Deer populations

[duckduckgoose]

The surveys are mailed to Bracebridge and each district has a biologist whom sets the tag quotas.

And I know my local biologist responsible for tag numbners and he is a big game hunter. In pretty much every case where I've seen people claim that some guy who isn't part of the life makes the rules, they've been wrong. Most people are actually interested and do the best with the resources they have.

[robster]

The gov't cut back and the MNR has dwindled down as well. So yes whoever is around is doing what they can with the resources left to them.

[DGM999]

Getting single deer on the trail cams as opposed to 2 or 3 as we did this time last year, hopefully its just early for my area

[bigtedd]

Makes me wonder how accurate the MNR really is with their estimations of populations.....I mean...how can they really tell

[x_xeon_x]

Makes me wonder how accurate the MNR really is with their estimations of populations.....I mean...how can they really tell

They can't. They can get a very rough estimate of the population based on hunter questionnaires, vehicle collisions, crop damage ect and thats about it.


Its hard to say if the populations are actually up or down, and I'm curious what the harvest rates have been for the past few years. I personally don't think they've changed. Some people have great years, and then the next one they're worried that the deer are going extinct. Meanwhile there is still standing corn in the field beside their woodlot... and we all know whats in there, right?