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If I have learned anything from ice fishing it is: what may have been successful yesterday may not be today! And I am pretty sure if I am seeing deer on large tracks of public land in the NEK I could find a few in K2.
I don,t know how old you are but the num the f and w give you is a three year avg. try 30 yr. avg. Please tell us where you hunt in the nek I've been on a few moose hunts up there my cousin lives in E. Charleston we would like to get in on all them deer.
Go find the deer the same way I did.............a lot of walking.
Logging is fantastic for deer and moose habitat. There is a huge track of land near us owned by an outfit out of NH. Last winter they went in and cut some nice 200 yard by 50 or so, swaths as well as 10 acre+/- squares. I'm hopeful it will have a positive effect on the "big woods" deer and moose in the area.
Your hope is well placed. My prediction: Numbers will spike in 2 to 3 years and it will be a GREAT place to hunt during the rut.
i dont believe that that numbers are down or the deer just arent around anymore, i feel like hunters are getting lazier and lazier, year after year. if you lace up your boots and burn a little shoe leather you can find the deer. i have seen more deer in the past 3 years of hunting then i ever have. you just have to find the deer. 90% of the time, you wont find deer 200 yards off the road or even a 1/4 mile off the road and thats why most hunters say there arent any deer is because they are to lazy or to scared to venture off into the wilderness. put on the miles and find the deer. you might be surprised as to what you find.