Less deer

[Borngeechee]

Was watching the news this morning and they said because of the harsh winter there are less deer especially in SW New York and in the Catskills.

[thphm]

It was in the paper here it is ,http://www.thedailystar.com/news/local_news/dec-severe-winter-will-mean-lower-deer-take/article_3c96eb42-a009-5346-9514-693fcf9cbd18.html

 

Edited August 31, 2015 by OMG

[A Sportsman]

Last season my group and I saw noticeably less deer in Catskills than the year before. This despite some of the best still hunting conditions over opening week than we've had in quite some time. Presumably our lack of sightings were due to the Nasty winter we had 2 years ago. Now that we have had 2 consecutive harsh winters in a row I am expecting very difficult hunting in our area. Like circa early 2000s. We'll see...

[The_Field_Ager]

Definitely seeing a lot less Doe. Young Buck numbers seem OK tho.

[Curmudgeon]

Deer numbers are probably slightly lower here. A walk around the yard a couple of evenings ago found only 22 - 5 bucks, 8 fawns, the rest does. Mid-30s would be more normal.

[Elmo]

Was told some areas now require preference points for doe permits when they didn't in the pass. I guess this must be the reason.

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[orion]

Deer numbers are probably slightly lower here. A walk around the yard a couple of evenings ago found only 22 - 5 bucks, 8 fawns, the rest does. Mid-30s would be more normal.

 

 22  would be a good hunting SEASON

[gjs4]

Jeremy Hurst says there are too many most places. Kill them all

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[Ford]

Was watching the news this morning and they said because of the harsh winter there are less deer especially in SW New York and in the Catskills.

 

In my area there is definetly less deer. No doubt about it. I am guessing it is a localized, because I have not heard much about last winters kill. I am north of Binghampton, and up in the hills, more like central NY. I had 4 feet of snow in April, so that would explain it. A few miles a way there are plenty of deer.

[greensider]

i live in hyde park and i have been saying the numbers are way down i have a decent size woods behind my house and have cams out all year the same 2 bucks and 2 does all year and you hardly see them driving around

[Jaeger]

Definitely less dear in the Oneonta to Stamford corridor.

 

I found many dead/frozen carcases over the early spring while out walking the dog.  Got below -10 degrees for about 3-4 weeks straight with 4+ feet of snow.

 

Now the coyotes are running them ragged with a lot of road kill.

 

I've been up every night for the past 2 weeks (including tonight since 1am) with the dog barking at the howling coyotes, usually between 1-3am.  They're out with the bright moon chasing deer.  I haven't seen a rabbit yet this summer!

 

P.s., crazy antlerless permit scheme, in 4O preference points required while right across the street in 4F chances are high, go figure.  Guess they have to split up areas some way and using roads makes it easier for people to know what unit they are hunting in.

[Curmudgeon]

 22  would be a good hunting SEASON

 

I came out of the woods a couple of years ago after seeing nothing all morning to find 18 feeding in the open across the road in what we call the Ferguson Deer Preserve.