horst Posted December 19, 2007 Report Share Posted December 19, 2007 The DNR here says we havent killed enough deer this year, they've added another season for gun hunters and extended the late ML season 3 days as a result.My personal opinion is that in recent years theyve went overboard in my area of the state on letting people kill deer, the reason that they havent reached the number of deer they wanted killed is simple, theres not that many deer left in the area.Extra doe tags, any sex tags and record number deer kills have taken a toll. At the begining of this it was a good idea, we had to many deer and needed them thinned out.Some areas of the state I believe are still overpopulated.But theyve went overboard and the results arent good for hunters in this area. This links updated hourly, it shows the number of deer killed in each county. https://hfwa.centraltechnology.net/iowadnr/harvestdata/realTimeHarvest.do My areas Palo Alto county with 363 total deer killed, Clay county with 512, and Emmet county with 223.Keeping in mind this is a total of 3 months of deer hunting covering 4 gun seasons and a 3 month bow season these numbers are horriblly low. Now weve got less deer so less guys are bothering to hunt them which in turn means less deer killed and the DNR issuing more tags to lower an imaginary overpoulation of them.I dont know where they get thier numbers at but the clearly dont match the reality on the ground, their headquarters are in the other end of the state and they have one game warden per county up here. Its a bad cycle weve gotten into and hunters are getting upset about the low number of deer, the DNR is upset because they dont think enouh are being killed, and somethings gotta give. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wtnhunt Posted December 19, 2007 Report Share Posted December 19, 2007 the reason that they havent reached the number of deer they wanted killed is simple, theres not that many deer left in the area.Extra doe tags, any sex tags and record number deer kills have taken a toll. Have not ever seen adjustments in our seasons as they go along on deer Chris. Pretty cool that your state has the numbers up and updated in real time, just found a link on our states site that is new that has similar data avalable. Would kind of have to wonder if the reasoning for extending the season is not motivated by other factors such as interests from insurance companies. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
horst Posted December 19, 2007 Author Report Share Posted December 19, 2007 LOL I accidently hit the save button in the middle of my post so you didnt get the whole thing:D The insurance industries been a big factor since they began issuing doe tags.But theyre walking a real fine lie now between doing thier job and managing the population, and being ran by the insurance industry.To make matters worse the state legislature got involved in this at the begining and they have no businuess in trying to manage the wildlife, the insurance industry has to much influence over them the way it is:( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
horst Posted December 21, 2007 Author Report Share Posted December 21, 2007 Something else I noticed, in the link it shows theres been 480 bucks killed so far that have shed thier antlers already, these would be deer people shot thinking they were does and probably getting tagged as does.Season runs untill the 10th, Im rather curious how any total shed antler bucks there will be at the end of the year now:confused: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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