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Adams,CentralFarmland
Thefollowingquestions(numbers3to6)wereonlyaskedofindividualswhoindicatedthattheyhuntinthisunit.
Section1:Informationaboutwhoprovidedtheinput.
3.InthisDMU,whattypeofdeerhuntingdoyoudo?
4.Howmanyyearshaveyouhunteddeerinthisunit?
5.Whichstatementbestdescribeswhereyoudeerhuntedinthisunitlastseason?
1.Doyouownmorethan5acresinthisDMU?
2.Whyhaveyouchosenthisunittoreferenceinthisform?
TheonlinepubliccommentformistheprimarymeansbywhichCDACsreceivefeedbackontheirpreliminaryrecommendations.Whilemanyoftheresponsescanbeaggregated,theresultsshouldnotbetreatedasrepresentativeofthegeneralpopulation.Inmostcases,resultsareskewedtowardsmoreavidhunters.Furthermore,smallsamplesizeswithineachcountyprecludestatisticalinference.Rather,thisinputshouldberegardedsimilarlytothatofinpersonorwrittentestimoniesgivenataCDACmeeting.
Yes:No:
Iliveinthisunit:
Ihuntinthisunit:Ivisitthisunitfornonhuntingpurposes:
Generalinterestinthisunit:
Gun:Bow:
Crossbow:Muzzleloader:
Average:Maximum:
ExclusivelyPrivateLand:MostlyPrivateLand:
PublicandPrivateLandAboutEqually:MostlyPublicLand:
ExclusivelyPublicLand:
formsweresubmittedforthisunit.
Ididnothuntinthisunitin2016:
6.Howcrowdedwithotherhuntersdidyoufeelwhilehuntingonpubliclandinthisdeermanagementunit?
Section2:Perceptionsaboutthenumberofdeerintheunit.
7.Basedonyourobservationsthroughoutthesummerandfallof2016,howdoesthedeerpopulationinthisDMUcomparetotheyearbefore(sincesummer/fall2015)?
8.Inyouropinion,howdidthefalldeerpopulationinthisDMUcomparetotwoyearsago(sincesummer/fall2014)?
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1415
114265
24151111
Minimum: 11850
2102111
NotatallCrowded: 1Nottoocrowded: 0
Neithercrowdednoruncrowded: 1Somewhatcrowded: 1
Verycrowded: 1Notapplicable: 0
ManyFewer: 6Fewer: 9Same: 9More: 2
ManyMore: 1Unsure: 2
ManyFewer: 2Fewer: 9Same: 12More: 2
ManyMore: 1Unsure: 3
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9.Inyouropinion,howwouldyouratetheantlerlessquotarecommendedbytheCDACforthe2017seasoninthisunit?
Section3:FeedbackontheCDAC's2017preliminaryrecommendations
AntlerlessQuota: 2 5 15 5 1 1
MuchTooLow Toolow AboutRight TooHigh MuchTooHigh Unsure
10.Inyouropinion,howwouldyouratethenumberof$12BonusAntlerlessTagsrecommendedforthisunitbytheCDACforthe2017season?
MuchTooLow Toolow AboutRight TooHigh MuchTooHigh Unsure
BonusTagsPrivateLand: 2 4 16 4 2 1BonusTagsPublicland: 3 2 17 3
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11.Inyouropinion,howwouldyouratethenumberofFREEAntlerlessPermitsrecommendedbytheCDACtobeissuedwitheachlicensefor2017seasoninthisunit?
Toolow AboutRight TooHigh Unsure
Note:FarmlandZoneandMetroSubunitsonly.
12.Dependingontheirlocation,theirpopulationobjective,andtheirantlerlessquota,CDACsmayalsorecommendsomeadditionaloptions.
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14.HowimportantwereeachofthefollowingconcernsinformingyouropinionabouttheCDAC'srecommendationsforthisunit?
Amountofdeermortalityduringanaverageyear...
2.25Amountofdamagetobackyardplants...
1.73Thenumberofdeervehiclecollisions... 2.36
Potentialriskstodeerhealth(e.g.,disease)...
2.72Enoughdeertoprovidehuntersareasonablechancetoharvestadeer...
3.54
Huntersatisfactionwiththenumberofdeer...
3.19Amountofagriculturalcropdamagefromdeer... 2.20
Deeroverbrowsingofforeststhatpreventregrowthofsomeforesttreespecies...
2.35Contributionofhuntingtourismtothelocaleconomy... 2.54
Influenceofpredatorsondeernumbersintheunit... 2.96
AverageRatingScale:1=Notatall;2=Slightly;3=Moderately;4=Very
Support Oppose Unsure
Influenceofdeernumbersonotherwildlife(abundance,distribution,health)...
2.42
AdoptanANTLERLESSONLYSEASONFRAMEWORKforALLDeerSeasons: 3 24
ShouldJUNIORANTLERLESSTAGSbeVALIDorNOTVALIDintheunit?
ImplementanANTLERLESSHOLIDAYHUNT: 10 17 2
RecommendedMETROAntlerlessTagsperLicense:
RecommendedFARMLANDZONEAntlerlessTagsperLicense: 6 19 2 2
BonusTagsMETROPrivateLand:BonusTagsMETROPublicLand:
VALID NOTVALID Unsure
DMUswithaMaintain/DecreaseObjective
DMUsinaFarmlandZone
IftheDMUweretorecommendaZeroQuota
Support Oppose Unsure
NotapplicableinthisDMU
NotapplicableinthisDMU
NotapplicableinthisDMU
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Adams,CentralFarmland
ThedeerseasonsinWIsconsinarestillamysterytome.ThebucktodoeratioIseeisabout20doesto1antleredbuck.Thisneedstochange.Alsotheworkonhabitatthatisopentothepublicissorelylacking.Cut,burnandclearmorearea.Predatorcontrolwouldhelpalso.IMHOtheDNRisrunbypoliticsandnotsoundwildlifemanagement.Moneytalksandthishowmostdecisionsaremaderegardinganythinginthisstate.Itdoesn'tmatterifDemocratsorRepublicansareinchargeofWisconsinit'sstillaFUBAR!
In35plusyearsofhuntinginthisareathenumbersIseeareslightlybetterthanintheworstyearsbutnowherenearwhattheyhavebeeninaverageyears.Thedoepopulationisdownandthebuckpopulationishigherthanthedoewhichisn'tsayingmuch.Iseemoreturkeyandcraneeachtimeoutthandeer.
Idon'tlikeonlineregistrationofdeer,Iunderstandit'sfaster,cheaperhoweverthereisachancetofalsifytheinformationsubmitted.Pleasedon'thaveaHolidayanterlesshuntinAdamsCounty.PleasepublishtrueinformationaboutCWDinallareasofthestate.ThankYouforlookingatmyinput.
IbelievethedeerpopulationiscurrentlyslightlytoohighbasedonmyobservationsofbothnumbersofdeerinAgfieldsoverthewinterandbrowsingeffectseenoverthisrelativelymildwinter.Thelackofacornsinfall2016wasabigfactorofthedeerneedingtobrowsesoheavilyoverwinter.
Ihuntandliveintownofdellprairieinsouthernadamscounty.Iobservedthedeerherdinthistownshipthewholeyear.Watchingmovementsandwhattheyeat.Thelast3yearsquotashavebeenaccuratetokeepthedeerherdaboutthesame.Keepquotasondeerlicensethesameforthisdeerunit
Tomuchafterhoursshooting.Tomuchafterhoursshootingbylandownershirestopreventcropdamage.Notright!Andthatshouldn'tbelegalorallowed!!!Landownersarealreadycompensateforcropdamage!
StoptryingtoreinventthewheelWIDNR,letthehunterhaveanenjoyablehunt.Stopallowingthepoliticiansandtheinsurancecompaniesmaketherulesandcontroltheherdpopulations.
Thereareafewtoomanydeeratthistime.Toomanydeervehicleaccidents,wastedcarcassesonthehighways.Iwouldnotwanttoseeanincreaseofthedeerpopulation.
Antlerlesstags,shouldbe2witheachlicense,thereareafewtoomanydeer.Amplesportingoportunities,butwouldnotwantthepopulationtobeanyhigher.
Don'tlikenewpapertags,againstselfregistration.
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Adams,CentralForest
Thefollowingquestions(numbers3to6)wereonlyaskedofindividualswhoindicatedthattheyhuntinthisunit.
Section1:Informationaboutwhoprovidedtheinput.
3.InthisDMU,whattypeofdeerhuntingdoyoudo?
4.Howmanyyearshaveyouhunteddeerinthisunit?
5.Whichstatementbestdescribeswhereyoudeerhuntedinthisunitlastseason?
1.Doyouownmorethan5acresinthisDMU?
2.Whyhaveyouchosenthisunittoreferenceinthisform?
TheonlinepubliccommentformistheprimarymeansbywhichCDACsreceivefeedbackontheirpreliminaryrecommendations.Whilemanyoftheresponsescanbeaggregated,theresultsshouldnotbetreatedasrepresentativeofthegeneralpopulation.Inmostcases,resultsareskewedtowardsmoreavidhunters.Furthermore,smallsamplesizeswithineachcountyprecludestatisticalinference.Rather,thisinputshouldberegardedsimilarlytothatofinpersonorwrittentestimoniesgivenataCDACmeeting.
Yes:No:
Iliveinthisunit:
Ihuntinthisunit:Ivisitthisunitfornonhuntingpurposes:
Generalinterestinthisunit:
Gun:Bow:
Crossbow:Muzzleloader:
Average:Maximum:
ExclusivelyPrivateLand:MostlyPrivateLand:
PublicandPrivateLandAboutEqually:MostlyPublicLand:
ExclusivelyPublicLand:
formsweresubmittedforthisunit.
Ididnothuntinthisunitin2016:
6.Howcrowdedwithotherhuntersdidyoufeelwhilehuntingonpubliclandinthisdeermanagementunit?
Section2:Perceptionsaboutthenumberofdeerintheunit.
7.Basedonyourobservationsthroughoutthesummerandfallof2016,howdoesthedeerpopulationinthisDMUcomparetotheyearbefore(sincesummer/fall2015)?
8.Inyouropinion,howdidthefalldeerpopulationinthisDMUcomparetotwoyearsago(sincesummer/fall2014)?
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20218119
73612428
Minimum: 121.5953
51965100
NotatallCrowded: 7Nottoocrowded: 12
Neithercrowdednoruncrowded: 5Somewhatcrowded: 5
Verycrowded: 1Notapplicable: 0
ManyFewer: 25Fewer: 28Same: 25More: 8
ManyMore: 3Unsure: 2
ManyFewer: 22Fewer: 28Same: 23More: 10
ManyMore: 4Unsure: 4
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9.Inyouropinion,howwouldyouratetheantlerlessquotarecommendedbytheCDACforthe2017seasoninthisunit?
Section3:FeedbackontheCDAC's2017preliminaryrecommendations
AntlerlessQuota: 4 5 17 28 36 1
MuchTooLow Toolow AboutRight TooHigh MuchTooHigh Unsure
10.Inyouropinion,howwouldyouratethenumberof$12BonusAntlerlessTagsrecommendedforthisunitbytheCDACforthe2017season?
MuchTooLow Toolow AboutRight TooHigh MuchTooHigh Unsure
BonusTagsPrivateLand: 0 1 15 24 50 1BonusTagsPublicland: 0 9 18
24 37 3
11.Inyouropinion,howwouldyouratethenumberofFREEAntlerlessPermitsrecommendedbytheCDACtobeissuedwitheachlicensefor2017seasoninthisunit?
Toolow AboutRight TooHigh Unsure
Note:FarmlandZoneandMetroSubunitsonly.
12.Dependingontheirlocation,theirpopulationobjective,andtheirantlerlessquota,CDACsmayalsorecommendsomeadditionaloptions.
14.HowimportantwereeachofthefollowingconcernsinformingyouropinionabouttheCDAC'srecommendationsforthisunit?
Amountofdeermortalityduringanaverageyear...
2.37Amountofdamagetobackyardplants...
1.55Thenumberofdeervehiclecollisions... 2.19
Potentialriskstodeerhealth(e.g.,disease)...
2.52Enoughdeertoprovidehuntersareasonablechancetoharvestadeer...
3.25
Huntersatisfactionwiththenumberofdeer...
3.28Amountofagriculturalcropdamagefromdeer... 2.05
Deeroverbrowsingofforeststhatpreventregrowthofsomeforesttreespecies...
2.35Contributionofhuntingtourismtothelocaleconomy... 2.49
Influenceofpredatorsondeernumbersintheunit... 3.30
AverageRatingScale:1=Notatall;2=Slightly;3=Moderately;4=Very
Support Oppose Unsure
Influenceofdeernumbersonotherwildlife(abundance,distribution,health)...
2.62
AdoptanANTLERLESSONLYSEASONFRAMEWORKforALLDeerSeasons:
ShouldJUNIORANTLERLESSTAGSbeVALIDorNOTVALIDintheunit? 39 37
15
ImplementanANTLERLESSHOLIDAYHUNT:
RecommendedMETROAntlerlessTagsperLicense:
RecommendedFARMLANDZONEAntlerlessTagsperLicense:
BonusTagsMETROPrivateLand:BonusTagsMETROPublicLand:
VALID NOTVALID Unsure
DMUswithaMaintain/DecreaseObjective
DMUsinaFarmlandZone
IftheDMUweretorecommendaZeroQuota
Support Oppose Unsure
NotapplicableinthisDMU
NotapplicableinthisDMU
NotapplicableinthisDMU
NotapplicableinthisDMU
NotapplicableinthisDMU
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Adams,CentralForest
Iown40AcresinthetownofRomeinAdamsCty.IhuntprivateandpublicpropertyinthisDMU.Since1973Ihavehunteddeer,BackinthosedaysWeneversawalotofdeerbutenoughtostayonstandandhavepatiencethatabuckwouldpassby!SincetheWolves,Bear,BobcatsAndcougars...Yescougarswerebroughtbackintothearea,thedeernumbershavedroppedsubstantially.Iwouldliketoseethedoeharvesteliminatedfor4Years.Publicpropertybringsallthedoehuntersthathaveprivatelandonpubliclands,Meincluded.letsgobacktotheeitherchoicetags,youwillbuildtheherdandahunterthathuntsformeatcanshootadoeorabucknotboth,ifhedrawsthetag.ThosewerethegoodolddaysasfarasIamconcerned!Wehave4hunterson40acres,WeriflehuntedopeningweekenddawntoDarkwesaw1Buckand5Doenothingafterthat.(20151buck2doe)totalharvestwas2Buck1Doein2yearsEveryyearitgetsworsewithpredatorsandtoomanydoetags.Whenwehadthefreedoetagsgivenwithourpurchasedtagstheshootersdecimatedthedeerherd.Letsnotlettheinsurancecompaniesbuythednr.out!thanksforlettingmevent!
Deernumbersaretolow.Sincetheearly2000'swhentomanydoetagsweremadeavailablethedeernumbershavenotbeengivenachancetorebound.Whoevermakesthedecisionsmustnotbeabletounderstandtheeffectthishasontheyounghuntersoftoday.Huntingtodaydef.teacheskidspatience.Ifeelsorryforkidstodaywheniaskthemhowtheirhuntingseasonwasbecauseiallreadyknowtheanswer,"ididntgetoneandionlysaw2deerallseason".Howlongdoyouthinkthiscangoonbeforetheygiveuponhunting?Iwouldguessthenumberhoursspentinthewoodshuntingbytheyounghuntersoftodaydecreaseseveryyearuntiltheygiveupanddecideplayingvideogamesisalotmorefun.Justbecausetheirdadbuysthemalicensedoesn'tmeantheirputtingtimeinthewoods.Duringthe90'swehadagoodnumberofdeerandhuntingwasfunandididntnoticeaunhealthydeerandtheyounghunterswerehavingablastknowingiftheyputtheirtimeintheywouldgetashotatabucknowtheyhopejusttoseeadeer.Idontseethefuturebeingverybrightunlesstheyhaveaccesstomajoracresofprivatelandtohunt
beenhuntingthesamepiecesofpropertyfor34plusyearsandthelastfewyearsremindmeofthefirstfewyearssawveryfewdeer!OnoneofthepropertiesIsawthesamedoeandherfawnsduringthe8daysIwasoutbowhunting!Onmypropertywheretheneighborshootseverydeerthatwalksbyregardlessofsize,sawnodeer.KindafrustratingtothepointthatmysonandIwon'tshootdoeinanefforttobringsomedeerbackintothearea.Veryfewonthetrailcam.Foodplotsuntouched.Whererallthedoe'stowarrantthenumberofdoetagsandbonustags.Don'tseethenumberstowarrantthat.Stillenjoydeerhuntingbutit'sgettingharderandhardertogetexcitedaboutit.Mynephewwhohashuntedwithmefor15plushasallbutgivenup.Hopefullythenumbersofpermitswillbeadjusteddowntoallowtheheardtocomeback.Realizingit'sdifficulttocomeupwithnumbersfordoetagsIjustthinkwithnotseeingdoesrunningaimlesslythroughthewoods4000tagsiswaytoomany!
Ihavehuntedthesamelargeblockofpubliclandforover30years.Ihaveneverseenasmuchhabitat,food,coveretcasthepreviouscoupleofseasons.Itwouldbeadeerheaven,iftherewereanydeer.Thewolfscatandtrailsfaroutnumberthedeerscatandtrails.Thepopulationissodecimatedbypredatorsthattokillanydoeswillonlyfurtherdelaythereturnoftheherd.Iunderstandthatmanyofthepredatorsareprotectedsoweneedtosavethefewdeerleft.Privatelandisdifferent,IcanonlyreportonthelandIhuntwhichisstrictlypublic,andisbutashadowofwhatitwas.Iamsuregladmykidshuntedthissamepropertywhen20orsodeerwereseenopeningweekendratherthanlikealifelongpropertyhunterwhichsaw4deertotalisthelast2openingweekends(usedtobe20+perday)Nowonderdeerhuntersareleaving.
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IbelievethatthereshouldbemorepermitsavailabletothePrivateLandowners!TheCDACistakingtherightsawayfromtheprivatelandownersintryingtocreateaproductiveforest.Intoomanyareasaroundourcounty(Richfield,Colburn,Monroe,Eason,DellPrairie,StrongsPrairie,Adams,Preston,Leola,Springville,Easton,JacksonandQuincyTownships)theforestryresourceissuffering.DeerareliterallyremovingOakoutofouryoungforests.Incomefromahealthyforestresourcebringswaymoretoourprivateforestownersthandeer...Pleasegivetherightsbacktotheprivatelandownersandreleasemoreharvesttagssotheforestryresourcedoesn'thavetosufferanymore.AdamsCountyhasagreatoakresourceanditisbeingdrasticallyreduced.Leaveituptotheprivateforestownerstodecidewhattheywanttoharvest.
Iseemanywolvespresentontrailcamerasandbypersonalobservation.Idonotbelieveincreasedantlerlesslicenseswilldiminishwolfpopulationinmyarea.Iamconcernedaboutherdhealthandillegalbaitinginmyarea.IheardtheymayallowbaitingwhichIfeelwillincreaseCWD.Iplantfoodplotsfordeerandmanyfarmsinmyareaareeithercornorpotatoesanddonotseemtobeaffectedbydeerpopulationtoagreatextent.Thenaturalbrowsespresentaresupplementedbymyfoodplots.InconclusionIfeelthevastincreaseinantlerlesstagswillharmsustainingavibrantherdwhichhasnaturalpredatorssuchaswolvesandcoyotes.AlthoughIdon'tlivethereIamnotfarfrommylandandgotherefrequently.
Thereareatonofdeeraroundthisarea(LeolaTownship,mostlyprivatelands)whichismakingitripeforherdhealthconcerns.Notenoughlandownersaremanagingthelocalantlerlessherds.Itmaybebeneficialiftherewasadvertisingforprogramsformeatdonationsforthehungryorhomeless,etc.,totargetsuchareas.Peopleliketohuntbutdon'talwaysneedthemeatofmorethanonedeer.Iftherewasaneasywayforpeopletodonateoriftheyknewtheoptionsthentheywouldfeelmoreinclinedknowingtheydidagoodthingfortheherdandcommunity.Anotherthingthatmayhelpissomesortofnewsprint/brochuretotargetedareasthateducatethepubliconhealthyherdsizesetc.
PleaseallowtheplacementofTreeStandsonPublicLandtobekeptupthewholeseasonforBowandGun.Itissaferbecauseyouareshootingdown,easiertoseetargetandanyonebeyond,betterchanceofgettingadeer.Thewoodsarenotthatcrowdedthereareplentyofspotstohavetreestands.IamlosinginterestbecauseofthelackofdeerandeventuallyIwillgiveup.Privatelandshavemostofthedeerandlittlehuntingpressureandtheycanhavepermanentstandsandwecan't?Thisisaridiculousruleandneedstobechangedtokeepusinterestedinhunting.
IheardtheDNRestimateda26%increaseinthedeerpopulationfortheAdamsCountyCentralForestzone.Iwouldliketoknowhowtheymadethatdetermination.Lastfall,wesawthefewestdeersince2010.Increasingthebonusantlerlesstagsfrom5150to13,825doesn'tmakeanysense.IheardthesuccessratetofillantlerlesstagsinthisDMUwasabout25%andisnormallyabout40%.Tome,thismeansthedeernumbersaredown.Iftherewasanincrease,thehuntersuccessrateshouldbemuchhigher.
MybrotherandIbowhuntedthefirstweekinnov.,typicallyagoodweek.fortherutandusuallymoredeeractivity.Ionlysaw3deerandmybrothersaw2deer.Wehaveseveralfoodplots,waterandbeddingareas.Thatwastheworstyeareverin50yearsforseeingdeer.Anumberofourneighborsreporteddeerbeingchasedandkilledbywolves.Ifthewolfpopulationdoesntgetundercontrol,deerpopulationswillreducelikethepheasantpopulations.Timetoreducewolfnumbersbeforeitstoolate.
WhywouldyouberecommendinganincreaseinAnterlesspermitsandbonustagswhenthethestatedgoalistoincreasethedeerpopulation?Someoneneedstolookatthisandleavethepermitnumbersthesameorlowerthantheyhavebeen...Ihavegundeerhuntedthelastthreeyearsandhaveseenatotalof7deeroverthethreeyears...Iamonprivatelandandwasinthewoodsoverthethreeyearsandaverageof7hoursperday7dayseachseason.Somethingneedstochange
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I'dliketoseeanincreaseinthedeerheardinmyarea.SometimesdayswillgobywhereIdonotevenseeanydeerwhilehunting,andIpayoutofstatefeestohuntWisconsin.Irememberyearsagowhenyoucoulddrivedowntheroadandsee2030deergrazinginafield,nowyouareluckytosee2or3.Ifwedon'tincreasetheheard,hunterwillgetdiscouragedbynotseeingdeer,andmaystophuntingWisconsin.
Eachyearitseamstogetworsenotseeingmanydeerduringhuntingoraboutthesame.Icanseewhykidsdonotwanttohuntatallwhentheyseenodeeratall.Thefutureofhuntingisinallofourhands.Can'tbelieveyouwanttoincreasethedoepermitsbutthat'sjustmeIandmygrandkidstocomewanttoseemoredeerinthewoodsortheywillnothuntjustplayvideogamesandnotbothertohunt.My2cents.
Ifeelthehuntingethicshavegonedownduetothelackofdeer.I'veheardmanytimes"ifyouhaveatagshootit"andthatincludesyearlingdeerthatshouldbeleftalonetillthefollowingseason.Ihearitthemostfromnonresidenthuntersthatdon'tseemtocareaboutthepopulation!Ihavekidsandhavetaughtthemtochosetherightdeerfortherightpurposes,andhopetoseethemhuntforyearstocome.
Thereseemstobeanincreaseinpredators,toincludewolves.Thispastyearontrailcamera,wehadnumerouswolvesspotted.Definitelyafactorinthedeerpopulation.Also,withwhatappearstobealackofacornsintheareaoverthepasttwoyears,perhapstheDNRwouldconsidersellingatadiscountedratesomeforofnutritionalplant/croptolandownerscouldplanttoassistsurvivalinthewinter.
Iamverypleasedwiththeseparationofpublicandprivateland.Itismyopinionthatdeernumbersonprivatelandarecontrolledbythelandownerspertheirdesiresfordeerpopulation.Itispubliclandthatgetshithard.Also,manylandownersmovetopubliclandwhentheyarelookingforadoe.Ihopeyouwillcontinuetoprovideprotectionfordoesonpublicland.
Someoftherecommendednumbersseemedstrangelyhighconsideringthetwopreviousyearsnumberoftagsavailable.Iftheobjectiveistoincreasethedeerherd,thenwhywouldtheDNRofferalmostthreetimesmorebonusantlerlesstagsunlessitwasonlyinterestedintakinginmoremoney?Onthesurface,Idon'tunderstandhowthatwouldworktoincreasethedeerherd.
Therearetoomanypropertiesof20acresorlessthatthehuntersareblastingawayatanythingthatmovesandtheydon'tcarewhosepropertytheyareshootingon.Waywaytomanyprivatepropertyantlerlesstagsbeingproposed.Why?Theantlerlesskillwasdownbecauseoflackofdeerlastyear,whyofferthreetimesasmany?Iwouldlikean8pointminimumonbucks.
TherearewayfewerdeerinthisunitthenIhaveeverseen!Lesstagsforpublicandprivateland!Ifyouwanttoincreasethedeerheardwhywouldyouincreasethequotaonantlerlesstags?Maybegetridoftheantlerlessonlylateseasonhunt!Andifyoumakeazerodoequotayoushouldmakeyouthtagsinvalidbecausethereareadultsthatwillfillthetagthemselves!
PredatorsareataalltimeHIGHisthisAREA!!!!Howcantheybetrimmedback,thegroupsdoingthehuntinghasdroppedatagreatamountduetohidepricesandlackofinterest?Theyouthofourstatedoesn'tseemtobeinterestedinsuchactivities,sowhathasthisareahaveforfuturedeerpopulationsifthefewhunterscan'tkeepthepredatorsincheck?
Thewolfpopulationneedstobecontrolledandloweredimmediately.Betweenthecoyotes,wolfs,bear,bobcats,etc.,thewhitetaildeerisstrugglingtomaintaintheirpopulation.Ifweevergetaharshwinter,thiswoulddevastatepopulationnumbersjustlikeitdidtothenorthwoodsrecently.Wehavetodoourpartandlimitfemaledeerfrombeingshot.
IfyourgoalinthisDMUistoincreasetheantlerlesspopulation,thenhowcouldyoujustifytriplingthenumberofantlerlesspermits?Thatmakesnosense.Itshouldbetheopposite.BasedonmanyyearsofsteadilydecereasingdeersightingsANDVISUALPHYSICALEVIDENCE,IstronglyfeelthatthisDMUshouldgotoZEROantlerlesspermits.
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Thereisnodeertheyneedacoupleofyearstorebound.Thereistomanypredatorsandyoukeeplettingthembeshot.Thereare1000'sofdeerthatareshotbutnotfound.Soyoushouldbeincludingdeerthatarehitbutnotrecovered.Andthatalsodoesn'tincludedeerhitbyacarthatarewoundedandrunintothewoodstodie.
IhavebeenhuntinginAdamscounty6years,andgrewupwithherdsofdeerrunningaround.IexperiencedthethinnedoutpopulationfollowingCWD,andhavewatchedthepopulationsteadilygrowasIdid.Ibelievethenumberofdeerinthepopulationisrising,butitisstillessentialtoprotecttheherd.
Ifthatmanyantlerlesstagsaregivenoutwewillbebacktofiveyearsagowhenyoudidn'tevenseeadeer.AlongwiththefactAdamscountycentralforesthaslostthousandsofacresofpubliclandtothegolfcourseandagfieldsitisgettingverycrowdedandunsafeduringthefirearmsseason.
Idonotlikethepapertagsystem.Ithinktheonlineregistrationsystemopensthedoortoviolatorsforinstancetheyshootabuckandregisteritasadoe.thereisnowaytonoforsuretonoifitisright.Ihavenotheardofanybodydoingthisbutashuntersthishasbeentalkedabout.
Ourhuntinggroupspendsconsiderabletimeinthezoneforrecreation.Wepracticequalitydeermanagementandtrytoprovideanenvironmentforhealthydeer.Ifeelanyincreaseinthequotaisahugemistake.Ourobservations(whichwekeeptrackof)thisyearweredowndramatically.
I'mveryconcernedaboutthewolfandcoyotepreditationinmyarea.onaregularbasisIhavephotoswolfandcoyoteandbobcat.Lastyearhadapictureofsevenwolvespupseatingadeer.IfeelthePredatorskeepourpopulationatBaybythemselves.
Eliminatethewildlifedamageprogram.Damagecanbecontrolledbylandownersiftheywouldallowadequatenumbersofhunterstohuntontheirlandinsteadofdenyingaccesstostayintheprogramandgeteverypenneyofcompensationtheycanget.
Thenumberofdeerinourareaisnowherenearwherewewereinearly2000'sorearlier.Gunseasonopenerisoneofthequietestdaysinthewoods!Idon'tthinkfawnmortalityfrompredatorslikewolforcoyotesarereallytakenintoaccount.
Asaprivatelandownerweareseeinglessandlessdeereveryyear.Manyoftheantlerlesspermitsareboughtbyoneindividualwhogoesouthopingtofilleveryoneonasmallparceloflandwhichresultsinfewerdeereveryyear.
Iwouldliketoseeabow/crossbowlicencegobacktoonedeerbuckordoe.Ifeelthetimespentinthewoodsyouonlygetoneortwogoodshotsanditshouldbethehunterschoicewhattousehistagon.
Deerarefreeroaminganimals,unlessyourpropertyisfencedinallaroundwithaheightthatdeerareunabletoleapover,whythedifferentantlerlesspermitnumbersforprivateversuspublicland?
SeemsthattheDNRareslantingtowardsanother"eliminatedeer"policywhichcausedsomuchhunterdissatisfactionintherecentpastandrelatestothedecreasinginterestinhuntingingeneral.
Quickquestion,ifthestatedobjectiveisto"increasedeerintheunit"thenwhywouldtheWIDNRproposeanincreaseinallotedtagsaswell??Isn'tthatcounterintuitive?
IreallybelievethewolfpopulationhasalottodowithwhatIamandamnotseeing.....lastyearwasverydifficulttoseedeer.Whenthewolvesmoveinthedeermoveout.
getridofthesedumbgunhuntsduringthebowseasondailyindecembernoneedforitifyoucan'tgetitdoneinthe9dayseasonwithagunthanitaintgoingtogetdone
iftryingtoincreasedeernumbers,whyhavethenumberofantlerlesstagsatthelevelgiven?whynotDECREASEthem??
Toomanydeerinthisarea.
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Ashland,MadelineIsland
Thefollowingquestions(numbers3to6)wereonlyaskedofindividualswhoindicatedthattheyhuntinthisunit.
Section1:Informationaboutwhoprovidedtheinput.
3.InthisDMU,whattypeofdeerhuntingdoyoudo?
4.Howmanyyearshaveyouhunteddeerinthisunit?
5.Whichstatementbestdescribeswhereyoudeerhuntedinthisunitlastseason?
1.Doyouownmorethan5acresinthisDMU?
2.Whyhaveyouchosenthisunittoreferenceinthisform?
TheonlinepubliccommentformistheprimarymeansbywhichCDACsreceivefeedbackontheirpreliminaryrecommendations.Whilemanyoftheresponsescanbeaggregated,theresultsshouldnotbetreatedasrepresentativeofthegeneralpopulation.Inmostcases,resultsareskewedtowardsmoreavidhunters.Furthermore,smallsamplesizeswithineachcountyprecludestatisticalinference.Rather,thisinputshouldberegardedsimilarlytothatofinpersonorwrittentestimoniesgivenataCDACmeeting.
Yes:No:
Iliveinthisunit:
Ihuntinthisunit:Ivisitthisunitfornonhuntingpurposes:
Generalinterestinthisunit:
Gun:Bow:
Crossbow:Muzzleloader:
Average:Maximum:
ExclusivelyPrivateLand:MostlyPrivateLand:
PublicandPrivateLandAboutEqually:MostlyPublicLand:
ExclusivelyPublicLand:
formsweresubmittedforthisunit.
Ididnothuntinthisunitin2016:
6.Howcrowdedwithotherhuntersdidyoufeelwhilehuntingonpubliclandinthisdeermanagementunit?
Section2:Perceptionsaboutthenumberofdeerintheunit.
7.Basedonyourobservationsthroughoutthesummerandfallof2016,howdoesthedeerpopulationinthisDMUcomparetotheyearbefore(sincesummer/fall2015)?
8.Inyouropinion,howdidthefalldeerpopulationinthisDMUcomparetotwoyearsago(sincesummer/fall2014)?
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45
2472
7423
Minimum: 327.1449
211300
NotatallCrowded: 0Nottoocrowded: 0
Neithercrowdednoruncrowded: 2Somewhatcrowded: 1
Verycrowded: 2Notapplicable: 0
ManyFewer: 0Fewer: 2Same: 3More: 4
ManyMore: 0Unsure: 0
ManyFewer: 0Fewer: 2Same: 3More: 3
ManyMore: 1Unsure: 0
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9.Inyouropinion,howwouldyouratetheantlerlessquotarecommendedbytheCDACforthe2017seasoninthisunit?
Section3:FeedbackontheCDAC's2017preliminaryrecommendations
AntlerlessQuota: 0 1 5 2 1 0
MuchTooLow Toolow AboutRight TooHigh MuchTooHigh Unsure
10.Inyouropinion,howwouldyouratethenumberof$12BonusAntlerlessTagsrecommendedforthisunitbytheCDACforthe2017season?
MuchTooLow Toolow AboutRight TooHigh MuchTooHigh Unsure
BonusTagsPrivateLand: 0 0 5 2 2 0BonusTagsPublicland: 0 3 3 2 1
0
11.Inyouropinion,howwouldyouratethenumberofFREEAntlerlessPermitsrecommendedbytheCDACtobeissuedwitheachlicensefor2017seasoninthisunit?
Toolow AboutRight TooHigh Unsure
Note:FarmlandZoneandMetroSubunitsonly.
12.Dependingontheirlocation,theirpopulationobjective,andtheirantlerlessquota,CDACsmayalsorecommendsomeadditionaloptions.
14.HowimportantwereeachofthefollowingconcernsinformingyouropinionabouttheCDAC'srecommendationsforthisunit?
Amountofdeermortalityduringanaverageyear...
3.12Amountofdamagetobackyardplants...
1.50Thenumberofdeervehiclecollisions... 1.75
Potentialriskstodeerhealth(e.g.,disease)...
2.38Enoughdeertoprovidehuntersareasonablechancetoharvestadeer...
3.25
Huntersatisfactionwiththenumberofdeer...
3.00Amountofagriculturalcropdamagefromdeer... 1.38
Deeroverbrowsingofforeststhatpreventregrowthofsomeforesttreespecies...
2.38Contributionofhuntingtourismtothelocaleconomy... 2.50
Influenceofpredatorsondeernumbersintheunit... 3.25
AverageRatingScale:1=Notatall;2=Slightly;3=Moderately;4=Very
Support Oppose Unsure
Influenceofdeernumbersonotherwildlife(abundance,distribution,health)...
2.62
AdoptanANTLERLESSONLYSEASONFRAMEWORKforALLDeerSeasons:
ShouldJUNIORANTLERLESSTAGSbeVALIDorNOTVALIDintheunit? 6 2 1
ImplementanANTLERLESSHOLIDAYHUNT:
RecommendedMETROAntlerlessTagsperLicense:
RecommendedFARMLANDZONEAntlerlessTagsperLicense:
BonusTagsMETROPrivateLand:BonusTagsMETROPublicLand:
VALID NOTVALID Unsure
DMUswithaMaintain/DecreaseObjective
DMUsinaFarmlandZone
IftheDMUweretorecommendaZeroQuota
Support Oppose Unsure
NotapplicableinthisDMU
NotapplicableinthisDMU
NotapplicableinthisDMU
NotapplicableinthisDMU
NotapplicableinthisDMU
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Ashland,MadelineIsland
IhavebeenapropertyownerandhavedeerhuntedMadelineIslandsince2013.IpreviouslyworkedandlivedontheIsland,from20022006.Ihavewitnessedtheupsanddownsofthedeerherdthere.Itypicallymakeapproximately20tripstoMadelineIslandperyear,Ispendalotofmytimeinwoodsandswamps(scoutingandobservingdeerbehaviors).ThisismostlyPubliclandsthroughouttheyear,allseasons.FrommyobservationstheIslandhasagoodbalanceofhabitat,browse,andmastcrop(whenavailable).Idonoticeobviousbrowsing,butitdoesn'tappeartobeoverbrowsed.Thereappearstobefairtoadequatenaturalfoodsourcesthroughouttheseasons,dependingonwinterseverity,mastcrop,etc.Ialsorunapproximately510trailcamerasonmanydifferentlocationsoftheisland.Iseegoodfawnrecruitmentonmycamerawithsomeobviousloss.Ialsoseeagreatdistributionofbucksandavarietyofages.BasedonmyobservationsoverthelastfiveyearstheIslandherdisingoodshape,IfeeltheIslandcouldcarryahighernumberofdeer,butcurrentlyitisagoodbalance.MyconcernwithBonusAntlerlessTags:IfeelthelocalhuntersdoagoodjobofNOT"overharvesting"antlerlessdeer.Ifeelasifthenumberofbonusantlerlesstagsmadeavailableisabsurdlyhigh!Ifeellocalhunterspracticegoodrestraint,butIfthe"local"practicesweretochange,seriousoverharvestcouldhappeninoneseason.Secondly,thedeclineinthedeerherdandlackofAntlerlesstagsmadeavailableontheMAINLANDzonesneartheIslandcouldeventuallyaddhuntingpressuretotheIslandpopulation(primarilyantlerless).Thisisnotintendedtobeapointaboutexclusivity,butratherthatanabnormallyhighharvestcouldeasilytakeplaceandabnormallyhighnumberofnewhuntersdecidedtoutilizetheMadelineIslandzoneforhunting.Ifeelanabsurdlyhighnumberofantlerlesstagscouldencouragethis.ItwouldbemyrecommendationthatthePrivateLandantlerlesstagrecommendationbelimitedto100orless.Iknowthatmany"local"hunterspurchaseantlerlessandbonustagswithNOintenttousethem,notunderstandingthatisultimatelyskewsthedata.Therefore,antlerlesstagsarenotfilledduetoalackofopportunity,butduetohunterschoosingnotharvest.Iwouldneverchoosetodothis,butwiththecurrentnumberofantlerlesstagsmadeavailableIcouldeasilyharvest5ormoreantlerlessdeerinoneseasonveryeasily(iflegal,whichIunderstanditis).Alimittothenumberofantlerlesstagsmadeavailabletoeachhunterperweaponwouldalsobeaneffectivetool.Thankyouforprovidinganopportunitytovoicemyobservations,itisaprivilegethatIvaluegreatly!
IpersonallythinkthedeerherdonMadelineIslandisaveragetoslightlybelowaverage.Butthemostimportantfactorishuntingpressure,whichhassteadilydeclinedinthelast1012years.Wehearfarlessshootingontheislandduringgunseasonthanweusedto.Themajorityofthegunhunting,Ithink,isdoneatthelower(southwest)endoftheisland.
Ihavehuntedonprivatelandfor3yearsnow,andIhaveseenasmalldeclineinnumberslastyear.Forthemostpart,therearestrongnumbersofdoes,andIstronglybelievethattheamountofdoetagsaregood,andIthinkthatthejuniorantlerlesstagshouldbevalid.
TheAshlandCountyMadelineIslandDMAvariessignificantlyfromit'sSouthernborder,toit'sNorthernend.Ibelievethedeerherdwouldbebettermanaged,ifthisDMAweresplitintoatleasttwomanagementzones(Northern,andSouthern).
Iappreciatethatthisunitisbeingmanagedseparatefromthecountymainland.Thisisauniquemanagementsituationanddespitethemovetosimplifysomethingsdonotlendthemselvestothat.Welldone!
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Thefollowingquestions(numbers3to6)wereonlyaskedofindividualswhoindicatedthattheyhuntinthisunit.
Section1:Informationaboutwhoprovidedtheinput.
3.InthisDMU,whattypeofdeerhuntingdoyoudo?
4.Howmanyyearshaveyouhunteddeerinthisunit?
5.Whichstatementbestdescribeswhereyoudeerhuntedinthisunitlastseason?
1.Doyouownmorethan5acresinthisDMU?
2.Whyhaveyouchosenthisunittoreferenceinthisform?
TheonlinepubliccommentformistheprimarymeansbywhichCDACsreceivefeedbackontheirpreliminaryrecommendations.Whilemanyoftheresponsescanbeaggregated,theresultsshouldnotbetreatedasrepresentativeofthegeneralpopulation.Inmostcases,resultsareskewedtowardsmoreavidhunters.Furthermore,smallsamplesizeswithineachcountyprecludestatisticalinference.Rather,thisinputshouldberegardedsimilarlytothatofinpersonorwrittentestimoniesgivenataCDACmeeting.
Yes:No:
Iliveinthisunit:
Ihuntinthisunit:Ivisitthisunitfornonhuntingpurposes:
Generalinterestinthisunit:
Gun:Bow:
Crossbow:Muzzleloader:
Average:Maximum:
ExclusivelyPrivateLand:MostlyPrivateLand:
PublicandPrivateLandAboutEqually:MostlyPublicLand:
ExclusivelyPublicLand:
formsweresubmittedforthisunit.
Ididnothuntinthisunitin2016:
6.Howcrowdedwithotherhuntersdidyoufeelwhilehuntingonpubliclandinthisdeermanagementunit?
Section2:Perceptionsaboutthenumberofdeerintheunit.
7.Basedonyourobservationsthroughoutthesummerandfallof2016,howdoesthedeerpopulationinthisDMUcomparetotheyearbefore(sincesummer/fall2015)?
8.Inyouropinion,howdidthefalldeerpopulationinthisDMUcomparetotwoyearsago(sincesummer/fall2014)?
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22277223
69492032
Minimum: 126.7658
2311181091
NotatallCrowded: 0Nottoocrowded: 6
Neithercrowdednoruncrowded: 7Somewhatcrowded: 9
Verycrowded: 25Notapplicable: 1
ManyFewer: 15Fewer: 11Same: 26More: 24
ManyMore: 4Unsure: 1
ManyFewer: 13Fewer: 12Same: 21More: 21
ManyMore: 12Unsure: 2
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9.Inyouropinion,howwouldyouratetheantlerlessquotarecommendedbytheCDACforthe2017seasoninthisunit?
Section3:FeedbackontheCDAC's2017preliminaryrecommendations
AntlerlessQuota: 10 10 55 1 4 1
MuchTooLow Toolow AboutRight TooHigh MuchTooHigh Unsure
10.Inyouropinion,howwouldyouratethenumberof$12BonusAntlerlessTagsrecommendedforthisunitbytheCDACforthe2017season?
MuchTooLow Toolow AboutRight TooHigh MuchTooHigh Unsure
BonusTagsPrivateLand: 10 8 57 0 3 3BonusTagsPublicland: 7 6 62 1
3 2
11.Inyouropinion,howwouldyouratethenumberofFREEAntlerlessPermitsrecommendedbytheCDACtobeissuedwitheachlicensefor2017seasoninthisunit?
Toolow AboutRight TooHigh Unsure
Note:FarmlandZoneandMetroSubunitsonly.
12.Dependingontheirlocation,theirpopulationobjective,andtheirantlerlessquota,CDACsmayalsorecommendsomeadditionaloptions.
14.HowimportantwereeachofthefollowingconcernsinformingyouropinionabouttheCDAC'srecommendationsforthisunit?
Amountofdeermortalityduringanaverageyear...
2.50Amountofdamagetobackyardplants...
1.34Thenumberofdeervehiclecollisions... 1.80
Potentialriskstodeerhealth(e.g.,disease)...
2.06Enoughdeertoprovidehuntersareasonablechancetoharvestadeer...
3.31
Huntersatisfactionwiththenumberofdeer...
3.13Amountofagriculturalcropdamagefromdeer... 1.62
Deeroverbrowsingofforeststhatpreventregrowthofsomeforesttreespecies...
1.86Contributionofhuntingtourismtothelocaleconomy... 2.88
Influenceofpredatorsondeernumbersintheunit... 3.38
AverageRatingScale:1=Notatall;2=Slightly;3=Moderately;4=Very
Support Oppose Unsure
Influenceofdeernumbersonotherwildlife(abundance,distribution,health)...
2.16
AdoptanANTLERLESSONLYSEASONFRAMEWORKforALLDeerSeasons:
ShouldJUNIORANTLERLESSTAGSbeVALIDorNOTVALIDintheunit? 28 49
4
ImplementanANTLERLESSHOLIDAYHUNT:
RecommendedMETROAntlerlessTagsperLicense:
RecommendedFARMLANDZONEAntlerlessTagsperLicense:
BonusTagsMETROPrivateLand:BonusTagsMETROPublicLand:
VALID NOTVALID Unsure
DMUswithaMaintain/DecreaseObjective
DMUsinaFarmlandZone
IftheDMUweretorecommendaZeroQuota
Support Oppose Unsure
NotapplicableinthisDMU
NotapplicableinthisDMU
NotapplicableinthisDMU
NotapplicableinthisDMU
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Ashland,NorthernForest
Ihavebowhuntedandriflehuntedthisregionforreallyover30years.Itwasfuninthe1990swhenwehaddeerandjustgottoseeandwatchdeer.SincethemanyTzonehuntsdestroyedourdeermanagement,Iamluckytoseeadeerwhenhunting.Ihave4siblings,1parentand2nephewsthathuntedinthe1990swhenthedeernumberswerefun.Nowwhenthedeermanagementnumbersaresopoor,Icanonlytalkmywifeintohuntingwithme.Andwhenshegetstiredofseeingnoanimals,Iamtheonlyhunterremainingoutinthewoodsonourproperty.Ithinkthatweoweittotheanimals,toslowdowntheharvestofdoesandfawns.Allowthenortherndeerherdtogrow.Ithinkifwemanagethesenext23yearscorrectly,wecouldrebuildthatdeerpopulationupnorthandgetsomeinterestbackintothiswonderfulhobby/sport.Ihad12hunts/sitsinarowwithmybowthispastfall(2016)andneversawonedeer.MywifeaskswhydoIkeeptrying.BecauseIhaveapassionforthesport.PlusIwasspoiledinthe90swhenhuntingwassoawesome.Inthe90sIwouldsee1218differentbucksinthefirst23weeksofthebowseason.Thisyear,Ipassedona21/2yearold6pointbuckhopingthathecouldmeetupwithsomedoesduringtherut.Thatishowpoorlymanagedourareahasgotten.Weown40acresandknowthelandownerswithina2mileradiusofourhouse.Wethoughttherewere6youngbucksinthis2mileradiusandbytheendofthehuntingseasons,weknowof5thatwerekilled(legally).Thatisnotverypromisingforourfuture.Ithinkbyhavingzeroanterlesstags,wemayhaveachanceforsomebuckfawnsandthenhopethattheycansurvive24yearsandbringbacksomegenetics.Ikeepahuntingjournaleveryhuntingseasonsoastoalwaysbeabletoreferencemyhunts.WehavebeenintoughtimessincethoseTzonehuntseasonsandweareintoughtimesasIspeak.Inthisregionifweallowyouthtogetananterlesstag,Iknowofmanysituationswherethattagisbeingfilledbyanadult.Sotheideaofdrawinginteresttoouryouthisnotwhatendsupastheresultinanumberofcases.Thankyoufortakingthetimetoreadmyfindings.Greatlyappreciated.Iconsidermyselfmoreofadeerenthusiastandwanttohelptheherdcomparedtowantingtoharvestadeer.Onceourdeermanagementgetsbacktoa"safe"managementnumber,Ithinkhuntingwillbecomefunagainandbringbackmorehuntingenthusiasmforallages.
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IhavemycabininthetownofagendaontheRoddislineIroncountyontheeastpropertyline,Northpropertyline,Ashlandcountyonthewest.Ihavetwotothreetrailcamerasupallthetime.Lotsofwolves.InthespringIseeoneadultwolfwithtwoyoungwolvesforthelastthreeyears.WolfskatfrequentlywhenIwalktheloggingtrails.Atnightwehearthemalso.Lotsofdogdepradationslessthanonemile,northeastofmycabin.Wesawnodeerthislastseason.Threeofus.sometrackbutnosighting6huntersinacabinsouthofuslessthanahalfmilefrommycabin,sawnothingforthedayswewerethere.Fourdaysforus,theymayhavestayedlonger.Don'tknow.WillbebackupforMemorialdayweektogofishingontheTurtleFlambeauflowage.Thisisatruewildernessareaandveryfewdeer.WehavehadonebuckandtwodoeduringEarlyJunelastyear,butnottherestofthesummer,justtheWolves,raccoons,porkupines,rabbits(1),Thesnowshoepopulationalsohasdisappeared,lovedtomakesomeHarestewduringthehunt,beentenormoreyearssincethathasoccurred,.Oneturkeylastsummeronthetrailcamera.Thanksforlettingmesaysomething.Iblamethewolves.Lotsofskeletonsinthewoods,thatsayssomethingalso.Fullskeltons.Headtotail,mostlydoe,nobucksthatIcanrecall.Ourcabinwasbuiltintheearlythirtysbyaperson,hauledthewoodoutfrombutternut,Parkfallsbyhoarseandslay,beforetheputtheRoddislineallthewaythroughfromHighwayF.Cabinisjustaboutreadytodie,maybuildanewonebutapprehensivebecauseofbreakins.Cabinnorthofusonehalfmileburntdowntotheground.Expensiveimprovement.Idon'tknowwhyitburntdownthough.Wehavehadunwantedvisitors.Notmuchtodoaboutthat.Thanksforlistening.WeloveAshlandCounty.Dosomethingaboutthewolves,please.Awolfhuntwouldonceagaindowell.Oneofmyfriendsgotonetwoyearsagochasingtwodoe,ontherun.FRomChicago,duringthedeerhunt,gotfinedforregisteringitwrongsomehow.Beautifulmount
if3/4tatesunitsareundernobaiting,whythentodeerfarmshaveafeedingsystemfor,ortogrowtrophystyledeerwithmajorsupplements.thedeermingleastheydointheirnaturalstate.Ihaveseen50ormoredeerinaloggingoperationeatingthebrowseondownedtrees610atatimeononetree.Pointbeingifbaitingorfeedingisdiscontinued,forpublicpersonnel,thenitshouldbebannedforTribalmembersaswell,andthedeerfarmsshouldberegulatedbetter,fencesshouldbemaintained,sothesedeercannotescape.Therehasbeenreportsthatinfecteddeerhaveescapedintothewildnow.itshouldbeinvestigatedwherethedeerescapedandifthefencewasnotmaintainedinaccordancetotheregulations,thefarmshouldbefinedinaccordancetofeedingdeer.Thiswouldmaybesetaprecedence,tomaintainfencesothedeercannotescape.ifthedeerwerepurposelyletgosotherestofheorshe'sherddoesnotgetinfectedtheastifferpenaltyshouldbeenforced,withfinesandpossiblejailtime.CWDhasbeenwithusforyearsbeforeitwasdiscoveredandamajorconcern.Icommendallofyoufortryingtofindacure,buthowwouldyouadministeranycuretothenumbersintheherd.IhavebeenhuntingsinceIwas9,morethan45yrs.Seenthedeerherdwheredyoucoulddriveandseehundredsofdeerinaday,nowIdrivetomyproperty,therearedaysonendIdonotseeanything.SincerelyaNorthernHunter
gladthere'sasurveyandIhopetheWIDNRislistening.Continuethezeroquotaofdoetagsand0quotaoftheyouthhunt.SorryyouthsbutthisNorthernForrestUnitcannotaffordtoloseanydoetoadadfillingthefamilyfreezer.Iwasn'tallowedtoshootdoeswhenIwasakidsoyou'lllive.ZEROQUOTAORANYANDALLDOEFORNTHENEXT510YEARS.ThewolvesarestillkillingthemoffandthecoyotesaregettingthefawnsinMay/June.Pleasestarttoconsiderapointlimitonthesebucks.Toomanyspikesandforksarebeingharvestedinthisunitandnowweneedtostartlookingintothisproblemaswell.Ihaveseentoomanyoftheseyoungimmaturebucksbeingharvested.Pointlimitshouldbe3ononesidesowecanreloadonsomegeneticsuphere.It'sstillprettybad.Thanks!ContinuethezeroquotaforallhuntersandyouthsIcannotstressthisenough!
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Betweenthefederalprotectionofthewolves,alowerharvestrateandquotasforblackbearsandthedifficultsurvivalratesforfawnsthatimpactsrecruitment,thereisnoneedtobeissuingantlerlesspermitsinAshlandCountyforafewyears.Thankfully,thewinterseveritywasmildthepastcoupleyearsandthatwillhelpregenerationofahuntablepopulation.Theothermajorissuethatneedstobeaddressedishabitatimprovementintheformofadditionaltimberharvestonfederalandstatelands.Iseethatbeginningtochange,especiallythewiththefederalstatepartnershipsforthetimberharvest.Astheforestmatures,itisdifficulttosustainlargenumbersofdeerandotherwildlifethatdependonthebrowseandplantsgrowingnearthegroundinreachofthedeer.Ithinkthisiseverybitasimportantasmanagingagrowingpredatorpopulation.
BasedonpersonalobservationsandthepopulationnumbersIhaveseenIfeelthatAshlandCountyisbeinggrosslynegligentinthemanagementofthedeerherdinthecounty.IhuntednearButternutlastyearandsawentirelytoomanydoes.IenjoyseeingdeerwhenIhuntbutIwouldalsoliketoseeawellmanagedpopulationandahealthybucktodoeratio.Iwasseeing1015doesadayandneversawabuck.Iamnotonlyadeerhunterbutalsoameathunter.IfIamseeingthatmanyanimalswithouthornsIfeelIshouldbeabletotakeonetofeedmyfamily.IfeelthattheCDACcouncilinAshlandCountyisallowingtheirpersonalopinionsonhowpeopleshouldhuntmaketheirdecisionsinsteadofthehealthoftheherdandthepossibilitythatsomepeoplemightactuallywanttoshootadeerforfoodanddon'tcareifithashornsonitsheadornot.
Pleasebanbaiting:Iscoutedforweekslastsummerandfallpriortobowopener,andeverytimeIfoundadecentplacetohunt(goodsign,trails,actualdeersightings,etc.)Ialsoendedupcomingacrosssomemessy,uglypilesofbaitoftenassociatedwithillegalcrosscountrytrailconstructionviaATVsandusuallyastand(eitherillegalplacedorpermanent)inthevicinity.Itmakesitverydifficulttotrytohuntanewareawhenpeoplearebeingterritorialonpubliclyaccessiblelandsandputtingupmessypermanentstands/blindsandbaitpilesinareas(MFLopenlands)wheretheyarenotsupposedtodoso.Thebaitpilesalsoseemedtomakethedeermorenocturnal...I'dseeplentydrivingatnightafterscouting,butfewduringlegalhuntinghours.
PleaseconsiderstronglyputtingarestrictiononsizeofBUCKSthatareharvested.Iunderstandthatwedonot"eatthehorns"andthatharvestingantlerlessdeerwillbeinevitable.Although,manyhuntersandNONhuntersenjoyseeingantleredBUCKS.PleaseputarestrictionforharvestingyoungBUCKS.UnfortunatelythisseasonIwitnessedmanyyoungbucksbeingharvestedbecauseitwasencouraged.IwishtheWIDNRcoulddolikemanyotherstateshavedoneandrecommendorlegallylimittheharvestingofsmallBUCKS.Myrecommendationisatleast4pointsononeside.ItdoesnotmattertomeifitIs3pointsor4pointsbutlimititsospikesandforksaregiventhesamecurtesyasantlerlessdeer.Thanksforaskingmyopinion.
I'dliketoseetheherdincreaseforacouplemoreyearsaslongaswehavegoodwintersmaybelongerifwehaveaseverwinterIwouldalsoliketoseeonebucktagfortheyearthehuntermayusewhateverweapontheywant(notspecifyingattimeofpurchase).IstillthinkthatnothavinglocalregistrationisabigmistakeI'dliketoseetheplastictagsandregistrationstationscomebackIfwehavedoetagsinthefuturewhycan'twehaveaclosureonthedoetagswhenthequotaismetsimilartothewolfhunt.IunderstandwhycertainindividualsthinkweshouldhavedoetagsthereareareawheretherearehighdoepopulationsonprivatelandandIwouldliketoseethoseareasmanageddifferently.
Iwasagainpleasedandgladtoseeazerodoequotathisseason.Weneedtomakethata510yearplaninAshlandCo.Howeverweneedtoeliminatetheyouthhunt!!!Thisisjustdadsfillingfreezers.Furthermore,these"youths"needtolearnthesportthewayothergenerationshaveinthatnoteveryonealwaysgetsadeerortheopportunitytoshootadeer.Ibelievethiswillhelpbetterteachconservationofanaturalresource.WehavetakentheWhitetailforgrantedinthenorthernForrestunit.Weneedtocontinueazeroquotainallseasonandpossiblyimplementapointlimitontheseimmaturebucks.
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Ispendmostofmytimeinthewoodsworkingandenjoyingtheoutdoors.Inmyopinionthedeerherdisthelowestit'sbeensincethe1960s.I'vebeenhuntingfor48years.Iwouldliketoseenoantlerlesspermitsforatleastanotherfiveyears.Iwouldalsoliketoseestepsmadetoreducethenumberofpredatorsmainlybearandwolves.Ialsobelievewehavelostthelargeantleredbuckgeneticsinthenorthernpartofthestate.IalsobelievethatthedeerestimatesfortheNorthernForestAreaarewayoutofline.Ibelievethepopulationinourareais56deerpersquaremile.
DNRadmissiontoyourfailureofthe5yearsofantlerlesshuntsintheunit6,13and14thatabsolutelyanialatedtheherd.Approximately1600antlerlesswereslaughtered,closetohalfbeingnobbinBucks.NowtheDNRhasaplan.Itiscalledstartingoverbecauseyouinstitutedaplanthathaddestroyedtheherd.Ihavespent79daysinthewoodsfor50years.Thelast5remindmeofthe1960'swhereyouneverheardashotonopeningday.VeryverysadandDNRpreviouspoliciesare100%toblame.Thisiswithouttalkingabouttheridiculouswolfissue!DanSedlock
IntheareaofsouthernAshlandCountyIbelievethedeernumberswereverysimilartotheyearbefore.Theremayhavebeenafewmoreyearlingbucks,howeverahugepercentageofthesewereharvestedduringseason.Thereareveryfewolderageclassbucks.Theagestructureiswayoutoforder!Noantlerlessharvestismuchneededinthisarea!Fawnmortalityisstillveryhighduetopredation!Possiblya(1)bucklimitwouldbegoodtoallowsomebuckstoreachthenextyear!SacrificeisrequiredbyALLhunterstoimproveourdeerherd!!
IsupportCDAC'smanagementplanforthe2017season.Maintainingthequotaofzeroantlerlesstagsandjuniorantlerlesstagsisagreatwaytobringthepopulationback.Waytogo,andIappreciateyoutakingthehunter'sopinionintoconsideration.Thatbeingsaid,untilthewolfpopulationisundercontrol,thedeerherdpopulationinAshlandcountyandthesurroundingareaswillneverreturntothenumbersrecordedinthepast.IsawhalfasmanywolvesasIsawdeerthisyearduringthegunseason.
IthinkAshlandCountyCDACisontherighttracknottorecomendissuanceofanyanterlesstagsfor2016/2017andtheforeseeablefuture.IalsothinkweneedaWolfseasonwhere50%oftheestimatedwolvesareharvestedeveryyearuntiltheproblemoftheWolvesresolvesitself.WhichtomewouldmeanaremainingpopulationofWolvesafterseveralhuntsofnotmorethan20%ofcurrentestimates,or20%ofwhatUSFWSwantedwhentheywerefirstintroducedtoWisconsinorhowevertheygottoWisconsin.
Thedeerpopulationhasincreasedsteadilyoverthelastfewyears,whichshouldbeexpectedafterthreeyearsofnodoeharvestandtwomildwinters.Thelandcansustainsomemoredeer,howevernotasmanyasmosthuntersmightwanttosee.Thepopulationshouldstarttobecontrolledwithsomeantlerlessharvest,otherwisenextyearitcouldbebeyondcontrol.Privatelandsshouldhavehavemoretagsavailablethanpubliclandsthough,asthereareconsiderablymoredeeronprivate.
Iamconfusedonwhythereisnodoequotawhentheherdhasgrownover50%inthelasttwoyearswithaprojecteddoubledigitgrowthratethisyear.Thosearebignumbers,toobigtoignore.WhenIhuntedonprivatelandsouthofAshlandlastseasonIsawlotsofdoesandIneversawabuck.Iaminterestedinharvestingmeatforthefreezeranditisfrustratingtoseelotsofdoeswithouttheopportunitytoharvestone.
TherearewaymorewolvesinthisareathantheWDNRiswillingtoadmitpublically.Somethingneedstobedoneaboutthewolves.ThedeernumbersinrecentyearsaregenerallydownandIfirmlybelievethatalargepartofthatisthatthewolvesarekillingalargenumberofdeer.IaskfortheWDNR'sconsiderationofthisandencourageawolfhuntingseasonbeimplementedforthisyear.
Asseenonmytrailcameras,therearestilltoomanywolvesinthisarea.Forsomereason,thedeerseemtovanishduringgunseason.Ihavenothuntedwithgunin2015or2016becauseofsofewdeer.IdocrossbowhuntasmoredeerarepresentduringOctober.IhaveseenarecoveryindeernumbersinPriceCounty,butstillhavenotseenalargejumpinAshlandCounty.
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wouldliketoseedoetagsat0foracoupleofyearsyet,alsopublicinsaywercnty.populationisjuststartingtocomebackfromalmostdecimationacoupleofyearsago.youthdoetagsaregreat,butmostdadstaketheresonsorgrandsonsoffthereprivatelandandgoshootdoeonpublic.havebeenhuntingthatareaforover20yrs,it'safact.thankyou
Iamdisappointedthatbiologicalinformationandprojectionswerenotapartofthissurvey.WeweretoldwhattheCDACrecommendationis,butnottherecommendationfromthebiologist.TheinputfromthebiologistshouldbeincludedinthesurveysothatthepublicknowswhethertheCDACrecommendationissimilartothescientificrecommendation.
Ithinkanincreaseinpredatorpopulationshavehadabigeffectondeerherdnumbers.Wolf,coyote,bearprobablyinthatorderhavereducedthenumberseverely.IwouldalsocommentthatthedeernumberremainlowinAshlandcountyduetooffreservationhuntingandabilitytohuntatnighthavealsohadanimpactonthedeernumbers.
Weneedtoprovideabetterenvironmentfordeertothrive.Bynotmanagingpublicforestsornaturalpredatorstodeerwearewatchingavaluablecommoditytothestateandmoreimportantlyregionsuffer.Thisinherentlyleadstoeconomicdownturnintheregionsnegativelyeffected.
The2biggestreasonsthatdeernumbersaredownintheNationalForest(whereIhunt)inAshlandCountyispredators(WolvesarethemostcommonthatIhaveencountered)andnologging.Untilthese2thingschangenotmuchelsewillmatter.ThatiswhyIsupport0antlerlesstags.
therecommendationsifeelimportantisallowonlythreepointsormoreononesidetobeharvested.whatiseeinthelastthreeyearsnodoeharvestbucksonly,thisresultedinharvestingbucksthatwereyearandahalfold.thisdon'tleavemanyforbreadersforfollowingyear.
YouthhuntersshouldbeallowedtoharvestantlerlessdeerinAshlandcounty,especiallyonprivatelyownedland.Wolfpopulationistoohighandiscreatingtoomuchdamageifwecan'tallowourkidsarewardingexperience.Landownersshouldgetsomepreference.
WDNRadmitsbearskillfawnsmorethananyotherpredator.Yes,reducewolves.Absolutelydepopulatebears.Iwantone2017tagthatincludesonlyonebuck,onebear,onewolf.Noupcharging,straightforwardsensetoendthisBEARproblem.
I'mseeingalotmoredeerinmyareasIhunt,butthatdoesn'tmeanthatiseverywhere.Lotsofdoescomparedtothelastthreeyears.Wecouldprobablyhaveafewdoetagsoratleastforthekidsintheyouthhunt?
Wolvesandbearareabigproblem.Nodoe,spikeorforkhornbucksshouldbeharvest.Iwouldtrademydeerhuntingopportunitiesforabearharvestpermitopportunities.Thereismorebearthandeerinmyarea.
Protectourdoesandfawnslikeyouare.Considerapointrestrictiontorebuildandprotectourbuckquality(sizeandgenetics).Thequalityofourherdisnotwhatitwastenyearsago.
Isawdeerforthefirsttimein5years,yetnotsomanyIwanttoharvestdoes.Ifeelweneedanotheryearofbucksonly(exceptforJrhunters)tobringtheherdbacktofullstrength.
PleaseeliminateallWolves.UntilyousolvetheWolfproblemthedeerandelkherdwillsuffer.ThereisnoneedforwolvesinWisconsin.Putabountyonthemandeliminatethem100%.
Thedeernumbersarefinallystartingtorecoveralittle,don'tdestroytheherdagainbyputtingoutdoetags!Onebadwinterandwe'llberightbacktowherewestarted.
Predatornumbers,specificallywolves,arewaytoohighinthisarea.IhadmoresightingsofwolvesthispastseasonthanIhavehadintheprevious10seasonscombined.
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Isawmoredeeronprivatelandlastyear.Stillnothingonpublicland.Whenthetimecomestoallowantlerlessharvest,pleaserestrictittoprivateland.
Ireallyliketoseeaminimumof3pointsononesideenforcementwhenthedeernumbersincrease.Toreducetheriskofshootingsmallbuckslettingthemgrow
IampleasedtoknowtherecommendationforantlerlessinAshlandCountynorthernforestis0.Ibelieveitshouldremainat0forafewmoreyears.
Iamextremelyfrustratedwithaproposalforzeroantlerlesstagsin2017.Theherdhasrecovered.It'stimetostarttakingsomedoes!
someantlerlessdeershouldbeharvestedtotakepressureofftheyoungbucks(spikesandforkhorns),someofusupherewantthemeat.
Ifeelthatweshouldhaveyouthhuntersfollowthesameguidelinesaseveryoneelse.Buckonlyshouldmeanbuckonlyforeveryone!
Continueazeroantlerlessquotaforanotherfiveyears,atminimum.Expeltheyouthhunt.Allowhuntingofwolves.
Twothingsneedtobedonetoimprovehuntingstatewide.Controlwolfpopulationandgetridofbaitingalltogether.
Agreetonoharvestofdoes.Predatorsarekillingofftheherd.Maybenoharvestofanydeer.
deerherdhasbeendecimatedandimpactedtheeconomyoftheNorthernforest.
Ithinkbaitingdeershouldbebanned.
Pleasebanallbaitingandfeeding.
Dosomethingaboutthewolves
Onrighttrackthanks!
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Barron,CentralFarmland
Thefollowingquestions(numbers3to6)wereonlyaskedofindividualswhoindicatedthattheyhuntinthisunit.
Section1:Informationaboutwhoprovidedtheinput.
3.InthisDMU,whattypeofdeerhuntingdoyoudo?
4.Howmanyyearshaveyouhunteddeerinthisunit?
5.Whichstatementbestdescribeswhereyoudeerhuntedinthisunitlastseason?
1.Doyouownmorethan5acresinthisDMU?
2.Whyhaveyouchosenthisunittoreferenceinthisform?
TheonlinepubliccommentformistheprimarymeansbywhichCDACsreceivefeedbackontheirpreliminaryrecommendations.Whilemanyoftheresponsescanbeaggregated,theresultsshouldnotbetreatedasrepresentativeofthegeneralpopulation.Inmostcases,resultsareskewedtowardsmoreavidhunters.Furthermore,smallsamplesizeswithineachcountyprecludestatisticalinference.Rather,thisinputshouldberegardedsimilarlytothatofinpersonorwrittentestimoniesgivenataCDACmeeting.
Yes:No:
Iliveinthisunit:
Ihuntinthisunit:Ivisitthisunitfornonhuntingpurposes:
Generalinterestinthisunit:
Gun:Bow:
Crossbow:Muzzleloader:
Average:Maximum:
ExclusivelyPrivateLand:MostlyPrivateLand:
PublicandPrivateLandAboutEqually:MostlyPublicLand:
ExclusivelyPublicLand:
formsweresubmittedforthisunit.
Ididnothuntinthisunitin2016:
6.Howcrowdedwithotherhuntersdidyoufeelwhilehuntingonpubliclandinthisdeermanagementunit?
Section2:Perceptionsaboutthenumberofdeerintheunit.
7.Basedonyourobservationsthroughoutthesummerandfallof2016,howdoesthedeerpopulationinthisDMUcomparetotheyearbefore(sincesummer/fall2015)?
8.Inyouropinion,howdidthefalldeerpopulationinthisDMUcomparetotwoyearsago(sincesummer/fall2014)?
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Minimum: 128.1660
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NotatallCrowded: 5Nottoocrowded: 16
Neithercrowdednoruncrowded: 12Somewhatcrowded: 5
Verycrowded: 2Notapplicable: 0
ManyFewer: 13Fewer: 28Same: 33More: 18
ManyMore: 3Unsure: 1
ManyFewer: 14Fewer: 29Same: 26More: 18
ManyMore: 7Unsure: 2
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9.Inyouropinion,howwouldyouratetheantlerlessquotarecommendedbytheCDACforthe2017seasoninthisunit?
Section3:FeedbackontheCDAC's2017preliminaryrecommendations
AntlerlessQuota: 1 6 23 25 39 2
MuchTooLow Toolow AboutRight TooHigh MuchTooHigh Unsure
10.Inyouropinion,howwouldyouratethenumberof$12BonusAntlerlessTagsrecommendedforthisunitbytheCDACforthe2017season?
MuchTooLow Toolow AboutRight TooHigh MuchTooHigh Unsure
BonusTagsPrivateLand: 4 9 43 12 22 6BonusTagsPublicland: 12 14
59 1 2 8
11.Inyouropinion,howwouldyouratethenumberofFREEAntlerlessPermitsrecommendedbytheCDACtobeissuedwitheachlicensefor2017seasoninthisunit?
Toolow AboutRight TooHigh Unsure
Note:FarmlandZoneandMetroSubunitsonly.
12.Dependingontheirlocation,theirpopulationobjective,andtheirantlerlessquota,CDACsmayalsorecommendsomeadditionaloptions.
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14.HowimportantwereeachofthefollowingconcernsinformingyouropinionabouttheCDAC'srecommendationsforthisunit?
Amountofdeermortalityduringanaverageyear...
2.17Amountofdamagetobackyardplants...
1.66Thenumberofdeervehiclecollisions... 2.34
Potentialriskstodeerhealth(e.g.,disease)...
2.44Enoughdeertoprovidehuntersareasonablechancetoharvestadeer...
3.08
Huntersatisfactionwiththenumberofdeer...
2.95Amountofagriculturalcropdamagefromdeer... 2.27
Deeroverbrowsingofforeststhatpreventregrowthofsomeforesttreespecies...
2.23Contributionofhuntingtourismtothelocaleconomy... 2.37
Influenceofpredatorsondeernumbersintheunit... 2.88
AverageRatingScale:1=Notatall;2=Slightly;3=Moderately;4=Very
Support Oppose Unsure
Influenceofdeernumbersonotherwildlife(abundance,distribution,health)...
2.46
AdoptanANTLERLESSONLYSEASONFRAMEWORKforALLDeerSeasons: 11 79
ShouldJUNIORANTLERLESSTAGSbeVALIDorNOTVALIDintheunit?
ImplementanANTLERLESSHOLIDAYHUNT: 25 60 5
RecommendedMETROAntlerlessTagsperLicense:
RecommendedFARMLANDZONEAntlerlessTagsperLicense: 1 29 64 2
BonusTagsMETROPrivateLand:BonusTagsMETROPublicLand:
VALID NOTVALID Unsure
DMUswithaMaintain/DecreaseObjective
DMUsinaFarmlandZone
IftheDMUweretorecommendaZeroQuota
Support Oppose Unsure
NotapplicableinthisDMU
NotapplicableinthisDMU
NotapplicableinthisDMU
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CommentsforNote:thecommentspresentedinthisreportaretheunfilteredopinionsofindividualswhorespondedtoanonlinepublicinputform.TheviewpointsexpresseddonotrepresenttheviewsofthestateofWisconsin,theDepartmentofNaturalResources,oritsemployees.
Barron,CentralFarmland
Toall,Firstofall,Iamverydisappointedwiththerecommendationsthathavebeenputoutforthenextseason.Twofreepermits,additionalbonustags,andaHolidayhuntwilldevistatethedoeherdontheeasternhalfofthecounty.Thenumbersfromlastyearshouldshowthattheherdisfirstmakingacomeback.Triplingtheamountofdoesshotwillonlyknockdowninterestinhunting.UntillastyearIhadpurchasedabowlicensefor40years.Afterprehuntingpriortothedeerseason,Ididnotseealargeincreaseinthedeerpopulation.Ididnotgobowhunting,didnotwanttowastemytime.Ididgogunhuntingandwasdisappointedintheamountofdeerseen.Whenwillyouseethatwithdecliningdeerherdalsoloseshunterinterest.Peopleliketoseethemwhilehunting.Justremember,whenyoulosethehunters,itisextremelyhardtogetthemback.Whyhavepublicmeetings?Everythingiscutanddriedpriortothemeeting.Whenafewpeopledospeak,theyareinterruptedfortheirinput.Ithoughtittobeveryunproffessionalindidualssnickeringwhenpeoplehavetheirthoughtsoninput.Ithoughtthatswhatthesemeetingswerefor.AsforOakregeneration,IsBarroncountytheonlyonehavingthisissue,Ibetnot.Landownerswillcontinuecontinuetogetthedeerherdwhereitisreasonableforpeopletowanttohuntandseeenoughdeertosatisfythem.Iwillcontinuetopromotealowerdoekillinmyarea,sohunterswillwanttohuntwithoutyourhelp.AHolidayhuntdoesnothelp.Thereisalreadyabowhunt,youthhunt,regularhunt,Muzzlehunt,DecemberDoehuntafterMuzzle.Why???????????ASKthepeoplenotthe68membersontheboard.
Ifeltthateliminatingthefreetagslastseasonwasgoodmovebythecommittee.Huntersthatwantedtoharvestadoewereabletopurchaseatag.Whenfreetagsarethrownatthehuntersinhandfuls,theyareoftenabusedandmisused.Hunterskillbecausetheycannotbecauseofaneed!Itsabsurdthatthecommitteewouldsuggesttotripletheamountoftagsgiveninoneseason.Yes,thewinterwasfairlymild,butitwasalsomildforthepredatorsthatfeastonwhitetails.Untilsomethingisdoneaboutouroutofcontrolpredatornumbers(especiallybear),IfeelthatthecommitteewouldbedoingahugedisservicetothehuntersinBarronCo.byallowingorherdtobewipedoutagain.Inaddition,thecommitteeneedstotakeaseriouslookatsplittingthecountyinto2halves(west/east).AHwy25orHwy53splitwouldworkgreat.Ithasbeenwidelyreportedatmeetingsinthepastthatthereisagreatdiscrepancyinthenumbersbetweenthewestsideandtheeastsignofthecounty.
IamalandownerandIaminfullsupportofthesunsettingthebaitingbaninifnodeerhasbeenfoundwithCWDinthecountyin24months.Ialsohuntinacountywherebaitingislegal,anddonotseeanissueoffollowingtherulesona2gallimitofbaiting.Iworkinthehuntingindustryandhavehuntedmanystates,itsallaboutgettingmorehuntersmorechancesoutinthetimber.HuntersareleavingthestatetohuntelsewhereforbetteropportunitiesandWIislosingthereputationofbeingthebestDeerstateinthecountry.Regulatinglandownersonwhattheycandoornotisnotthewayweshouldbelookingatit.Istillsupportlimitingitto2galandincreasingthepenaltyforexcessivebaiting.Thanksagainfortheworkyouaredoing,butoverregulatingtofitintocertainindividualspersonalagendaisnotsomethingIaminsupportof.IdosupportBillAB61.
IhavehuntedthesameareaofnortheasternquarterofBarroncountyfor43years.Inthose43yearsIhaveneverseenourherdgetthissmallasithasthepast5years.Wehavegottostopshootingantlerlessdeer.Ifyougiveoutthismanytagsthisyear,therewon'tbenodeerleftforanyonetoshootcomethenextyear.Iamhuntingprivatelandwithprivatelandownerstothenexttome,neitheroneofushaveharvestedananswerthisdeerever.Yetthenumbersofdeerinourareakeepgettingsmaller.WearelosingIheardtopredatorsthereardmorepredatorsouttherenowthantherehasmy43years.Pleasereconsiderthenumberofantherlesstagsthatyouareproposing.Pleasereducethatnumberofantherlesstags.
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IhunttheNEportionofBarronC0andthroughtheyearsIhavewatchedourdeernumbersFallto1Doeandherlastyears2fawns.Lastfalltherewereacouplebucksalongwithafewdoesandfawns.nowallwinterandsofarthisyearIamonlyseeing1doeand2yearlings.Iamveryconcernedaboutthefutureformygrandchildrentohavethesameopportunity'sIhad.IfellweshouldhavebeenbucksonlyNOantlerlessatallforatleastthelast3yearsinmyareathepopulationhastoimproveIagreethatthemoresouthwestyougointhisareatherecouldbeanabundanceofdeer.Somaybethiszoneshouldbereevaluatedratherthanjustputinabox.
IfeelthatputtinginsmallfoodplotsisnodifferentfrombaitingandthatthecwdcanbetransmittedthatwayalsoandIthinkbanningbaitingfromasurroundedcountythathasneverhadadeertestpositiveshouldbechangedtoonlyrestrictbaitinginthatcounty.Itrulybelievethatwehavegottenawayfromtherealreasonwehuntandthatistoprovidefoodforourfamily'sandthatmoreandmoreareonlyinterestedinthebigracksifwetrulywanttohangontoourharetigeofwhywehuntinthefirstplacewenotonlyneedtolookatitasasportbutalsoawaywefeedourfamily.
IunderstandthecurrentCDACsystem.ItdoesnotallowformanagementofunevendeerdistributioninBarronCounty.Thecurrentherdlevelwasstableuntilthe2016season,lastyearsanterlessquotadisruptedthings,increasingherdsizetonearly40%overgoal.Forestregeneration,i.e..oak,isunacceptablylowandinsomeareasnonexistent.Bothofthesefactsleavethecommitteelittlechoiceintryingtomeetthequotagoalofmaintainherdsize.IseenootherchoiceundertheDeerCzar'ssystem...
Twoareasofconcern.1.Thenumberofproposedtagstobeissued.Lessdoesweretakenin2016than2015,butthisyearthenumberoftagstobegivenouthastripled.Wouldn'tthisbeanindicationofwheretheheardisat.Witha2025%successratein2016,wouldn'tthisbeanindicationofrealisticallytheherdisat.Thestateherdhasbeendecliningfor5yearsnow.Yetmoretagsareissued.Iknowwhy,lesshunters.2)Holidayhuntcutsintootherrecreationalactivities.
Pleasekeepthebonustagsallotmentssimilarto2016.ItdoesnotmakemuchsensetodecidetoholdaHolidayHuntandnothaveenoughantlerlesstagsinthepocketsofhunters.TherearemanyhunterswhotraveltoBarronCountytohunt,buthuntothercountiesaswell,andchoosetomaketheirfreeFarmlandZonetagsgoodforthoseareas.PleasegiveusachancetoharvestantlerlessdeerinBarronCountybyincreasingtheamountofbonustags.
Ifeeleasternsideofcountyhaslessdeerthereismorehunterspersquaremile.ifeelcountymustbesplit.Theresouresandtechnologyaretheretodothisanyway.Yestherearetomanydeernearurbanareascan'thunttheiranyway.byraisingtagswillnothelponebit.it.Willhurtdeerno.onlandinandaroundlandopentopublicland.thersnotmuchopennowInowlandownersaroundmylandwillpulloutofMfl.openthat'safact.
Weusedtohaveadecentherd.Toomanybonustagshavedepletedtheherdtoalmostnothinginsomeareas.Havinghintedthesameridgesfor30yearsyougettoknowthepatternswell.Whenyougoanentiregunseasonandonlyseetwodeeryouknowthereareproblemsandoverhunting.Everyoneshouldgetonebuckandonedoestag.Nobonustags.Thiswouldhelptonotonlymaintaintheherdbutpreventareasfrombeingoverhunted.
Ihaveneverseensomanypeoplegunhuntingandsolittleshotsfired.Ididnotseeadeerallgunseasonaswellasmanyothers.Thiswillbethe7thyearihavenotgotabuck.Iaswellasmyhuntinggroupwillnotbehuntingnextyearbecauseofthis.Thereiswaytomanyhuntersinthewoodsforwhatlittledeerpopulationwehaveexpeciallyonthepublic.Thereshouldbezerobonustagsgivinandmoextraotctagsalso
IwouldonlysupporttheholidayhuntifthearcheryseasonisextendedtoJanuary31.IftheCDACdoesnotrecommendtheextendedarcheryseason,IopposetheHolidayhunt.AsaworkingcitizenthatlovestoArcheryhunt.AddingtheHolidayHunttakesawayfromthetimeofbuckhuntingaftertheGunseasonwhichcanbeavaryeffectivetimetofillyourtag.Thanksagainfortheworkyouhavedone.
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IgenerallybelievethattherearenotasmanydeerastherewereseveralyearsagobutIdoknowthattheDNRthoughtthoseyearswereoveryearsofoverpopulation.IdidnotthinksobutIamnotatrainedbiologist.Itdoesseemtomethatwecouldsupportmoredeerandthehuntingwouldbebetter.Iamguessingthefarmerswouldnotagree.
PrivateLandmaintainsthemostdeerpopulationduetohavingthemostdeerhabitat.Thepublicforestsneedtobeharvestedtocreatemorebrowsefortheseareastobecomebetterdeerhabitat.Theprivatelandnearthesepublicforestareasarestillstrugglingtoseedeer.Thisismostlyonthenorthandnortheasternpartofthecounty.
DeernumbersinnorthernBarronCo.Havereallyplummetedafteralltheextradoetagsissueinpastyears.Ibelievehuntersarefinallytakingthisintotheirownhandsbecauseofwhattheyhaveexperiencedinthepastandwillonlyshootwhattheyfeelappropriate.Tellmeagainwhybaitinghasnotbeenprohibited????
WehuntinthenorthernpartofBarronCountyandIknowthenumbersarevastlydifferentthaninthesouthernhalfofBarronCounty.Inmyopinionallowingtheantlerlessharvestthatyouhaveproposedandaholidayhuntwouldbeverydetrimentaltothedeerpopulationinthenorthernhalfofthecounty.
Deerpopulationsvarythroughoutthecounty.Wouldn'titmakesensetotryandmanagelowpopulationsareasdifferentlyfromhighpopulationareas?Itdoesn'tseemthatthereisaneasywayfordiscouragedhunterstohuntinhighpopulationareas.
Iamconcernedatthesignificantdecreaseindeerpopulation(especiallydoe/fawn)observedonmyownandneighboringpropertieswhileatthesametimeseeingasignificantincreaseinpredatornumbersincludingblackbears,wolvesandcoyotes.
Iwillusuallyalwayssupportoneantlerlesstagperlicensepurchased.Twotagsisoverkillanddiminishesthevalueofthedeerresource.Hunterswillgladlyandeasilypay$12fortheprivilegeofharvestinganadditionaldeerifneeded.
Getridoftheprivatelandandpubliclandtagsystem.Thisisaunfairpractice.Publiclandhunterspaythesamepriceforlicenseputdonotgetthesamerightsasprivatelandowners.Privatelandownersownthelandnotthedeer.
Ithinkgivingouttwoantlerlessdeertagswitheachlicenseisagrossdevaluationofperhapsourmostvaluablenaturalresource.Thehighnumberofantlerlesstagsoverall,Ibelieve,isanoverreactiontothemildwinterwehad.
Ithinkthatanobaitingbanshouldcontinue.Asunsetoftheserestrictionsisahugemistake.OnceCWDisinanarea,itistheretillallthedeeraregone.Itistooimportanttooureconomytolosedeerhuntingtodisease.
Blackbearandtimberwolvesarehavinganimpactonourdeerpopulation...thereshouldbemorebearharvestpermitsavailabletocontrolbearpopulationsandpredationonthedeerherd...particularlythespringfawncrop.
Iwouldliketoseeaherdsizeofthe90'sthatwasmuchmoreplentifulthannow.Ihavetwoboysandadaughterthatwouldlovenotonlytoseeadeerinthestand,butIwouldlovetogivethemachanceatonealso.
Iwouldliketoseemoredeerthanwhatihavebeenseeingthelast3or4years.Iwouldliketoseemorepredatorcontrolandabuckonlyseasontoboostthedeerherdupinnumbers.
NEBarronCountyhasbeensufferingsincegoingtotheCountyUnitvspreviousunitalignmentthatincludedthebluehills.Populationisfartoolowinthispartofthecounty.
IfChippewacountyis0tagswhatarewethinkinginBarroncounty!!Pleasejustreducethenumberoftags.Wehavethesmallestdeerherdwehavehadinaverylongtime.
Iwouldliketoseetheantlerlessquotareducedtozeroforprivateandpubliclandsinanyzoneswheremaintainablepopulationsareattained.
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Unitwideantlerrestrictionminimumof3pointspersidenotincludingbrowtine.Orbucksonlyforafewyearstohelpdoepopulation.
Youwillneedtofocusonducksseasonnext.TheproposalforourFriendlynativesnighthuntingnettingandsnaringisabsurd.
Ihaveseenmanymoredeerintheareathisspring.Iwouldhighlyrecommendthe2extratagsforantlerlessdeerin2017.
Ithink1antlerlesstagincludedperdeerhuntinglicensewouldbeenoughplusbonustagsforsale.
wecantallowtohavefreetagsonpubliclandstherearenodeeronpubliclands
Don'tchargeforantlerlesstags.Givefreewithpurchasedgunandbowlicense
Tomanydeerinthearea,shouldhaveadoeonlyseasonfor2017
Ithinkonefreetagperlicensewouldbeappropriate.
Getridoftheyouthhunt!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Toomanybears!
Plentyofdeer.
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Bayfield,NorthernForest
Thefollowingquestions(numbers3to6)wereonlyaskedofindividualswhoindicatedthattheyhuntinthisunit.
Section1:Informationaboutwhoprovidedtheinput.
3.InthisDMU,whattypeofdeerhuntingdoyoudo?
4.Howmanyyearshaveyouhunteddeerinthisunit?
5.Whichstatementbestdescribeswhereyoudeerhuntedinthisunitlastseason?
1.Doyouownmorethan5acresinthisDMU?
2.Whyhaveyouchosenthisunittoreferenceinthisform?
TheonlinepubliccommentformistheprimarymeansbywhichCDACsreceivefeedbackontheirpreliminaryrecommendations.Whilemanyoftheresponsescanbeaggregated,theresultsshouldnotbetreatedasrepresentativeofthegeneralpopulation.Inmostcases,resultsareskewedtowardsmoreavidhunters.Furthermore,smallsamplesizeswithineachcountyprecludestatisticalinference.Rather,thisinputshouldberegardedsimilarlytothatofinpersonorwrittentestimoniesgivenataCDACmeeting.
Yes:No:
Iliveinthisunit:
Ihuntinthisunit:Ivisitthisunitfornonhuntingpurposes:
Generalinterestinthisunit:
Gun:Bow:
Crossbow:Muzzleloader:
Average:Maximum:
ExclusivelyPrivateLand:MostlyPrivateLand:
PublicandPrivateLandAboutEqually:MostlyPublicLand:
ExclusivelyPublicLand:
formsweresubmittedforthisunit.
Ididnothuntinthisunitin2016:
6.Howcrowdedwithotherhuntersdidyoufeelwhilehuntingonpubliclandinthisdeermanagementunit?
Section2:Perceptionsaboutthenumberofdeerintheunit.
7.Basedonyourobservationsthroughoutthesummerandfallof2016,howdoesthedeerpopulationinthisDMUcomparetotheyearbefore(sincesummer/fall2015)?
8.Inyouropinion,howdidthefalldeerpopulationinthisDMUcomparetotwoyearsago(sincesummer/fall2014)?
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Minimum: 126.2765
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NotatallCrowded: 4Nottoocrowded: 26
Neithercrowdednoruncrowded: 43Somewhatcrowded: 49
Verycrowded: 63Notapplicable: 2
ManyFewer: 46Fewer: 59Same: 84More: 61
ManyMore: 20Unsure: 5
ManyFewer: 49Fewer: 48Same: 62More: 72
ManyMore: 39Unsure: 5
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9.Inyouropinion,howwouldyouratetheantlerlessquotarecommendedbytheCDACforthe2017seasoninthisunit?
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AntlerlessQuota: 6 10 47 29 177 6
MuchTooLow Toolow AboutRight TooHigh MuchTooHigh Unsure
10.Inyouropinion,howwouldyouratethenumberof$12BonusAntlerlessTagsrecommendedforthisunitbytheCDACforthe2017season?
MuchTooLow Toolow AboutRight TooHigh MuchTooHigh Unsure
BonusTagsPrivateLand: 6 9 35 42 173 10BonusTagsPublicland: 5 11
32 32 188 7
11.Inyouropinion,howwouldyouratethenumberofFREEAntlerlessPermitsrecommendedbytheCDACtobeissuedwitheachlicensefor2017seasoninthisunit?
Toolow AboutRight TooHigh Unsure
Note:FarmlandZoneandMetroSubunitsonly.
12.Dependingontheirlocation,theirpopulationobjective,andtheirantlerlessquota,CDACsmayalsorecommendsomeadditionaloptions.
14.HowimportantwereeachofthefollowingconcernsinformingyouropinionabouttheCDAC'srecommendationsforthisunit?
Amountofdeermortalityduringanaverageyear...
2.57Amountofdamagetobackyardplants...
1.65Thenumberofdeervehiclecollisions... 2.03
Potentialriskstodeerhealth(e.g.,disease)...
2.50Enoughdeertoprovidehuntersareasonablechancetoharvestadeer...
3.12
Huntersatisfactionwiththenumberofdeer...
3.14Amountofagriculturalcropdamagefromdeer... 2.00
Deeroverbrowsingofforeststhatpreventregrowthofsomeforesttreespecies...
2.27Contributionofhuntingtourismtothelocaleconomy... 2.80
Influenceofpredatorsondeernumbersintheunit... 3.24
AverageRatingScale:1=Notatall;2=Slightly;3=Moderately;4=Very
Support Oppose Unsure
Influenceofdeernumbersonotherwildlife(abundance,distribution,health)...
2.43
AdoptanANTLERLESSONLYSEASONFRAMEWORKforALLDeerSeasons:
ShouldJUNIORANTLERLESSTAGSbeVALIDorNOTVALIDintheunit? 135 124
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ImplementanANTLERLESSHOLIDAYHUNT:
RecommendedMETROAntlerlessTagsperLicense:
RecommendedFARMLANDZONEAntlerlessTagsperLicense:
BonusTagsMETROPrivateLand:BonusTagsMETROPublicLand:
VALID NOTVALID Unsure
DMUswithaMaintain/DecreaseObjective
DMUsinaFarmlandZone
IftheDMUweretorecommendaZeroQuota
Support Oppose Unsure
NotapplicableinthisDMU
NotapplicableinthisDMU
NotapplicableinthisDMU
NotapplicableinthisDMU
NotapplicableinthisDMU
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I'mreallygladyouareofferingthiswebpagetohearthevoicesinthehuntingcommunity.IhavebeenhuntingAshlandandBayfieldCountiesforover30yearsandwe'vealwayshadgooddeernumbersupuntilaround2007.Istartedtoseeaseriousdeclineeveryyearsincethattime.ThenumbershavenotcomebackandIdonotbelievethislastyearshigherregistrationnumbers.Ibelievethatthosenumberswerefalselyreportedforunknownreasons.IknowthatIdidnothearmuchshootingtheentireseason.Iknowseveralbighuntinggangsinmyarea,friendsofmyfamily,andgeneralwordofmouthhavealwaysbeenagoodmeasureofthedeerherd.Thesehuntinggangsetc.,reportedveryslimsuccess.Thesearegangslikeminewhoinyearspastwouldhaveanywherefrom815buckshangingfromthebuckpole.Allofthesegangsreported1,2,3buckshangingoutof1520deerhunters.WhatI'mtryingtosayisthesegangsareserioushuntinggroupswhoworkhardandusuallyhavesuccess.Thesearen'tthelazybeerdrinkinggangsofhunters.Inmyopiniontherearethreereasonsforthedeclineinthedeerpopulation.Theyareoverissuanceofantlerlesspermits;oversellingofbonustags;andoverpopulationofthepredators.Somethinghastochange,anditdidacoupleofyearsagowhentheDNRstoppedissuingantlerlesstags.Thatwasgood,buttheherdisstillontherebound,andnowtheyareproposing3800antlerlesstagsagain!Thatisridiculousinmyopinion.Lettheherdtrytocomeback.Thewolvesandbearsarekillingthem365daysayear.Weneedtobringthosepopulationsincheck.Therearetoomanybears/wolves/coyotes/bobcats.Toomanypredators!Ithinkthatweshouldkeeptheantlerlessquotaatzerountilwegetthepredatorpopulationincheck.Thedeerherdcannotreboundwiththatmanypredators.ThedeerherdisstillwaydowninBayfieldandAshlandcounties.TheBearpopulationiswaytoohighasarethewolvesandcoyotes.Iwouldsuggestgettingthebearsundercontrolbyallowingthreetofiveyearsofoverthecounterbearkilltags.Thiswouldgoalongwaystowardsgettingthosenumbersincheck.ThentheDNRcouldgobacktothelotterysystem.Iwouldevensupportchargingmoremoneyforanoverthecounterkilltagtomakeupforthelostyearsoflottery.Bearskillalotoffawnsinthespringtime.Ispendalotoftimeinthewoods,andIseebearseverywhereIgouptherenomatterinBayfieldorAshlandCounty.Wehadgooddeernumbersbackwhenbeartagswereboughtoverthecounter.Thelotterysystemturnedalotofguysawayfrombearhunting.Itmakesithardtoplanthefuturesofarinadvanceforabearhunt.Whenwecouldgetatagoverthecounterthereweremanyhunterswhowouldsay,I'mgoingtotakeacoupledaysoffnextweekandtrytokillabear.Youcan'tdothatanymorewiththislotterysystem.Thatisjustamoneymakingsceam..notgoodforhunters.Selltagsoverthecounterlikeitusedtobe.You'dgetmorepeoplehuntingbears.ThepopulationofbearsisoutrageousinAshlandandBayfieldCounties.Thewolfpopulationiswaytoohighaswell.DuringdeerseasonIseemorewolftracksthandeertracks.OnedayafterafreshsnowfallIdroveafirelaneinBayfieldcountyandfollowed4wolftracksformilestrottingdownthefirelane.Onedeertrackcrossedtheroadandthewolvesleftthefirelaneonthattrack.Thatdeerprobablydidn'tlivemuchlonger.Therearecompletesectionsthatmyhuntingpartyusedtohunt,andwedon'twasteourtimeinthereanymorebecausethewolveshavemovedinandthedeeraregone!Thewolfpopulationhascausedthehuntingpressuretochange.Thehuntersarecongregatedinsmallertracksoflandbecausethedeerareinpockets.Sowherethereisapocketofdeertherearemorehunters.ItusedtobemorespreadoutthroughoutBayfieldCounty,butinrecentyears,therearelesshuntersoverallbuthuntersthataretherearehuntingthesameareas.Soitseemslikethereismorehuntingpressure.It'sdeceivingbecauseyoucandrivefor30milesandnotseeatruckparkedonthefirelane.Thenallofsuddenwithinacoupleofmilestretchyouwillsee10trucksparked.Itneverusedtobelikethat.Oneothertopicofdiscussion.Pleasedonotchangethelaws/regulationsregardingknockedarrowsinthebowafterdark.Iheardthatsomeonehasproposedachangethatwouldallowforhunterstolegallysitintheirstandsafterdarkwithanarrownocked.Thereisnoreasonforthatanditwoulddefinitelyendangerthewardenslives.Iftheyweretowalkuponahunterintheirstandafterdarktheyalreadyriskbeingshot.Ifeelthatiftheycatchsomeoneintheirstandsafterdarkitshouldbeanautomaticticket.Arrownockedornot!Thereisnoreasonforthatotherthanpoaching.Wehaveaterriblepoachingproblemstatewide.Ican'tevenbelievethattheDNRwouldconsidersucharegulation.Thatissimplystupid.It'salreadyhardenoughforthewardenstocatchsomeonepoachingafterhours.Nowyouwantthemtocatchthemintheact.Iftheyhaveanarrownockedafterhoursthatispoaching!Thankyouforlistening.Ifwereallycareaboutourdeerherdwewillletthemcomebackbeforekillingoffthedoes
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andfawns.Weneeddoesandfawnstomakebigbucks!Bigbucksbringhunters,andhuntersbringthemoney.Letusgetthepredatorspopulationincheckbeforeweworryabouttheantlerlessquota.Mothernaturewilltakecareofherselfwithoutanyhelpfromus.Thepredatorsareeating365daysayear.That'salotofdeaddeer,andelkforthatmatter.Ithinkthat'scomical..let'splantelk..letshavewolves..ohwaittheelkherdcan'tgettoapopulationforhunting.hmmm..wonderwhy.TheyhaveharderwintersoutwestinthemountainsthanwehavearoundhereinWisconsinsothatisnotthecause.Thanksagainsorryforramblingattheendthere..
IspokeattheMarchhearingandvoicedmyopinionagainstanyantlerlessquota.IamamemberofoneofatleastsixhuntingcampswhohavecabinsinthenorthernpartoftheVillageofDrummond.Eachoftheseusedtohave68hunters,nowtheyhave34.I'vehuntedoutofourcampfornearly50yearsandhaveseendeernumbersriseandfall,butstillwewouldseedeer,evenafterabadwinter.Aftertheslaughterviawaytoomanybonustagsofthelastdecade,deernumbersaremaybejustbarelybeginningtocomebackintheNationalForestareawherewehunt.Still,inthelasttwoyearsoversevenfulldaysofhuntingI'veseenatotaloftwodeer,andhavenotfiredmygunatadeersince2009.Thequalityofhuntinghasdiminishedandit'sfranklyveryfrustrating.Itisdifficulttoinviteafriendorayoungpersontojoinourcamp,astheywilllikelybecomesimilarlydisappointed.Myopinionisthatitisshortsightedtoofferantlerlesstags,whichwillfurtherreducedeer(buck)numbers.AnotherfrustrationImustvoiceisthatitwasveryapparentthattheMarchmeetingwasorchestrated.Mr.Nassusedthestatisticsofthelatterpartofthepreviousdecadetoconvincethecommitteetoacceptalowerbuckkill,whereasthefirsthalfofthedecadeproducedahigherbuckkill.Whypurposelyofferfewerbucksforhunters?Theforester(didn'tcatchhisname)broughtpropsofdeerbrowsedsaplings,carryingtheimplicationthateverytreeintheforestissubjecttointensivebrowsingandifabunchofantlerlessdeerweren'tkillednotreewouldgrowpastthatstage.Thiscertainlyisn'tthecaseintheforestsouthofDrummondastheforestundergrowthisbecomingthickerandbecauseofno/poormanagementmatureoaksaredyingonthestump.Ibelievethecommitteewasgiveninaccurateandspuriousinformationandnotonlymadethewrongdecisiontohaveanantlerlessseason,butsetaquotathatisinappropriatelyhighfortheNationalForest.IwouldrespectivelyrequestthattheBayfieldCountyCDADreconsidertheirrecommendationaneliminateorsignificantlyreducetheantlerlessquotaonpublicland.
Ihavebeenhuntinginthisareafor41years.IhaveneverseenasfewdeerasIhadseeninthelast510years.Infactfromthe2009to2015seasonsIsaw11totaldeerin7years.Mywifesaw14deerinthatsametimeperiod.Shedidsee7deerlastyear.buthad2doesandafawnthatcamethroughtwice.Soreallyonly4deer.Andofmyfourdeer3werethosesametwodoesandafawn.From2009to2015itwasextrmelyraretoseeanyfawnsevenontrailcameras.Infactthefallof2016wasthefirstyearinprobably78yearsthatwehadseenanytwinfawns.Lastyearwehadonesetoftwinfawns.Wealsohadatleastonesinglefawn.Priortothatwetypicallyseenwhatseemedtobeonesinglefawneachyearontrailcameras.Ifitweren'tfortrailcamerasIprobablywouldhavegivenuphuntinginthearea.Atleastusingthemthroughouttheyearatourcabinletusknowthatthatwehadafewdeerinthearea.Butwithoutthemwesawveryveryfewdeer.Eveninpastyearswhenwehadn'tseenmanydeerwhilehuntingwehadatleastseenthemintheoffseason.IjustgotbackfromawekendatthecabinandevenwithnofoliageonthetreesandalotofdrivingthroughtheChequamegonForestareanearourcabinweonlysawonedeer.Withtheamountofdeerweareseeingandtheamountofpredatorsinthearea,bear,coyoteandwolf,nowisnotthetimetobegivingoutanterlesstags.Givethepopulationachancetocomebackupbeforewestartgivingouttags.TheonlyanterlesstagsIwouldsupportandeventhengrudginglywouldbeforyouthandhandicappedhunters.Andforperspectivepriortotheyeartheareahadanearnabuckseasonourfamilyof45huntersalmostalwaystookadoeeachyear.Howeverthatyearwasthelastyearwedidso.Sincethenwejusthavenotseenenoughdeertofeelrightabouttakingananterlessdeer.Butunfortunatelymanyhuntersdon'tcareaboutsustainingaqualityheardifitmeanstheycan'tshootadeer.Soeventhoughwesawafewmoredeerlastyearitwasnotenoughtojustifyanterlesstags!!!Iamnotagainstshootinganterlessdeerbutnotwiththenumberswestillhave.
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Thepastcoupleyearshavebeengreat.Thedeernumbersarefinallystartingtoclimb,unfortunatelythenumberofpredatorsisgettingoutofhand.Idoseeapositivetrendinbearpermitsbeinghandedout,34yearsseemsmorereasonablethan67consideringthenumbersiamseeingandgettingoncams.Theelephantintheroomisthenumberofwolves.Theyarealarminglygettingoutofcontrol,ihavebeenrunningcamshardthispastwinter(Dec16nowof17).Ihave2packsofwolvesonthesamecamera(one7andtheother8members),andnot6milesfromthisspotiamgetting46singlewolvesoncam.Typicallyinthepastihaveonlyseen34inapack,butapackof7andapackof8inthesameareaisgettingoutofhand.Iseeanexponentialgrowthincomingyearsifthenumbersarenotkeptincheck.ThedeepcountylandofthefarNorthernWIareajustdoesnotholddeerlikeitusedto,theremightbeafewhereandthere,butthereissolittlechanceforthemtosurvivewiththenumberofwolves(Ican'timagineifwehaveanother1314winter).IhavewalkedtheWestforkofaparticularriveracoupletimesthisspring,Iamshockedatthenumberofwolfdeerkillsalongthatareanotmanypeopletravel.Thereseemstobedeerhairandbonesaboutevery.25.5mile.Nowidonotclaimtobeapredatorexpertorabiologistofanysort,butwhatiamisanAVIDdeerhunterandoutdoorsmanwholivestospendasmuchtimeinthewoodsaspossibleeitherhunting/scoutingorrunningcams.Whaticantellyouismyfindingsbetweeneitherseeingdeaddeer,tracks,orhavingwolvesoncameraareveryreal,andhavebeengettingworseandworseoverthepastcoupleyears.Thankyou
MyfamilyhashuntedinBayfieldCountyforover60yearsandithasbeenfamilytraditiontogototheBuckShackforDeerSeason,eventhoughwecomefromthecentralfarmlandzonewhereIcanseeupto20deerjustonmy5miledrivehomefromwork.Forallofthose60yearswehavebeenabuckonlycampuntilwewereforcedtoharvestdoesduringtheearnabuckseason,whichIbe