Just replied to Woody on DFW page. Seems he is becoming their spokesman and answering for him. Many on here also state the numbers of people killing greater than 4 deer is insignigant. Please see what I posted to Woody and learn:
So Woody, since you are answering questions that should be answered by the biologist that I help to pay for, as well as should be the one informing the public on this site and answering my question, not a self appointed deer management expert, great example of Good OLD BOY club that has been affecting deer management in Indiana way too long. I guess I will have to answer your response, again a play on numbers. Let's put your numbers in perspective, using the survey you quote above. There were a total of 164,688 licensed hunters, not including landowners, military hunters on leave, etc that do not have to purchase a license. Also it says estimate of lifetime license holders, which I don't understand, looks as that would be the easiest exact number to find, especially from such a reputable survey company. They harvested 129,018 deer, of which 50.5 percent were does, in Indiana in 2011, the year the survey refers too. Again all numbers are from that survey, or that years harvest summary published by DNR. So lets break it down: Hunters harvesting 4 deer number 3952.5 harvesting 15,810.04 deer. Hunters harvesting 5 deer number 1482.192 harvesting 7410.96 deer. Hunters harvesting 6 deer number 823.44 harvesteing 4940.64 deer. Hunters harvesting 7 deer number 399.38 harvesting 2305.63 deer. Hunters harvesting 8 deer number 988.13 harvesting 7905.02 deer. So these hunters that harvest 4 or more deer, since there is a one buck rule, they all must be antlerless; harvested an additional 38,372.29 antlerless deer or 29% of the total harvest. That seems to be pretty considerable amount to me. In addition to the fact that the total harvest in 2011 included 50.5 percent females. Two of the previous Deer Biologists John Olsen, and Jim Mitchell, as well as the famed James Kroll, have made it pretty simple, If you want to grow a herd < 33% of your harvest must be antlerless, if you want to maintain a herd that number should remain around 33%, if you want to reduce a herd it must be above 33%. Just simple figures. See they have used you, Woody, as a tool to perpetuate further perception manipulation by using these big survey's with big numbers, that make those < than one percent statistics look insignificant. I will contend that 38,372.29 antlerless deer are very significant especially since they are 100% antlerless. See the smoke and mirrors. I think in the future, I would prefer the real biologist that I help to pay for answer my questions as a citizen. Thanks though Woody for allowing me to put your reputable survey into PERSPECTIVE.
or see our post on our page:
https://www.facebook.com/Indianadeerherdmanagement/posts/1046844111993937 follow the entire post about Reduction zones, and DFW admitting it and bonus county numbers are perception manipulation.
https://www.facebook.com/INfishandw...=0&total_comments=42¬if_t=share_reply Read through the whole page comments replies, will be eye opening. Brew please correct the spelling of George. Pretty simple man.
