. if you answered with a number they came to your house.

I never checked one, but a guy was busted for that, they take the temp of the deer in the eye, they can tell how long since it died, pretty accurate from what I remember.

1 hour ago, tjm said:

our county didn't have a college, not sure there were any firemen other than volunteer- but they had 8 or 10 check stations

it may have been all volunteers idk and the stores may have donated the parking lots to attract business, but the talk was that tele-check was going to save  $50-$60 per year or $millions, I can't recall.

Point is, Do you believe the MDC  (or any alphabet company) can see over the phone lines or the computer at the library that you are checking in a doe with six legs and three antlers or six turkeys instead of one? Do You believe I should do all my telechecking after dark so they can't see the color of my coat isn't the right shade of orange? Should we all invest in tin hats?   

 

I think they should use all the tools at their disposal, it would be foolish for them not too

the memories of those checking station days.... kids getting their 1st deer totally awesome...best was when a guy's wife brought in a huge deer 12 point,  looked like a elk it was so big, she was giddy, her hubby came in not 30 min after she did and saw the polaroid of the monster buck and chit himself!!! this was in the early 90's before many had cellphones, he was happy for her but clearly disappointed he didn't shoot it,  to this day its the biggest deer I ever saw,

as a note the biggest deer came from irrigated corn areas, lots of bucks 8 points and up.... worst was oak timber I guess they don't get as much to eat...people that came in were pleasant and friendly why not? they just filled a tag

[MOPanfisher]

I remember working as a volunteer at check stations, it was always entertaining.  I have zero problem with them using legitimately obtained data to make a case or at least trigger a Vista or call.  My first deer I was I think 11 or 12.  Check station guy definitely didn't believe I had killed it, and asked me to show him on a map where I killed.  He'll I was a kid and couldn't read a map for nothing, but once he helped me locate the town and then our farm it was easy.  Farm tagged too, with information written on a piece of cardboard from a cracker box and rid on with a string.  By the time he had listened to my story, complete with kid excitement, and an explanation of my hand loads for my Marlin .30-30, all he really wanted was for me to leave.  Again simply following the rules makes it pretry easy, though there are time it is "trying at best", late sunday evening kill, check station closed at 6 pm, quick call to the game thief number who informed me the check station was open until 8 pm.  Took a few tries to explain that I was currently sitting in the dang parking lot and the place was definitely closed.  They then went with the, "sir this number is reserved for reporting of violations", back then I was a little more prone to getting loud and went into full "it's gonna be a darn violation if you don't figure how I can get the thing checked in".  30 miles later at another check station a very grumpy hillbilly finally got it checked in.  I personally love telecheck.

[MOPanfisher]

Another quick check station story from college days, volunteering at a check station in Diggins MO.  Lady came in with a nice buck, she was very nicely dressed, nice shoea, not a speck of dirt or blood, hair brushed etc.  We made a note of her information and gave it to an agent about 30 minutes later, he looked at it and laughed.  Said I know that individual very well, she killed that deer probably 2 hours before bringing it in, because there was NO WAY she would come into town looking less than put together, said she would change clothes before getting into an ambulance if necesaary.  There is value in knowing the people in your area.

[tjm]

5 hours ago, MoCarp said:

I think they should use all the tools at their disposal, it would be foolish for them not too

Question again do you believe they can see over the phone lines or that they can see through a simple cell phone call? Your guy obviously does. 

[MoCarp]

18 minutes ago, tjm said:

Question again do you believe they can see over the phone lines or that they can see through a simple cell phone call? Your guy obviously does. 

one; he's not "my guy"...two; see through a cell call? data is data, like where and when you make the call, pretty simple no? as far as looking at you through the cell phone camera? if it is possible, its beyond anyone at the MDC's pay grade,

[Seth]

4 hours ago, MOPanfisher said:

30 miles later at another check station a very grumpy hillbilly finally got it checked in.  I personally love telecheck.

Same here. Check stations were great until the closest one shut its doors and forced us to have to drive about 30 minutes out of our way to check in our game. Telecheck is wonderful!

[Johnsfolly]

6 hours ago, Seth said:

Same here. Check stations were great until the closest one shut its doors and forced us to have to drive about 30 minutes out of our way to check in our game. Telecheck is wonderful!

I enjoyed seeing other hunter's deer at the check in station. The telecheck is so covenient. I have a friend that shoots big bodied deer. He telechecks at the recovery site if he has signal then he often quarters the deer to get it back to his truck.