ORIGINAL: mlo3135127
I just wanted to say once again that it is impossible for the DEC to know how many deer there are on every square mile of NYS.
Then they have no business allocating tags for harvest. Also, if they don't know they shouldn't be lying to people and saying that they do.
We as hunters of the land should know.
How is it possible for a few random hunters with little to no resources to know something that the DEC with all their money and all their "specialists" and all their resources can't even figure out??
The DEC doesn't step foot on most of the land.
Then they have no business telling anyone how to hunt it or what they can or can't take off that land.
If your deer herd is that bad, hunters from your area should let them know.
We do..........CONSTANTLY.
You know what we hear in response???.........Not only do they dismiss any notion of a diminished herd.......they come right back with "We have population problems all over the state and PLEASE kill more does"
It's like talking to the wall.