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<blockquote data-quote="Waltech Jim" data-source="post: 202282" data-attributes="member: 3214"><p>There was only one year so far that EAB affected the DMU that I do most of my hunting in, and it was a disaster in my opinion. I live next to the Chequamegon National Forest and the Flambeau River State Forest and what took place was a crime.</p><p></p><p>It seemed as though every hunter that owned private property flocked to the public land to get their antlerless deer for the sticker. They wouldn't shoot it from their own land. (A high goal was set by the DNR because the privately owned portions of the DMU were packed with deer.) This did nothing to reduce the deer herd on private land where the herd was way over goals. In my opinion the public lands were over harvested. The wolves even moved out of the area that winter as there wasn't a deer left in the area. I took several trips through the area looking for deer tracks. There wasn't any.</p><p></p><p>The T zone concept isn't much better. Most of the (hunting) land owners will not hunt their own land during T zone. They get together and make huge drives on public land and shoot anything that does not have horns. </p><p></p><p>I fed a grand total of three deer this winter. One adult doe, her daughter from last year and a runt nubbin buck. I have fed as many as 30 deer through the winter. The average is usually 10 to 13.</p><p></p><p>5 miles to the north east, on the mixed woodland and fields in the middle of the private land, I counted almost 50 deer in two fields not a week ago. </p><p></p><p>I realize, as sportsman, we must manage the deer herd and some management methods can be controversial. But the DNR is using a system of DMUs that was crafted when the deer herd was much different than it is now, and management tools were very simple. I feel the DMUs in the northern half of the state should be changed to address the management needs of today.</p><p></p><p>Len,</p><p></p><p>I do quite a bit of pd shooting out west. (I am also known as pdhntr on other sites) When I have the time out west I usually do some calling.</p><p></p><p>I try to call coyotes up here, but the population is so variable, it is quite difficult. The wolves have killed almost all of the coyotes. Also, with pressure from every person that has a gun, they have become nocturnal. I found a small pack of coyotes in January and a youngster and I tried calling them until a month ago, with no kills. We found that I could howl them in, but they didn't come to the set until just after dark. </p><p></p><p>We are going to hunt them in the moonlight next winter. I think it will be quite interesting.</p><p></p><p>Jim</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Waltech Jim, post: 202282, member: 3214"] There was only one year so far that EAB affected the DMU that I do most of my hunting in, and it was a disaster in my opinion. I live next to the Chequamegon National Forest and the Flambeau River State Forest and what took place was a crime. It seemed as though every hunter that owned private property flocked to the public land to get their antlerless deer for the sticker. They wouldn’t shoot it from their own land. (A high goal was set by the DNR because the privately owned portions of the DMU were packed with deer.) This did nothing to reduce the deer herd on private land where the herd was way over goals. In my opinion the public lands were over harvested. The wolves even moved out of the area that winter as there wasn’t a deer left in the area. I took several trips through the area looking for deer tracks. There wasn’t any. The T zone concept isn’t much better. Most of the (hunting) land owners will not hunt their own land during T zone. They get together and make huge drives on public land and shoot anything that does not have horns. I fed a grand total of three deer this winter. One adult doe, her daughter from last year and a runt nubbin buck. I have fed as many as 30 deer through the winter. The average is usually 10 to 13. 5 miles to the north east, on the mixed woodland and fields in the middle of the private land, I counted almost 50 deer in two fields not a week ago. I realize, as sportsman, we must manage the deer herd and some management methods can be controversial. But the DNR is using a system of DMUs that was crafted when the deer herd was much different than it is now, and management tools were very simple. I feel the DMUs in the northern half of the state should be changed to address the management needs of today. Len, I do quite a bit of pd shooting out west. (I am also known as pdhntr on other sites) When I have the time out west I usually do some calling. I try to call coyotes up here, but the population is so variable, it is quite difficult. The wolves have killed almost all of the coyotes. Also, with pressure from every person that has a gun, they have become nocturnal. I found a small pack of coyotes in January and a youngster and I tried calling them until a month ago, with no kills. We found that I could howl them in, but they didn’t come to the set until just after dark. We are going to hunt them in the moonlight next winter. I think it will be quite interesting. Jim [/QUOTE]
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