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<blockquote data-quote="7mmWSM" data-source="post: 5784120" data-attributes="member: 17342"><p>We had a lease that joined Ames on the south side. If you didn't see 40-50 deer an evening then deer weren't moving. I remember seeing 21 bucks on opening day one year. But very common to see up to 8 bucks at every sitting. </p><p>I think the biggest reason our deer numbers are down is TWRA. They let you hunt til the end of March and beg the farmers to get depredation permits to shoot deer all summer. In Fayette and Hardeman counties I've heard friends say the GW's are calling them trying to give permits for the extended season. Now in CWD zone for every 2 does you get tested you get a buck tag. And a positive buck gets you another buck tag. Not only are you then wiping your bucks and does out your doing away with next years fawns as well. I know a guy here that's killed 4 bucks so far with 3 alone this week. Instead of TWRA helping us they're hurting us. Instead of office people telling us what to do I'd rather have boots on the ground type people like us all have a say so and not treated as sit down and shut up type of person they want. </p><p>As far as Ames goes in my opinion. It's was mostly self inflicted. Management wanted doe numbers killed down to almost nothing. Now any buck is legal. Over time all that ads up. CWD ain't killing the deer out. TWRA is. I'm telling you it ain't all gloom and doom like some want you to believe. We still kill mature bucks. So what if one test positive for CWD? CWD may have been around for 30 yrs who knows? They just started testing. I'm sure all of us in that area have eaten plenty of them. Truthfully I find less dead deer than I did before it was brought to our attention. Ask TWRA how many dead deer have they found that died from CWD???</p><p>Sorry for the rant. But I feel like the state has let this get out of hand. For those of y'all that believe it then that's fine. I'd just quit hunting if I were you. More deer for the rest of us to enjoy.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="7mmWSM, post: 5784120, member: 17342"] We had a lease that joined Ames on the south side. If you didn’t see 40-50 deer an evening then deer weren’t moving. I remember seeing 21 bucks on opening day one year. But very common to see up to 8 bucks at every sitting. I think the biggest reason our deer numbers are down is TWRA. They let you hunt til the end of March and beg the farmers to get depredation permits to shoot deer all summer. In Fayette and Hardeman counties I’ve heard friends say the GW’s are calling them trying to give permits for the extended season. Now in CWD zone for every 2 does you get tested you get a buck tag. And a positive buck gets you another buck tag. Not only are you then wiping your bucks and does out your doing away with next years fawns as well. I know a guy here that’s killed 4 bucks so far with 3 alone this week. Instead of TWRA helping us they’re hurting us. Instead of office people telling us what to do I’d rather have boots on the ground type people like us all have a say so and not treated as sit down and shut up type of person they want. As far as Ames goes in my opinion. It’s was mostly self inflicted. Management wanted doe numbers killed down to almost nothing. Now any buck is legal. Over time all that ads up. CWD ain’t killing the deer out. TWRA is. I’m telling you it ain’t all gloom and doom like some want you to believe. We still kill mature bucks. So what if one test positive for CWD? CWD may have been around for 30 yrs who knows? They just started testing. I’m sure all of us in that area have eaten plenty of them. Truthfully I find less dead deer than I did before it was brought to our attention. Ask TWRA how many dead deer have they found that died from CWD??? Sorry for the rant. But I feel like the state has let this get out of hand. For those of y’all that believe it then that’s fine. I’d just quit hunting if I were you. More deer for the rest of us to enjoy. [/QUOTE]
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