Don't give up on late season bucks
01.01.70
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Source: Plattsburgh Press Republican
Poor deer, pheasant numbers 'first taste of things to come'
01.01.70
The message from the North Dakota Game and Fish Department to hunters is clear: do not expect a quick turnaround from this year’s low deer and pheasant numbers.
In fact, for people who love the outdoors and hunting, the “good old days” may be right now, especially if current trends continue.
The North Dakota Game and Fish Department has been harping about the loss of Conservation Reserve Program acres for years, and their message was no different during a public input meeting Nov. 30 in Casselton.
By next fall, hunters may witness those predictions in full force.
During the meeting, officials with the state Game and Fish were inundated with concerns mainly focused on two animals: deer and coyotes – the former because of their dwindling numbers, and the latter because of their population explosion.
For many in the audience, the cause and effect was linear and clear. There are a lot more coyotes around now than ever before, while whitetail and mule deer numbers are plummeting. Therefore, the pervasive carnivores were fingered as one of the main culprits. Frustration was high as to why the Game and Fish Department didn’t consider them more as a factor when issuing deer tags. This year, they dropped deer licenses to roughly 110,000, a decrease of approximately 7,000 tags from 2010.
Source: West Fargo Pioneer