Corrections Policy

Hunting regulations and draw-odds data change every year. Outfitter rosters shift, unit boundaries get redrawn, license fees go up. Even when an article is right at the time it's published, it can drift out of date before a hunter relies on it.

This page describes how to report errors and how we handle them.

How to report an error

Send a note via our contact form. Pick the subject "Data correction" so it routes to the right person. Include:

• The URL of the page where you found the issue
• What is wrong (with a quote of the specific sentence or data row if possible)
• What it should say
• A link to the source you used (state wildlife agency, federal land manager, regulation document, etc.)

How we triage

Reports are triaged in roughly this order:

1. Critical — safety, legal, financial. Anything that could put a hunter on the wrong side of a regulation, mislead them about a deadline they are about to miss, or quote a license cost incorrectly. Fixed within 48 hours of verification.
2. Data — draw odds, harvest stats, success rates, unit boundaries. Verified against the source dataset and corrected on the next data refresh. If the issue is in our underlying data files, we update the dataset and rebuild the affected pages.
3. Editorial — tactical advice, gear claims, field reports. Reviewed by a contributing author with relevant experience. Corrected within 30 days, or rebutted with a source-backed reply if we disagree.
4. Typos and minor formatting. Fixed in batches.

How we mark corrections

When we materially change an article after publication, the change is noted as follows:

• The updatedDate field in the article frontmatter is set to the correction date and shown alongside the byline.
• If the correction reverses or substantially alters a previous claim, a brief "Correction" note is placed at the top of the article.
• Underlying draw-odds and harvest datasets are version-controlled. The most recent dataset refresh date is documented on our Data Sources page.

What we don't do

• We don't silently rewrite history. If a previously published claim was wrong, we correct it visibly rather than editing it out.
• We don't accept "corrections" that are really requests to suppress a critical outfitter review or to soften coverage in exchange for any consideration.
• We don't take responsibility for changes published by state wildlife agencies after our last review. If a regulation changes and we haven't updated yet, we still expect hunters to verify with the agency before acting.

Standing disclaimer

See our disclaimer for the authoritative statement about regulatory data and hunter responsibility. The short version: always verify season dates, fees, and rules directly with the state agency before applying or hunting.