Originally posted by Jeff Valovich: They should have dropped a bunch of those 4's to 3's and do away with that dam antlerless gun season...
Considering that...
1. A hunter can kill a deer with a bow, a crossbow, a muzzleloader and a firearm in any county for a total of 4 deer. No bonus antlerless permit required.
2. According to the 2010 data that breaks it down, only 2.2% of all hunters killed more than 4 deer.
3. In 2014, 4,200 deer were taken in the late season in the 64 counties that were eligible. That averages out to 65 deer per county.
So other than maybe saving the 4,200 deer, what other benefits do you think we would see from the DNR dropping the bonus antlerless permits statewide to a 3?
Even with a 3 in any particular county and assuming that any given hunter stays in that one county, that is still a total of up to 7 deer he/she could take. And again, the last data available I could find shows 2.2% of hunters killed more than 4 deer. And .8% of hunters killed 7 or more deer.
