1) So what?? With that being the case, shouldn't the number of EAB units and t-zones DROP next year?? Yet the preliminary talk from the DNR is to INCREASE THE NUMBER OF UNITS AFFECTED. Yeah...some success. Also, with all of the EAB units + t-zone in 2004, we should have seen the biggest harvest ever...BY FAR! Unless you're willing to admit the population was not even close to estimates!

2) And what is that in PERCENTAGE terms?

3) I agree that the venison donation programs were finally organized efficiently. So that indeed was a successful aspect of the 2004 season.

4) So I guess since the DNR wasn't even able to come close to their goal of ERADICATION in the CWD zones, it is proving that was an unnecessary, unrealistic goal for the "zone", isn't it?


And it appears that since the DNR has some egg on their faces this year...and some well deserved political pressure...they are finally implementing an audit of the SAK method of estimating deer population, after years of insisting that they just didn't have the money or resources. This of course, even though they had AGREED to do it as part of the Deer 2000 program.

DNR to audit deer population formula