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Old Mossy Horns
I'm posting here because members here know I don't support a 2 buck limit in the NE/SE suggested deer seasons. During the discussion I brought up the buck limit. I referenced the
http://www.ncwildlife.org/Portals/0...and-Management-of-White-tailed-Deer-in-NC.pdf of which was presented in 2015. It was said that the 1.5 year old harvest needed to be around 30%, I mentioned that this harvest was already about 31% and that I did not see a biological reason to reduce the 4 buck limit to 2. That the Eastern Season already had the highest harvest of all older age classes from there own data. That is when the NCWRC put there spin on it and called me out and said I was looking at some other management unit data. Well, please take a look at the info for yourself. It is 31.8 % then a few pages later it says the harvest of 1.5 year old is 32%. IMO the NCWRC has made up there mind from the surveys and a 2 buck limit by popular demand from a survey that due to the lack of houndsmen not returning a survey is skewed. The survey indicated that only 26% hunters hunted with dogs, that's right 74% only still hunted in Eastern NC. I can't help but think this is not a true representation. Houndsmen better get off there butts and be heard. Maybe, emails for now to the NCWRC then show up in force at the proposal hearings in January 2018. If the suggestions from these deer management forums are not proposed I'll really be surprised.
http://www.ncwildlife.org/Portals/0...and-Management-of-White-tailed-Deer-in-NC.pdf of which was presented in 2015. It was said that the 1.5 year old harvest needed to be around 30%, I mentioned that this harvest was already about 31% and that I did not see a biological reason to reduce the 4 buck limit to 2. That the Eastern Season already had the highest harvest of all older age classes from there own data. That is when the NCWRC put there spin on it and called me out and said I was looking at some other management unit data. Well, please take a look at the info for yourself. It is 31.8 % then a few pages later it says the harvest of 1.5 year old is 32%. IMO the NCWRC has made up there mind from the surveys and a 2 buck limit by popular demand from a survey that due to the lack of houndsmen not returning a survey is skewed. The survey indicated that only 26% hunters hunted with dogs, that's right 74% only still hunted in Eastern NC. I can't help but think this is not a true representation. Houndsmen better get off there butts and be heard. Maybe, emails for now to the NCWRC then show up in force at the proposal hearings in January 2018. If the suggestions from these deer management forums are not proposed I'll really be surprised.