kkahmann Posted February 9, 2013 Share Posted February 9, 2013 Just a comment on the population surveys.Fixed wing aircraft are a lot cheaper than helicopters as far as flying time goes. Thats why they were used to fly transects for many years--but the heli's are way better for countin moose from the air--plus they have more than 40 years experience doing this and they have gotten way better at it.No one--absolutely no one is more critical of the MNR than I am. That said they really are good at counting moose from the air. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B-man715 Posted February 9, 2013 Share Posted February 9, 2013 A year and a half ago I deer hunted east of Isabella. In two days of hunting I saw zero deer.......... but 6 moose!There was a pile of tater tots behind every other tree.........It would be interesting to see how they are doing in that area now?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sticknstring Posted February 11, 2013 Share Posted February 11, 2013 Quote: I'm picturing the Far Side cartoon: a bunch of moose sitting around a Canandian tavern tipping Molsons and watching hockey. One says, "Yeah, I hear the DNR came through Sawbill to count last Thursday... we were already in Thunder Bay." The other replies, "This outta shut down the hunting season for a while!" That's funny! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B. Amish Posted February 11, 2013 Share Posted February 11, 2013 heard today that one of the collared moose from the new study already kicked the bucket. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sticknstring Posted February 11, 2013 Share Posted February 11, 2013 That didn't take long... wonder if it was stress related from the capture. Were they able to get a necropsy done? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MNpurple Posted February 14, 2013 Share Posted February 14, 2013 It doesnt matter whether you think the counting methods are accurate or not, what matters with wildlife surveys is that they are consistent. They could be using a terrible count method but as long as they are using the method consistently year after year, the results will be accurate concerning population increase or decrease. Might not be accurate on overall numbers though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaptainMusky Posted February 18, 2013 Share Posted February 18, 2013 Though the method used to observe is consistent there are other factors that could affect the numbers seen that cannot be controlled mainly being being weather. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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