they got paid to make that guess of the deer herd? I could have made that guess based on the past 3 seasons of deer hunting in the CWD zone. first year saw several deer. second year saw 2. first a buck (and me with no buck sticker) and then a doe (at a flat out run -no shot).
so far this season -nothing. the only shots I heard was from some fools target shooting with a .22 a couple of fields over. (bunch of kids with an adult and no blaze orange).

ljs64 - Who is running the show you ask? Good question, because the DNR certainly isn't doing a good job of running anything other than hunting into the ground.
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As far as your theory on predictions, you obviously don't hunt and obviously don't follow what has been happening very close.

spark is right on, I have been in the woods everyday and have only seen one doe, last year was the same, saw two bucks but I have to get my doe here first. the DNR dont know which side is up.

DNR - Once again, you crack me up how you word things. "No earn-a-buck restrictions" even though the Southern part of the State still has it. Stop the crap with how you word things! I've also seen and so have many others I've spoken with, more fawns this year than the last two years. So which is it? You are clueless and are destroying deer hunting.

SARAHB1 unfortunately you will not see an end to the deer parts on the road. this is the time of the year when the deer are most active. especially at sunset. with daylight savings time ending it matches the heavier traffic time when everyone is going home from work with the same time the deer are most active. this causes a big spike in the deer car accidents. also in most cases the heaviest areas where you see the biggest number of dead deer on the road it is in an area where deer hunters are not allowed to hunt. therefore there are more deer still in those areas to be hit by cars.

A well thought out comment (sarcasm off now) by ljs64 once again gets her some free education. I am soon going to start charging for it.

The (whiners) as you call the hunters, input is taken at the Conservation Congress hearings which are held each year on the first Monday in April, I believe. The DNR takes input from attendees, anyone can go. Sometimes they act upon the input that they receive.

I would say that many of the attendees are hunters, those who contribute millions of dollars to wildlife preservation each year in this state, due to fees paid. Also they contribute many other millions of dollars from purchases related to their pursuits.

Just out of curiosity, what do you contribute, other than name calling?

onlyme: I'll second your post. I used to see many deer on opening day, included a few bucks. It's gotten so bad the past few years, that I hardly even hear any shots anymore.

stick your whiner comment. i was only trying to say that the DNR cant seem to decide if there are still too many deer or not. one time they say we need to think about extending the season to 16 days next year to kill more deer. and now they say the hunters should expect to shoot fewer deer this year because there arent as many out there. which is it? too many or not enough? make up our minds. i myself have gone from seeing around 30 deer opening morning alone to now being lucky to see 1 the whole opening weekend. and you hear that from alot of deer hunters now. obviously they have thinned the heard with the T-ZONES and allowing hunters to shoot as many as they want in some areas. how far do we need to go?

"Who is running the show here the DNR or the whiners.......I mean hunters?"
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Those "whiners" would be the folks forking over $24 or more each to the DNR for hunting licenses. In other industries besides government they would be known as "customers". They're also known as "taxpayers", you know, the folks that pay for people like Mr. Warnke to still collect a state paycheck.

"The DNR did away with the program this spring under pressure from hunters."
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Who is running the show here the DNR or the whiners.......I mean hunters?
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That prediction is as accurate as how much snowfall we will get this winter......No one knows.......

yea fewer deer in the woods so lets extend the hunting season next year to 16 days and make sure noone sees any deer in the woods.