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Post by Woody Williams on Jan 31, 2018 18:21:23 GMT -5
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Post by firstwd on Jan 31, 2018 18:50:39 GMT -5
Quick, someone send this to the City of Bloomington.
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Post by greghopper on Jan 31, 2018 18:57:23 GMT -5
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Post by Deleted on Jan 31, 2018 19:05:15 GMT -5
How does one find a list of participating properties to gain access? I just see a sign up for property owners.
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Post by beermaker on Jan 31, 2018 19:05:45 GMT -5
I hope this works better than "Hunters Helping Farmers."
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Post by whitetaildave24 on Jan 31, 2018 20:35:04 GMT -5
I contacted one of the coordinators weeks ago. He then gave me the name of the person in charge in my area. Her name is Megan Dillon. Contacted her and the response I received was to sign up for the hunters helping farmers, which I do every year anyway. Don’t know what the difference is with this.
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Post by greghopper on Jan 31, 2018 20:40:08 GMT -5
I hope this works better than "Hunters Helping Farmers." What leads you to think HHF program isn't working? Because no one has called you? Do tell....
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Post by span870 on Jan 31, 2018 20:42:40 GMT -5
Did I take this wrong? I read into it that this was for groups of people, ie a non profit or for profit company.
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Post by span870 on Jan 31, 2018 20:44:26 GMT -5
I hope this works better than "Hunters Helping Farmers." What leads you to think HHF program isn't working? Because no one has called you? Do tell.... I'd be interested to know how many people actually got a call from this program. I would say it doesn't work just because I can't imagine there are farms that have problems finding people to hunt if they so want. Guess what I'm saying is I can't imagine there is that big of a need.
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Post by duff on Jan 31, 2018 21:16:54 GMT -5
I have to agree. I bet it is 1% of the hunters were called. I did hear of a few getting called but for the most part land owners are not looking hard for hunters.
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Post by arlowe13 on Jan 31, 2018 22:04:42 GMT -5
I'll hopefully be gaining some insight on this program soon. My dad is in the middle of the process to become a CHAP hunt coordinator.
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Post by beermaker on Feb 1, 2018 5:40:40 GMT -5
I hope this works better than "Hunters Helping Farmers." What leads you to think HHF program isn't working? Because no one has called you? Do tell.... Because I have not heard of anyone being contacted. Do you know of any participants?
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Post by greghopper on Feb 1, 2018 7:11:40 GMT -5
What leads you to think HHF program isn't working? Because no one has called you? Do tell.... Because I have not heard of anyone being contacted. Do you know of any participants? Yes I seen a thread on this site or another in the past where some folks had been contacted.As someone already stated the key point his how many farmers actualy signed up that needed hunters on their land. If any amount of Farmers signed up and they all get Hunters to hunt their land I say the program is a sucess...IMO "Hunters Helping Farmers is a service provided by the Division of Fish & Wildlife that makes lists of hunters (willing to harvest antlerless deer) available to landowners that have difficulty finding hunters to hunt on their property. While the list is available, signing up does not guarantee placement with a landowner."
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Post by Woody Williams on Feb 1, 2018 7:56:29 GMT -5
I'll hopefully be gaining some insight on this program soon. My dad is in the middle of the process to become a CHAP hunt coordinator. Please fill us in when you now more about it... Thanks
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Post by arlowe13 on Feb 1, 2018 10:45:10 GMT -5
I'll hopefully be gaining some insight on this program soon. My dad is in the middle of the process to become a CHAP hunt coordinator. Please fill us in when you now more about it... Thanks The on-site training is today at the Bloomington DNR field office. Last he heard, he was the only person going through the training. I will have more info tonight, hopefully.
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Post by arlowe13 on Feb 1, 2018 21:25:55 GMT -5
Only a few insights I've learned...
-There are only a few CHAP coordinators in the state (less than 5). There have been ZERO CHAP-coordinated hunts conducted yet (last year was the first year of CHAP).
-The coordinator is responsible for "selling" the hunt to the community partners (parks, homeowners associations, and other land managing entities).
-The DNR provides the list of hunters signed up for the Hunters Helping Farmers to the CHAP coordinator. Then it is up to the coordinator and community partner to vet the hunters available and willing to participate.
-All hunts will be held during regular deer seasons. The hunters must have valid deer tags for the season in which the hunt occurs.
-The CHAP coordinator and community partners can set "rules" for the hunt (weapons, sex of deer targeted, etc...)
-The DNR is modeling their program after other states' similar programs.
The bottom line, from what I can tell, is that this program has been started in preparation of more and more urban areas becoming overrun with deer. The DNR wants part of the pie that these private sharpshooter groups are getting paid for. It will be an uphill battle for the CHAP coordinators to get hunts approved, but there is monetary incentive to be the best salesman they can.
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Post by tynimiller on Feb 2, 2018 9:16:11 GMT -5
The bottom line, from what I can tell, is that this program has been started in preparation of more and more urban areas becoming overrun with deer. The DNR wants part of the pie that these private sharpshooter groups are getting paid for. It will be an uphill battle for the CHAP coordinators to get hunts approved, but there is monetary incentive to be the best salesman they can. This is precisely as I envisioned the direction it goes and I can think this could be a huge success for non-urban zone areas which see increased deer issues in/along agricultural practices but inside city limits. I may research the program sometime as I know of a few localized cities where the "topic of deer" has been brought up at meetings some.
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Post by greghopper on Sept 11, 2018 19:51:06 GMT -5
Only a few insights I've learned... -There are only a few CHAP coordinators in the state (less than 5). There have been ZERO CHAP-coordinated hunts conducted yet (last year was the first year of CHAP). -The coordinator is responsible for "selling" the hunt to the community partners (parks, homeowners associations, and other land managing entities). -The DNR provides the list of hunters signed up for the Hunters Helping Farmers to the CHAP coordinator. Then it is up to the coordinator and community partner to vet the hunters available and willing to participate. -All hunts will be held during regular deer seasons. The hunters must have valid deer tags for the season in which the hunt occurs. -The CHAP coordinator and community partners can set "rules" for the hunt (weapons, sex of deer targeted, etc...) -The DNR is modeling their program after other states' similar programs. The bottom line, from what I can tell, is that this program has been started in preparation of more and more urban areas becoming overrun with deer. The DNR wants part of the pie that these private sharpshooter groups are getting paid for. It will be an uphill battle for the CHAP coordinators to get hunts approved, but there is monetary incentive to be the best salesman they can. Any New information you can share ? Has your Dad formed a group yet?
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Post by arlowe13 on Sept 11, 2018 19:54:21 GMT -5
Only a few insights I've learned... -There are only a few CHAP coordinators in the state (less than 5). There have been ZERO CHAP-coordinated hunts conducted yet (last year was the first year of CHAP). -The coordinator is responsible for "selling" the hunt to the community partners (parks, homeowners associations, and other land managing entities). -The DNR provides the list of hunters signed up for the Hunters Helping Farmers to the CHAP coordinator. Then it is up to the coordinator and community partner to vet the hunters available and willing to participate. -All hunts will be held during regular deer seasons. The hunters must have valid deer tags for the season in which the hunt occurs. -The CHAP coordinator and community partners can set "rules" for the hunt (weapons, sex of deer targeted, etc...) -The DNR is modeling their program after other states' similar programs. The bottom line, from what I can tell, is that this program has been started in preparation of more and more urban areas becoming overrun with deer. The DNR wants part of the pie that these private sharpshooter groups are getting paid for. It will be an uphill battle for the CHAP coordinators to get hunts approved, but there is monetary incentive to be the best salesman they can. Any New information you can share ? Has your Dad formed a group yet? Nothing new, no. I think the program stalled out a bit because of lack of community support and willingness to try it out.
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Post by urbandeerhunter on Oct 19, 2018 8:09:14 GMT -5
Any New information you can share ? Has your Dad formed a group yet? Nothing new, no. I think the program stalled out a bit because of lack of community support and willingness to try it out.
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