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ORIGINAL: GMMAT
Another fair question would be....
Do you think deer hunting would be what it is today......if deer didn't have anlters?
I don't think it would. I don't think thats shallow, sad, etc....just the way it is. They'd still be fun to hunt. We'd just see (IMO) less outfitters.....less taxidermists......less dollars being generated through license sales (both in and out of state)......which would result in more liberal seasons (due to low number sof hunters).
Check your state's harvest reports for buck:doe harvests. I truy believe that there are hunters who would stop hunting them if they had no antlers.
Wisconsin
Archery
72627 antlerless 40081 antlered
Rifle
253622 antlerless 137278 antlered
Come again????
WI should be proud. Let me show you some number
Buck tags purchase in MI 2006 734,332
Antlerless tags purchased(Hunter can have up to 3 Private land permits)316,669
190,000 Antlerless 20% or male fawns(estimate 38,000) Leaves 126,669 tags not used
265,711 Antlered
16 DMU did not have antlerless permits.9 in UP other 7 in NLP. SLP(were over populatio is) was open.
All other MI DMU are over goal or pretty dang close. With some being 105% over goal like Jackson County.
We can not get enoughhunters to shoot does. The SLP is reaching a point DNR isgoinghave to do something[
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They did, this year almost all DMU in SLP are open to speacial Antlerless hunt. Will see what happens, MY DMU is under goal
