MN Harvest report!!! (FINALLY)

  • johnee
    Posts: 731
    April 10, 2014 at 8:04 am #1353056

    The overall downward trend is concerning enough, but what worries me is that the DNR is behind the curve in terms of REACTING to severe and rapid declines that are occurring in some areas.

    Also, the harvest numbers don’t account for wolf kills and winter kills, so in some areas a bad situation could have gotten worse all winter due to massive wolf kills. Does the DNR have a plan to measure this and counteract it? I’m not filled with confidence given the fact that it took 3.5 months to tally up the numbers from last year.

    While there may still be pockets of very good deer numbers and heard quality, overall I believe we have already entered a serious decline on average statewide. At the present glacial pace that the DNR seems to move and with their lack of urgency and bias toward inaction, I’m afraid it’s a 10 year decline at least.

    Grouse

    ranger777
    OtterTail Cty/Minnetrista
    Posts: 265
    April 11, 2014 at 9:36 pm #1353072

    I hunt in the 2nd highest deer per square mile shot and its still about 6 deer per square/mile less than what it was 10years ago.
    not cool. this was the first time we’ve seen wolves on trail camera as well…

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