Fred,they found deer in every area and didn't try to sugar coat the fact that der numbers were lower than they thought in certain areas.They ran out of time because of weather conditions and didn't get to fly over district 9.Deer numbers are certainly down in this area but being it's a huge tangled mess because of a tornado in 1985,I imagine they would have found plenty of deer.In fact,I'd be surprised if they wouldn't have found the highest dd in this area.If anything,not flying over this area hurt their cause so I doubt the reason they didn't fly over your area was because they found no deer.I don't know what part of the Sproul your talking about because they flew over huge areas of it and found deer.You need to go on their website and see for yourself.

You're correct.I do dispise the USP.They're a bunch of misguided clowns that are doing more harm to the hunters of this state by filing a baseless lawsuit.They have nothing to go on.All they keep going back to is theiracid rain theory.Yet,they can't explain why there's decent regeneration inside the exclosures.I guess they feel those fences filter out the acid rain.I heard a guy from the USP speak in this town last year.He wasn't all that radical but the way people acted at that meeting made me embarrased to call myself a hunter.That was the first time I ever felt that way.

I'm not an expert on Clinton county.I do drive through that are several times a year on my way to visit my mother.The habitat that I see when I go through that area is far less than ideal though.