- 39,120
- 274
I wouldn't mind at all if we had a similar harvest to 1995...I just wish we had a similar herd as we had in 1995! It was nice seeing deer.
That's the thing.. We won't.. lol.. We have 2x the hunters now.
I wouldn't mind at all if we had a similar harvest to 1995...I just wish we had a similar herd as we had in 1995! It was nice seeing deer.
That's the thing.. We won't.. lol.. We have 2x the hunters now.
No we don't...about 10 percent more than we had then. I will say though, I have seen a decline locally in hunters. I guess the migration of hunters to Athens may have already begun.
I should have elaborated. Bowhunters.
I won't argue with that. Dang. I knew it was a lot easier to get permission to bow hunt back in the day. I honestly didn't realize the jump was that substantial.
Don't know if people saw this or not when Sam posted it...
If true And personally I don;t doubt it, this would put our harvest numbers once the additional 25% goal is reached at 164,774 total harvest...
which is below the harvest in 1995 of 179,543
And around the harvest in 2001 of 165,124
How can they set a percentage when they already admitted they have no idea how many deer we even have? Maybe I missed something......I just don't get it!
Deer-vehicle Accidents
Because they represent a significant cost to
the public, the DOW has monitored deer-vehicle
accident trends since the 1940s. Moreover, deervehicle
accident trends should reflect fluctuations
in deer populations if changes in traffic volume are
considered and accident reporting rates do not vary
over time.
Interresting lol.
Saw it. It's disgusting. Here that Tonk?!? Disgusting...
I concede that overall deer numbers are down statewide and beyond a shadow of a doubt, we have wiped them out in Fayette Co. I’m over 100 hunters into my informal phone survey, (BBBC members from all over Ohio), and over 90% have said that deer numbers are noticeably down in their area.
How many deer do you estimate that 100% increase in bowhunters wounded that aren't counted in the harvest totals. Data that I have found from other states says between 2-4 wounded per succesful harvest.
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I hope like hell it's not that high....that's some bad PR for bowhunters and with the newest bow technology that's fuggin horrible if it's true.
I'll find the study again.. But it was a shocking number in that range.. And you have to remember the new technology tends to make people lazy, some have a "just add woods" mentality. They go to wal-mart and buy a crossbow in a box, or gander Mtn grab one off the shelf, buy some arrows and they think they're a bowhunter.