Hunting tag validation system that incorporates analysis of an animal sample

A hunting tag validation system that incorporates analysis of an animal sample, consisting essentially of:

• a hunting tag configured to be issued to a hunter of a multiplicity of hunters and comprising a hunting tag identifier that corresponds to a key in a database;
• a harvest report linked to the hunting tag and configured to be completed by the hunter of said multiplicity of hunters when the hunter makes a kill of an animal, the harvest report comprising
• the hunting tag identifier that corresponds to said key in said database,
• a sample collection area configured to
• receive a sample of the animal wherein the sample is blood,
• protect the sample until it is analyzed,
• wherein the harvest report is further configured to be transmitted to a sample analysis service;
• a database comprising a hunting tag record for each of said multiplicity of hunters, said hunting tag record corresponding to the hunting tag, the hunting tag record comprising
• the hunting tag identifier that corresponds to said key in said database associated with the hunting tag,
• authorized kills allowed by the hunting tag;
• and
• a computer coupled with the database and configured to
• receive a harvest sample analysis report from the sample analysis service for each of a multiplicity of hunters that respectively make said kill of said animal, the harvest sample analysis report comprising
• the hunting tag identifier of the harvest report that corresponds to said key in said database,
• a profile of the animal based on analysis of the sample of the animal in the sample collection area of the harvest report;
• retrieve the hunting tag record that corresponds to said key in said database for each of a multiplicity of hunters associated with a respective harvest report in the database;
• and
• compare the authorized kills allowed by the hunting tag associated with the hunting tag record for each of said multiplicity of hunters to the profile of the animal of the harvest sample analysis report associated with said each of said multiplicity of hunters to determine whether the kill of the animal is authorized by the hunting tag associated with each of said multiplicity of hunters;
• an inspection kit configured to be completed by an inspector and comprising
• an inspection sample collection area configured to
• receive an inspection sample of a carcass, associated with the carcass that is part of the animal associated with the harvest report protect the inspection sample until it is analyzed;
• wherein the inspection kit is further configured to be transmitted to the sample analysis service;
• wherein said computer is further configured to
• receive an inspection sample analysis report from the sample analysis service, the inspection sample analysis report comprising
• a profile of the carcass based on the analysis of the inspection sample of the carcass in the inspection sample collection area of the inspection kit;
• compare the profile of the animal to the profile of the carcass to determine whether the carcass is part of the animal killed by the hunter.