Deer numbers in your area?

[riverview]

i spent 30 days in divide and williams county didn't see any dead deer but didn't see many numbers. I did see 3 dandy bucks in the cattails. one was crawling trying to sneak away pretty cool.

 

[Rowdie]

I'd say numbers are way down from normal.

 

[Jiffy]

2H is down as well in our area. No doubt.

The amount of corn harvested is about the same as usual if not a little further along.

 

[johnr]

Saw a nice 4X buck today just north of the Killdeer Mtns.

Also several deer bunched up in the middle of a couple different sections over by Twin Buttes.

Flowers are coming off, almost all corn is off, weather is cooling down, we are in for a dandy deer hunting year.

 

[risingsun]

Saw a nice 4X buck today just north of the Killdeer Mtns.

Also several deer bunched up in the middle of a couple different sections over by Twin Buttes.

Flowers are coming off, almost all corn is off, weather is cooling down, we are in for a dandy deer hunting year.

Just keep rubbing it in. Your making skateboard man happier by the minute.

 

[Bacon]

I think everyone should hunt these low population areas super hard. That will help.

 

[Rowdie]

Yup n shoot all the does

 

[Ruttin]

Yeah i would honestly think the G&F would consider lowering the doe tag numbers to basically non existent to bring the herd back up. I am all for youth getting into hunting but maybe it is time to have a landowner sponsored youth season for does only? Farmers kill enough of the landscape with the destruction of habitat and if they want less deer then they can support the reduction even further.

And yes I know the G&F don't make the rules but maybe just once they could advocate for the deer herd during this upcoming legislative session?

 

[CatDaddy]

Where I'm hunting in east central ND I'm seeing similar numbers to the last 4 years. Counted 25 does and fawns on a scouting trip last weekend, all within an hour of sundown. 13 in one field alone. Probably a 5 mile stretch of gravel. Plenty on cam as well.