The poaching issue with telecheck has been studied. We argued this years ago. There is no evidence that telecheck leads to an increase in poaching or deer not being checked in.

When I was in KY, there was an assumption of 10% of the deer killed were not checked in. I don't know if Indiana has a similar assumption but regardless, it can be looked at as a constant from a management standpoint. Therefore, it can be ignored. If we had a true deer census, then it might have to be looked at more closely.

As far as #s of deer per hunter, I have n ot seen recent numbers for Indiana. But here are the numbers for Ohio, a reasonably similar state.



Here it is by percentage.



According to this website, there were 500,000 deer hunters in Ohio.
Ohio Deer Hunters

That means a 30% success rate.