My son and I got ours for 65
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My son and I got ours for 65
I have an inquiry in with the MNRF .... I applied for 82A first choice and 80 as my second choice and was unsuccessful !
Good luck and play safe
Glen
LOL, on August 1st, I checked my moose tag status but never glanced at the deer tag results. So I checked this morning and discovered that I was successful in getting a tag for Unit 10. This was surprising as there was only 275 tags available last year (22% success rate).
Luck of the draw. I'm in my 50's and this is the first time I've never been drawn for a doe in 84. Always 100% or close to it. I kinda wondered if them getting rid of the additional tags in the area would affect the main draw as well. Will have to see once results are out if they cut back on the tags or if it was just a higher number of people applying. Last year was 100% for 3350 tags. Not a big deal to me anyway. If I want a doe I can go to the controlled hunt property instead provided I don't lose out on that draw to.Quote:
Originally Posted by Sam Menard
Not trying to stir things up ..... But this is my issue too ... if it was 100 % last year ,,,what happened that its not this year ? I think people should ask because I think the system failed .Quote:
Originally Posted by cantgetright
Yep. First time in long time that 82a has not had additionals or 100% draw success. We went 3 for 5 in 82a antlerless draw this year.Quote:
Originally Posted by G Skinner
Likely last year(when they FIRST time ever)switched the Additional deer from Doe to Buck was a sign of something bad.Quote:
Originally Posted by G Skinner
Honestly-considering all the historical lag in just about any much needed tag reduction (lag-which should not happen IMHO)...this is not a surprise .Hopefully -NOT 1 minute before to late.
Same here but for WMU 60.Quote:
Originally Posted by overyonder
Probably try for a smaller buck and try and keep the breeding does.
Some of us with conservation in mind have been telling MNR for years that the 82A deer numbers were alarmingly low from feet on the ground data, not some desk data, and each time they smugly and with a "we know better attitude" replied that the numbers are good. Well, we knew different and were waiting to see when they would wake up to the situation. IMO It took them almost 10 years and after the deer numbers have crashed to react and admit that there is a problem, but regrettably I think it may be too late. I think MNR must react a LOT faster to manage our precious resources.Quote:
Originally Posted by gbk
Unlike moose, deer can’t be reliably counted from aircraft so the MNR uses other techniques to determine the population. The predominant method is observing trends over time: hunter effort, success rates, sightings, etc. For enquiring minds, you can research the information for each Unit here: https://data.ontario.ca/dataset/whit...7-c6bd176106c9. Click the link under “Data”, then scroll down the spreadsheet until you find your Unit of interest. Units numbers with letters are found at the bottom of the spreadsheet. There’s several years of data to look at so you can see trends over time.
In the case if Unit 82A, there was a significant dip in the harvest last year. When compared to previous years, you can see that the deer population has decreased over time, hence fewer tags this year.
Congrats on your success. Sounds like 7b was a bust this year….Quote:
Originally Posted by Sam Menard
Thanks for posting that chart Sam. It's clear why they were reduced in 82A. But the numbers in 84 look steady in comparison. Wonder if they got reduced because the units run alongside each other.
Thanx Sam for the data:
It would be quite interesting to know what is behind those data-for deer hunters vs harvest.
The statistics does not specify if the ACTIVE hunter is each TAG sold,or a hunter who bought several tags -One hunter-Multiple tags-one active hunter.
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The second unknown is-the number of additional tags available vs deer harvest.
As we know-the additional deer tag available vary greatly thru these years-the harvest numbers can / will be impacted by that.
As with WMU 80- the available additional tags were NOT cut meaningfully for years to follow the great winter die off in 2013-2014 AND there was not really great reduction in anything BUT the harvest numbers.
The doe harvest swiftly dropped from about 1600 AVG to about 1100 AVG.... the addition doe tags were not cut.
Finally addition doe tags were cut ONLY last year???
Do you also apply in one of the controlled hunts?Quote:
Originally Posted by rick_iles
Yes, we have lucked out down here in 93a the last three years. Hopefully our luck holds this year. If not, I may go up in Nov. and look for horns. It’s more of a visit than a hunt. We have 1000 extra tags here for archery, so there’s still that to consider.
Our group of 9 got 7 doe tags this year compared to 2 last year
I received a response from the MNRF ...... Essentially 82A antlerless deer tags have dropped in half due to the low surveys .... and 80 has had one of the largest applicants applying for antlerless tags ever ...... These I do consider expectable reasons
Good luck and play safe
Glen
Our group of 10 in 49 only have 2 antlerless tags
I was a lucky one of the two but when I go in to print mine it says pending?
I think we can print off tags after Aug. 20th….Quote:
Originally Posted by huntnmachine
Thanks
The statistics provided earlier in this thread was already saying for years -this is coming.........Quote:
Originally Posted by G Skinner
Our group went 1 for 3 this year in 68b, about average for us.
John