ORIGINAL: thesource
ORIGINAL: Bill Yox
Remember, this is all from a guy (me) who feels these current deer numbers are more in line to what they should be in most (not all!) areas. Interesting post, Phade.
Interesting opinion, Bill.
You must still be in a good section.
DEC states that 2/3 of WMU are still significantly below target levels. That means they feel that most (not all) areas are not in line where they should be.
While I understand the DEC has reduced DMP #'s, I'd like to know where you got sources on this. 2/3's? That conflicts with the information I have recieved from my multiple DEC contacts.
They've all stated the same thing, and say the WMU's are more along the lines of 10-20% significatnyl under, 10-20% significantly over, and the remainder in the middle within their scope. Every single biologist I've spoken to in the past month from the DEC has stated this with their recent harvest numbers that came in last month.
I'm just curious as to the source of that 2/3's being under? It can't be simply DMP #'s because they lowered all but one WMU this past season....which was mine, 8H.