RE: IDNR ARCHERY DEER CHECKINS FOR 2002
I was at Crab scouting geese about a month ago. This guy was in the center buying 6 more tags. Note he already had to have a double tag with the bow. Think he was really planning on shooting 6 more? Woudn't you normallly buy 2 more assumining you had a freezer 8 foot long? I'm not a deer hunter but something seems to be wrong with the system there. That ole boy shot a bunch of deer and wanted to be legal on the way out. As far as shooting a deer just for the rack, that is a total waste of wildlife. I feed the herd corn here but is for pure aestetic reasons only. I don't shoot them nor do I let the neighbors until they leave my ground. I am no wildlife or political expert but, don't you think if they would count the permits sold instead of the check-ins that they would get a more accurate count. It just seems that way in this part of the state. Almost all will pay for the permits around here but don't use them unless they have to. You can quarter it up and take it in to the meat lockers at any later date to make your special cuts and sausages and stuff.