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Deer Numbers Down for Deer Season
Below is a great comment by a fellow deer hunter who was deer hunting in my area this past year.
This past deer hunting season posed some real challenges for many hunters in my area. The deer kill was down, in some reports as much as 50% and more, with a state wide average of being down 23%.
I was fortunate in that when I went out deer hunting, not only did I see deer each time, I harvested a deer each deer hunt.
This past year also saw a growing concern of deer hunters eating lead that was being processed into their venison either by themselves or by meat processing facilities. With this concern some hunters have begun looking at safer non-lead bullet alternatives for their deer hunting rifles.
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Hello Marty,
It’s been a great year, and I have some idle time during the Holidays. Now it is time for some Catch-up’s.
There has been quite a bit of controversy about this year’s Deer Hunt with many deer hunters outraged. We all have heard about the deer harvest being down around 22% for the season. Ironically, MN and MI were also down, though not quite as much. I shared much of my venison with folks at the local pub. Not one person there tagged a deer this season. A couple of the guys hunted in the New London (Wisconsin) area during the October herd management hunt and 9-Day Firearm Season with their 5 man party not seeing anything.
Brian gets me a subscription to the Outdoor News every year. One of the Reader’s comments really stood out. He stated that he has been hunting the same deer stand for 31 years, and the area for more than 40. This is the first season he has never seen a deer. He goes on talking about Wisconsin deer hunting, and how there are 4 months of hunting with all the different seasons. He refers back to 1952 when there was a dry spell. His overall statement is that the DNR is spoiling the traditional 9-Day Hunt and the Deer have been over harvested the last few years. The economics of WI is dramatically impacted by our deer herd numbers and the deer hunts. Hopefully our deer hunts don’t become as bad as those in the states to our East.
Brian and I keep Fine Tuning our Deer Hunts. Next year we will have some new things:
- Brian is going to start some Food Plots. Hopefully this will add some Bucks to the Area
- I got a Trail Camera to play with for next year
- We are relocating a 3rd Deer Stand to get more coverage on a large open field
- Our Group would be Shooting Lead-Free Ammo for the ’09 Season
The Lead Free Ammo is a bit of a concern for me. I am shooting 270 Win. And, doing research on the Lead Free Options, solutions are very limited. I have found that only Federal & Winchester have products available for the Lead Free Ammo. For the 270 Win, only the 130 gr. versions are available. (This will make Brian happy being the 150 gr. out-performs the 30-06 loads he uses. I am stepping down in the performance area with the 130 gr.) Hornady has a New GMX Lead Free Bullet coming out in the Spring of ’09.
Federal has a video demonstrating the performance of the different bullets. The
Lead Free version traveled much further through the Gel Blocks. And, you could
see there was much less expansion. On Cabela’s Website, there was feedback from
one very upset hunter that used the Federal version. He stated that the 30-06
load he used went right through the deer. It took four hits to drop the deer,
afterwards the deer ran nearly ½ a mile. I think that part of the equation is
that the shots were placed very well.
I’ll be hitting the range this spring playing with the Federal Triple Shock
X-Bullet and the Winchester Supreme E-Tip. Jack O’Conner swore by the 130 gr.
270 Win. I think that I’ll find the Lead Free will give tight groupings, with
much less Kick than the 150 gr. high steroid loads I was shooting. The 150 gr.
dropped the deer where they stood. The 140 gr. Winchester Accubond’s gave me the
best groupings & accuracy. But with heart shots, the deer still ran 50 yards.
Shooting the 130 gr. Winchester Silver Tips at the range wasn’t acceptable. They
were so bad, I thought something was wrong with my gun. I immediately switched
to the 140 gr., and groups were tight again. It will be interesting seeing how
the 130 gr. Lead Free will shoot and the results in the field.
I have all summer for range shooting. I go out pretty much every Sunday to fire off a box of ammo, and then 2 – 4 rounds of Trap Shooting.
Did you get a chance to try that recipe yet? I will be pulling out some of the venison today for dinner, tomorrow. I can’t wait.
Take Care,
Rick
Thanks Rick for the insightful email.
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Good Luck and Great Hunting!
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Health departments discover 87% of meat shops process lead into deer meat — so dangerous it’s recalled and destroyed. A partial ban is issued on ground venison.
But it’s not just meat shops, Department of Natural Resources tests find 1 in 5 deer hunters also process lead in venison.
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