Friday, December 04, 2009
The Jury Is Still Out and No Verdict Is Possible
DNR awaiting tags to count deer harvest in this year’s firearms season for deer.
The count will not be available until all the tags are rounded up late next week.
Weather was the key factor, since it varied greatly during the early part of opening week — traditionally the time when the majority of the bucks are taken.
Nasty weather likely kept the numbers well below normal in parts of state.
Before the season began, the DNR was projecting a deer kill exceeding that of the 2008 season, based on the number of carryover bucks that survived when poor weather conditions held sway over most of the state in the first week.
A year ago, hunters bagged 67,365 bucks, which was 152 above the 2007 harvest, and in the past five years, the kill has ranged between 60,000 and 67,000.
Deer hunting is more than a popular tradition in West Virginia — it also is a major economic contributor, pouring some $250 million into the state’s economy on an annual basis.
The message should be much more important than the messenger but still people just don’t read or take the responsibility of independent thinking. It seems more important to know who said it, to be on the “right” side. I don’t like bullies. I don’t care for people telling others what they should and should not say or how to say it. That’s my right, my opinion. Don’t have any problem signing my name to this but for now I’ll just use…
To Not Me,