Here are the results and comments for the first 50. its kind of skewed due to its limited on only 50 responses. results are in %
1)What is your current age?
12-20
0.0
21-30
36.0
31-40
44.0
40-50
14.0
50+
6.0
2)Which weapon do you use most often?
Percentage
Rifle only
18.0
Muzzle loader only
14.0
Archery only
22.0
Dedicated hunter(all 3)
46.0
3)What is the average General season deer size you have harvested in the last 10 years?
Anything i can eat
0.0
2 point or smaller
18.0
100-140 inch
28.0
140-180 inch
54.0
Trophy 180+
0.0
4)How many General season deer have you harvested in the last 10 years?
None
2.0
1-2
18.0
2-4
46.0
5-6
22.0
7-8
10.0
9-10
2.0
5)How many days do you prepare for your hunt.? scouting, shooting, excersizing ect...
none
0.0
1-5
2.0
6-10
22.0
11-20
24.0
20+
52.0
6)Have you ever bought a Private, LE Auction or CWMU tag? if so how much on average?
No
94.0
Yes $0-1000
0.0
Yes $1000-2500
4.0
Yes $2500-5000
2.0
Yes $5000-10000
0.0
Yes $10000+
0.0
7)What type of hunting do you mostly do on your general season deer hunts?
Spot and Stalk 0-2 miles from vehicle/ATV
20.0
Spot and Stalk 3-5 miles from vehicle/ATV
26.0
Spot and Stalk after Hiking 1+mile
26.0
Horse Back Hunter
6.0
Overnight Pack in hunt
4.0
Extreme 3+days Pack in
6.0
Other
12.0
8)How many days on average do you take off of work to hunt deer during the general season?
None- weekend only
2.0
1-3 days
18.0
3-5 days
24.0
7-10 days
44.0
until i get one
6.0
Other
6.0
9)Which of these do you prefer on general season hunts?
Hunt every year with limited quality
46.0
Hunt every 2-3 with better quality
46.0
Hunt every 4-5 with good quality
6.0
Hunt every 5-10 with great quality
0.0
Hunt 10+ with Henries quality
2.0
10)What questions would you ask on the next survey? please type bellow.
- change question 2 as doesnt have to be dedicated to hunt with muzzy one year and archery one year and rifle one year.
- how many days do you spend afield?
how many deer have you harvested in the last 10 seasons.
how far do you travel to hunt?
- what would you say the buck to doe ratio is in your unit that you like to hunt?
Do you think we should do 3 pnt or better?
- Where does the dwr get their "accurate" herd information to base their decisions on????
- why are People against having bigger deer? when on the mountain would you rather see a 2 point, a young 4 point, or a mature buck?
- Do you agree with the dedicated hunter program? I believe people in the program should be guaranteed a tag each year however, they should not be allowed to hunt all three seasons. This has ruined the area I currently hunt.
- How many total years have you been hunting?
Do you have kids that hunt? If so what ages?
How do you think the future looks for your kids?
- I want to know fawns per doe ratio. All I hear about is bucks per doe ratio.
- Rephrase #9-If deer numbers stay the same as we see in the field now, which of these do you prefer? If deer numbers drop off then I could hunt every other year.
- Do you feel that cutting hunter numbers to improve quality of hunting is a good or bad idea?
- make all tags go for one deer for two years. than you can hunt both year if you what or take your deer the first year.
- How has the deer population in your area changed over the last 10 years?
- do you surport all the extra tags . banquets cwmus.expro ect....
- 11.What Unit do you hunt most often?
12.What is the deer herd looking like in that unit. Increasing, decreasing, stable, severly diminishing.
- Question 10 is not fair. I hunt every year and see great bucks now. That is the problem with surveys. People make them to get the answers they want. YOu right now can hunt every year with great quality bucks
- Why cant we restructure the way decisions are made. IE get rid of the wildlife board.
- What unit did you apply for Northern, Northeastern, Central, South, or SE? On average how many hunters did you see on your hunt?
- are you in favor of more archery only areas? What are your thoughts about the archery only areas? would you like to see more of them?
These units crank out henry quality and you can hunt them every year with 4 month long seasons with way more people then you can any rifle area. This is not BS either!!
- Would you prefer?
29 units or
5 regions
- Define Quality... Seeing More bucks? Or seeing more deer?
- What do you think is fair for a CWMU tag split. 90/10 80/20 70/30 60/40 50/50.
- Great survey. Lokking forward to results.
