NW 12 APR Survey Question Proposal
During the last survey vote there was a small group of hunters that complained about how the question was asked. Let's hear your thoughts on how the Survey question should be worded.
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Skepticism towards the NW12 data presentation in the other thread
Here are some hypothetical data in graphical (%) form: Has the buck hunting gotten any better post rule change?
View ArticleCheck Station Age Stats
First of all I love taking deer to get checked, I love having them "aged" and its fun to get the patches and watch others bring deer in during busy times, such as firearms season. With that being said...
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Please support APRs in the NW12
These four racks are from my largest bucks kill in the NW12 from 1995 until the implementation of antler restrictions.
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NW12 APR Voters
With the NW12 APR Vote coming up, I would like to understand what people believe to be eligibility criteria. Should you have to hunt a certain number of days during the season in the zone to be...
View ArticleShould there even be a re-vote on MARs in the NW13?
http://www.9and10news.com/story/344...-mecosta-county-chronic-wasting-disease-cases New questions about two confirmed cases of Chronic Wasting Disease. Could the infected deer have been free-range...
View ArticleWhy the APR might fail.
I honestly think it will pass. But.... the one negative I hear is people linking lower deer numbers to APRs. I don't believe the average hunter is willing to deal with lower deer numbers to have APRs....
View ArticleMy Support for Apr's
Here are a few of the bucks I have harvested from the past 9 years from Leelanau County. IMO the hunting has only gotten better. When Apr's first started, some of the locals were against it, now they...
View ArticleStatus quo bias and APR's
At last, we may have reached the bottom root of APR opposition... Status quo bias Status quo bias is an emotional bias; a preference for the current state of affairs. The current baseline (or status...
View Article15" wide spread rule over APR's?
Noted biologist and author says wildlife agencies lose credibility when defending compromises Read link for survey... http://www.post-gazette.com/sports/...en-defending-compromises/stories/201702120099...
View ArticleTestimonials from the NW12 area regarding APR
Here is a short video with happy hunters from the NW12 portion of the State, giving their testimony in their words on how good the hunting is up there in those 13 counties under Antler Point...
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Latest from the NW 12
Here are the results on buck age structure with 2016 added. Before you anti's start to a I have is data from the 12 counties, not from the non-APR counties. And we do not have data yet on harvest...
View ArticleTempest in a Teapot Aging Night
Swampy created a thread recently, since closed, that disclosed a white paper written by Jim Sweeney. Sweeney took the data collected on aging nights in 2016 and analyzed it separately from the rest of...
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Tribal deer hunting
Can firearms be used between November 1 and 14th by tribal members? (Sorry..mods please move to proper forum)
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APR's work
I've been scouting this guy. This is on national forest ground. IMG_20171104_153214_783 Steve Nov 4, 2017
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