>Tree,
>At the Northern RAC I asked
>Anis what the deer count
>for Utah was last year.
> He said 308,000 to
>310,000. I asked him how
>they come to that number
>and his answer was through
>calculations and a model.
>I then asked him if
>this was the same model
>used to count pronghorn on
>the Parker unit. His answer
>was YES! The point
>of that is this.
>The local biologist told the
>DWR that the herd numbers
>were way down on the
>Parker and tags should be
>cut. The Division said their
>"model" showed plenty! They
>issued over 500 tags on
>the unit. Hunters and
>even the sheepmens association started
>to be alarmed at
>the low numbers over the
>summer. An emergancy count was
>asked for and finally done.
> The actual number ended
>up being 50% of what
>the "model" showed. The doe
>hunts were canceled finally!
> My point is the
>DWR does not even listen
>or plan according to what
>their own experts say!
>All of the boiligist I
>have spoken with put the
>deer herd closer to 240,000.
> So you tell me
>why we should support and
>trust Anis and his merry
>band of number spinners.
>They lie and always will
>without the sportsmen calling them
>out!!!! Sportsmen and the
>sheepmens association (of all people)
>saved the Parker pronghorn herd,
>NOT THE DWR! I
>can only pray we can
>do the same for our
>deer herds!
>
>There are not enough deer in
>Utah...FOR REAL.
HAH HA, now I know what you look like.
I thought you brought up a good point, but when was the count done? On what basis? I sincerely think that Anis is not the problem and is definitely caught between a rock and a hard place. I spent time on the parker in the spring (What potion we could get to) and I can definitely see how the winter kill in that region could have been substantial.
I truly don't know when or where they did their counts and where the input came from for that particular unit, so I will refrain from commenting.
My question in regards to this is,; what is a better way to count? I believe they are using the best model possible with the resources available. Would it be better if they could fly every inch of the state, every single year? Hell yes. Maybe Don and the boys can pony up for a plane ore two in lieu of doing habitat projects on private property this year? Maybe spend the money that they have spending on cat food...errrr....sheep the last ten years?
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