Shoot-em all
Michigan officials propose new hunting regulations as residents grapple with deer overpopulation.Drones for recovery and anterless season.

Damn.

Last week, I took a side by side ride an hour before dusk at my place in Emmett, MI. In less than 8 square miles, we stopped counting at 300 deer. I spent all of yesterday and today fixing fences around my orchard. They keep crashing the fence. October 1st it's on! I plan on tagging out at 10 does. In the meantime, I'll keep slathering the electric fences with peanut butter.

Sounds like they waited too long.

Maybe they should introduce wolves in the lower part of the state like the did in the U. P. and they can wipe out the deer herd there like they did up there.

That's always the case when you allow wildlife management by emotions or influence (money) instead of true fact based decisions.

That's why wolves are being released out west, NJ doesn't have a bear season (but does have a huge bear problem) and Cali stopped mountain lion hunting. They are trying to do the same with lion hunting in Texas as well.

Send them some Florida hunters.....

A small group of hungry coonasses would have that population of deer turned into sausage and sauce picante in a few weeks.

If only there were someone in Michigan who could help.

Sounds like they need to issue the farmers some better depredation permits........

I was thinking the same thing. I could go up there with 2-3 trucks and trailers loaded with coolers, knives, and deer killers and make a huge dent!

If anyone hears about any farmers up there who want some help, I'll take a load of killers up for a week or two, feed a bunch of folks, and help solve their issue.

Sounds like an awful mess that aldeer might could help with. Not many here complaining about too many deer or any overpopulation.

I found this part interesting:

≥>>Fedewa said there’s a combination license available, which is two tags that can be used on female and/or male deer. And a person can buy an additional 10 female deer tags per year<<<

I guess every dcnr has the same attitude now. No matter how much the resource needs something done, they just can't resist the chance to make more money from it. Would it not be likely that more deer could be removed if they simply let hunters take an additional 10 deer with the current license? Why do they think they have to make money from everything?

Baiting was legal for decades up there and they outlawed it several years back and now fewer hunters and too many deer. Who didn't see that coming?

Just as likely to be propaganda as anything.....I didnt notice anything in the article where it talked about unhappy hunters.