ORIGINAL: bluebird2
Well then using that goofy analogy explain what happened between the early nineties, when 2G hunters had been harvesting more deer for several year then any time since, that the hunters could continue to sustain those relatively higher harvests but couldn’t sustain even lower harvests for a shorter time period ten years later?
Most people realize that the 52K antlerless tags issued in 2G in 2003 and 2004 were designed to reduce the herd and they accomplished just that . As a result the herd in 2G was reduced from 15 OWDPSM in 2000 to 12 PS DPSM or 8-9 OWDPSM in 2006. There simply is no way 8-9 DPSM can sustain a harvest that a herd of 15 DPSM would produce. It is just that simple and if you weren't so indoctrinated even you might be able to grasp the simple concept of using antlerless harvests to reduce the herd.
Therein lies a large part of the problem. Hunter perceptions that there are more doe license being issued for some units, like unit 2G, then were allocated in the past. Though 52,000 might sound like a lot for a unit it really isn’t. That 52,000 license allocated for unit 2G in 2003 and 2004 equates to 12.64 licenses per square mile.
Here are the years when the allocation for the north central counties exceeded 12.64 antler less licenses per square mile.
Year……………..allocation/sq. mile
1968.…………………16.76
1969.…………………14.25
1977.…………………12.64
1979.…………………12.86
1986.…………………13.68
1987.…………………15.15
1988.…………………15.99
1989.…………………15.94
1990.…………………18.60
1991.…………………16.69
1992.…………………13.06
1993.…………………14.08
1994.…………………13.85
1995.…………………12.52
1996.…………………13.93
1998.…………………13.81
1999.…………………13.85
2000.…………………13.40
2002.…………………18.06
Now the allocations for unit 2G since 2003:
Year………………..2G allocations per square mile
2003.…………………….12.64
2004.…………………….12.64
2005.……………………..7.05
2006.……………………..4.62
2007.……………………..6.32
2008.……………………..6.32
2009.……………………..6.32
Do you still want to try telling everyone that the problem is the allocations have been too high during ANY of the recent years for unit 2G?
Your theories and conjecture just aren’t holding up to what the facts areproving.
R.S. Bodenhorn