Originally Posted by
dougl
The numbers needed to come down drastically.I kill a pile of deer every year on public land and really have no problems doing it.I don't see dozens of deer a day like used to be common but they aren't hard to find if you understand what they need and when they need it.I'm not complaining about a lack of deer and I'll continue to shoot as many as I can until I see good habitat with few deer.To dater,I've yet to see a place in the northcentral part of the state that had good habitat and few deer.I see alot of places with poor habitat and few deer and letting the herd increase in those areas would be just plain stupid.
I don't Hunt the Northcentral part of the state so I can't say what the habitat is. I hunt the Southeast and the Northeast/Pike co and Suskie co. I know they fenced in many spots to do their Deer damage study. Most of them fences are no longer up.
Hatchet Jack