Thanks for sharing. Kind of give me a small amount of hope.
Joe, you bring up an interesting point. As you know, Mrex spoke with 100 or so of their membership personally a couple of years ago regarding the downward trend. He told me that across the board, the sentiment from their membership was that the herd was not only down, but way down. It would seem to me that an organization such as the BBBC would be interested in promoting a healthy herd, the problem is the term "healthy" is relative. They can say that a large herd is not "healthy", and therefore as an organization, they support the DOW's previous moves to severely cut the herd numbers...even though they don't know how many there were/are. Mrex will tell you that he was the DOW's biggest critic, but no longer is due to him getting to know those making the decisions, and his faith in their ability. Perhaps. However, his faith is not reflected by the views of an ever-growing number of Ohio's sportsmen, and I suspect not by the majority of the membership of the BBBC. Then again, that is just my guess, and according to Mrex, a guy that makes a living "flipping pizzas", probably does not have the mental capability to make a simple observation.
i consider brock the paul revere of ohios deer herd..
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And if the little guy tries to fight it, might as well get yourself an attorney...
There is nothing to be done as far as "fighting it". The only thing we can do is control our own actions. In my neck of the woods, there are a lot less people out there working to fill every tag available. It's hard enough to fill one. The thought of trying to fill a pocket full of them is now absurd. I only know one guy that shot a bunch of 'em this year. Seth was in the shop when I told the fella it doesn't hurt to practice a little conservation... and I think most are getting that picture now. I fully understand that in areas there are still a lot of deer. That isn't the case everywhere. I am glad that at least finally there are others that have recognized there is an issue in areas, and perhaps our wildlife agencies do not always have a finger on the pulse of the deer herd. We dang near wiped em off the face of my county before there was a reduction in tags. Hopefully, that won't be the case anywhere else.
Doesnt he hunt with someone we know?