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<blockquote data-quote="Coyote Hunter" data-source="post: 491176" data-attributes="member: 486">This is still an asinine argument.&nbsp; There is habitat out there for a hell of a lot more whitetail deer than we are seeing on the landscape.&nbsp; I agree that if we want to see deer tag numbers back in the 100,000 range from the early 2000s, we need more habitat.&nbsp; However, EHD has wiped out the population, and a fair amount of the state's whitetail habitat is an absolute ghost town for deer because there are no deer available to repopulate these areas.&nbsp; Then we are mowing down the few does that are actually in those areas.&nbsp; Are you telling me that there isn't habitat up and down the Missouri River from the Garrison Dam to the South Dakota border?&nbsp; There is a hell of a lot of habitat, and there are very few whitetails in those areas because EHD wiped them out a few years back... but they keep issuing doe tags there too.&nbsp; If they had immediately eliminated doe tags the year or two following the major die-off, those numbers would be completely rebounded.The NDGF argues that they can't not issue doe tags because some areas have an abundance of deer.&nbsp; Then get creative and break up the units into smaller units and stop offering doe tags in areas that are void of deer. A few things have to be done to rebound the deer population...#1 Allow more does to live through deer season in areas that are void of deer, so they can produce more fawns and rebound the population.#2 Create more habitat, so the deer holding capacity can increase across the state.Rant over...</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Coyote Hunter, post: 491176, member: 486"] This is still an asinine argument. There is habitat out there for a hell of a lot more whitetail deer than we are seeing on the landscape. I agree that if we want to see deer tag numbers back in the 100,000 range from the early 2000s, we need [B]more[/B] habitat. However, EHD has wiped out the population, and a fair amount of the state's whitetail habitat is an absolute ghost town for deer because there are no deer available to repopulate these areas. Then we are mowing down the few does that are actually in those areas. Are you telling me that there isn't habitat up and down the Missouri River from the Garrison Dam to the South Dakota border? There is a hell of a lot of habitat, and there are very few whitetails in those areas because EHD wiped them out a few years back... but they keep issuing doe tags there too. If they had immediately eliminated doe tags the year or two following the major die-off, those numbers would be completely rebounded. The NDGF argues that they can't [B]not[/B] issue doe tags because some areas have an abundance of deer. Then get creative and break up the units into smaller units and stop offering doe tags in areas that are void of deer. A few things have to be done to rebound the deer population... #1 Allow more does to live through deer season in areas that are void of deer, so they can produce more fawns and rebound the population. #2 Create more habitat, so the deer holding capacity can increase across the state. Rant over... [/QUOTE]

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