ElkHunter
Life Member
This is a letter sent to two Ia. legislators.This guys calls himself a hunter & sportsman /forum/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/eek.gif
From: H_ _ [mailto:]
Sent: Wednesday, January 09, 2008 7:11 PM
To: , [LEGIS]; , [LEGIS]
Cc: ; [DNR]
Subject: Deer control
Gentleman: The deer population control will come before the Legislature this year and we have been talking about it on several hunting websites. I posted the below list IN ALL SERIOUSNESS. It will take EXTREME measures to accomplish a major decrease and the DNR issuing more licenses is not going to work. The licenses to we hunters are too expensive and many of us have no areas to hunt but public land. The deer on this public land is pressured and the deer leave to open and urban areas thus are completely protected. I ask you to view this list with a serious mind. Right now the license scheme of the DNR is not and will not work. One insurance company told me they could tolerate a deer population equal to late 1960's. That is based on insurance claims back in the late 60's. Please consider this list:
Farm bureu wants farmers to determine how many deprevation permits they can get based on acres. Things I want:
1. Legalize all types of baiting and where
2. ATV's on public land during all deer seasons.
3. Shotgun seasons start Saturday closest to Nov. 15 and got thru December 15.
4. Atv's on public land during all deer seasons.
5. Unfilled licenses can be used for whatever sex license is for untill license is filled or all seasons end.
6. ATV's on pubic land during all deer seasons.
7. Crossbows legal during archery season
8. ATV's on public land during all deer seasons.
9. No hours.
10. ATV's on public land during all deer seasons.
11. Landowners receiving deprevation permits must allow public hunting(just as Mn. does).
12, Antlerless only limits are removed completely statewide. If there are no deer people will not hunt there. Daaaaa!
13. Antlerless licenses for residents flat $5.00.
Now many won't like these changes but this is what it will take to reduce the herd to what the public will tolerate. Urban areas need more and different regulations such as poisons and USDA baiting and shooting as CR and some other eastern Iowa cities. Nothing will change unless these changes are considered. DEER HUNTING IS NO LONG A SPORT. IT IS A PROGRAM TO ERADICATE THE DEER TO A LEVEL THE PUBLIC WILL ACCEPT. Deal with that.
From: H_ _ [mailto:]
Sent: Wednesday, January 09, 2008 7:11 PM
To: , [LEGIS]; , [LEGIS]
Cc: ; [DNR]
Subject: Deer control
Gentleman: The deer population control will come before the Legislature this year and we have been talking about it on several hunting websites. I posted the below list IN ALL SERIOUSNESS. It will take EXTREME measures to accomplish a major decrease and the DNR issuing more licenses is not going to work. The licenses to we hunters are too expensive and many of us have no areas to hunt but public land. The deer on this public land is pressured and the deer leave to open and urban areas thus are completely protected. I ask you to view this list with a serious mind. Right now the license scheme of the DNR is not and will not work. One insurance company told me they could tolerate a deer population equal to late 1960's. That is based on insurance claims back in the late 60's. Please consider this list:
Farm bureu wants farmers to determine how many deprevation permits they can get based on acres. Things I want:
1. Legalize all types of baiting and where
2. ATV's on public land during all deer seasons.
3. Shotgun seasons start Saturday closest to Nov. 15 and got thru December 15.
4. Atv's on public land during all deer seasons.
5. Unfilled licenses can be used for whatever sex license is for untill license is filled or all seasons end.
6. ATV's on pubic land during all deer seasons.
7. Crossbows legal during archery season
8. ATV's on public land during all deer seasons.
9. No hours.
10. ATV's on public land during all deer seasons.
11. Landowners receiving deprevation permits must allow public hunting(just as Mn. does).
12, Antlerless only limits are removed completely statewide. If there are no deer people will not hunt there. Daaaaa!
13. Antlerless licenses for residents flat $5.00.
Now many won't like these changes but this is what it will take to reduce the herd to what the public will tolerate. Urban areas need more and different regulations such as poisons and USDA baiting and shooting as CR and some other eastern Iowa cities. Nothing will change unless these changes are considered. DEER HUNTING IS NO LONG A SPORT. IT IS A PROGRAM TO ERADICATE THE DEER TO A LEVEL THE PUBLIC WILL ACCEPT. Deal with that.