I’m pretty good at comprehending chit…….but I’ve yet to really understand how we’re going to use this data to make decisions and it doesn’t seem like anyone is able to explain it in detail. There’s only broad general statements made like that “It’s gonna be used to help make management decisions.” ……How exactly is what I want to know. The closest thing to making any sense that I’ve heard is that after several years of data you will be able to look at a particualy county and see if the number of deer they’re killing is sustainable. Meaning that the numbers will start dropping each year if there aren’t enough deer in the area to sustain the current harvest levels. If numbers remain constant….let’s just say county x kills 1000 deer for the 6-7 years without dropping then there’s obviously a strong enough herd to sustain the current harvest levels year in and year out. Is this correct in how the numbers will be used?

However, taking that approach seems really “reactive” if I’m understanding it right. If you do that then it seems like that by the time the numbers show you that there’s a problem then you’ve waited too late…the population has already gone to chit…..Also, how do we know that the change in less deer being killed is associated with population decline and not a change in hunter attitude. People are killing less does now by choice as an example.

I'd be more willing to support it if someone could explain the details better.....