Some perspective folks.

We have one year of declining deer harvest and a whole lot of anecdotal reports. Public policy cannot be made on that.

Legislators have been pressured to reduce the herd for years. DNR has therefore felt that pressure. And DNR has used us as the method to reduce the herd.

To argue against policy changes because they do what are stated policy goals is not going to be effective.

The sky is not falling. Deer are not absent from our state. And they have an amazing ability to rebound from over harvest. Relax. Breathe. When trends are established, policy will follow. That is the inherent weakness in gauging population by how many from that population we kill. The alternative is a census or at a minimum a statistical count. Both of which are prohibitively expensive.