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01-26-2006 | 07:57 PM

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RE: NY do u think we should have a antler restrictions?

Folks,

I do agree with your positions here, I am on the same side as you and do not mean to offend. I am just discussing withyou what we were told by the DEC in meetings with the Catskill Forest Association. I don’t see where we really disagree here. My point is that the herd needs to be brought down to as close to 1:1 to 1:2ratio as possible. By limiting the buck harvest and increasing the doe harvest, this would be possible.

From what I gather the DEC’s point on this process is that many hunters will not support limiting of buck take and it would cause a lot of problems for them. That buck take limits would in fact decrease license sales and thus hunter participation. Hunter are the main methodfor control of the herds populations. With hunter numbers on the decrease, they have to be very careful.

Regarding the birth rates and herd sex ratios, here is a very good study from Westfield State College that gathered data of birthing rates. http://biology.wsc.ma.edu/biology/students/posters/popmodel/deer/

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