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Bear55 Grand Master

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I'm a bit upset at the DNR for getting a little too tag happy the previous 5-10 years. Other than that there isn't much they can do about harsh winters, the population will be down and people should accept it and be patient while the herd recovers. A little self regulation in areas where you are allowed to take extra deer wouldn't be a bad thing either.

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I don't mean to sound preachy nor am I trying to influence anyone as it is a highly personal decision, but I wanted to share our groups plan for this fall and likely the next as well because I am excited about it. Our entire group has decided to go during rifle season and enjoy the hunt, however the adults will not be carrying rifles, at least not this fall. Bows only for the adults in our group, rifles for the kids, if they choose. If the adults get a clean opportunity with a bow, at a deer of their choosing, fair game, if not, we enjoy the scenery and help the kids out with their hunt. Its about the kids for us anyway at this point, at least until things rebound in our area. Everyone is fine with it in our group, in fact, we are kind of excited for the new challenge and the back and forth between us has made it really fun already! Lunchtime bow shooting contest... mouse trapping contest back at the cabin, with prizes for the top trapper and the person with the most ingenious, yet effective trap. More camp gags, longer and later card games etc. Focus on camp, friends, family and the experience since the hunt will be a bit less serious for us this year anyway. Regardless of how everyone chooses to conduct their hunt this year, I hope all of us go anyway and that everyone has an excellent time! I have had some years when I did not take a deer, but had a great time, why should this year be any different?

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BLACKJACK Grand Master

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Going to be interesting to see what the numbers of doe permits are in this area. Personally I see a lot of deer around, about two weeks ago on the way into work I counted 14 does on the way into work - within 1 mile of my place. And this was not counting anything with spots, this was mature deer. Now I'm starting to see their fawns too. Problem with this area - 277 - is that it has good deer habitat in the northern portion but then runs into big black farmland in a lot of the southern portion, which cuts down the number of permits.

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MUSKY18 Veteran

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WOW!! Only 3 areas in Intensive Harvest and 3 areas in Managed. Guess the herd count musta been worse than expected. Plus bucks only for the majority of the north eastern part of the state. Reminds of back in the late 90's.

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smsmith Mentor

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30 Managed units last, this year 3

7 Intensive last year, this year 3

A great majority of the 30 Managed units from last year are NOT units where the Winter Severity Index is even factored in when making management decisions.

Anybody think our DNR was getting really lazy...and/or incompetent?

If "adjustments" like this aren't a reason for the citizens of this State to demand an external audit of the inner workings (model, data gathering, etc.) of our DNR...I don't know what is.

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Can anyone explain to me how lottery areas work? Mine went from Managed to Lottery.

Is it different between license types also (archery, firearm, muzzleloader)?

You'll have to apply for an antlerless permit if you want to shoot an antlerless deer. There will be a limited number available.

Your license is still good for an antlered deer whether you get a permit or not.

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Jameson Grand Master

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You'll have to apply for an antlerless permit if you want to shoot an antlerless deer. There will be a limited number available.

Your license is still good for an antlered deer whether you get a permit or not.

Except archery, archers get to shoot a doe without having to get a permit to do so through the lottery.

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mntatonka Proficient

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Must have had some last minute changes they needed to throw in...

Do they ever do anything right...

I would expect they've already sent it to the printers, so a little late for changes. Not to mention if they wanted to make changes they can do so without pulling the file down from the servers.

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Jameson Grand Master

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Must have had some last minute changes they needed to throw in...

Do they ever do anything right...

I don't think they truly ever released it to the public. Someone maybe found a hidden link...and that has been taken down.

Didn't everybody else save them on their computer? whistlewinkgringrin

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