Interesting data. 1995 was the first year I hunted deer & it was in MI. If we update this to todays figures, it’s about 300,000 deer hunters that quit.
The article’s main point of why “LACK OF ACCESS!!”
Can a similar trend happen in iowa? Sure is possible!!!
Here’s the one point I want to make EXTREMELY CLEAR!!!!! The point our politicians & special interest deer pimps hide because all they care about is $ vs the outcome!!!!…..
MICHIGAN has adopted all the crap the special interests can dream up!!! Crossbows to “create more opportunities!!” Straight wall cartridges. 2 bucks for anyone, including NR’s. Cheap tags for NR’s. Added countless lengthy seasons (youth, longer gun, longer ML season, etc). Put crossguns in archery season. On & on. Special interest dreamt it up- it got implemented. & they have 10x the cover that iowa does & dwarfs our deer population. They are losing hunters by droves DUE to a lot of what politicians have done. They ruined that state and that’s the result!!! Facts matter. This could happen here & this is a case example where the informed hunters can explain why MI hunters have hung it up in droves!!!! Likely to continue. One more of the million reasons I don’t want iowa to become like the surrounding states!!!!
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The article’s main point of why “LACK OF ACCESS!!”
Can a similar trend happen in iowa? Sure is possible!!!
Here’s the one point I want to make EXTREMELY CLEAR!!!!! The point our politicians & special interest deer pimps hide because all they care about is $ vs the outcome!!!!…..
MICHIGAN has adopted all the crap the special interests can dream up!!! Crossbows to “create more opportunities!!” Straight wall cartridges. 2 bucks for anyone, including NR’s. Cheap tags for NR’s. Added countless lengthy seasons (youth, longer gun, longer ML season, etc). Put crossguns in archery season. On & on. Special interest dreamt it up- it got implemented. & they have 10x the cover that iowa does & dwarfs our deer population. They are losing hunters by droves DUE to a lot of what politicians have done. They ruined that state and that’s the result!!! Facts matter. This could happen here & this is a case example where the informed hunters can explain why MI hunters have hung it up in droves!!!! Likely to continue. One more of the million reasons I don’t want iowa to become like the surrounding states!!!!
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There are 250,000 fewer Michigan deer hunters today than 25 years ago
Hunting has been on the decline in Michigan over the last few decades.