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A Look at the History of Michigan Deer Hunting
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David Williamson
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Deer hunting has a long and storied past not only in Upper Michigan, but in the state as a whole.
According to the Michigan Department of Natural Resources, Michigan had an abundant deer herd in the south prior to settlement. As farmers and settlers moved in, deer were exterminated by removal of cover and unregulated shooting. By 1870, deer in that area were mostly gone.
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Millwright66
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A most interesting history ! My personal experience with MI's UP came about the time the swathes of "clear cut" were regrown to the extent that grasses and other tender foliage was being choked out by pine reseeding. Local complained of the deline of deer as the cuts regrew. Not surprising as whitetails are glade animals needing the nutriicous, easily digested, grasses, leaves, berries etc that first populate cuts in order to survive the stress of winter on the UP.
The LP farming practices may have an adverse impact on whitetails, as my travels showed fewer fencerows and cover patches than are common to NJ or PA, where whitetails abound. |
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