Originally posted by buckberry:
So if the harvest from hunters who harvest over 4 deer is so miniscule, then why have them? I believe higher county antlerless permits was put into place to reduce deer numbers. It is my understanding that we are no longer in a reduction mode. Why keep outdated rules?
My understanding is that putting counties in a 4-8 bonus antlerless quota tells hunters in those counties that the the IDNR determined through various factors such as deer/vehicle collisions, harvest trends, and crop damage, etc, that those counties could stand additional antlerless harvests.
If I'm not mistaken, it's the one tool the IDNR has that they can lower/raise without having to go through the rules change process.
