Coyote Bounty Reporter smartphone app

You should see a camera screen with the image, zoom controls, and a clear camera button at the bottom. Press the button to take a photo of the coyote.

Important: The coyote should fill the full frame of the camera lens and include the entire animal in the exact location it was killed. Your photo needs to be clear enough so that the DWR can easily identify the animal as a coyote. See the examples below:

Once you've taken a photo, you'll see the following form with the photo embedded. Notice that there are controls to rotate the photo, if you wish. If you would like to retake the photo, tap the trash can icon to delete your existing photo and return to the camera screen.

On the form, enter all the requested information, starting with your first and last name. You should type your name the same way each time you kill a coyote. For example, if you go by Rich, always enter your name as Rich, instead of sometimes entering it as Rick or Richard.

Please note that all form fields, including your Date of Birth, are required. To navigate the date fields faster, click on the month or year in the calendar and use the wheel to scroll to the desired month or year.

Your customer ID number is listed on your hunting or fishing license or on your course completion certificate, if you took the course after May 2018. It is right below your name and is labeled CUST ID (as circled in red below).

Your customer ID is also listed right after your name on the Predator Control Program course completion form, if you took the course after May 2018. (See the example below.)

Important: The customer ID is NOT the same as the registration number printed in the bottom right corner of the course completion form. Do NOT enter the registration number. (It's crossed out in the image below.)

Only after you've entered all the required information, tap the check mark in the bottom right. If you currently have cell service, you will see a Survey Completed pop-up with three option buttons: Send Later, Send Now and Continue this survey. Select the option you prefer. Note: If you select Send Later, your report will be saved in the app outbox.

If you do not have cell service, you will also see a Survey Completed pop-up, but it will notify you that your report has been saved in the app outbox. Tap OK to return to the home screen. Once you have cell service, you will need to open the outbox and finish submitting your report by tapping the Send button in the bottom right corner.

As you use the app, your home screen will begin displaying additional buttons. The Drafts button is for reports you have started but not yet completed. The Outbox button is for reports that you have completed and attempted to submit, but could not be sent due to a lack of cell signal. The Sent button shows the number of reports you have submitted.

You no longer a need to keep a paper trail documenting the coyotes you've killed; however, you still need to ensure that any coyote ears and jaws you submit can be matched to your entries. To do this, either label your samples with the gender and date, or label them numerically in the order you submit them (i.e., your first is 1, second is 2, third is 3 and so on). After you visit a check-in location, start over at 1 again. If you have to save several drafts for different coyotes, make sure you submit them in the order that you killed them. Draft 1 needs to be submitted first, draft 2 second, draft 3 third and so on.