Posted: 4/10/2009 6:42:27 PM EDT
| So ,I was told that for 2009 ,there will not be earn a buck except for CWD.Anyone else ?? |
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EAB was probably the greatest thing to happen in our area. I hunt in Marquette County and we have tons of deer. I counted over 100 deer in the corn fields in a 5 mile stretch last week. On Feb 14th I lost count when I hit 125. EAB really forced a lot of Fudd's in our area to actually start shooting some does and it also caused many of them to wait for a bigger buck so they didn't "waste" their buck tag on a fork. Since EAB has been implemented 2 things have happened:
1. We don't have as severe winter browse as we had in the past. Notice I said as severe. We still can't plant maples or apple trees without surrounding them with fencing. Before EAB I counted 53 deer in a 20 acre been field one night. 2. All of my hunting party and the surrounding landowners have shot their biggest bucks ever. EAB really pushed quality deer management up for a lot of folks and it's really paying off. Fortunately I think that even without EAB enough folks in our area have seen the benefits so we should be ok. Within 2 miles, there is only 40 acre parcel that is a brown is down group. Funny thing they constantly complain they never get any big bucks but always take a few spikes and forks. |
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Glad it has appeared to work in your area. There are some areas like yours where the buck/doe ratio is way out of whack, due in part to the reluctance to shoot does. I agree that earn-a-buck in those cases can be a good thing. In the CWD zones, the kill them all attitude seems to have really made a dent.
IMHO Further north in Bayfield County I see the expanding wolf population as a contributing factor in the lower harvest numbers...as well as winter kill. |
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EAB was probably the greatest thing to happen in our area. I hunt in Marquette County and we have tons of deer. I counted over 100 deer in the corn fields in a 5 mile stretch last week. On Feb 14th I lost count when I hit 125. EAB really forced a lot of Fudd's in our area to actually start shooting some does and it also caused many of them to wait for a bigger buck so they didn't "waste" their buck tag on a fork. Since EAB has been implemented 2 things have happened: 1. We don't have as severe winter browse as we had in the past. Notice I said as severe. We still can't plant maples or apple trees without surrounding them with fencing. Before EAB I counted 53 deer in a 20 acre been field one night. 2. All of my hunting party and the surrounding landowners have shot their biggest bucks ever. EAB really pushed quality deer management up for a lot of folks and it's really paying off. Fortunately I think that even without EAB enough folks in our area have seen the benefits so we should be ok. Within 2 miles, there is only 40 acre parcel that is a brown is down group. Funny thing they constantly complain they never get any big bucks but always take a few spikes and forks. +1 ... I also hunt in Marquette county and I hear complaints of "No deer", but I see plenty. |
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I hunt the western part of our state and the 2008 gun season, 9 hunters + 70 acres = 1 doe . It was a great year. 9 hunters on only 70 acres????? I can guess why you aren't seeing any deer. That's crazy. We have 80 acres and we end up shooting at the same deer with only 4 guys. I can't imagine packing that many guys onto only 70 acres. The public land by us doesn't even have that kind of density. |
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I hunt the western part of our state and the 2008 gun season, 9 hunters + 70 acres = 1 doe . It was a great year. 9 hunters on only 70 acres????? I can guess why you aren't seeing any deer. That's crazy. We have 80 acres and we end up shooting at the same deer with only 4 guys. I can't imagine packing that many guys onto only 70 acres. The public land by us doesn't even have that kind of density. You should try some of the public land in Dane county then...talk about PACKED! |