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Originally Posted by Smalls
Look, Brick, there is no room for logic here. :*****:
lmao!
I should have been a little more clear with what I said before. Technically, you are right. The harvest estimates aren't directly related to the HIP numbers. But they still use those in the survey methodology to and the total harvest estimate is still based on the total hunters who complete a HIP. How else do you get to a 2.3 million duck harvest estimate, with a 30.6 ducks per hunter estimate, with only, what, 2000 hunters surveyed, if that?
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That wasnt directed at you by the way but yes they do get the numbers from HIP participants.
I have never been asked to participate in the wing survey and only know of a couple people that have.
Aerial counts:
It would be very very expensive to fly every single body of water that holds ducks and to be able to get the best count, the surveys would have to be done simultaneously with multiple aircraft and thats just not feasible.