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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Davy Crockett" data-source="post: 196148" data-attributes="member: 367">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. 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. 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. Terry Steinwand, DirectorND Game and Fish Dept.</blockquote>

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