Surveys, submitting harvest, are just methods that the government uses to try and appear to be doing something positive for wildlife/bird/fish management. If they were truly serious they would commit the money needed to do aerial wildlife counts every year but they do very very little of those.
I don't believe they use the info at all or very little, that has been proven in WMU where they have increased or decreased harvest numbers when the game numbers do not justify their decisions.
If it makes you feel better to do the surveys and submit harvest numbers, go ahead but you are fooling yourself if you actually think they have much value or are used for anything other than appearance.
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