well, after walking through some of the most beautiful deer habitat the last several days in southern utah. I can honestly say this is the worst I've seen it in 35 years of hunting there.
didn't see a mature buck and does are way down. talked to a biologist who said winter kill took it's toll. Ok.
Now, before those of you who might have had a decent hunt come down on me, let me say i've talked to many other hunters who hunted different areas of the Southern region and got many of the same reports. very poor.
It's time to start managing for deer and not $$ for the DWR.
If it means cutting thousands of tags, then I say do it.
It really wouldn't take that much to make up the money anyway.
raise the app. fee's 5 bucks and raise the tag fee 20.
and reduce the tags. By the way, hunter congestion where I was was the worst I have ever seen it there. A 2 point didn't stand a chance trying to run that gauntlet.
Please get it right. Make your opinions known to the Board.
didn't see a mature buck and does are way down. talked to a biologist who said winter kill took it's toll. Ok.
Now, before those of you who might have had a decent hunt come down on me, let me say i've talked to many other hunters who hunted different areas of the Southern region and got many of the same reports. very poor.
It's time to start managing for deer and not $$ for the DWR.
If it means cutting thousands of tags, then I say do it.
It really wouldn't take that much to make up the money anyway.
raise the app. fee's 5 bucks and raise the tag fee 20.
and reduce the tags. By the way, hunter congestion where I was was the worst I have ever seen it there. A 2 point didn't stand a chance trying to run that gauntlet.
Please get it right. Make your opinions known to the Board.