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<blockquote data-quote="TboneD" data-source="post: 5875289" data-attributes="member: 15160"><p>So we agree that the Unit L policy isn't working. Whether the Unit L policy matters is an entirely different question.</p><p></p><p>How many counties NOT heavy in bean and corn are in Unit L? With the new recommendation to the commission they'll add more. Let's just look at my county, which is Wilson Co, a couple of cities east of Nashville. We have FOUR separate areas of public land here in Wilson county ( a county with relatively little corn and beans.) So while we still have too many does in towns, their suburbs, and where farms used to be, we also have two WMA's, a state forest, and natural area where hunters ARE allowed to hunt and in much greater numbers, including folks from east TN driving over for the opportunity to shoot does. I met a few of them last year second Saturday of gun season. Surely you get the picture.</p><p></p><p>And what if we have an EHD outbreak? You think TWRA will take a county out of Unit L the year after? So basically the broad brush Unit L policy sends the erroneous message that all of west and middle TN is overpopulated with deer. If there was a black market for venison we might have a problem in some areas since poachers wouldn't feel too bad about killing too many. And those folks obviously aren't gonna check in their does so the harvest totals might not always present an accurate picture. </p><p></p><p>So the Unit L policy basically is there to give folks the opportunity to kill three a day in areas where they might occasionally need to but usually won't. But I'm not for taking that opportunity away from private land managers across the board. I basically just think that there are too many counties in Unit L and public land should never been included. There's a reason why TN is alone on this issue.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TboneD, post: 5875289, member: 15160"] So we agree that the Unit L policy isn't working. Whether the Unit L policy matters is an entirely different question. How many counties NOT heavy in bean and corn are in Unit L? With the new recommendation to the commission they'll add more. Let's just look at my county, which is Wilson Co, a couple of cities east of Nashville. We have FOUR separate areas of public land here in Wilson county ( a county with relatively little corn and beans.) So while we still have too many does in towns, their suburbs, and where farms used to be, we also have two WMA's, a state forest, and natural area where hunters ARE allowed to hunt and in much greater numbers, including folks from east TN driving over for the opportunity to shoot does. I met a few of them last year second Saturday of gun season. Surely you get the picture. And what if we have an EHD outbreak? You think TWRA will take a county out of Unit L the year after? So basically the broad brush Unit L policy sends the erroneous message that all of west and middle TN is overpopulated with deer. If there was a black market for venison we might have a problem in some areas since poachers wouldn't feel too bad about killing too many. And those folks obviously aren’t gonna check in their does so the harvest totals might not always present an accurate picture. So the Unit L policy basically is there to give folks the opportunity to kill three a day in areas where they might occasionally need to but usually won't. But I'm not for taking that opportunity away from private land managers across the board. I basically just think that there are too many counties in Unit L and public land should never been included. There's a reason why TN is alone on this issue. [/QUOTE]
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