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Yeah, 2 years ago....2 of the 4 have to be killed with archery equipment though. I never killed a deer in the county this year...first time ever, somewhat because of fear of what is already starting to happen. There are certain areas with a decent population of deer in this county. I'm not trying to say they are going extinct. The areas that I have hunted in the past have gotten 3x the amount of hunting pressure in the last 3 years and it is having negative consequences. If I wanted to go out and kill 4 does I am positive I could make it happen in a season, no doubt.
Several of us have went to the DNR open houses and voiced our concerns over the liberal bag limits set. I am planning on going again this year to make my voice heard....what else can an individual do?
Community organizing... Educate the public that the reason they are seeing less deer is not because the neighbor has a new feeder and is pulling away the deer.. Educate the hunting public that is pissed off about not seeing deer where the true blame lies.. Once those voices are organized and singing in unison the DNR has no choice but to listen. If 3,000 show up at a DNR town hall saying the same thing you'll get far farther than a small handful that is easily ignored.... The anger is there, the hunters seeing less deer is there, they just need a Chanel and an organized voice backed by data... Wait till spring buddy... Wait till spring... I think It would behoove of the DNR to hire one of those fancy smooth talking PR people... I have a feeling they'll need it.. Get the data, formulate the statement, print the flyers and spend the weekend walking around D&T show educating people, and then Deerassic. Mail them to people to put on the doors of local old check stations and gas stations.... The revolution is near my friend.. THAT is what you as an individual do... Organize the masses that have been lied to or mislead into shooting themselves in the foot..... And if we don't cause massive change in the regs, we will at least make more people stop and think about being personally responsible despite the slaughter orders coming out of the DNR.
We aren't going to go after them like a bunch of whiny kids.. This will be a well organized, data backed, logical approach.. More like how a political Action Committee goes after an opponent. With any luck the buzz will cause papers like Ohio Outdoor News etc to follow the story.. They all love a good dog fight.. And so do readers... From there it's a house of cards buddy.. The data is out there... The statement's are out there... The BS "it's acorns", "weather", and contradicting statements over the last 8 years are there.... They just need to be organized and brought to light in a logical manner. Then the public educated... I'm coming... And hells coming with me...
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