Recent content by Hawkeye

Elkster- I was never any good at math and that is why I went to law school. ;) Hawkeye

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I think Don left this forum shortly after we tried to arrange the public debate between him and Randy Newburg. Those were the good ol’ days!

Lumpy- Thanks for the response. I always enjoy a productive discussion even if we don’t agree on certain points. I personally think the bureaucrats and the leaders of these groups are very closely aligned. For instance, as I posted several times over the years, Don and his entities have made...

Lumpy- This might be a first - you and I agreeing on a substantive issue. 😁 If Don Peay and SFW are no longer supporting habitat improvement projects for mule deer, what exactly are they spending those millions of dollars in conservation permit and expo permit money on these days? I...

jims- The WRI website posted by middlefork above shows projects going back to 2006. See https://wri.utah.gov/wri/ According to that site, Utah has completed 2,707 projects and improved over 2.5 million acres to the tune of $377 million in funding since 2006. That is a good starting point...

Bessy, I am all for trying something different - especially if it’s supported by scientific data. However, we will never be able to address all 50 problems at the same time. We have to start somewhere. I hope we can finally take “the ride” during the fall of 2024. Hawkeye

Jims- I never said there was no benefit to habitat improvement projects. Rather, I stated that the average sportsman has not seen much of a return on their massive investment in mule deer habitat over the last 40 years. The state of Utah, together with conservation organizations, have...

Lumpy- That is a fair point, but frankly Dr. McMillan is working jointly with the DWR on a number of these studies. Given that relationship, I would hope that the DWR would consider his findings with an open mind. As we both said above, what we are currently doing is not working. Therefore...

I have listened to that podcast twice and found it very interesting. It calls into question many of the current beliefs and practices relating to wildlife management. I think we’d all agree that what we are currently doing with mule deer is not working. Over the last four decades, we have...

WRONG.

Kudos to the State of Arizona. Time to stop pimping our wildlife in the name of conservation. Any chance Utah follows suit? :LOL::ROFLMAO::LOL: Hawkeye

I would be shooting ASAP. I would estimate at 29-30" wide and 185 gross. Hawkeye

That looks great! Hawkeye

Let’s form a committee! It’s time to eliminate the LL tags. They really are no general season deer tags anymore. If it makes people feel better, we could convert all the deer units to limited entry units except for the Box Elder unit and leave that as a general unit. Then all the LL tag holders...