#1723242 - 01/13/10 10:12 AM
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I will have to agree with BSK, while it is possible to succesfully reduce the #'s way down to below normal capacity on a piece of property, its not likely in a high density area like Lincoln co. I would guess that if a camera census was done they would find a good population of deer, that now move mainly under darkness or in places the hunters didnt frequent. I could be wrong, this could have been a group of great hunters that truly did kill most of the deer, but after trying it myself a few times, if the Neighbors all around arent doing the same thing, all you do is cause deer on adjoining properties to fill the vacancies to use the better cover/food. Its like an assembly line, when 5 get removed, 6 come in and take their place in many areas, difference is they are hunter wary and move accordingly!
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#1723254 - 01/13/10 10:20 AM
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With the closing of the season, I think buck kill numbers were slightly up; doe kills down, resulting in an overall net decrease in total deer.
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#1723442 - 01/13/10 11:57 AM
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With the closing of the season, I think buck kill numbers were slightly up; doe kills down, resulting in an overall net decrease in total deer.
This is what everybody was saying would happen with the new regs.
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#1723530 - 01/13/10 01:07 PM
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I know there were alot more deer killed in Perry County than what the harvest report says. I would see 5 or 6 fresh kills dumped on side the road every time I would go. Many left with all the meat still on them. A little over 1000 were reported for the whole county. Its hard to believe that 1/10th of all the deer killed in Perry County were killed along a few miles of one road.
Even with all this pressure there is still alot of deer running around my property. Like BSK said, they just become nocturnal. Its amazing how many tracks are on all my roads but you never see a deer some times of the year. They are there, they just arent visible.
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#1723767 - 01/13/10 03:42 PM
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If you think you cant shoot the deer population out you are wrong. Why did we have to restock the countryside with deer the first time?
Deer were nearly eradicated by market hunting, where there were no rules what-so-ever. Night hunting, jack-lighting, no seasons, no limits, almost no forest for deer to hide in (nearly the entire Eastern U.S. was deforested near the turn of the 20th Century, when deer were nearly eradicated), venison legal for sale, etc.
Deer weren't nearly eradicated by sport hunters, they were eradicated by market hunters killing and selling deer to the eastern meat markets by the tens of thousands.
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#1723929 - 01/13/10 06:03 PM
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I know there were alot more deer killed in Perry County than what the harvest report says.
Perry county uses the most paper tags in our region. I have entered a few hundred but there are several hundred more that will be brought in after the season. It will be the end of the month before all the paper tags are entered.
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#1723947 - 01/13/10 06:09 PM
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I know there were alot more deer killed in Perry County than what the harvest report says. Perry county uses the most paper tags in our region. I have entered a few hundred but there are several hundred more that will be brought in after the season. It will be the end of the month before all the paper tags are entered.
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#1724726 - 01/13/10 10:38 PM
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Setterman
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I know there were alot more deer killed in Perry County than what the harvest report says. Perry county uses the most paper tags in our region. I have entered a few hundred but there are several hundred more that will be brought in after the season. It will be the end of the month before all the paper tags are entered. What are paper tags?? And why so late being entered in the system? neever heard of them
The tags we used for eons before the computerized system went into place. I know the GW's I ran into over the course of the season who were aging deer, were using paper tags as well.
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#1725125 - 01/14/10 09:40 AM
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They are not entered because we don't have them. After the youth hunt this weekend, the officers will make a trip to the check stations to pick up all remaining paper tags.
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#1725189 - 01/14/10 10:30 AM
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hpdi200
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I have'nt noticed a drop in sightings this year. Where I hunt there has been doe season for a very long time. As a matter a fact,we saw more deer this year than before.we ,being my son and I took 7 does between us from the same spot,and the last day we gun hunted it,we saw 9 does in the last morning. I think alot depends on where you are ,and the hunting pressure.But then again ,this area we hunt has always been loaded with deer.And the other farm I hunt,the thursday morning of the day we got the snow,I saw 12 does in like 2 hours.Maybe I just got lucky,and have 2 places with alot of deer on it .lol !!!
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