Also notable on the very first page was that the original findings that 80% of 2G does survive the hunting season have been further supported by the continued research which was modified to account for the theory that hunters would be less likely to harvest collared deer.

Of course that 80% doe survival probably would be blown away if they followed Doug around

BTW Doug, whats the body count up to these days?


Also noteworthy is the piece about deer contraceptives. It's still basically an impractical tactic for now but it's probably just around the corner and unless hunters step up and harvest more does in areas like 2B, 2A most of the 5's etc it'll come on like a steam roller one day and further erode our percieved value to the non huniting masses.

Cant ignore the huge disparity between hunting pressure on public vs private land in 2G either. Our old buddy Sproul and our other hunting bretheren up that way are obviously accurate when they complain that the public ground up that way gets hit much harder....at least close to the roads.