I have been told by the police I am not permitted to even through astone at them. Nj laws stink The deer double every three years. I have lived in Wayne for forty one years. The last 5 to 6 years has been a night mare. Thank you for your interest. I do agree with all of the experts who say deer are in abundance , as a hunter I only harvest enough deer for my family and friends who enjoy eating venison. I spend many hours in the woods prior to the hunting season preparing for a safe and successful hunting season.
I basically Bow Hunt because you have to rely on a maximum of stealth to harvest a deer. In closing I would to say that most ethical hunters truly feel that they are trying to do their part to help a growing problem. I live in northern Indiana and no matter what the uninformed DNR says, the deer population has dwindled so badly here, there are almost none.
When I moved here 15 years ago, there were generous herds of deer. Now you rarely see one. Contrary to popular belief, hunters do NOT help the situation. Nature thins its herds by the process of eliminating the weak. Hunters attempt to take the biggest and best, thus weakening the process of nature.
Its funny to see people using extreme measures to appeal emotionally to people to push their own political agendas, in this case biodiversity extremism. There is nothing wrong with our forests, at least most of them, nor the deer herd. The days of overpopulation in most areas have been long gone for some time now. But the forest composition may not be exactly what some want, based solely on their own values. Im sorry, but as a hunter I value whitetail deer in reasonable numbers and Im not going to cry if there is less trillium in the forest.
Its still there. You just need to look harder for it. Deer love eating it, so having it and a variety of other plants is a good thing even from a hunter perspective. But some go way overboard in their environmentally extreme views and to them, the deer herd be darned. They want a forest that resembles that which can be had only with NO deer and NO hand of man having touched it.
Here in PA things have gone to extremes due to environmental hard liners dictating our deer management. Hopefully that is now changing for the better. I here too many deer in the north central U.
Great article. A cull would be relatively easy on the north shore and other wintering areas where deer yard up and far more effective than relying on hunting alone. As far as other Nature Conservancy practice, it seems to have conflicting trains of thought as the idea of planting more warm tolerant trees found in southern forests will only exacerbate the deer problem by providing further habitat and forage conducive to deer thriving.
Honestly, we will be doing the moose no favors with this approach. The species suggested to plant may as well be considered invasives because they are out of place. My opinion vote yes on issue 13 so you can keep your landscaping and flowers. Issue 13 gives private hunters that will take care of the over population of deer.
Just stop it with climate change bull. Lack of management of big farming, out of control use of pesticides, and out of control construction including road and hiway construction. Not a bad article but concludes a bit one sided. Hunters are the best allies for deer management programs and the ones who ultimately pay for it. There has been little resistance from hunters to rule and management changes and I see no reason to expect some in the future.
Ummm — why not advocate for the return of their natural — four legged predators. Meaning wolves and cougars. That is certainly more natural and balanced than humans with guns. Andre, a lot of populated areas have deer herds that overrun into areas of private residences. What would you say to parents when their young child was mauled by wolves or cougars?? Or to pet owners when their dog or cat disappears from the back yard??
I submit the human invasion of the natural forest has caused more limitation of flora species than the deer have caused by browsing. Logging companies buy land, take everything valuable up to 14 inch diameter and then sell it off. Considering it takes 20 years for oaks to start producing acorns, and with limited sun penetration to young trees, the deer really have fewer choices except to over browse.
I never seen a deer rather feed on shrubs trees then acorns. With fewer trees and squirrel competiton, other food sources are over used. This is just one example. The coyote population has certainly impacted the deer population in this area. On cam on a den noted 50 fauns being consumed in a season. Placing an importance on flora management and replanting with removal and balancing of the forest might prove more valuable than eliminating a species.
After all they did well without human intervention for milenia, why now with forest removal and human population explosion are you blaming deer that have been reduced to over grazing.
People can plant trees that support wildlife in their back yards and share the environment instead of devestating it.
I gues we need more Johhny Apple seeds and less bean counters. Why do we worry about deer over population when the real problem to our forests is human greed in my area 10 years ago we used to have a lot of fence row woods and now those are all almost gone because the farmers want that extra ground to till. Because of this the pheasant is almost nonexistent now. I am not a tree hugger I cut trees for a living.
It sounds like some of those woods need logging and the undesirable and invasive plants removed. Curious, what is the impact on this habitatdue to human population expanding and increased residential and commercial development, specifically are we losing forest acreage to anthropogenic behaviors?
Good jobs are hard to come by and venison has kept many a family including my own eating during times of economic hard times. I am happy to help manage the deer population. Exploding deer populations are already a threat to crops and landscaping in many areas, not to mention vehicle traffic and the […]. Why not shoot deer with birth control instead of killing them? Who should provide us with the bc you ask. Instead they tell the public to fix the problem for free!! Killing them is cruel and inhumane.
Once again humans overabusing their power. Hunting regulations were put into place, and the harvest of antlerless female deer was prohibited.
The rebound of white-tailed deer populations that followed is considered a wildlife management success story. Today there are over 25 million deer in the United States and numbers are rising.
Successful management was one of the keys to increasing populations. However, other key factors have contributed as well. More recently, habitat changes, including reversion of abandoned farm fields to forest, and human population shifts to rural and suburban areas, have created mosaics of open and forested land ideal for deer. In addition to habitat changes, landowner decisions to prevent hunting have limited hunter access to many areas, allowing populations to increase.
Utah Division of Wildlife Resources has decreased the total hunting permit numbers for the last several years The reason for this decline is a continuing loss of habitat and predation by coyotes and mountain lions The deer herd population reached its maximum number in the late s when deer kills in the county often exceeded 2, bucks.
Compare that to last year when fewer than bucks were taken This hardy deer species is being pushed to its limits by the megadrought out West August 10, Popular Science.
Fawns died The cause? Woodland caribou Rangifer tarandus avoid wellsite activity during winter, Alberta, Global Ecology and Conservation, Woodland caribou Rangifer tarandus are threatened in Alberta in part due to the development of oil and gas resources Caribou may benefit from management practices that include i seasonal timing restrictions on drilling, ii reductions of human activity at wellsites, whether in duration or intensity, iii land-use planning to coordinate the placement of wellsites to minimize impacts to caribou and their habitat, and iv prompt and effective restoration of wellsites to match original habitat conditions once production has stopped For many years, Colorado has housed about , mule deer.
Those numbers have dropped by a third to around , and have now stabilized for the last 11 years around , The fawn recruitment rate is the number of fawns per adult doe, so 1. Almost every reporting state in the Southeast and Northeast has seen a major decline since Mule deer study raises red flags July 1, Wyoming News. Statewide, mule deer populations have been on the decline Overall poor body condition Researchers from the Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnership say new Global Positioning System technology has led to detailed migration maps..
It means fewer hunters.. Deer yards: landmark legislation May 18, Maine, observer-me. Predation on deer by coyotes and bears is the number two cause of dwindling deer numbers Mule deer numbers are well below historic high levels in Nevada and around the West due to habitat and climate conditions. No one is postulating that wild horses and burros are the cause.
Mule deer are browsers bitterbrush being a favorite shrub ; wild horses and burros are grazers, consuming grasses, and other vegetation not used by deer We now have several red-listed species, record low salmon and moose populations, and declining mountain sheep and mule deer populations in parts of the province Ungulates are running into barriers from a variety of sources along their migration routes, almost all linked by a common thread: how humans are changing the natural landscape.
Some of the hurdles include oil and gas leasing, highways, housing developments, and the impacts of climate change A report published earlier this week said the province's approach of preserving caribou habitat has been failing and the caribou population will become extinct if changes aren't made soon North Dakota deer hunters enjoy good season in ; future license numbers look promising April 26, The Bismarck Tribune. Game and Fish in recent years has been moving toward a goal of 75, annual deer licenses -- half the number issued in the heyday of deer populations in the mids Overhunting and other factors wiped the herd out of existence in New Brunswick in the early part of the 20th century.
And, if things don't change soon, scientist Martin-Hugues St-Laurent believes the last herd will be gone before the middle of this century Mule deer populations have been declining across the western United States for decades, with the decline being even more pronounced on the Navajo Nation, Manninen said.
Scientists lay the blame on several factors, including habitat loss, overgrazing by livestock, disease and predation Declining caribou population victim of ecological chain reaction March 18, British Columbia, Science Daily.
A second mule deer has died and at least three more were injured after being struck with blow gun darts within the Burns city limits over the last four months. Deer survey planned amid declining populations February 17, East Oregonian.
Hangul is the only surviving breed of red deer and these were once present in thousands across the mountainous range of Kashmir Eight mortalities of collared deer have occurred with causes identified as predation, vehicle collisions and several unknown Our deer herd in the U.
Predators — wolves in particular — have decimated our deer herd Moose in a warming climate January 8, Idaho State Journal. The cause of moose mortality is complex and likely due to a combination of stresses, but winter ticks are a common factor in areas with declining moose numbers In many cases, infestations of ticks and other parasites December 29, Idaho, Idaho Statesman.
Across the country, moose populations have been declining since the s The majority of those deaths were due to emaciation from winter ticks While they were reduced to a single pair of elk by , they managed to survive and reproduce and there are now more than 4, Tule Elk in the state.. Across the western United States, many ungulate herds must migrate seasonally to access resources and avoid harsh winter conditions. Because these migration paths cover vast landscapes in other words migration distances up to miles [ kilometers] , they are increasingly threatened by roads, fencing, subdivisions, and other development This report and associated data release provide the means for the habitats required for migration to be taken into account by state and federal transportation officials, land and wildlife managers, planners, and other conservationists working to maintain big-game migration in the western states.
Caribou were common all around Lake Superior — including Minnesota, Wisconsin and Michigan — before European settlement The numbers began to turn about 10 years ago.
Populations dropped amid four severe winters, a summer drought, increasing losses of habitat, and more predators including Black Hills mountain lions The huemul is the most endangered deer in the Americas. Tompkins Conservation Chile has been working for 15 years to avoid the extinction of this iconic species in Patagonia. We are working to revert the extinction crisis. This winter saw the ninth year of a diminished but fairly stable population that comes after the state's moose numbers crashed rapidly, from a modern high of 8, moose estimated in to just 2, in Hunting mountain lions: Utah to increase number of cougar hunting permits for fall September 1, Utah, St.
George Daily Spectrum. In an effort to help relieve pressure on dwindling mule deer populations, the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources plans to issue additional hunting permits for cougars throughout the state this fall This change from a statewide general season with unlimited tags to controlled hunting in Eastern Oregon with limits on tags is necessary due to continued mule deer population declines.
Mule deer populations have declined by nearly 50 percent in the last 40 years and having no limits on archery harvest is no longer a responsible management approach. Archery deer hunting in Western Oregon will continue as a general season opportunity. More News about the Decline of Deer Populations from Deer Friendly, Sep 3, , PM.
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