ORIGINAL: MassBowhunter
ORIGINAL: jf5
1. I hunt pulic land in MA.
2.Any additional information on what is available would be great. While my state does well to give info on public access, habitat composition, and other general info. Additional info would be nice. (Approx DPSM figures, past figures,more specific harvest data,and otherresearch findings)
3. Info published by state agencies in print or online. Map reading and other "homework". Word of mouth.And off course, legwork.
4. Info is very good usually, but could be more. (See #2)
jf5, I see that you mentioned more specific harvest data. Are you talking about the deer harvest numbers? If so Mass Wildlife has pretty specific info on their site year by year, season by season, zone by zoneas well as historical harvest numbers.
Here are some links.
2001 Deer Harvest Summary -- A series of tables providing a break down of deer taken in 2001 (Posted March 11, 2002)
2002 Deer Harvest Summary -- A series of tables providing a break down of deer taken in 2002 (Posted March 25, 2003)
2003 Deer Harvest Summary -- A series of tables providing a break down of deer taken in 2003 (Posted April 21, 2004)
2004 Deer Harvest Summary -- A series of tables providing a break down of deer taken in 2004 (Posted March 21, 2005) [align=left]
Historical Deer Harvest Summary -- A table summarizing harvests by season from 1966 to 2004. [/align]
Thanks MA Bowhunter. I have seen this data, and am happy that MA supplies it. Don't get me wrong, I think MA supplies good data. But, I still would like to see DPSM figures that the biologists estimate for DMZ's. Harvest info is great, but its very general. And with zones varying greatly in size and hunting pressure, its only a snapshot of the big picture.
Also. When deer are checked, other info is collected that is not published. Wether the deer was taken on public or private land. What town it was taken in. What times the deer where harvested. I would like to see all that info as well. Current harvest in Zone 11 is impressive. But how much of that is on puclic land with shotgun??
Again, I think MA does a great job with what we have, so I am not knocking them. But in a perfect world, I would love to see that additional data.
Thanks again,
JF5