Reporting Methods
E-Tag Users: Take It, Report It, Tag It If You Leave It
E-tag users must report immediately after harvesting a deer, bear, or turkey through the HuntFishNY mobile app. Information about using E-tags is available at Deer and Bear Hunting Regulations and Turkey Hunting Regulations.
Paper Tag Users: Take It, Tag It, Report It
Paper Tag users must report within 48 hours of the harvest (no longer 7 days) using one of these methods:
- Report Online;
- Call the toll-free automated reporting system at 1-866-GAME-RPT (1-866-426-3778);
- Use the HuntFishNY Mobile App.
For information about using Paper Licenses and Carcass Tags, see hunting regulations.
Harvest reporting is the law, and necessary for wildlife management!
Harvest Report Required Information
For All Species:
- The 12-digit DOC # (phone-in reports) or the Customer ID # (internet reports) on your license privilege panel, carcass tag, or back tag
- Your date of birth (you will be asked for 2-digit month, then 2-digit day)
- Location of kill: County, Town, and Wildlife Management Unit
- Date of kill and hunting season
- Sex of the animal
- In addition, you will need:
Deer:
- Implement used in hunt (bow, muzzleloader, crossbow, rifle/shotgun, handgun)
- Season during which deer was taken (regular, archery, muzzleloading)
Bear:
- Implement used in hunt (bow, muzzleloader, crossbow, rifle/shotgun, handgun)
- Season during which bear was taken (regular, archery, muzzleloading)
- Age of bear (adult, cub, unknown)
- Please save the skull or lower jaw for DEC to collect a tooth to age the bear. You will be asked additional contact information of where your bear will be located. DEC will either contact you to arrange collection of the tooth or will send you a packet with instructions for collecting the tooth and a return envelope.
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)
- Turkey's 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.
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 online reporting system.
