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the food plot is probably the reason why. i hope your not hunting out of these food plots as it is illegal.
not much, again only personal option....like the idea off scouting to find the best trails to the plot and finding the best spot to hang a stand...not saying no work has to be done to do the same on the plot again personal option.
Why would you put out 23,000 doe permits if you want a heard to grow? Only reason is money. I can see putting permits out for those areas who's population need s to be controlled to make sure there is enough food to sustain the herd, but other areas where there is plenty of foodand not enough deer
I know that this is a fishing board but I think that many of you hunt. With the Antler restriction experiment being over. The fish and game with Wayne Laroche in charge is trying to make our state into a trophy deer hunting only area. He wants to make it three points on one side threw the whole state. That will be the end to many people tracking bucks as it is nearly impossible to count points on a running deer. This will change the way Vermonters have hunted for generations. Think about he kids trying to havest a deer and the presure of not shooting anything for three or four years because they don't have a trophy buck walk up to them. That is the end of there hunting in Vermont. Many would rather play Xbox or just stay home then spend countless hours in the woods for nothing. I know its not all about killing but shooting a deer is what its all about and thats when the real fun comes in weather your shooting a doe, a spike or a ten pointer. Unless everyone want wants to be a trophy hunter you better voice your opinoions to the vermont fish and game and the Vermont deer board. On the Hunters and anglers and trappers board is a messsage board where a few Vermont game board members frequent and you can voice your oppinions there. Here is the linkhttp://www.kevaco.com/hatvt/New_Message_Board/mboard.phphttp://www.kevaco.com/hatvt/New_Message_Board/mboard.php
I see one trend for sure. The people with access to posted land love this rule. They are the ones that can afford to have the food plots, and large tracts of land with undisturbed deer. Try hunting a whole season on public land and see how you feel. I drove Lincoln Hill rd and Hinesburg Hollow rd the last weekend of muzzleloader season this year, and saw at least 25 pickups parked. I hunted in there earlier in the week on snow. I hunted about 6 miles in there and only saw 2 deer tracks. I hunted earlier in the week on snow behind my house in Williston. I covered every nook and cranie in that piece of wood, and never saw a single deer track. That is just sad as those areas used to be good hunting. Do you think my two boys want to do that same thing? Nope. They have stopped hunting. When I come home from the woods they ask me how the HIKING was. They used to enjoy it, but they also used to see a deer once in a while.....Keep giving out those doe tags. Vermont HAS become a trophy deer state, because now if you get a deer it is a trophy.... Thanks Wayne.