#1763232 - 02/03/10 04:54 AM
Re: Michigan Signs With QDMA
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Locksley
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interesting
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#1763304 - 02/03/10 06:17 AM
Re: Michigan Signs With QDMA
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I second that!!
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#1763895 - 02/03/10 10:44 AM
Re: Michigan Signs With QDMA
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Tree Tramp
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#1764228 - 02/03/10 01:20 PM
Re: Michigan Signs With QDMA
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The QDMA has been providing assistance and advice to the MI DNR for years.
They have different problems in MI than we Southeastern States do, in that they have nearly as many hunters as deer. Bag limits alone won't solve buck over-harvest problems there, just as they didn't for PA. PA had to go to more drastic measures to increase buck age structure, and parts of MI have done so as well. Plus the northern sections of MI, especially the UP, have real concerns over winter-kill (it must be fatored in to the harvest equation, unlike southern state which experience virtually no winter-kill).
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#1766208 - 02/04/10 06:56 AM
Re: Michigan Signs With QDMA
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Coach
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Loc: Pall Mall, TN and Dexter, MI
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Deer license sales by year:
* 2004 1,706,953
* 2005 1,566,336
* 2006 1,549,207
* 2007 1,544,043
* 2008 1,604,027
* 2009 1,567,557
And there are roughly 1.35 million deer. So, Michigan has more hunters than deer..
One thing that is not accounted for is that in Michigan many people buy a license and go to deer camp for one week. It's a tradition and for the most part they are there to bond with their buddies and hunting is not primary. This is the only time they are in the woods all year and one of the days is to travel to camp and one to travel home where the following day they will be back in their suit in their offices.
The weekend warriors are also license buyer and they have two weekends to hunt as a rule. In Michigan the season opens Nov 15 regardless of the day that falls on and closes on Nov 30. This group is also lucky to take a deer since these two weekends are the only time they are in the woods all year and it's usually public land.
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#1767389 - 02/04/10 04:46 PM
Re: Michigan Signs With QDMA
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mike243
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Coach how much is the lic for a resident there now? ,mike243
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#1767434 - 02/04/10 05:12 PM
Re: Michigan Signs With QDMA
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Wes Parrish
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On another thread
http://www.tndeer.com/tndeertalk/ubbthre...&gonew=1#UNREAD
there was discussion regarding whether we in Tennessee were getting "our money's worth" with what some think is a high license cost.
Compare the deer hunting in TN to Michigan.
We have somewhere between 5 and 15 deer living in Tennessee per hunting license sold. Our rifle (not limited to shotguns or muzzleloaders) deer season is one of the longest in the U.S. Then we have 2 full weeks of muzzleloader rifle deer season on top of that. Not to mention, we have a 3-buck limit, and hunters in the northern part of the state don't have to compete with wolves for the deer (like they do in northern Michigan).
Deer license sales by year:
* 2009 1,567,557
And there are roughly 1.35 million deer. So, Michigan has more hunters than deer..
In Michigan the season opens Nov 15 regardless of the day that falls on and closes on Nov 30.
But they do allow "baiting" in Michigan, and most hunters still don't kill a deer.
Counting my blessings . . . . . .
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#1767450 - 02/04/10 05:23 PM
Re: Michigan Signs With QDMA
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Double-D-Team
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X - 2 Just maybe they have something there? I don't Know...
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#1769513 - 02/05/10 05:42 PM
Re: Michigan Signs With QDMA
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Bob S
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Loc: Saginaw, Michigan
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Deer license sales by year:
* 2004 1,706,953
* 2005 1,566,336
* 2006 1,549,207
* 2007 1,544,043
* 2008 1,604,027
* 2009 1,567,557
And there are roughly 1.35 million deer. So, Michigan has more hunters than deer..
Also, the last time I was in a meeting with DNR Big Game specialist Rod Clute, Michigan had between 1.7 and 1.8 million deer, pre-season, not 1.35 million.
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#1769520 - 02/05/10 05:45 PM
Re: Michigan Signs With QDMA
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Bob S
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But they do allow "baiting" in Michigan, and most hunters still don't kill a deer.
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