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Anyone in the 'dwindling deer debate' ought to to pick up a copy of this month's field and stream (blue cover, three guns on it). Has an article on Wisconsin's Deer Czar Dr. James Kroll...who has also brought in Gary Alt from PA.
There's also some humor in the it too:
"Biologists from two states noted for super whitetail management, however, are less enthusiastic [about a governor appointed deer czar] ... Ohio's Division of Wildlife program leader Mike Honkatonk is more blunt: 'There's not a lot I can say positively about that move (what, you don't like experts auditing a state's deer estimating data?). I know the biologists in Wisc on there's not a harder-working, more highly talented group of professionals around (glad to know your staff is second-tier). I'm amazed, because they don't seem to be insulted, and I know I would be. My guess is that there isn't going to be anything radical or eathshaking in what happens there. The squeaky wheels (ahem!) are just going to have to sit down and work it out. No deer czar, guru, or swami is going to walk in there and change it."
In all honesty, what Kroll has done seems good...he's torn apart the state's estimating data and said it was a crock of crap...and has been holding meetings with hunters...
An interesting case to our north....
There's also some humor in the it too:
"Biologists from two states noted for super whitetail management, however, are less enthusiastic [about a governor appointed deer czar] ... Ohio's Division of Wildlife program leader Mike Honkatonk is more blunt: 'There's not a lot I can say positively about that move (what, you don't like experts auditing a state's deer estimating data?). I know the biologists in Wisc on there's not a harder-working, more highly talented group of professionals around (glad to know your staff is second-tier). I'm amazed, because they don't seem to be insulted, and I know I would be. My guess is that there isn't going to be anything radical or eathshaking in what happens there. The squeaky wheels (ahem!) are just going to have to sit down and work it out. No deer czar, guru, or swami is going to walk in there and change it."
In all honesty, what Kroll has done seems good...he's torn apart the state's estimating data and said it was a crock of crap...and has been holding meetings with hunters...
An interesting case to our north....