I would not argue that in certain portions of region six and seven that the NR deer take is higher than the R deer take.
But I find it hard to believe when you figure non-residents hold about 13% of the license sold and residents hold 87% that non-residents are killing way more deer than...
I called and reamed the commission about that jump to 200 permits. There ain’t 200 deer in 652, let alone 200 buck deer. Reply I got was “come to the meeting with better information and counts than the bio. Problem is when flying a trend area there were probably x number of deer and y number...
I’d better clarify my last post.
In R7 we are limited to hunting only ranches we lease, and can hunt only BLM on those ranches. So even if we see a buck jump the fence into a section of BLM on neighbors ranch we can’t hunt it. Keep neighbors on speaking terms.
I’ve been studying on that. I question it. I need to call some meat
Processors in R7. See what they say. The info FWP uses comes from phone survey, which IMO is a joke.
I’ve never shot down LE. I’ve advocated for it in R6 for mule deer.
I think LE should be last straw tho. Try changing season structure/split the tag wt/md, end rut hunt… Limited entry should be last thing tried when all other measures fall short.
Don’t know what state or region you’re talking about.
Mt R6&7 mule deer populations are down, significantly. Pockets with numbers with more private acres.
I can write a survey and get any answer I want.
Nothing will change until the resident sportsmen show up in huge numbers. Unless we want the legislature to take control mule deer management in the state.