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Post by js2397 on Apr 5, 2007 8:03:44 GMT -5
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Post by Woody Williams on Apr 5, 2007 8:21:54 GMT -5
The buck harvest was down quite a bit though. The buck harvest was down quite a bit though. Last year was the latest that gun season can come in so the rut was winding down considerably. No surprise to me on the decrease in number of bucks. With the late guns season the early archery season was longer so of course there numbers should go up too. The age shift for the bucks is there, but it is really more apparent in the adult does where 62% of the does taken were 2 1/2 and up. We are killing a lot more does and their age shift is better than the bucks that some are trying to protect. Hmmm? |
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Post by oneshot on Apr 5, 2007 8:40:52 GMT -5
Thanx
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Post by solohunter on Apr 5, 2007 8:43:32 GMT -5
Looks like we were 6th in deer killed.....  Solohunter |
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Post by js2397 on Apr 5, 2007 12:51:26 GMT -5
Looks like the harvest was 50-50 for the first time.
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Post by swilk on Apr 5, 2007 13:08:45 GMT -5
I guess I missed it ... where is does it say the number of 2.5 or older deer killed? I see adult and I see fawn. If these are the only criteria listed then "adult" must be considered anything older than a fawn ...... 1.5 or older not 2.5.
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Post by js2397 on Apr 5, 2007 13:44:29 GMT -5
middle of page 6
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Post by swilk on Apr 5, 2007 13:53:00 GMT -5
Got it. Thanks.
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Post by greghopper on Apr 6, 2007 4:38:44 GMT -5
The early archery season harvest of 25,962 deer comprised 21% of the total harvest and was 14 % greater than the 22,844 harvested in 2005...The combined archery seasons yielded 27,418 deer, an increase of 13% from the 24,210 harvested in 2005. The firearms season harvest of 80,661 deer, which was 5% less than the 84,664 deer harvested in 2005 and comprised 64% of the total harvest...antlered harvest (36,095) decreased 10% from last year's total of 40,104." Interesting, because if you ask OBR opponents, they will tell you that the buck harvest is only "transferred" from archery hunters to shotgun hunters...more holes in the arguments against OBR.  |
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Post by pbr on Apr 6, 2007 5:41:41 GMT -5
Greg,
Do you think there is an outside chance that the late start of the gun season (almost post rut) and the EXTRA week of early bow season might have had something to do with "transferring" some of that kill back?
One more week on early bow season is a 20% gain in time and opportunity to kill more deer and we had a 14% gain in kill.
Hmmm?
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Post by hornharvester on Apr 6, 2007 6:08:47 GMT -5
Greg, Do you think there is an outside chance that the late start of the gun season (almost post rut) and the EXTRA week of early bow season might have had something to do with "transferring" some of that kill back? One more week on early bow season is a 20% gain in time and opportunity to kill more deer and we had a 14% gain in kill. Hmmm? pbr, I'd say you nailed on the head!  ;D ;D |
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Post by dbd870 on Apr 6, 2007 6:44:25 GMT -5
Sound likely to me pbr.
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Post by mbogo on Apr 6, 2007 8:50:41 GMT -5
How about the other 4 years when the percentage was much higher in the other direction? Archery kills comprised 23% of the total harvest in 2001 and last year was the first year since then that it has broken 20%. Coincidently, last year was the first year that bonus doe tags were allowed to be used in early archery and that the statewide limit of 4 bonus does was removed.
One also must take into account that the archery harvest figures quoted were for total archery harvest, not the antlered archery harvest. Not surprisingly you failed to do the math and provide that figure, which happens to only be about 1000 more bucks than last year. Antlered archery harvest remains much lower than that of pre-OBR years while the firearms antlered harvest remains much greater.
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Post by tmarsh83 on Apr 6, 2007 10:10:34 GMT -5
Fantastic post mbogo...
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Post by indianahick on Apr 6, 2007 23:03:14 GMT -5
Personally I see two things here. One natural progression in the deer herd. Secondly the increase in the doe age means that hunters no longer want to use an antlerless tag on a button. Does are more prevalent and it is easier to get a decent sized one.
What you do not believe in the natural progression of the herd? Just call a few insurance representatives about deer involved auto accidents.
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Post by solohunter on Apr 7, 2007 8:02:11 GMT -5
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;D ;D 
