Georgia Hip License Dnr
Georgia Hip License Dnr Registration
The Migratory Bird Harvest Information Program (HIP) is a method your state wildlifeagency and the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS) use to generate reliableestimates of hunting activity and the number of all migratory game birds harvested throughout thecountry. These estimates give biologists the information they need to make sound decisionsconcerning hunting seasons, bag limits, and population management.HIP went nationwide in 1999, replacing the previous program that onlysurveyed hunters who bought a. However, many migratory bird hunters were excluded from that previous program because they didn't hunt waterfowl. HIP allows us to survey samples of all migratory bird hunters.If you hunt ducks, coots, geese, brant, swans, doves, woodcock, rails, snipe, sandhill cranes,band-tailed pigeons, or gallinules, you are REQUIRED to participate in HIP.
To comply withHIP, first you must identify yourself as a migratory bird hunter and provide your name, address,and date of birth at the time you purchase your license-something most hunters do already. Youmust do this in every state in which you hunt migratory game birds.Second, you must have proof of your participation in HIP with you whenever you hunt migratorybirds in that state.
The state wildlife agency will provide you with a card, stamp, or other proofof participation when you sign up.In addition, when you sign up for HIP, you will be asked to voluntarily answer several questionsabout your hunting experience during last year's season. Your answers to these questions are notused to compile harvest estimates, but are simply used to identify what types of birds you usuallyhunt. This allows the USFWS to mail its surveys to the appropriate hunters. For example, mostsurveys about dove harvest are sent to hunters who hunted doves the previous year, while most waterfowlharvest surveys are sent to hunters who usually hunt ducks and/or geese.Most of the HIP sign-up methods rely on the state hunting license vendors to ask hunters theappropriate HIP questions. If you plan to hunt migratory game birds, please make sure thatthe license vendor asks you the HIP questions and gets you signed up for HIP.Some states may charge a fee to cover their costs of administrating HIP, but the USFWS will notmake any money from the program.
HIP is strictly to gather information and is not a means ofraising money for conservation programs.HIP uses two types of surveys to generate hunter activity and harvest estimates.
That is correct.DNR website:The Georgia Migratory Bird Stamp is required for ALL migratory bird hunters (doves, ducks, geese, woodcock, snipe, coots, rails, or gallinules), even if a hunting license is not required. This stamp is how Georgia participates in the federal Harvest Information Program (HIP). Some licenses allow the license holder to get the Georgia Migratory Bird Stamp at no cost. The Georgia Migratory Bird Stamp is only valid for a single season (March to February). Hunters must obtain a new Georgia Migratory Bird Stamp each season. A federal Duck Stamp is still required if hunting duck.