i was out digging out my truck today here in clinton county wmu2g.
i was out yesterday to feed the deer in my area alfalfa/corn.
i only got to 1 of our sportsmans feeders and ole sproul got stuck,this has to be worst winter in a longtime.
also i set up my camera and walked the 3 miles to road and hitched hiked home.
left truck there until today then i got help to pull it out,man, woods are nasty.
deer dont have any acorns to eat,only BROWSE.
on my camera i had 4 doe at feeder, 3 big ones and this years little fawn.i said about 4 were coming to avg feeder, I WAS RIGHT ON AND CAMERA PROVED IT.
to my shock these deer all look very healthy, big , fat and sassy.they were even playing around chasing each other.
coats were real nice, no ribs thru sides of deer and real big BUTTS.
i truly was amazed, i expected to see straving deer that the local PGC/DCNR wannabees are telling the kids at schools.[:@]
well, I AM NOT SEEING THAT AND IF I DID, I WOULD BE FIRST TO REPORT IT.
this area is a bad one for habitat also ,not much feed,trees are too big and very little browse.
i now feel that 4 dpsm is too low and i bet we could hold more than that in this nasty winter.
if anyone finds a deer in clinton county that is starving and dead, please PM me or take picture,i want it,i want to see a dead starving deer.
i really belive some people are FIBBING about this,we dont have a overpopulation of deer and they are not starving