Originally posted by Boneslayer: Crop damage should be addressed on a farm by farm basis. Report damage to biologist and apply for depredation permits if necessary. Harvest numbers are trending in the wrong direction. As a hunter, I would like to see more deer.
If desiring to look at trends just look at the last 20 years or so....you'll notice harvests have always went on a up and down..and up and down process. Not until you hit 4 straight years of an increase or decrease begin to be an abnormal trend if looking at bare bone numbers.
I'm more interested to see county by county trends as I suspect many are fine, and many are declining and have been for a few years now.
