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Post by Woody Williams on Sept 18, 2006 13:54:09 GMT -5
How about it, jcervid?
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Post by cambygsp on Sept 18, 2006 15:24:56 GMT -5
My opinion has ALWAYS been that our deer biologist have a pretty good estimate on our deer population. It's also my opinion that they don't advertise that number for a variaty of reasons.
1. Less conflict with insurance companies
2. Less conflict with farmers
3. Less conflict with the hunting public
Insurance companies and farmers want FEWER deer, the hunting public wants MORE deer.
It's a "No-Win" argument for our IDNR....lets keep it just the way it is, seems there are plenty of deer for anyone that wants to hunt them.
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Post by mbogo on Sept 19, 2006 5:30:02 GMT -5
The DNR's harvest goal for most states, including our own, is usually around 20% of the total population every year. Keeping in mind that this goal is rarely actually achieved, one could estimate that there is at least 600,000 + deer in Indiana and probably more than that( 20%= 1/5, 5 x 125, 000 = 625,000).
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Post by js2397 on Sept 19, 2006 9:23:54 GMT -5
The carrying capacity in the Midwest is 12 to 20 deer per square mile. This translates to 12 to 20 per 640 acres or at most 1 per 32 acres. There are 36, 420 square miles in Indiana for a carrying capacity of 437,040 to 728,400 deer in the state. That is also assuming every acre in Indiana is capable of holding deer. Including all of the major cities. i say we are near carrying capacity for the state and if we want to have a better herd we need to shoot more does.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 19, 2006 12:50:44 GMT -5
The carrying capacity in the Midwest is 12 to 20 deer per square mile. This translates to 12 to 20 per 640 acres or at most 1 per 32 acres. There are 36, 420 square miles in Indiana for a carrying capacity of 437,040 to 728,400 deer in the state. That is also assuming every acre in Indiana is capable of holding deer. Including all of the major cities. i say we are near carrying capacity for the state and if we want to have a better herd we need to shoot more does. Interesting way to look at it. However, there are some areas of the state that are not loaded to carrying capacity and there are some that are way over. The NRA's hunting magazine published a nationwide map last year that showed deer densities in each county of the US. There were a few counties in Indiana (including Franklin County, where I hunt) that showed in bright red as having more than 45 deer per square mile. Some other areas, Tipton County for instance where there is very little cover for game, were less than 10 per square mile. I would guess that averaged out over the whole state, we would probably be at or near your figure of 12 to 20 per square mile. I am really enjoying this thread. There have been some very interesting posts. |
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Post by dbd870 on Sept 19, 2006 13:31:23 GMT -5
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Post by hotshot on Sept 19, 2006 14:16:35 GMT -5
Up here in North East IN, the adjoining Ohio counties have much fewer deer than we do. Ohio areas are more densly farmed, leaving smaller sancuary areas for deer. They are there but much smaller densities that we have. I think and this is an opnion mine alone with no data other thatn being on the look out all the time... Those numbers are awfully low for Indiana.
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