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What is wrong with East Tennessee?
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<blockquote data-quote="TheLBLman" data-source="post: 3869957" data-attributes="member: 1409"><p>There is no single answer to the question of why are deer densities so relatively low in East TN vs. the rest of TN.</p><p></p><p>But the reasons include ("generalizing" here, as localized exceptions abound) in order of significance:</p><p></p><p>1) Poorer habitat that cannot support as many deer</p><p></p><p>2) More deer hunters</p><p></p><p>3) More poachers (my opinion, may not be fact)</p><p></p><p>4) Different attitudes among East TN hunters vs other hunters (not saying this is good or bad, just part of why there are fewer deer).</p><p></p><p>5) Greater predation from bears and household dogs. Assume the coyotes are widespread west to east, but there are more roaming dogs in most of East TN simply because rural houses are more numerous, i.e. the rural human population is denser in East TN.</p><p></p><p>6) "Simplified" Statewide Regs that allow for the same number of deer hunting days in East TN as in all of TN. While the "antlerless" deer limits are considerably less, we still have the same annual 3-buck limit in Unicoi County as we have in Henry County. Certainly not an "apples-to-apples" comparison, but for the sake of comparison, East Kentucky has less than half as many gun-hunting days as East TN, and those East KY hunters have an annual buck limit of one, compared to our three.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TheLBLman, post: 3869957, member: 1409"] There is no single answer to the question of why are deer densities so relatively low in East TN vs. the rest of TN. But the reasons include ("generalizing" here, as localized exceptions abound) in order of significance: 1) Poorer habitat that cannot support as many deer 2) More deer hunters 3) More poachers (my opinion, may not be fact) 4) Different attitudes among East TN hunters vs other hunters (not saying this is good or bad, just part of why there are fewer deer). 5) Greater predation from bears and household dogs. Assume the coyotes are widespread west to east, but there are more roaming dogs in most of East TN simply because rural houses are more numerous, i.e. the rural human population is denser in East TN. 6) "Simplified" Statewide Regs that allow for the same number of deer hunting days in East TN as in all of TN. While the "antlerless" deer limits are considerably less, we still have the same annual 3-buck limit in Unicoi County as we have in Henry County. Certainly not an "apples-to-apples" comparison, but for the sake of comparison, East Kentucky has less than half as many gun-hunting days as East TN, and those East KY hunters have an annual buck limit of one, compared to our three. [/QUOTE]
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