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Originally Posted by stevej37
In MI, our limit is 10 deer per hunter, I believe.
Even with that many, the population seems to increase every year.
My yard has deer tracks in the snow over every part of it and any arborvitae is stripped up to 6 or 7 feet up. I noticed yesterday, tracks all around the cars in the drive.
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I'm amazed when we visit fam in SW and NW Michigan that, especially in the boundary areas between fields and woods there isn't a single leaf below 6'. It's as if you had an upside down lawnmower...
I love to see the resurgence of the wild turkeys - we sure never saw them much in the '80s as a kid even in the TC-Petoskey corridor. The deer? Not so much. I don't like the destruction of people's plants or windscreens.
My nearest family never hunted so I wasn't really brought up with it. I do however know which is the pointy end of a rifle (OK scattergun for you southerners) and I'd take it up if I were there. Not sure about the "official" food safety guidelines but that lean venison would make for some awesome slabs of cured things like Bambi-bresoloa. Heck, I bet Corned Bambi would be tasty as well, and fully cooked.