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Do the reports show hunter participation as well as harvest numbers? Could the state lost of bunch of hunters to out of state opportunities?
Less hunters. Simple. We are tired of this states crap. Wa down, Id up. I know first hand.
My guess on 667, is that more deer were taken out of the Vail tree farm since Weyerhaeuser began the access permit system, and now, after a few years of excessive harvest, there are simply less deer. In the past Vail was only open to hunting a few weekends during modern firearm season. Now people can drive in there and hunt or scout 7 days a week, year around. That has to have had a negative affect on the deer population in there.
Quote from: bobcat on April 16, 2018, 06:34:41 AMMy guess on 667, is that more deer were taken out of the Vail tree farm since Weyerhaeuser began the access permit system, and now, after a few years of excessive harvest, there are simply less deer. In the past Vail was only open to hunting a few weekends during modern firearm season. Now people can drive in there and hunt or scout 7 days a week, year around. That has to have had a negative affect on the deer population in there.Since the 90's it has been declining. Not even close to what it was growing up. Permits didn't change much really. A Zoo of rifles and trucks shooting spikes imop.