POLL: Deer Herd Decline, Why?

[NOCK NOCK]

Only 1 vote per member, If you HAD to pick only 1 top reason why the herd is in decline, which one, and add the area you are referring to.

[Dhoey07]

The deer herds around me are doing good. 

[woodswalker]

habitat loss....building, fires, lack of logging and general neglect

[time2hunt]

Over harvest and poor management


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[Rainier10]

It really is a combination of things, I voted fires but it was tough to pick just one.

[Tracker0721]

Our Mulies seem good, if not more of them. Our whitetail i’d say is down and I’d blame it on last years winter. We had down to -28 and it was a pretty heavy winter for us. False spring had green grass growing and then we got snow for another month and some. Our last snow was April or May.

Though our cougar numbers are way high! Wolves are still chasing the elk, moose and cattle. Definitely not over hunting, bet 101 has had some real low harvest numbers.

[bearpaw]

all are factors, while I think the hard winter caused the biggest decline, I voted cougar because they are a significant factor in preventing numbers from rebounding

(there are more cougar than wolves right now)

[vandeman17]

I voted habitat loss and somewhat cheated because I think that also includes fires.

[jstone]

Cats

[MtnMuley]

How can you make a poll with 12 choices, but leave off the list the most important choice, MISMANAGEMENT?

[huntnphool]

Our Mulies seem good

 

[Mtnwalker]

Our Mulies seem good, if not more of them. Our whitetail i’d say is down and I’d blame it on last years winter. We had down to -28 and it was a pretty heavy winter for us. False spring had green grass growing and then we got snow for another month and some. Our last snow was April or May.

Though our cougar numbers are way high! Wolves are still chasing the elk, moose and cattle. Definitely not over hunting, bet 101 has had some real low harvest numbers.

Really..

[Mudman]

I see so many deer thriving in suburbia here wetside so habitat isn't as much issue as eastern or mulies.  Harvest management does change the buck quality but #'s are high here except where cougars thrive.  Heck wife seen roadkill cougar today on main hiway close to town.  Cats have been big problem around these parts for a decade at least. 

[jackelope]

I voted cougars but I'm not really sure there is a big decline in blacktail numbers. With that said, I don't hunt blacktails too much and am not really in the loop re: population trends. I tend to think the blacktails do pretty well in NE King County.
 

[Pinetar]

Over harvest and poor management


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  Over harvest/poor management