SD51555
5 year old buck +
Now that the newly released deer zone designations and limits are out, it's time to assess how hard I/you/we are going to have to work to preserve the inch of progress we made with our past mild winter.
For me and zone 172, with it's new fancy 25% herd increase goal, we were met with a 100% increase in doe tags over last year. Needless to say, to move in the right direction or even hold our own, we're going to have to do it with good ole' fashioned diplomacy.
So from here, it's back to the neighbor coalition plan again. I think it's also important that we again discuss how to approach it in the right way. We don't know what we're going to get if we never had the conversation. So from here, I've got one piece of advice.
Go talk to your neighbors and just discuss with them your zone designation and what they think of the state of the herd. Feel them out from there. If they're PO'd too, go for the mutual trigger control plan right away. They're not there, don't go for it right away. May take more time before you get them to come around. For now, have the talk and gather info on how they feel.
Good luck.
SD
For me and zone 172, with it's new fancy 25% herd increase goal, we were met with a 100% increase in doe tags over last year. Needless to say, to move in the right direction or even hold our own, we're going to have to do it with good ole' fashioned diplomacy.
So from here, it's back to the neighbor coalition plan again. I think it's also important that we again discuss how to approach it in the right way. We don't know what we're going to get if we never had the conversation. So from here, I've got one piece of advice.
Go talk to your neighbors and just discuss with them your zone designation and what they think of the state of the herd. Feel them out from there. If they're PO'd too, go for the mutual trigger control plan right away. They're not there, don't go for it right away. May take more time before you get them to come around. For now, have the talk and gather info on how they feel.
Good luck.
SD