Recent content by Gerald Martin
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Montana Mule Deer Mismanagement
I totally misread your original post as 5200. 52,000 is an even greater opportunity for skewed results.- Gerald Martin
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- Forum: MONTANA
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Montana Mule Deer Mismanagement
Hence in a scenario where there’s publicly about older bucks being more likely to have CWD and hunters know that, there could be a bias towards older deer being brought for testing by the hunters who are bringing the deer. The bias doesn’t necessarily have to be from FWP skewing towards a...- Gerald Martin
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Montana Mule Deer Mismanagement
Given the publicity from FWP that older age class bucks are have the highest prevalence of testing positive for CWD I know I would be much more likely to submit an older deer for aging and testing than a younger deer. If the intention of the survey was to establish an average age of buck...- Gerald Martin
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- Forum: MONTANA
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Montana Mule Deer Mismanagement
Perhaps you and I have been smoking the same thing…?😂. Might be coloring our observations… I hear oxygen can have some interesting effects….- Gerald Martin
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- Forum: MONTANA
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Montana Mule Deer Mismanagement
Is there any details of how they selected which deer were aged?- Gerald Martin
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Montana Mule Deer Mismanagement
What about the very last pic with the two bucks? 😏- Gerald Martin
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- Forum: MONTANA
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Montana Mule Deer Mismanagement
So, if this is the case that the aging is voluntary, I can very well envision a scenario where hunters who believe they have older deer would want to have them aged out of curiosity to see how old their buck is. If that’s the scenario it could definitely bias the results. Personally, I know...- Gerald Martin
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- Forum: MONTANA
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Montana Mule Deer Mismanagement
I wasn’t taking it as challenging my experience. My reaction and response to what I read that part of the podcast is a hot take reaction.- Gerald Martin
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Montana Mule Deer Mismanagement
If there was $100 on the line to be paid to you for every correct answer with a $200 penalty for every incorrect answer would you be willing to classify the following pictures into “3 1/2 years or older or younger than 3 1/2”? 😀. I know I would and I bet any MT hunter with more than a couple...- Gerald Martin
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- Forum: MONTANA
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Montana Mule Deer Mismanagement
Wildly unscientific and completely anecdotal but based on seeing the bucks that came into the butcher shop when I helped out part time, harvest photos shared on non- influencer social media and observed harvests from my time in the field. I can’t prove anything. But, I would ask anyone on...- Gerald Martin
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- Forum: MONTANA
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Montana Mule Deer Mismanagement
Did they give any links or information to their documentation? I’m having a tough time accepting the accuracy of that claim based on both personal observation of what I have seen as an average harvest and in the field sightings of bucks while hunting.- Gerald Martin
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- Forum: MONTANA
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Montana Mule Deer Mismanagement
MT FWP’s definition of 4x or better. MT hunters’ idea of 4 point or better.- Gerald Martin
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- Forum: MONTANA
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Montana Mule Deer Mismanagement
I’ll preface my remarks with the fact that I haven’t listened to the podcast yet. With that said…. I’m skeptical that the median buck harvest is 4.5 years old. Are they saying that 50% of all bucks harvested are older than 4.5 years???? I call BS. I would want to see some proof of that...- Gerald Martin
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- Forum: MONTANA
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Montana Mule Deer Mismanagement
I understand the point that we can’t maintain the number of deer at their population peak because of the habitat. However, we don’t have anything near maximum carrying capacity in almost all units in MT. In units that may be close to carrying capacity (if any), those would be prime areas to...- Gerald Martin
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