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Post by Woody Williams on Apr 27, 2016 15:13:23 GMT -5
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Post by greghopper on Apr 27, 2016 15:25:51 GMT -5
Wasn't the online checkin more than 123,00?
Can someone pull up the old thread?
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Post by Woody Williams on Apr 27, 2016 15:39:19 GMT -5
Wasn't the online checkin more than 123,00? Can someone pull up the old thread? Yes, but as it was said that was not final.
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Post by Woody Williams on Apr 27, 2016 15:40:39 GMT -5
I'll tell you what - a 10% jump in antlered deer harvest is very meaningful on the health of the herd, contrary to what some others say..
I don't recall that ever happening before...
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Post by greghopper on Apr 27, 2016 15:42:24 GMT -5
O-boy.... The Tinfoil hats will be going on for the Doubter's !
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Post by Woody Williams on Apr 27, 2016 16:36:48 GMT -5
A quote from Jim Mitchell years ago...
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Post by wesb81219 on Apr 27, 2016 16:40:21 GMT -5
So if antlered harvest is up does this mean overall population should be trending upward?
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Post by tynimiller on Apr 27, 2016 16:47:03 GMT -5
So if antlered harvest is up does this mean overall population should be trending upward? While many would argue both ways, there are quite a few very knowledgeable and trusted people in the deer industry state that is so. The HUGE increase in buck harvests is startling honestly....and I'd be very curious to know yearling vs mature stuff....because I thought last year with the amazingly nice weather for hunters that a lot of yearling bucks would be dead, more than normal...but I NEVER figured 10% increase. Foil is on sale for the hats folks....just send the checks payable to me
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Post by greghopper on Apr 27, 2016 16:47:21 GMT -5
So if antlered harvest is up does this mean overall population should be trending upward? There is a difference in a "up" and a "Trend"...... Trends are multiple years. Anyone notice the Non- resident increase .... Folks don't pay and travel here to shoot antlerless deer for the most part!
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Post by tynimiller on Apr 27, 2016 16:56:18 GMT -5
So if antlered harvest is up does this mean overall population should be trending upward? There is a difference in a "up" and a "Trend"...... Trends are multiple years. Anyone notice the Non- resident increase .... Folks don't pay and travel here to shoot antlerless deer for the most part! I didn't have time to sit and look at it close though...not shocking Greg, good call. I didn't travel to Kansas 2 years ago for a doe.
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Post by jjas on Apr 27, 2016 17:51:53 GMT -5
The antlerless harvest was down by 1,000 deer and the antlered harvest was up by 5,000.
I would imagine, much of that antlered harvest increase can be attributed to the nice weather we had opening weekend of gun season.
As a matter of fact....
The antlered deer harvest for the first three days of the gun season in 2015 was 23,254. The antlered deer harvest for the first three days of the gun season in 2014 was 18,503.
That's a difference of 4,751 antlered deer.
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Post by tynimiller on Apr 27, 2016 17:59:20 GMT -5
The antlerless harvest was down by 1,000 deer and the antlered harvest was up by 5,000. I would imagine, much of that antlered harvest increase can be attributed to the nice weather we had opening weekend of gun season. As a matter of fact.... The antlered deer harvest for the first three days of the gun season in 2015 was 23,254. The antlered deer harvest for the first three days of the gun season in 2014 was 18,503. That's a difference of 4,751 antlered deer. Dang that is insane!
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Post by greghopper on Apr 27, 2016 18:10:37 GMT -5
The antlerless harvest was down by 1,000 deer and the antlered harvest was up by 5,000. I would imagine, much of that antlered harvest increase can be attributed to the nice weather we had opening weekend of gun season. As a matter of fact.... The antlered deer harvest for the first three days of the gun season in 2015 was 23,254. The antlered deer harvest for the first three days of the gun season in 2014 was 18,503. That's a difference of 4,751 antlered deer. Dang that is insane! Bet that goes back to the non-resident increase ..... If you where coming here to hunt what weekend would you want? Opening .....
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Post by lawrencecountyhunter on Apr 27, 2016 18:35:00 GMT -5
Doesn't rifle come in pretty early this year? If the weather's decent, I wouldn't be surprised if antlered harvest increases again.
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Post by arlowe13 on Apr 28, 2016 4:47:27 GMT -5
There may have been a large increase in antlered kills last year, but really, our trend is pretty flat.
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Post by Woody Williams on Apr 28, 2016 7:05:21 GMT -5
Excellent graph.... Thanks...
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Post by jjas on Apr 28, 2016 8:24:32 GMT -5
arlowe13
You make a good point that I hope doesn't get lost in the "debate" over numbers....
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Post by jjas on Apr 28, 2016 8:40:04 GMT -5
greghopper
I think there may be something going on with the non-resident numbers.
If you look @ the non-resident license sales/harvest numbers from 2011/14 they averaged roughly 12,000 licenses sold per year and harvest numbers of 4,000 per year (or about a 33% success rate).
Last season, non-resident license sales jumped to 16,000 (which may/may not be correct) but the harvest number jumped to 11,000 deer (for a 67% success rate)....
So the numbers of licenses sold not only jumped by 4,000, but the success rate went from 33% to 67%?
I think someone @ the DNR might want to double check those numbers.
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Post by boonechaser on Apr 28, 2016 9:50:47 GMT -5
DNR wanted to reduce population and they have done that. Still plenty of deer both antlerless and antlered with quite a few monster's to boot.
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Post by Jamie Brooks 1John5:13 on Apr 28, 2016 10:32:13 GMT -5
A quote from Jim Mitchell years ago... . One would certainly think it. It makes sense to me ....even though I do have a tinfoil hat.
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