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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Davy Crockett" data-source="post: 227471" data-attributes="member: 367">[FONT=&quot]Greetings Mr. Steinwand,[/FONT][FONT=&quot] [/FONT][FONT=&quot]    I am wondering the status of the one license per hunter idea that was introduced ,  Is it something that is on the back burner for now or has the idea been proven not worthy of pursuing  and scrapped ?    Also would like your opinion  if the idea has any merit to allow a significant number of more rifle hunters a chance to participate ?   I am being told by other sportsmen that bow hunt and apply for the lottery  that the numbers would make very little  if any difference but in my mind even small numbers add up to double dipping while others stay home.       Boy, wouldn't a nice winter be a treat this year,  I know you are trying to do the best you can with what you have to work with but it's no secret with the declining habitat and increase in hunter population of the state over the years that the future isn't what we would have hoped for.    Thank you in advance for your response. [/FONT][FONT=&quot]Thanks for taking the time to contact me on an issue that is evidently of great interest to you—deer hunting.  It can definitely be an issue and especially for those that have not had a deer license for a number of years.  You evidently remember the statewide meetings we held about four years ago on the concept of only one deer license per hunter.  It definitely stirred some interest but if you attended any of the meetings we also stated it was a social issue and not a biological one.  The biological portion is one we’ve been stressing and that’s having adequate habitat to support larger numbers of deer to meet the demand of ND hunters.[/FONT][FONT=&quot] [/FONT][FONT=&quot]The idea of a one license per hunter is still on the list of what we could do but, as you stated, it’s on the back burner.  That doesn’t mean it will stay there indefinitely though.  North Dakota has a history of deer hunting, which includes gun and bow.  In the past 10 years, bow hunting has definitely increased in popularity—probably in part to those people that were unsuccessful in getting a gun license.  If the trend continues in that direction and the deer herd declines I would say we’d have to revisit the one license concept as one option to more equitably distribute the licenses.[/FONT][FONT=&quot] [/FONT][FONT=&quot]And you are absolutely correct in stating it would be nice to have a relatively mild winter.  That would go a long way in continuing the rebound of our deer herd.  Thanks again for your comments.[/FONT][FONT=&quot][/FONT]</blockquote>

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