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01-10-2002, 09:44 AM
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Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: SE WI USA
Posts: 70
RE: Wis. you've got till 10a.m.
The Deer 2000 recommendations that survived the NRB and legislative review process and will be in effect as administrative code in 2002 include: Deer Hunting Season Framework
1. The early archery deer season will begin the same Saturday as the small game opener which is the Saturday nearest September 15 (this means that the archery season will open a week earlier some years).
2. The muzzleloader deer season will last 10 days instead of 7 with the same start date.
3. The late archery deer season will begin the day after the 9-day gun season instead of the Saturday after.
4. The late archery deer season will end on January 3 instead of December 31.
5. There will be a youth gun deer hunt on a Saturday in late October.
6. Units will have herd reduction regulations if we expect that the normal season framework will not result in a harvest that will get the population to within 20% of goal (note: this is not the same as saying the population is 20% or more above goal); this framework will include making the gun tag either sex, issuing a free antlerless deer tag, and having a late October (southern teachers convention weekend) 4 day gun deer antlerless deer hunt; annual emergency rules, secretary orders and debate on season framework will no longer be necessary.
7. Units which have had 2 or more years of herd reduction regulations and are not expected to get to within 20% of goal with another year of herd reduction regulations will have an earn-a-buck regulation; the earliest this could happen for a unit is 2004; the earn-a-buck regulation would apply to both archery and gun hunting; as before, both an antlerless deer and a buck could be brought into a registration station at the same time as long as the antlerless deer was shot first; a hunter could earn a buck harvest opportunity with any weapon during any season including agricultural shooting permits (e.g. an archer could shoot a doe and earn a buck kill opportunity that could be used with a gun).
8. All metro units will have the same season framework: a 3 week gun season would begin on the Saturday prior to Thanksgiving and continue through the second Sunday in December; the archery season would begin on the Saturday nearest Sept. 15 and continue through the Thursday prior to the gun season, reopen on the Saturday before Thanksgiving, and continue through January 31.
9. Streamlines the herd control season decision making timeline. Zone T unit determination will now be by formula (see 6 above). Zone T units will be presented to the Natural Resources Board in March each year as an information item; however, they have the prerogative of taking action and changing the list of units. There will no longer be: a need for public meetings on Zone T in each affected unit; a need to go to the NRB both in February and April for preliminary and final approval of Zone T units; and as rushed a timeline for developing SAKs and quotas and comparing these to historical harvests for Zone T determination. There will still be a need to hold deer status meetings to talk to the public about herd status, probable quotas and permit levels, and whether herd reduction regulations may be needed, but these do not have to be in every unit (units or counties could be grouped for a meeting). A revised timetable will be developed soon for the SAK/Quota/Permit/Zone T process.
10. State parks in Zone T units would allow authorized hunters to use their either sex tag and free Zone T tag, but would not have the October gun deer hunt. Population Goal Setting Process.
11. The rule adds criteria for goal reviews including hunter access to lands in the unit and ability to keep the herd at goal considering annual recruitment and hunter demand when at goal.
12. The rule establishes tolerable levels of agricultural damage. Four indices will be used including: appraised deer damage losses per 100 overwinter deer; appraised deer damage loses per square mile of land in the deer management unit; appraised deer damage losses per square mile of agricultural land in the deer management unit; and number of claims for deer damage per 100 square miles of total land. Damage is considered intolerable when 2 of 4 indices are greater than 2.5 times the statewide median. When damage exceeds the threshold for 2 of 3 years between unit reviews, especially if the herd was near goal, the goal should be reduced (unless a goal reduction is not expected to alleviate intolerable levels of deer damage). Agricultural Shooting Permit Program.
13. The rule requires farmers enrolled in the WDACP who experience $1000 or more of claimed damage to automatically be issued a shooting permit by February 15 of the following year. This is intended to help prevent additional damage rather than waiting for that additional damage to occur. These farmers will have to meet a harvest objective of 80% of the harvest quota by September 15 to qualify for benefits of the WDACP for the year.
1. The early archery deer season will begin the same Saturday as the small game opener which is the Saturday nearest September 15 (this means that the archery season will open a week earlier some years).
2. The muzzleloader deer season will last 10 days instead of 7 with the same start date.
3. The late archery deer season will begin the day after the 9-day gun season instead of the Saturday after.
4. The late archery deer season will end on January 3 instead of December 31.
5. There will be a youth gun deer hunt on a Saturday in late October.
6. Units will have herd reduction regulations if we expect that the normal season framework will not result in a harvest that will get the population to within 20% of goal (note: this is not the same as saying the population is 20% or more above goal); this framework will include making the gun tag either sex, issuing a free antlerless deer tag, and having a late October (southern teachers convention weekend) 4 day gun deer antlerless deer hunt; annual emergency rules, secretary orders and debate on season framework will no longer be necessary.
7. Units which have had 2 or more years of herd reduction regulations and are not expected to get to within 20% of goal with another year of herd reduction regulations will have an earn-a-buck regulation; the earliest this could happen for a unit is 2004; the earn-a-buck regulation would apply to both archery and gun hunting; as before, both an antlerless deer and a buck could be brought into a registration station at the same time as long as the antlerless deer was shot first; a hunter could earn a buck harvest opportunity with any weapon during any season including agricultural shooting permits (e.g. an archer could shoot a doe and earn a buck kill opportunity that could be used with a gun).
8. All metro units will have the same season framework: a 3 week gun season would begin on the Saturday prior to Thanksgiving and continue through the second Sunday in December; the archery season would begin on the Saturday nearest Sept. 15 and continue through the Thursday prior to the gun season, reopen on the Saturday before Thanksgiving, and continue through January 31.
9. Streamlines the herd control season decision making timeline. Zone T unit determination will now be by formula (see 6 above). Zone T units will be presented to the Natural Resources Board in March each year as an information item; however, they have the prerogative of taking action and changing the list of units. There will no longer be: a need for public meetings on Zone T in each affected unit; a need to go to the NRB both in February and April for preliminary and final approval of Zone T units; and as rushed a timeline for developing SAKs and quotas and comparing these to historical harvests for Zone T determination. There will still be a need to hold deer status meetings to talk to the public about herd status, probable quotas and permit levels, and whether herd reduction regulations may be needed, but these do not have to be in every unit (units or counties could be grouped for a meeting). A revised timetable will be developed soon for the SAK/Quota/Permit/Zone T process.
10. State parks in Zone T units would allow authorized hunters to use their either sex tag and free Zone T tag, but would not have the October gun deer hunt. Population Goal Setting Process.
11. The rule adds criteria for goal reviews including hunter access to lands in the unit and ability to keep the herd at goal considering annual recruitment and hunter demand when at goal.
12. The rule establishes tolerable levels of agricultural damage. Four indices will be used including: appraised deer damage losses per 100 overwinter deer; appraised deer damage loses per square mile of land in the deer management unit; appraised deer damage losses per square mile of agricultural land in the deer management unit; and number of claims for deer damage per 100 square miles of total land. Damage is considered intolerable when 2 of 4 indices are greater than 2.5 times the statewide median. When damage exceeds the threshold for 2 of 3 years between unit reviews, especially if the herd was near goal, the goal should be reduced (unless a goal reduction is not expected to alleviate intolerable levels of deer damage). Agricultural Shooting Permit Program.
13. The rule requires farmers enrolled in the WDACP who experience $1000 or more of claimed damage to automatically be issued a shooting permit by February 15 of the following year. This is intended to help prevent additional damage rather than waiting for that additional damage to occur. These farmers will have to meet a harvest objective of 80% of the harvest quota by September 15 to qualify for benefits of the WDACP for the year.
