Deer draw results are out

[overyonder]

My son and I got ours for 65

[G Skinner]

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

[Sam Menard]

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).

[cantgetright]

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.

[G Skinner]

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.

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 .

[Species8472]

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

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.

[gbk]

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 .

Likely last year(when they FIRST time ever)switched the Additional deer from Doe to Buck was a sign of something bad.

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.

[Gilroy]

My son and I got ours for 65

Same here but for WMU 60.

Probably try for a smaller buck and try and keep the breeding does.

[Ahuntr300]

Likely last year(when they FIRST time ever)switched the Additional deer from Doe to Buck was a sign of something bad.

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.

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.

[Sam Menard]

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.