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Natural Non- Hrvest mortality rates?
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<blockquote data-quote="BSK" data-source="post: 3641817" data-attributes="member: 17"><p>I agree Wes, IF the goal is to see maximum management effect.</p><p></p><p>However, as I get older, I lean more and more towards a "means testing" view of management. By that, I mean regulation to alter herd conditions (goal oriented management) should be used only when and where it is required; i.e. where current regulations are not correcting a long-standing imbalance. I've become very leery of regulatory changes designed to produce a change simply "because we can."</p><p></p><p>So the question becomes, "Does the state have a long-standing imbalance in the deer herd?" In my opinion, TN as a whole does not have an imbalance in the deer herds. Now without question there are given locations that have problems, maybe even entire counties or clusters of counties, but as a whole, I see no glaring problems with TN's deer herds. In fact, I'm simply amazed at how balanced our herds are in large sections of the state, both in adult sex ratio and buck age structure. Hence, no STATEWIDE regulatory changes are justified.</p><p></p><p>Of course, then the question becomes, "Are there regional problems that could be addressed by localized regulatory changes?" THAT is a very interesting question that deserves consideration and debate.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BSK, post: 3641817, member: 17"] I agree Wes, IF the goal is to see maximum management effect. However, as I get older, I lean more and more towards a "means testing" view of management. By that, I mean regulation to alter herd conditions (goal oriented management) should be used only when and where it is required; i.e. where current regulations are not correcting a long-standing imbalance. I've become very leery of regulatory changes designed to produce a change simply "because we can." So the question becomes, "Does the state have a long-standing imbalance in the deer herd?" In my opinion, TN as a whole does not have an imbalance in the deer herds. Now without question there are given locations that have problems, maybe even entire counties or clusters of counties, but as a whole, I see no glaring problems with TN's deer herds. In fact, I'm simply amazed at how balanced our herds are in large sections of the state, both in adult sex ratio and buck age structure. Hence, no STATEWIDE regulatory changes are justified. Of course, then the question becomes, "Are there regional problems that could be addressed by localized regulatory changes?" THAT is a very interesting question that deserves consideration and debate. [/QUOTE]
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