....time was, I would hunt all week and not get a shot at a deer ...this afternoon I sicced my Lab on two in the garden...they’re everywhere....it’s so bad in Virginia that the state dept of Fish & Game sent out post cards to former hunters....asking them if they would care to come back and hunt this Fall to thin out the deer population....and it’s not just Virginia...’hunter retention’ and ‘hunter recruitment’ are buzz words in all the state Fish & Game depts.
I’m in!
*** to thin out the deer population....and it’s not just Virginia***
Fifty five years ago it was very rare to see a deer in NW Arkansas. I saw my first deer here in 1971. Today they are everywhere!
We saw a herd of over seventeen near here not long ago and I have seen fourteen in my pasture at one time. I see deer almost every day. Last night there were three in back of my chicken pen.
I could limit out if I wanted to by opening my back window and shooting from the warmth of my den, then make the wife go get them! ;-D