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Deer Survey Ontario zone 8 and 9a; deer population
Topic Started: Sep 28 2014, 10:10 PM (228 Views)
winchester98
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What is the latest concerning deer population in Ontario anyone? Zones 8 .. 9A ... and 12A ... just how bad was winter kill.. any surveys or publications? I was thinking about going to hunt outside Dryden in 8 and 9a but hear conflicting reports. anybody got any feedback would appreciate it..
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Deer numbers are down. Bottom line. Don't know how you could get conflicting reports about that. I suppose some outfitters might lie about the situation.
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Haven't hunted Zone 8 since 2010, and the deer population was in a down turn then, because of harsh winters of 07,08,09. I don't think the wolf situation has changed any since then and they've had some more harsh winters.
I'm sure there are still some good bucks there, but the hunting is nothing like it was just a few short years ago. All you have to do is look at the pictures outfitters in the Dryden area posted in recent years and you can see the quality has declined. Sure there's still a few good bucks posted, but not the numbers there were a few years ago.
Hopefully NW Ont will get a few milder winters and the deer herd and will bounce back ?

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