In the WMU's that I'm somewhat familiar with (46, 49, 62) there seems to be an abundance of antlerless deer tags this year. Last year as I recall you couldn't buy a tag to save your soul and everyone was complaining about the lack of tags. This year, almost, to a person everyone I talk to got a tag. Is anyone else finding this to be so or is it just me? If so what's the reason? I'm sure that even though the winter was good and the herd is healthy and growing it couldn't have improved that much in one year. Any thoughts?

One person I talked to suggested that possibly the ministry was reacting to the number of deer/vehicle collisions and complaints of gardens being eaten etc. My reaction to that was; unlikely, when was the last time the Ministry responded to concerns like that? Ohhhh yea, I forgot.... I guess it was 1999 in response to the concerns of the animal rights groups, spearheaded by the Shad Foundation wanting the spring bear hunt cancelled. gg.