2025-26 Seasons passed wildlife council
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Why in the world are we increasing bag limits on public land?!? 
To give the illusion of opportunity on a plummeting deer herd on public ground. Then more will be killed and per the ODNR the herd numbers are up!Why in the world are we increasing bag limits on public land?!?
TinyTucky
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I would say I hunt public land around 75% of the time, if not more. I’ll say I’ve definitely noticed an increase of deer numbers on a lot of the chunks of public that I hunt after the state implemented the 1 antlerless deer per season on public rule. With that said, if they want to increase it to 2 per season, I feel that each deer needs to come from a different county. There’s several parcels in the NW part of the state that if every hunter that hunted it killed 2 does and their buck from it, the population would plummet, bringing us back to square one or even worse off. I guess time will tell with this new law.
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Tonk believes we need a smaller and younger herd to combat CWD. His words, not my speculation.Why in the world are we increasing bag limits on public land?!?
Wiley E Coyote
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This CWD has been around a while now and not one state has been able to get a handle on it from what I can tell. I'm not sure it's even possible with wild animals free ranging around but we all know man thinks he can control everything
Wiley E Coyote
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Don't get me wrong I'm glad they are trying! Just not sure killing more deer is the answer
Is this based upon the same scientific approach they use to calculate deer herd numbers?
Michigan has a handle on it, they are kicking around the idea of a $$ baiting license you can buy to legally bait in Michigan. Guess it solves CWD since that is why baiting got banned several years back. Must have been the same people who think you can solve climate issues by paying fees for everything.
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On a side note, Dr.James Kroll posted yesterday on social media the financial information from MO regarding CWD “research”. They obtained the information by FOIA. For the last two years it is 7million/year. Mostly spent on salaried employees. MO state funds 25% while the feds kick in 75%. Knowing how funding works, state game agencies see CWD as a cash cow. Based solely off the recent track record of Ohio’s agency, I’m quite certain any funds spent here are wasted. As an example; we don’t know what happened to the grouse. Can’t seem to put a stop to declining quail numbers. And the decline of turkey populations seems to be a mystery … thank God the real biologist that reintroduced turkeys laid out an appropriate management plan and hopefully today’s agency will look back at that plan vs. cowering to uninformed hunters crying for a second tag 
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