A lot of negatives in there.
Less hunters or less deer is the question.
A lot of negatives in there.
Less hunters or less deer is the question.
Indeed. It's not due to the bag limits being too low.
I'm going with less deer. That's less deer for the hunter during hunting season. There are a lot of crop damage, deer permits and I don't believe there numbers are included in these figures. I've got a friend who hunts almost exclusively using crop damage permits from the landowners. He only bow hunts, so he can get in and out without anyone knowing. I'm almost positive, he said he doesn't have to record his kills.
Jim Smith
I know a guy here in Carroll that killed 65 deer last year crop damage. I don't know if he is supposed to check them in or not but I would bet they are supposed to be counted some how.
Yes, crop damage deer are *supposed to be* checked in also.
Yeah. Gotta wonder what license sales looked like this year. Time spent afield also. Outside of early season bow hunting, I have a hard time buying the acorn/mast crop theory. Deer that are being pushed tend to move pretty darned well.
And you would think they'd end up in someone else's crosshairs when pushed and shot by another hunter.
They simply weren't around this year.
At least not in the Hereford Zone.
I'm going with less deer. That's less deer for the hunter during hunting season. There are a lot of crop damage, deer permits and I don't believe there numbers are included in these figures. I've got a friend who hunts almost exclusively using crop damage permits from the landowners. He only bow hunts, so he can get in and out without anyone knowing. I'm almost positive, he said he doesn't have to record his kills.Jim Smith
I was skunked this year but I didn't hunt too hard either. My buddy took two out of my woods this year... there were plenty of signs and plenty of sightings, just never saw any when it counted.