wingchaser_labs

It may seem the quotas are coming from the private lands but really its coming from both its just that there is so much less public out there and more private with more deer. The DNR doesnt just go out and pick onl private farms and say this is how many deer we have per square mile for htis unit......There really isnt any better way to control the deer of private lands because the public land makes up such a small percentage of land in the units. The only way to do it would be make public land their own units and we all know that with how many small parcels of public there is that is just not possible and would not work. I understand that most public areas are losing their deer numbers and it only seems right because deer arent stupid. They are gonna stay off those public areas when thye can go a half mile and live on a farm where they have a 1 in 100 chance of being shot at and good food sources. I'm not sayin the program is perfect but really there is no better way to deal with all the deer in WI right now. On a whole deer numbers are way higher than they have ever been. I understand how public hunters feel and complain about the EAB system but I dont see to many other ideas bein thrown on the table that can be as effective as a program like EAB. Another problem is just the growing number of indiviuals on public lands. Its just something we all have to deal with on public land. No differnet than duck hunting getting more and more over crowded on public waters or trapper numbers on public lands. More and more people every year means less to go around. Deer hunting in WI has proven to be a huge source of families food income every year so witht he growing number of hunters even without the EAB system I think you would still see a drop in the deer heards on those public lands. More and more hunters looking for meat is gonna mean less and less deer. WCL