Foto Friday – Oh, Deer Oh, Deer

Foto Friday – Oh, Deer  Oh, Deer

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This mom and baby deer were grazing out in the open at Tulleymore Golf

Course when I played there this spring.  We were also met by a herd on

the driveway into the course early that morning in Stanton, Michigan.  If you

live in Michigan, the white tail deer is a common sight, either in your yard

eating your shrubbery or along the road in open fields.

 

 In case  you have been living in a bubble, this Monday was opening day

for Firearm Deer Season in Michigan.  The Department of Natural Resources

estimates that this is a $1 Billion industry for Michigan, with hunters buying

gas, food, licenses, and hunting gear.  In the recent past, about one and half

million licenses were bought each year.  This year, with the down turn in the

economy, just over a million licenses are expected to be sold.

 

Kent County had the first reported case of Chronic Deer Wasting Disease

in 2008.  All Kent County deer killed must be taken to a check station where

the DNR checks for CDW by removing the deer head and sending it in for

testing.

 

If you are interested in Deer Hunting in Michigan, the DNR and Michigan

State University have a website with lots of information including: updates,

weather, news, field data, and more.

 

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