re: Louisiana Game Harvest Survey

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how is this different than the HIP cerfification that I fill out every year?

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The HIP certification is the foundation for the federal (USFWS) waterfowl harvest surveys. Every migratory bird hunter is supposed to register with HIP, we send the USFWS the names and addresses of everyone that registers, and they use that database to select a sample of migratory bird hunters to receive the survey.

This is the Louisiana Big and Small Game Harvest Survey. From a database of ALL hunting license holders (not just migratory birds), a 6% sample is selected to receive the survey, and it asks about all species ..... deer, turkey, hogs, rabbits, etc.

This current study is comparing the harvest estimates we get from that 6% random mail-out to the estimates from an e-mail sample. If they are the same (like they were for the 2015 Waterfowl Hunter Survey), then we can consider scrapping the mail-out survey and save a lot of money (your money).