ORIGINAL: BigJohn H
The place I hunt is private owned 34 acres surrounded by 500 acres of private farm land as this is my first year there and based on what I have heard from the folks who live there, it was the worst deer season since the 60's. I am sure that it would support much more than what I saw based on the layout with fresh water plenty of food and places to hide from preditors. Only time will tell, I am going out small game hunting and now that we are getting snow I will look for tracks, just to see what if any survived. It is to bad the DEC guys aren't watching these talks.
THey do, but they rely on credibility developed over time with those they use as credible resources to decide whether to actually listen.
So, case in point, you are basing your opinions on heresay, and people upset, claiming the hunting on the land you are now hunting was worse than the 1960's? Really? Yet you have one season and you're jumping all over that, too?
As a question... Is this farm still in operation? DO they get DDP or DMAP from DEC? I would like to investigate habitat change, not just on this lands, but adjoining lands, too.