3-165D Solicitation to Participate - wing from mourning dove

United States Department of the Interior

OMB Control No. 1018-0023
Expires XX/XX/XXXX

FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE
Division of Migratory Bird Management
Branch of Harvest Surveys
10815 Loblolly Pine Drive
Laurel, Maryland 20708-4028
Phone 301-497-5980 FAX 301-497-5981
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Dear XXXXXXX
On the behalf of all supporters of wildlife, thank you for participating in the Harvest Information Program migratory
bird harvest survey last hunting season. The important information you provided helped us to estimate the total
harvest of migratory birds in the U.S.
Because you have already made a valuable contribution, we are asking for your help again this coming season. We
are asking selected hunters to send us one wing from each mourning dove that they shoot during their first 2 hunts of
the upcoming dove hunting season. Volunteering to send us the wings from these birds that you bag will provide us
with more crucial information.
Biologists will examine your specimens to determine the birds’ age and molt status. This information is vital for
helping us better manage our migratory bird resource. For example, the specimens that hunters contribute will allow
us to estimate the number of young-of-the-year birds that were harvested, which tells us how successful the birds
were during the nesting season.
If you will be able to send us wings from the birds that you bag, please provide the information requested below and
return this letter in the postage-paid envelope. Please return it by July 13 so that we can send your postage-paid wing
envelopes in time for the hunting season.
If you have any questions, please call us at 1-800-419-2965 between 7:00am – 4:00pm EST. Again, thank you for
your help.
Sincerely,
Kenneth D. Richkus
Chief, Branch of Harvest Surveys
In accordance with the Privacy Act (5 U.S.C.522a) and the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 3501), please note the following information. This study is authorized by the
Migratory Bird Treaty Act (16 U.S.C. 703 et seq.) The information that you provide will be used for estimating migratory bird hunter activity and harvest in the United States.
It is our policy not to use your name for any other purpose. All names and identifying information will be removed when we compile the results, and only summary information
will be reported. The information is maintained in accordance with the Privacy Act. Your response is voluntary. An agency may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not
required to respond to an information collection unless it displays a current valid OMB control number. The information collection has been approved by OMB and assigned the
clearance number 1018-0023. We estimate that it will take you about 1 minute to read the instructions and check the box at the bottom of the letter. Comments on this form
should be mailed to the Information Collection Clearance Officer, Mail Stop 222, Arlington Square, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Washington D.C. 20240.

_______Yes, I will be able to send you one wing from each mourning dove that I shoot during my first 2 hunts next
year.
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FWS Form 3-165D
Rev 12/10