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Iowa Cornfed · November 30, 2005, 10:03 AM

Yeah, but thread drift in a good kinda way. (IMHO)

I appreciate the informative posts, and while the media's take on it might be that it wouldn't make for as many interesting news-cycles, I think it'd be nice if they would do some stories on some of the facts pointed out by M Jager just to keep the rumor mill in check. (That was good stuff!)

But instead, when we first started having a few sightings, the former DNR officer (Dick J. who had a weekly column in our local paper) wrote that the sightings were up steadly, etc., and that at the present there were no laws against shooting them, and encouraged hunters to do so now, because at some point they may be protected. His line of thinking was that if we allow them to become more prevalent, we'll have a problem on our hands that'll only get worse once they are protected.

But good intel on the travel patterns and/or range.

A friend told me he read the other day where a collered 8-year old Doe from De Soto Bend NWLR had been located 60 miles North on the Nebraska side. Pretty fair range for a Doe deer I guess.

November 30, 2005, 10:03 AM	#31
Iowa Cornfed Member Join Date: November 1, 2005 Location: Western Iowa Posts: 72	Yeah, but thread drift in a good kinda way. (IMHO) I appreciate the informative posts, and while the media's take on it might be that it wouldn't make for as many interesting news-cycles, I think it'd be nice if they would do some stories on some of the facts pointed out by M Jager just to keep the rumor mill in check. (That was good stuff!) But instead, when we first started having a few sightings, the former DNR officer (Dick J. who had a weekly column in our local paper) wrote that the sightings were up steadly, etc., and that at the present there were no laws against shooting them, and encouraged hunters to do so now, because at some point they may be protected. His line of thinking was that if we allow them to become more prevalent, we'll have a problem on our hands that'll only get worse once they are protected. But good intel on the travel patterns and/or range. A friend told me he read the other day where a collered 8-year old Doe from De Soto Bend NWLR had been located 60 miles North on the Nebraska side. Pretty fair range for a Doe deer I guess.