Michigan deer

[layoutshooter]

It must be REALLY cold in Michigan. I just saw a "little report" noting that Michigan deer are already "yarding up", their conservation of energy mode, much earlier than normal. Not good. Starvation may be a problem this year. The problem with the cold will be compounded by the expanding areas of old growth forests in Michigan. Old growth forests produce almost no food and animal life, for the most part, does not do well in them. There has been a marked drop in the numbers of snowshoe hairs as the "green deserts" expand.

 

[ntimevan]

Maybe the Deer can migrate east from Iowa to Mich.....seen over a 100 head on my neighbors 135 acres of timber and grass growth a week ago today. .....and that was after first season shotgun.....with plenty of deer taken......

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[layoutshooter]

Maybe the Deer can migrate east from Iowa to Mich.....seen over a 100 head on my neighbors 135 acres of timber and grass growth a week ago today. .....and that was after first season shotgun.....with plenty of deer taken......

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The problem here is, in many areas, too many deer. They are being forced into areas that were once productive for food and now are "old growth". Those natural yards no longer produce enough food to support the "herds' when they yard up.

Due to many areas being posted no hunting etc, our herds are no longer "balanced" as they once were. Many areas the herd numbers are WAY below what they should be and just a few miles away they are overpopulated.

The greatest dangers to healthy herd management are so called environmentalists and animal rights groups. Throw in a very unhealthy dose of anti-hunters and it is possible that we could lose the bulk of the herd in a few years. NOT GOOD.

 

[ntimevan]

Yep the Anti - nuts are every where even on EO. ......lol..... over populated and under ( common sense ) educated. ....

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[layoutshooter]

Yep the Anti - nuts are every where even on EO. ......lol..... over populated and under ( common sense ) educated. ....

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If they could only learn just how much damage they are doing.

Michigan just passed a bill, the governor is expected to sign it, that sets up an education department, within the DNR, to teach the benefits that sport hunting and fishing provide to the State and wildlife populations. This program, as will most other conservation work, will be funded, not out of general state funds, but by those who participate in outdoor sports. There has been a big push by many real conservation groups in Michigan, like Ducks Unlimited, to get this passed. It worked. Now MAYBE we can start to counter as least SOME of the BS that the anti everything crowd rams up the public's noses.