Originally Posted by
bluebird2
While poaching is a problem and we should all do whatever we can to stop it , it is not the reason why the herd was reduced in 2G and stopping all poaching in 2G will not result in the herd increasing. Harvests that exceeded recruitment reduced the herd and the only thing that will allow the herd to increase is harvests that are less than recruitment.
no doubt the HR reduced herd but bad habitat is not helping also ,then throw in coyotes WE NEVER HAD and dumb a bears who now like fawn meat do to lack of berries etc do to droughts,no doubt all are reducing the herd.
these coyotes /bears are doing number on fawns,then throw in all dmap tags and doe tags and hunters that just want meat,not sport of it.wonder we have any deer left.
i hate it when i hear locally,I FILLED THE FREEZER AGAIN.
