Fewer deer, fewer hunters
Here is link to an article today about how we have fewer deer in NJ.
Both the deer herd and the number of successful hunters have been in decline in recent years.
Larry Herrighty, assistant director for the state Division of Fish and Wildlife, says that’s attributable to a smaller deer herd, now about 135,000 in number, being thinned not just through hunting but through suburban development that’s led to lower breeding rates and higher fatal encounters with traffic.
REALLY?? FEWER DEER IN NJ BECAUSE OF SUBURBAN DEVELOPMENT??
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This just keeps going round and round…The rationale has been that there just aren’t enough hunters anymore.
It seems that fewer hunters have reduced the deer population over the last decade (according to F&W estimates)? So I guess the amount of hunters we have could further reduce the herd so that forests can be healthy again?
Could it be that each is allowed to take more deer now?
bob
This is the reason why everyone should own their own hunting property
Anyways,
I recently stumbled across a website that offers hunters a place to buy and sell hunting property online.
Check it out
http://www.whitetailtrophyproperties.com