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Post by Woody Williams on Nov 21, 2017 18:21:51 GMT -5
Reposting this from the "Harvest" thread... I’ve been posting the deer kill totals every morning for a while Here is how it all shakes out to me… Pre gun archery season total – 2017 – 31,283 (6 more days) 2016 – 26,344 2017 - +4,939 Gun season opening day - - 2016 – November 12; 2017 – November 182017 – 6,049 2016 – 25,231 2017 - Minus 19,182 2ND Day2017 – 11,152 2016 – 12,733 2017 – Minus 1,581 3rd Day2017 – 6,838 2016 – 5,130 2017 – Plus 1,708
4th Day2017 - 4,191 2016 - 3,189 2017 - Plus 1,002 5th Day2017 - 4,285 2016 - 2,304 2017 - Plus 1,981 6th Day2017 - 4,539 (Thanksgiving) 2016 - 1,872 2017 - Plus 2,667 7th day2017 - 5,605 2016 - 1,507 2017 - plus 4,098 8th Day2017 - 5,061 2016 - 3,950 2017 - Plus 1,111 9th Day2017 - 4,379 2016 - 5,238 2017 - Minus 859 10th Day2017 - 1,910 2016 - 2,129 2017 - Minus - 210 11th Day2017 - 1,146 2016 - 1,964 2017 - Minus 818 12th Day2017 - 1,172 2016 - 770 2017 - Plus 402 13th Day2017 - 957 2016 - 2,187 (Thanksgiving) 2017 - Minus - 1,230 14th Day2017 - 1,279 2016 - 2,996 2017 - Minus - 1,717 15th Day2017 - 3,522 2016 - 3,521 2017 - Plus - 1 16th Day2017 - 3,766 2016 - 3,347 2017 - Plus - 419 TOTALS2017 - 65,851 2016 - 78,068 There can be some variance in the numbers as we have 48 hours to register our deer..
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Post by beermaker on Nov 21, 2017 18:40:02 GMT -5
Saturday was rough. I was nearly hit by a falling limb, my best friend was hit (just a scratch, but close to an eye) and I know a guy that had a tree fall directly in front of him. I got down from my ladder stand twice before I finally left for low, open ground. No way I would have went in the woods with a kid.
Saturday made 28 straight years of hunting on opening day for me. I guarantee that more shots during the first "questionable" minutes every year than I heard until 11:00 this year. I think I counted six besides my own two. I did not even go Sunday.
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Post by welder on Nov 21, 2017 22:25:14 GMT -5
Reposting this from the "Harvest" thread... I’ve been posting the deer kill totals every morning for a while Here is how it all shakes out to me… Pre gun archery season total – 2017 – 31,283 (6 more days) 2016 – 26,344 2017 - +4,939 Gun season opening day - - 2016 – November 12; 2017 – November 182017 – 6,049 2016 – 25,231 2017 - Minus 19,182 2ND Day2017 – 11,152 2016 – 12,733 2017 – Minus 1,581 3rd Day2017 – 6,838 2016 – 5,130 2017 – Plus 1,708
4th Day2017 - 2016 - 3,189 5th Day2017 - 2016 - 2,304 6th Day2017 - (Thanksgiving) 2016 - 1872 7th day2017 - 2016 - 1,507 8th Day2017 - 2016 - 3,950 9th Day2017 - 2016 - 5,238 10th Day2017 - 2016 - 2,129 11th Day2017 - 2016 - 1,964 12th Day2017 - 2016 - 770 13th Day2017 - 2016 - 2,187 (Thanksgiving) 14th Day2017 - 2016 - 2,996 15th Day2017 - 2016 - 3,521 16th Day2017 - 2016 - 3,347 TOTALS2017 - 2016 - 78,068 There can be some variance in the numbers as we have 48 hours to register our deer..
Your thoughts? I posted my response on the other thread,hats off to you Woody for the effort you put into this site! Thanks for keeping us updated. |
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Post by nfalls116 on Nov 21, 2017 22:43:10 GMT -5
Thanks Woody
I had no idea rifles would decimate the herd so rapidly.
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Post by Woody Williams on Nov 22, 2017 4:27:07 GMT -5
Updated...
We are approximately 13,114 behind last year.. Thanks to the very low opening day numbers.. |
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Post by barnettbuckbuster on Nov 22, 2017 5:14:09 GMT -5
I believe the low opening day numbers will help the herd i know thats obvious but think itll be better for us in the long run!
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Post by firstwd on Nov 22, 2017 8:25:15 GMT -5
If this year finishes within 20,000 of last year we can say the DNR has been very successful in their efforts in targeted deer reduction.
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Post by chewbacca on Nov 22, 2017 8:49:45 GMT -5
If we can keep harvesting about 1,000 more deer per day for the rest of the firearms season (that's what we've done the past 2 days) then things will shake out and even up with last year. Plus we will likely make some big gains over the next 4 days. However, we will likely lose ground over the last 4 days since that was Thanksgiving weekend last year (like most years). It will be interesting to see how this all shakes out compared to last year with the big differences between this years and last years opening weekends.
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Post by lawrencecountyhunter on Nov 22, 2017 9:21:16 GMT -5
My prediction is final harvest will be around 106k.
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Post by lawrencecountyhunter on Nov 22, 2017 9:22:25 GMT -5
If this year finishes within 20,000 of last year we can say the DNR has been very successful in their efforts in targeted deer reduction. We can say it, but will it be accurate? Especially if harvest is up by 20k in 2018 vs. 2017? |
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Post by firstwd on Nov 22, 2017 9:55:03 GMT -5
If this year finishes within 20,000 of last year we can say the DNR has been very successful in their efforts in targeted deer reduction. We can say it, but will it be accurate? Especially if harvest is up by 20k in 2018 vs. 2017? True. |
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Post by Woody Williams on Nov 22, 2017 10:20:15 GMT -5
My personal opinion is - If we had not had that horrendous opening day, and not such a good Sunday, we would be ahead of last year..
I’d bet half the deer hunters stayed home or quit real early..plus the archery kill was up do more had meat in the freezer and cues to wait for a better day.
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Post by darinfry on Nov 22, 2017 10:33:19 GMT -5
A lot of people talking about deer numbers being down but with opening day being such a bust it really put us in ther hole. Looking at the daily harvests since then though think we will be ok. All the rain we've had a lot of corn fields still sstanding, at least around he re, which I think is hurting us too. If it can dry out and farmers can get these fields picked could be a super muzzleloader season if the weather cooperates. The deer are still there in most parts of the state
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Post by firstwd on Nov 22, 2017 10:53:30 GMT -5
Another thought on the lower numbers is the Park hunts. I heard there was only 40 vehicles go into Versailles the first day and about a quarter of that on the second. I'm not thinking the "new" draw system for the parks worked very well at all.
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Post by deadeer on Nov 22, 2017 12:09:43 GMT -5
Another thought on the lower numbers is the Park hunts. I heard there was only 40 vehicles go into Versailles the first day and about a quarter of that on the second. I'm not thinking the "new" draw system for the parks worked very well at all. Total chaos at Potato Creek! I was in line 1hr20min before getting thru. My stand was near the road, and I got in stad with 2 min till light. I saw trucks flying by at 7:40est. Absolutely no excuse for this. We had a serious talk with the park naturalist about it and hoping the 2nd hunt starts better! |
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Post by jimstc on Nov 22, 2017 12:34:34 GMT -5
As I said in another thread, in my opinion the reduction hunts are a rodeo. I have been to two hunts in prior years and both were no fun. Too many hunters with questionable hunting etiquette. I did not apply this year and won't in the future
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Post by MuzzleLoader on Nov 22, 2017 13:13:05 GMT -5
Went on a park hunt once in Versailles. I thought we were going to get shot. People were everywhere and it wasn’t safe to shoot.
Put on every bit of orange we had and followed the quad guys dragging deer out.
This was years ago maybe it has changed. Never felt so unsafe hunting ever.
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Post by greghopper on Nov 22, 2017 13:40:27 GMT -5
Reposting this from the "Harvest" thread... Is the 2016 info coming from last years thread or the 2016 Harvest report? |
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Post by Woody Williams on Nov 22, 2017 14:01:20 GMT -5
Greg, the 2016 numbers are from last years report.
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Post by greghopper on Nov 22, 2017 14:47:44 GMT -5
Ok.... so the 2017 end numbers will be correct just some days different with 48 hr check in time frame.
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