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ya thought it was great when the pike biologist contacted me about me , really like seeing them being proactive !would like to see the deer management to be as proactive or if they are , maybe just more "visible" to the public
Do you really want a biologist contacting you in the woods to let you know how old your deer is? haha They work youth weekends at the check stations and take antler measurements and age stats... Lets stick to that!
they did that when i caught my big pike and did the same with my buddy's too. told us they would get us all the info they found on them and it would really help their big study to use a couple fish that were over 25 lbs and all this garbage. well, over 2 years later and neither of us every heard anything back, maybe if they were in actually analyzing what they have already been given instead of out on the ice with a bunch of people they would have some results of their stupid study, but until then i guess they will just be out fraternizing on the ice. remind me again why we pay them?>
i can remember going on "deer counts" in yards in late winter , pretty sure they dont do that anymore ...
Be careful about studies. The last time they put on a study down south they shut down the Battenkill. It seems like every study they conduct results in a loss of some kind of hunting or fishing. Just my .02.
But look at how the fishing there is now...