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Message: <blockquote data-quote="wct12" data-source="post: 391535" data-attributes="member: 8117">"Of course nutrition is important. This looks like you are suggesting that we inoculate and feed wild animals. We all know habitat consists of food water and shelter. A deer’s diet is 50-60% browsing woody plants. Supplemental feed would not only be insanely expensive for the state but also wouldn’t have a huge effect per dollar in areas without water and shelter. If you truly believe nutrition is the answer with feeding you should actually be advocating for the game and fish to have a bigger budget, since not everyone can afford to leave crop in the field for deer. The problem with you and your father’s arguments is you keep referring to the deer on your land as the standard for the rest of the state. Yeah you can feed and keep a portion of a small herd alive, and good on you. I remember your dad thinking he had checkmated the game and fish because he pinpointed the day when the partridge paired up on your land where game and fish had a broader time range that applied to the whole state. This was the basis of his “they don’t listen to us” argument. This is not the case everywhere and stop expecting everyone to take your advice because it works on your acres. There’s a lot of pheasants in my back yard, why can’t I shoot five a day? Possibly because that isn’t the case elsewhere."Lots of states feed wildlife to help with harsh winters and i think that a lot of sportsmen and wildlife orgs would hop behind this also given the opportunity or the tools to do it.. I think the ND Game and Fish doesn't need a bigger budget, they need a better allocation of funds. My dad used that "checkmate" to prove that just because he doesn't have an PhD in wildlife management, the game and fish taking input from people and actually using it instead of holding their nose up because they have an education on it and a book said it's this date but people in the habitats saw it on this date probably have a good idea on it also even without a college education on it. That's his point on that one I'm guessing. And hey perfect! we agree on that last part about pheasants, my dad included! That the private property argument is a slippery slope point that we've use also.</blockquote>

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