{"id":2291738,"date":"2024-07-10T08:35:02","date_gmt":"2024-07-10T12:35:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hunting-season-revisions-proposed-for-explosive-deer-population-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-07-10T08:44:17","modified_gmt":"2024-07-10T12:44:17","slug":"hunting-season-revisions-proposed-for-explosive-deer-population-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hunting-season-revisions-proposed-for-explosive-deer-population-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Hunting season revisions proposed for explosive deer population &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fhunting-season-revisions-proposed-for-explosive-deer-population-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2291738&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Summary, the article \u200cdiscusses the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/s-d-gov-noem-rejects-transgender-sports-bill-sends-back-for-lawmakers-to-revise\/\" title=\"S.D. Gov. Noem rejects transgender sports bill, sends back for lawmakers to revise\">proposed revisions<\/a> to \u200dhunting season regulations in response to an explosive\u2064 deer population in southern Michigan. The deer \u2063surplus has led to car accidents and crop damage, prompting local conservationists to advocate for\u2062 relaxed \u200chunting regulations.\u200b State\u2062 officials are \u200cconsidering the recommendations of a Deer \u200bManagement Initiative, which aims to address declining hunting rates and reduce the overpopulation of deer. 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Herds cause millions in crop damage per year. The problem is only exacerbated by declining hunting rates, which were down by 10% last year according to the state Department of Natural Resources.<\/p>\n<p>But now, state officials are offering a solution, one which will be voted on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>The Department of Natural Resources formed a Deer Management Initiative in response to residents\u2019 concerns, which would reduce certain regulations as a response to declining hunting rates. The recommendations are divided by the upper and lower peninsulas due population differences.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf people would have started \u2026 harvesting more deer than they typically do, we wouldn\u2019t be in this situation with its reaching almost a critical level of overpopulation,\u201d department wildlife biologist Chad Fedewa said.<\/p>\n<p>In the lower peninsula, officials are looking to reinstate baiting, expand late season urban archery, expand antlerless seasons on public land, restore traditional muzzleloader season and expand the Hunter Access Program. The combination license would be changed to allow for one deer of either sex, and one additional antlerless deer.<\/p>\n<p>In the upper peninsula, officials would reinstate coyote season year-round, allow antlerless deer to be hunted with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/opponents-setting-out-unintended-consequences-of-oregons-gun-control-measure\/\" title=\"Opponents Setting Out Unintended Consequences of Oregon\u2019s Gun Control Measure\">archery equipment<\/a> only, eliminate antlerless permits in certain regions, enact a three point restriction and create hunter safety courses for local schools.<\/p>\n<p>According to the initiative, expanded late season urban archery received the most support (100%), while expanded antler-point restrictions and changes to the combination license received the least support (54%).<\/p>\n<p>In addition to changing regulations, the Department of Natural Resources is looking to start initiatives to increase harvest and hunter numbers, such as through the Michigan Sportsmen Against Hunger program.<\/p>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1698881\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1698881\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><a class=\"tdb-logo-a\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" title=\"Washington Examiner\"><span class=\"tdb-logo-img-wrap\"><\/span><span class=\"tdb-logo-text-wrap\"><span class=\"tdb-logo-text-title\">Washington Examiner<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<p><\/body><\/html><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Proposed changes to hunting regulations in southern Michigan aim to address the excessive deer population that has caused car accidents and crop damage. The Department of Natural Resources is considering relaxing certain rules to encourage more hunting and reduce the deer surplus. Residents have expressed concerns about the overpopulation and the potential dangers it poses. The recommendations include reinstating baiting, expanding hunting seasons, and making changes to the combination license. The initiative has received mixed support from the public, with some measures being more popular than others. Additionally, efforts are being made to increase hunter numbers and harvest through programs like the Michigan Sportsmen Against Hunger<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2291739,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/AP23320565916100-1024x683.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[34492,34491,16506],"class_list":["post-2291738","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-explosive-deer-population","tag-hunting-season","tag-revisions"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/AP23320565916100-1024x683.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2291738","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2291738"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2291738\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2291739"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2291738"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2291738"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2291738"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}