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Post by drs on Aug 15, 2012 8:43:16 GMT -5
Nobody seems to know for sure, but it's apparently too many for the state. ......Or too many for the Auto Insurance Companies......
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Post by Deleted on Aug 15, 2012 10:56:28 GMT -5
Dep permits are issued do to too many complaints about crop losses, not because of too many deer statewide. They deal with localized problems and offer help during the growing season. Statewide, it's a very small number of permits issued.
And it's a myth that insurance companies control DNR strategies. Doesn't happen. Why would it when insurance companies profit from vehicle claims and increases in premiums.
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Post by HuntMeister on Aug 15, 2012 13:20:50 GMT -5
Dep permits are issued do to too many complaints about crop losses, not because of too many deer statewide. They deal with localized problems and offer help during the growing season. Statewide, it's a very small number of permits issued. And it's a myth that insurance companies control DNR strategies. Doesn't happen. Why would it when insurance companies profit from vehicle claims and increases in premiums. +100 Hasn't this thread about run beyond its usefulness?
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Post by megadadof3 on Aug 15, 2012 17:57:27 GMT -5
actually this thread has plenty more people that could answer the original question and deviate from that
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Post by kannapelw on Aug 17, 2012 9:37:50 GMT -5
In the areas that I hunt I dont see near the deer that I seen 10 years ago and I'm twice the hunter that I used to be. I still kill as many as I need, but hunt 50 times a year. There are some areas that have more deer than others. My county and surrounding counties are all 8's. There are less deer in Crawford, Perry, and Orange counties then there was 10 years ago. I dont believe we have over 500,000. We are way more efficient then we were 10 years ago and the equipment is so much better. Deer vehicle collisions are up because we have more roadways and way more drivers. Its really not that hard to do the math. I see alot less deer now when I hunt more and I am more profecient. I know in the northern counties the harvest numbers have went up, which means they have more deer. My surrounding counties have went down, which means we have less deer. Trust me we have not lost that many hunters. Most everything around me is state or federal land and I see hunters by the truck loads drive past the house. There are alot of night I take the kids out and we film the local bucks and give them names. I used to see 100-200 deer nightly under the spotlight with the kiddos. They loved it. There are still deer around, but I might only see 50 -100 a night. EHD hurt the deer bad a few years ago. I found 5 on two differnt properties, so hard telling home many died in the county.
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Post by Woody Williams on Aug 17, 2012 10:00:24 GMT -5
There are enough to hunt that is for sure.
Take that from a deer hunter that has seen feast and famine.
The first year I deer hunted I saw 6 deer total - all season.
Now if a deer hunter dont see 6 every sit they think that they had a bad hunt. Enjoy what you have....and be thankful for it..
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Post by 25fthigh on Aug 17, 2012 11:11:12 GMT -5
Very thankful for the animals and deer that I do see although the numbers aren't what they used to be. And then to hear that the state feels it nessisary to reduce the herd even more. Makes me wonder where things will be in ten years.
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