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12-20-2006 | 06:30 AM

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Len in Maryland

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From: Baltimore Maryland USA

RE: Weird deer

Dave:

Actually my son (now 15) has shotabout 20 deer with a bow. So far this year he's shot 5 with a bow. His first4 times out resulted in 4 successes, then reality hit him when he came away empty a few times.

One day I shot 5, but limit myself anymore to 2. Gutting dragging, processing and finding homes for more than 2 a day is just too tough at my age. What many don't understand is the number of deer we can take here in Maryland. There are even locals who don't understand why I shoot so many. There are many reasons. First, we can do it legally and ethically. Then there are needy families that I supply with meat. The property owners let me hunt because they want the deer numbers reduced. Deer management is another reason.

In fact, I've taken out 2 bucks lately that needed culling. One had a horrific rack and was 5-6 years old. The other was a spike that was 8 years old. Then, of course, was this "Weird deer" that I just took out of the gene pool. This was not intentionaldeer managementbut the results were good. On the one property that I hunt (20 acres surrounded by State Park) there are several more old spikes and a few piebalds that we want to cull.

Thank you, Dave, for helping to explain the problem we have with sharing pictures and information. It is a shame we have to limit our communication/expertise/test results. A lot of people could really benefit from the information we collect.

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