BuckSutherland
5 year old buck +
Last night I sent off an email to our area wildlife supervisor. Here is what I Sent her:
Christine,
Area you the lead manager of the deer herd for area 172?? If you are, I hope you are getting the message loud and clear that we need/want more deer. The people I hunt with have had a self imposed NO DOE regulation for the last two years. I was quite disappointed that our area was not bucks only last fall. I encountered several groups that in the past wouldnt dream of bring a kid with that brought them in 2014, just so they could have a doe tag. Short-sighted IMHO.
I certainly hope this year that we are strongly considering bucks only. After the mild winter we had hopefully winter kill was/is almost non-existent. We should be able to get a decent year class off this year, and if we can do the same next year we will be in good shape again. At the very least permits should be considerably dropped from the 500 that were allowed last year, especially with the introduction of so many crossbows to the woods.
Mistakes where made all around with the deer herd and winters were brutal. Lets just take the short-term pain and decrease the harvest of antlerless deer so we can increase our total population to a more acceptable level a year or two from now. We have several young hunters set to hit the woods in the next couple years and I never want them to experience the pathetic hunting I have seen the past two years. I know what my area is capable of, and it looks nothing like 2014!!
Thanks for your consideration,
And here is what she sent back to me this morning.
Thanks for your input.
I am the lead wildlife manager in PA 172, but this PA does go into the Grand Rapids work area also. I haven’t heard from any other hunters from 172, but I’ve only been here for a little over a year now. To give me some perspective where do you hunt? Also you probably are aware that we are currently working on revising the deer population goals for this PA. A team of representatives has developed recommendations for each of the permit areas we are revising goals on this year and from April 2-15th we will be accepting public comment on these recommendations, so I encourage you to make a comment on these recommendations. More info. can be found on the MNDNR deer management website (http://www.dnr.state.mn.us/mammals/deer/mgmt.html). Thanks again, great to have input from hunters who use the area.
Christine
Christine Reisz
Aitkin Area Wildlife Supervisor
Its time to send her some fan mail. You can also send some to Jeff Lightfoot who is the regional manager out of the GR office. I believe he is her boss.
Emails
christine.reisz@state.mn.us
jeff.lightfoot@state.mn.us
Christine,
Area you the lead manager of the deer herd for area 172?? If you are, I hope you are getting the message loud and clear that we need/want more deer. The people I hunt with have had a self imposed NO DOE regulation for the last two years. I was quite disappointed that our area was not bucks only last fall. I encountered several groups that in the past wouldnt dream of bring a kid with that brought them in 2014, just so they could have a doe tag. Short-sighted IMHO.
I certainly hope this year that we are strongly considering bucks only. After the mild winter we had hopefully winter kill was/is almost non-existent. We should be able to get a decent year class off this year, and if we can do the same next year we will be in good shape again. At the very least permits should be considerably dropped from the 500 that were allowed last year, especially with the introduction of so many crossbows to the woods.
Mistakes where made all around with the deer herd and winters were brutal. Lets just take the short-term pain and decrease the harvest of antlerless deer so we can increase our total population to a more acceptable level a year or two from now. We have several young hunters set to hit the woods in the next couple years and I never want them to experience the pathetic hunting I have seen the past two years. I know what my area is capable of, and it looks nothing like 2014!!
Thanks for your consideration,
And here is what she sent back to me this morning.
Thanks for your input.
I am the lead wildlife manager in PA 172, but this PA does go into the Grand Rapids work area also. I haven’t heard from any other hunters from 172, but I’ve only been here for a little over a year now. To give me some perspective where do you hunt? Also you probably are aware that we are currently working on revising the deer population goals for this PA. A team of representatives has developed recommendations for each of the permit areas we are revising goals on this year and from April 2-15th we will be accepting public comment on these recommendations, so I encourage you to make a comment on these recommendations. More info. can be found on the MNDNR deer management website (http://www.dnr.state.mn.us/mammals/deer/mgmt.html). Thanks again, great to have input from hunters who use the area.
Christine
Christine Reisz
Aitkin Area Wildlife Supervisor
Its time to send her some fan mail. You can also send some to Jeff Lightfoot who is the regional manager out of the GR office. I believe he is her boss.
Emails
christine.reisz@state.mn.us
jeff.lightfoot@state.mn.us