Kentucky Farm Bureau takes aim at state’s deer population

"Reduce the herd, but not too much"??

Any wonder why the DNRs pull their hair out ?

Not in soybeans deer can clear a good swath of those along with ground hogs.

I remember sitting along the edge of a cornfield one still evening and waiting for a deer to come by. There was a railroad track about forty yards behind me.

After things had settled down from my arrival, I soon began hearing slight noises from the stalks nearby. Watching them closer, I noticed that nearly every stalk had a ground squirrel visiting it, mostly invisible down inside the shuck as it filled its cheeks. They were very busy, stuffing their cheeks then scurrying quickly to the railroad embankment, which was honeycombed with tunnels, only to return for more as soon as they delivered that load. Those chipmunks picked and shelled more corn in the hour or so I sat there than I could have, I'm sure, as they seemed to be working the first few rows at least all the way along that edge of the field.

There was one lone doe that came by after a while, and she did nibble a couple times on ears that were already half exposed by the rodents.

Lots of damage, and one set of hoof prints that "proved" which varmint was the culprit.

With the projected season dates and limits it looks like the have already made some changes.

The state is split in areas and in some areas you could only shoot bucks others you can shot as many does as you purchase licenses for. Some you could only shot does the first weekend of gun. Proposed for next year they opened does all across the state. That is a big change.

This year was record deer harvest and looks like next year will also but probably not after that.