Huntz,
That is not how the Sex-Age-Kill method works at all. Look it up on line and read it. Also look up the independent assessment of the Sex-Age-Kill method that was recently done by independent wildlife biologists from other parts of the country. The method the WDNR uses to estimate deer populations is sound; not perfect, but sound. I know you probably won't do this because it's easier to complain when you don't get 'your deer'.
BayDog,
If you 'know' 5-10 people that used to do deer pellet surveys, they were probably college students out supposed to be learning how to do that method and how it works. To my knowledge the WDNR hasn't used pellet surveys for a LONG time as part of their data analysis; those dirt bags would probably serve with the same excellence in any endeavor.
Well actually I do attend Deer meetings accross the State and was involved in the Deer 2000 project.I live and Trap where I hunt and probably have more field time than most DNR people.I am not claiming to be any kind of authority on the subject,but then again I am not some smuck sitting in a Gin Mill bitching about some thing I know nothing about.
