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Just heard of and "option 4" coming from SFW. Keep the units at five. Going to 3 point or better. Manage for 18 to 100. Coyote vouchers go to 50$ a piece. Hunter permits and predator permits are given on the actual total count on deer. Example if we are manageing for 450,000 deer in the state, and they only count 225,000 then the hunters afield are cut in half say to maybe 47,000 total hunters. Also the ammount of predator tags will go up (lions and Bears) untill the numbers coincide...are you with me? More predator (coyote) control on forest land (helicopter) and no time limit on checking traps. Basically saying that we need to address to total # of deer first and that all the factors (hunters, predators) need to be addressed untill the TOTAL HEARD #s are up. Once we have a managable base heard then we can manage better (hopefully) Oh and the cut tags will be all across the board from rifle hunters to muzzy to archery. Seems better than the previous options to me, what do you think, and this is just what I remember from the conversation if anyone else can fill in what I missed or screwed up feel free.