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Post by Sandbur on Feb 7, 2017 13:27:19 GMT -6
I think there is allot more to the reduction in deer hunting participation buy our youth than poor deer hunting. Urbanization of society and changes in interest probably have more to do with it though poor deer hunting has a negative effect. Hunting was different years ago and I do miss allot of the guys that were in deer camp. Hard to say if deer camp would work and if we would enjoy the same chemistry as we all have changed. In Minnesota I think the DNR has put hunters between a rock and a hard place and that's why many people are searching for something better like APR's. If they limited the doe harvest, got rid of cross tagging and increased the herd allot of these things would go away. Lets face it recruitment would go up if our youth could go hunting and see a bunch a deer on every sit instead of seeing little to nothing during the season. The DNR also talks about more hunting opportunities near the metro so more youth and others can get involved. They must be dreaming in my mind other than a few limited hunts in parks. Our state can't afford the land in the metro for open hunting, not to mention safety concerns. I just don't get it, but I am getting old....I guess.
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Post by smsmith on Feb 7, 2017 13:29:56 GMT -6
Grund and Matt Ross from QDMA teamed up on a research paper dealing with urbanization's impact on deer and deer hunting. Pretty sure that was funded jointly by our DNR and QDMA.
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