Another thing, if the D.N.R. would at least realize there have been mistakes made in their management practices, why can't they just come out and fess up and offer an appology. You know something like "were sorry we reintroduced the timberwolf, we didn't know they would eat that many deer, and multiply so fast". Or how about "gee we didn't know that hunters putting all those piles of corn in the woods would screw up deer hunting".
that is my biggest complaint.
I can go a season without seeing a deer. Done it before, will probalby do it again. that is part of hunting...toatally OK with that.
It's the lies and misdirection, that bugs me so much. Come out and say "we [bleep] up the estimate. It's an estimate and we missed on it." That would go further with most hunter than the DNR thinks...I think.
to this point so far...I'm not buying a deer tag in WI next year.
