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Culling Iowa deer herd still goal
Omaha World Herald
Iowa will issue the same number of hunting licenses for antlerless deer as it did last year as the state continues to reduce the size of the herd.
The decision comes despite complaints from some hunters that there are too few deer. Responding to pressure from the governor, the Natural Resources Commission last week rescinded its earlier order of intended action to reduce antlerless deer quotas in 35 counties.
Iowa will issue 132,900 antlerless deer licenses during the upcoming deer seasons, said Greg Drees, commission chairman.
Randy Taylor, vice president of the Iowa Bowhunters Association, said that doesn’t mean hunters will buy them.
“The state can put those doe tags out there, but the hunter is the management tool,” Taylor said. “We don’t have to shoot those does, and if we stop shooting them, the deer herd will be right back where it was.”
Drees and Willie Suchy, wildlife research manager for the Iowa Department of Natural Resources, worry that state leaders are sending mixed signals that will make hunters less responsive to future calls for increased pressure on deer.
“They’ll figure they’ve been burned once by shooting too many does and that they will never do that again,” Suchy said.
A coalition of farm and business interests recently criticized the department’s plan to reduce the number of deer tags, citing the likelihood of increased damage to crops and more deer-vehicle accidents.
After hearing those concerns, Gov. Terry Branstad told the department to change its plan to issue fewer antlerless deer tags.
Iowa Continues Deer Reduction Efforts in 2011
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Iowa will issue the same number of antlerless deer licenses as it did last year despite complaints by some hunters that there are too few deer.
The Natural Resources Commission on Thursday, responding to pressure from Gov. Terry Branstad, decided not to reduce the deer quotas in 35 counties.
Commission Chairman Greg Drees says Iowa will have nearly 133,000 licenses this year.
A coalition of groups, including the Iowa Farm Bureau Federation and the Iowa Insurance Institute, recently criticized the plan to curtail deer tags, citing the likelihood of increased crop damage and more collisions with deer.
A Branstad spokesman says the governor continues to hear that the size of the herd is a problem and needs to be thinned.
Culling Iowa deer herd still goal
Omaha World Herald
Iowa will issue the same number of hunting licenses for antlerless deer as it did last year as the state continues to reduce the size of the herd.
The decision comes despite complaints from some hunters that there are too few deer. Responding to pressure from the governor, the Natural Resources Commission last week rescinded its earlier order of intended action to reduce antlerless deer quotas in 35 counties.
Iowa will issue 132,900 antlerless deer licenses during the upcoming deer seasons, said Greg Drees, commission chairman.
Randy Taylor, vice president of the Iowa Bowhunters Association, said that doesn’t mean hunters will buy them.
“The state can put those doe tags out there, but the hunter is the management tool,” Taylor said. “We don’t have to shoot those does, and if we stop shooting them, the deer herd will be right back where it was.”
Drees and Willie Suchy, wildlife research manager for the Iowa Department of Natural Resources, worry that state leaders are sending mixed signals that will make hunters less responsive to future calls for increased pressure on deer.
“They’ll figure they’ve been burned once by shooting too many does and that they will never do that again,” Suchy said.
A coalition of farm and business interests recently criticized the department’s plan to reduce the number of deer tags, citing the likelihood of increased damage to crops and more deer-vehicle accidents.
After hearing those concerns, Gov. Terry Branstad told the department to change its plan to issue fewer antlerless deer tags.
Iowa Continues Deer Reduction Efforts in 2011
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Iowa will issue the same number of antlerless deer licenses as it did last year despite complaints by some hunters that there are too few deer.
The Natural Resources Commission on Thursday, responding to pressure from Gov. Terry Branstad, decided not to reduce the deer quotas in 35 counties.
Commission Chairman Greg Drees says Iowa will have nearly 133,000 licenses this year.
A coalition of groups, including the Iowa Farm Bureau Federation and the Iowa Insurance Institute, recently criticized the plan to curtail deer tags, citing the likelihood of increased crop damage and more collisions with deer.
A Branstad spokesman says the governor continues to hear that the size of the herd is a problem and needs to be thinned.
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