Since deer are managed by unit data instead of statewide data it really doesn’t mater what the statewide data might be.

The fact is the deer management program is more reflective of reality today then it has ever been in the past. That will result in better deer management for the future as long as the professionals can use the data coming from the deer and their food supplies to guide the management objectives in the future.

The more uneducated hunters and politicians interfere though the longer it will take and the less likely we are to ever having the best deer management possible.

R.S. Bodenhorn