Hunter numbers are dropping and it's do to alot of things,less deer being one of them.Is less deer the reason for the 9% drop?Not likely.

HCC,The deer herd did in fact take a huge dive in Treasue lakeafter the winters of 2003 and 2004 and our pellet count surveys back that up.We had a mild winter last year and a great mast crop which brought recruitment back up.Still,we had 120 hunters in there hunting deer this year and only killed 4 bucks and 33 doe.I have all the facts and data since we first dtated studying the herd in Treasure lake.We'll be having another pelllet count and browse impact survey on april 7.the public is welcome to participate so you can come up and give usyour assessment.