Hey Chef,
I take offense to this as well, being just south of you. There are regulations in the government that need to be adressed with this issue. While I don't think this particular situation is all that common, many farmers get these permits and have free reign to slaughter deer. I think with these permits the farmers can shoot them out of season as well.
The DNR here as tried to adress this with their "public hunting on private land" program. This gives farmes block permits to issue to hunters on a day to day basis. The crop damage is reduced and hunters get a primo spot...win win situation. However the list of landowners is pretty small.

You should check this site out and post this there too...
http://www.michigan-sportsman.com

They have more than a few DNR C.O.'s that frequent the site and will put these guys under the microscope.

Sorry to hear about your shoulder too. Hope your back to 100% befor October.

Trushot }}------>

Edited by - trushot_archer on 02/08/2003 13:55:11