Deer Hunting and Deer Hunting Trends in New York State

[wztirem]

FEP - 18 March 2010  nys deer harvests. Buck take for Columbia County (top) and New York State ... Deer population management is not a simple issue, but we should be aware of ...

www.hawthornevalleyfarm.org/fep/C5.html - Cached    Pretty interesting link, enjoy.

[Doc]

There really is some amazing info in that one article. Especially the graphic that shows the population density changes over the years.

I'll have to spend a bit more time there reading. It's a huge article.

Doc

[Dinsdale]

Interesting article.

Thanks for posting, as I hunt in 4Z which is the Eastern half of Columbia County, the info is even more of interest.

Here is where one may find the info is some what contradictory however. The article states buck take is down due to a drop in hunter numbers.....

However there are no DMP's for all of 4Z this year and only 100 issued for the unit last year(2009) and 1000 in 2008. So the herd, according to DEC, must be down in #'s, and doe take is not required in the first time in the 20 years I have lived in 4Z. With no doe take in 2 years and half of the fawns being bucks, it would seem that deer numbers are the issue and not lack of hunters for the decrease.

[wztirem]

Interesting article.

Thanks for posting, as I hunt in 4Z which is the Eastern half of Columbia County, the info is even more of interest.

Here is where one may find the info is some what contradictory however. The article states buck take is down due to a drop in hunter numbers.....

However there are no DMP's for all of 4Z this year and only 100 issued for the unit last year(2009) and 1000 in 2008. So the herd, according to DEC, must be down in #'s, and doe take is not required in the first time in the 20 years I have lived in 4Z. With no doe take in 2 years and half of the fawns being bucks, it would seem that deer numbers are the issue and not lack of hunters for the decrease.

I would have to agree.