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Post by buddylee on May 18, 2011 21:56:48 GMT -5
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Post by 76chevy on May 19, 2011 5:15:45 GMT -5
watching the seminar now
the Purdue forestry folks have a very different view of the whitetail deer--many feel the deer are just a pest that eats their young timber stands
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Post by tenring on May 19, 2011 8:47:09 GMT -5
Was informed a couple of weeks ago by the owner of a farm that is my main deer hunting spot, that there was 18 deer using his alfalfa field as a supper table. As this field is the main stay for his beef cattle through the winter, which is a good part of his yearly income, and cost him a lot of money to establish, his view of deer is some what different than the norm of antler worshipers. He likes to see a few deer on his property as he feels that it is just part of being a land owner, but when it gets into his pocket book, the "pest" question comes into play. A couple of years ago, a neighbor of his stopped by one evening to tell him that he had just counted 40 deer in his alfalfa field and thought he should know about it. That was the year he got only one good cutting for the whole year. They seems to be going more noctural the last few years, and it's getting a bit harder to implement population control in that particular area. YMMV
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Post by tickman1961 on May 19, 2011 13:45:48 GMT -5
The above is why they have depredation permits, and personally I see no problem with farmers using them.
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