Riggsgwp->
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Do you have a printable link for that poster? Maybe a few of us guys can print and spread them around.
Never mind I saved it as a photo.
Never mind I saved it as a photo.
All Things Habitat - Lets talk.....
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bat man
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Ads start next week.
Please review the page for tweaks as traffic will be directed there and it needs to be ready.
Goal will be to get 'mini banquets' set up across the state requiring MBI membership to attend. PowerPoint, Q&A, aerial property reviews to discuss access plans to keep does safe, and then we visit local landowners parcel to do a browse review for doe harvest strategies. Funds raised will be used for the PR campaign in ODN. Set up regions across the state and build an educated band of merry men to hold the 'mini banquets'.
http://www.mndeerdensity.com/hunter-managed-herds/
Please review the page for tweaks as traffic will be directed there and it needs to be ready.
Goal will be to get 'mini banquets' set up across the state requiring MBI membership to attend. PowerPoint, Q&A, aerial property reviews to discuss access plans to keep does safe, and then we visit local landowners parcel to do a browse review for doe harvest strategies. Funds raised will be used for the PR campaign in ODN. Set up regions across the state and build an educated band of merry men to hold the 'mini banquets'.
http://www.mndeerdensity.com/hunter-managed-herds/
sandbur
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B rooks-I am struggling with the color coding on that map. It might get the point across anyway, but not very legible. Need brighter colors!
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It's a cell phone pj of the screen
He will have final version monday
sandbur
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Brooks-I like the idea of starting with MBI. Bowhunters tend to be very observant and dedicated.
In most cases bowhunters are not the problem with excess doe harvest except for a few individuals. In time we need to get the message to the firearm hunters. Ads are a start.
It seems odd that many of us had been told for years to shoot more does, by national deer hunting organizations and by our DNR in some areas. They say balance the herd, but we have taken it to the point where there is no herd.
In most cases bowhunters are not the problem with excess doe harvest except for a few individuals. In time we need to get the message to the firearm hunters. Ads are a start.
It seems odd that many of us had been told for years to shoot more does, by national deer hunting organizations and by our DNR in some areas. They say balance the herd, but we have taken it to the point where there is no herd.
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Scott over at http://www.northwoodsmapping.com got the maps all finished today and they look good.
Pretty telling. The deer are not evenly spread across the landscape.
Keep his company in mind for maps of your land/lake etc as a thank you for all of his gratis effort and time.
Pretty telling. The deer are not evenly spread across the landscape.
Keep his company in mind for maps of your land/lake etc as a thank you for all of his gratis effort and time.
biglakeba$$
5 year old buck +
wow......... Not sure what else to say.
221 was intensive harvest how many years straight? No wonder there are all the zeros. The few deer that migrate or live near those areas gets slaughtered down to zero year after year after year.
221 was intensive harvest how many years straight? No wonder there are all the zeros. The few deer that migrate or live near those areas gets slaughtered down to zero year after year after year.
leexrayshady
5 year old buck +
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sandbur
5 year old buck +
And a few years of Early Antlerless.
What is it that is suppose to be of concern? That a few folks feed deer in the winter and that concentrates the deer when the aerial surveys are done in the winter? IMO that map just isn't bad enough to get most people's attention. Maybe to the local folks who know that area, but probably not to the rest of the state.
Riggsgwp->
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It reiterates what the DNR has told us over and over, some hunters may likely be in a cold pocket so they should be passing does and implementing habitat projects. They don't fly zones in summer or fall so of course the map will show small amounts of yarding, but you can bet in the fall months cold pockets still exist and hunters need to manage accordingly cause the dnr won't do it for you.
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Hunter success has dropped in half in 10 years. Hunter satisfaction has dropped from 66% to 26%. That is because there are fewer deer, and they are not spread across the landscape. The graphic will help guys understand they are creating their own cold pockets by shooting too many adult does.
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biglakeba$$
5 year old buck +
Sadly it isnt simply shooting too many does..... its the fact people are shooting the only ones they probably see all season.
Joe Schmoe Hunter looks at that map and sees a bunch of 20', 30's, and even a 40 then Joe thinks there are plenty of deer and that their will be no harm by him shooting one. Let the other hunters that are seeing 20 deer pass up a deer, old Joe ain't passing on the only deer he is likely to see all year when there are plenty just down the road a bit.
Riggsgwp->
5 year old buck +
The movement doesn't start with dip$hit guys like Old Joe Schmoe. The responsible hunters that have a brain and understand basic math and science skills are the ones that will change this state for the better. We will also raise our offspring to do the same and eventually Old Joe Schmoe and his ways will die.
*Hawaii5joe*
5 year old buck +
Keep me out of it! Just kidding. Different Joe...
Just like you they want to shoot a deer this year.
Hunters are good at accepting excuses for why it was alright to shoot their deer. Cull buck. QDMA said to shoot does. etc.
They will look at that map and note the numerous green 20+ circles. After sitting in the stand for 4 days and finally seeing a doe, the thought that there are 20 deer just down the road will be enough to allow most folks to pull the trigger.
The map shows too much good even if it does show a lot more bad.
