On Board sends longer Wis. deer season to hearings

Posted on October 15 at 2:56 p.m. ( Suggest removal )

If they extend the season earlier I will no longer waste $160.00 on an Archery tag, will not be buying bows, scent, food and gas in WI. I will hunt in another state.
CWD cannot be controled stop wasting the money on it. Look at what a great job the Government has doen with Mexican swine flu ya H1N1 it is work wide and will get worse before it gets better.
Stop the WDNR they are out of control and clueless.

On Hunters will have liberal hunting regulations this season

Posted on October 15 at 2:45 p.m. ( Suggest removal )

I have several issues with liberal hunting regulations brought on by wildlife biologists.

1)
I severely question the wild estimates of deer populations.
I would really like to review the way this data is collected.
My guess is the biologists spot a heard of deer in a few acre area from an aircraft and make a bad assumption that they can multiply this number to arrive at an exaggerated square mile population rate.

I have been hunting for over 15 years and have noticed a significant decline in the number of deer. I also see less in the evenings when driving.
I think much of this is sparked by auto collisions with deer but maybe the real issue is the increased number of automobile and humans. How much has the auto insureance lobyists influenced hunting regulations?

2)
CWD,
Do we really know how it spreads yet?
Can mosquitoes spread it?
How many humans have contracted the disease?
Is it naturally occurring?
Is it part of a natural cycle?

3)
Baiting helps the hunters reduce the number of deer especially during archery season.
Yes I know CWD spread, funny thing though last time I checked deer hang out and eat together all the time anyways, acorns, in farm fields and even in the woods.

4)
Many of us want to see larger deer and more of them. EAB does not do much to accomplish this. There should be a minimum point requirement instead of EAB.
This has worked well in other states and Wisconsin should implement it as well.
Hunters that want meat will shoot doe’s and we will also get more trophy buck out of the deal. EAB does not work anyways because if one guy in a group takes a doe then the others will use the EAB tag.

Bottom line,
I think excessive hunting has been and is going continue to ruin a good thing.
I don’t feel the heard is being managed properly and that deer population is exaggerated greatly.