RE: Mass deer numbers
Just found this online:
FINAL 2006 ALL SEASON DEER SEASON FIGURES
MassWildlife Deer Project Leader Bill Woytek reports a total of 10,479 white-tailed deer taken by licensed hunters during the combined 2006 seasons. Additionally, 117 deer were taken during the Quabbin Reservation hunt. The statewide harvest combined with Quabbin was 10,596. By season, the total breaks down to 8 deer taken during the special season for paraplegic sportsmen, 3,385 taken by archers, 5,603 taken during the shotgun season and 1,482 taken during the muzzleloading season.
Woytek noted that 2006 was another record year for archery with a 7% increase in all but two WMZs, saying, "Archery is an important management tool in suburban areas where deer densities are higher and firearms discharge and other local bylaws are in place." However, he points out that there was an overall decrease from 2005 during the shotgun and muzzleloader seasons, with poor hunting conditions due to lack of snow cover throughout most of the state during those seasons. In addition, fewer antlerless deer permits were issued in 10 of the 15 Wildlife Management Zones (WMZ), as reduced deer densities in many WMZs meet MassWildlife"s goals for those zones.
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