Originally Posted by
Ridge Runner
well I hunt Hardy county, I live here I work here, I see what game there is on a daily basis. I saw 37 deer this morn from the road between mathias and baker, corns head high so probably 3 times as many were out of sight, then at 8:00 AM I drove up kimsey run, saw 14 between kimsey run dam and the parker hollow rd.
believe the "hard credible data" if ya like, but if we have a failing deer heard, why does an area of a state that had no doe season for 17 years now let ya kill does for almost 5 weeks? whatever, if all ya can do is whine cause ya don't see enough deer go hunt somewhere else, I'll just keep fillin my freezer from where they ain't.
RR
37 deer over a ,what, 8-10 MILE road..that's a FAR cry from your 40 per sq mile ave you believe Hardy has... and 14 from the dam to PHR is about 2-3 miles, so there goes your #s again. and the reason Doe season has been extended was to get the ratio of Bucks to doe back to desirable #s... at about 4/5 to 1....they may get there if more does are harvested,glad you're doing your part, but I don't kill does. I hunt for horns exclusively. I also hunt more land than my friends farm( which was in his family for many generations). I've hunted that County since the 70s' too, Pal... from Moorefield to Perry. the deer are NOT there in the numbers you try to convince folks that they are, and you refuse to accept the States' official numbers and calculations... I know many people in that area who are anti-DNR, and it appears as tho you may be one,but that doesn't change the facts OR the numbers...
last fall, the DNR wanted to stop all feeder activity( and cracked down on 'em the past 2 springs, handing out many tickets for those found operating in Gobbler season).. at the Moorefield meeting, Southern Sates cried that they'd lose too much business if they did that......imagine that...Southern States Co-Op influencing the DNR over feeders....
Noones' whinin' pal, about the lack of deer ..just stating facts backed up by the State DNR. and I'll continue to Hunt on PHR, if for no other reason, than to get together with my best Bud to continue the tradition. He has some nice racks on his wall from his GrandDad and his father, but NONE were taken after the 60s.. altho a NICE 12 pointer was poached( and lost) just 1/2 mile from his home. the outlaws are pathetic in that area, and are losing fear of the Game wardens in the county..they know they're too few and far between to make a difference..but they know whats' going on. They found 12 deer shot with crossbow bolts last year along PHR( mostly on Terra Alta School Rd)...from Aug- Nov... they are hunting from the bed of a p/u truck while moving with a crossbow... no noise.but they lose alot of deer they can't, or don't have time to recover. That's another vreason the deer are hurting there... too many outlaws who'd rather spend their $$ on other things besides meat.VERY FEW people who live there NEED to kill the deer for the meat, VERY few.... they have the lowest un-employment rate in the state....