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Just wanted any of you hunting in WMZ 16 to know that we started registering deer last year and will be doing the same thing again this year in Keswick Ridge at 1132, Rte. 616, just outside of Zealand on Keswick Ridge Road. Actually, this is convenient for us as well as for hunters in the area. We are open 9am until 8 pm weekdays and Saturday and closed on Sundays. Hunters who bag animals and want them registered during times when we are closed can check out registration stations in Millville, Estey's Bridge or Fredericton. In the recent past...many area registration stations had closed due to getting only one dollar for each registration and often, they were staffed by people who weren't into hunting and didn't know a doe from a buck...just worked there and were forced to take the time to register animals. We're fast and efficient in doing the registration for you...probably motivated by the big money we get for each registration...ha, ha!. Last year, we had only one complaint from a local lady who felt we should be open 24-7 because she didn't want to drive the twenty to thirty minutes to another station. This was on Sunday and after her tirade, she came by and registered "her" deer on Monday.I raised the issue of fee paid to registration agents for deer registration with DNR and their response was that if we were willing to take the lower jaw and collect/document biological info from each deer, they would pay us eight dollars extra per deer. Now. they tell us they can only allow one bio-check station in a specified area due to "cost" and their budget.
We found most hunters simply wanted to register their deer quickly and head for home and a hot meal! What do you prefer to do, register quickly or go through the "Bio" process which takes more time?
Just wanted any of you hunting in WMZ 16 to know that we started registering deer last year and will be doing the same thing again this year in Keswick Ridge at 1132, Rte. 616, just outside of Zealand on Keswick Ridge Road. Actually, this is convenient for us as well as for hunters in the area. We are open 9am until 8 pm weekdays and Saturday and closed on Sundays. Hunters who bag animals and want them registered during times when we are closed can check out registration stations in Millville, Estey's Bridge or Fredericton. In the recent past...many area registration stations had closed due to getting only one dollar for each registration and often, they were staffed by people who weren't into hunting and didn't know a doe from a buck...just worked there and were forced to take the time to register animals. We're fast and efficient in doing the registration for you...probably motivated by the big money we get for each registration...ha, ha!. Last year, we had only one complaint from a local lady who felt we should be open 24-7 because she didn't want to drive the twenty to thirty minutes to another station. This was on Sunday and after her tirade, she came by and registered "her" deer on Monday.I raised the issue of fee paid to registration agents for deer registration with DNR and their response was that if we were willing to take the lower jaw and collect/document biological info from each deer, they would pay us eight dollars extra per deer. Now. they tell us they can only allow one bio-check station in a specified area due to "cost" and their budget.
We found most hunters simply wanted to register their deer quickly and head for home and a hot meal! What do you prefer to do, register quickly or go through the "Bio" process which takes more time?