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Game Harvest Reporting

All successful hunters are required by law to report their take of deer, bear, and turkey within 48 hours of kill. You may report via our new online reporting system or call the toll-free automated reporting system at 1-866-GAME-RPT (1-866-426-3778). Beaver trappers may also use these systems to report beaver take and request pelt seals.

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Online Game Harvest Reporting is Now Available!
Click the icon or select the link on the right side of this page to begin your online game harvest report (leaves DEC's website).

To submit your harvest report you will need the following information:

For All Species:

  1. The 12-digit DOC # (phone-in reports) or the Customer ID # (internet reports) on your license privilege panel, carcass tag, or back tag
  2. Your date of birth (you will be asked for 2-digit month, then 2-digit day)
  3. Location of kill: County, Town, and Wildlife Management Unit
  4. Date of kill and hunting season
  5. Sex of the animal
  6. In addition, you will need:

Deer:

  • Implement used in hunt (bow, muzzleloader, rifle/shotgun, handgun)
  • Season during which deer was taken (regular, archery, muzzleloading)

Bear:

  • Implement used in hunt (bow, muzzleloader, rifle/shotgun, handgun)
  • Season during which bear was taken (regular, archery, muzzleloading)
  • Age of bear (adult, cub, unknown)
  • For bears taken in the Adirondack Bear Range, you will be asked to save a tooth or portion of the jaw for DEC to age the bear.
  • For bears taken in the Allegany or Catskill Bear Range, DEC staff would like to physically check the bear and you will be asked additional contact information.

Spring Turkey

  • Turkey's spur length (none, less than 1/2", 1/2" or longer, unknown)
  • Turkey's beard length (less than 3", 3" but less than 7 1/2", 7 1/2" or longer, unknown)
  • Turkeys' weight to the nearest pound

Fall Turkey

  • Please save a leg from your turkey. You may be asked to submit a turkey leg for DEC to age and sex the turkey. Instructions will be provided.

Reporting Beaver Takes:

You may continue to report beaver take by sending or faxing the furbearer possession card or by meeting with an authorized department pelt sealer. There is no change in this method of reporting.

Your harvest data is important to us and to the future of New York's game management.

Note: If you do not have all the required tag information when you attempt to report, you must try again. Reporting your game take is mandatory and is necessary for proper game management. DEC biologists will use this information to determine game harvests and to set future hunting seasons.

You may report take via DECALS by calling 1-866-GAME-RPT (1-866-426-3778) toll-free or via the new online reporting system beginning in October, 2008. The use of the DECALS system for reporting beaver is optional.

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