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Report on the 1952 special antlerless herd-control deer season in Allegan County.

Report on a meeting held to gather public response to special seasons, current conditions, deer damage, and ideas for future deer control.

Estimates of the 1957 archery and camp deer kill numbers, based on postcard surveys, with data from 1952-1957.

A brief note discussing the possibility and likelihood of transmission of trypanosoma cervi by birth in white-tailed deer.

Report on a visit to Wisconsin deer yards, comparing and contrasting their situation and policies to that of Michigan.

Report on timber cuttingson state lands to imrpove deeryards.

Overview of attempts to obtain a deer census (pages missing)

Report on deer biological data collected 1960-1961. Supplement to reports 2135, 2192, 2235 and 2307 with similar data of past years.

Report on a browse study conducted in the summer of 1960 to obtain more information on the results of clear cutting in Region II by tractor and shearing blade.

Report on the conditions of deer herd during the winter of 1942-1943.

Overview of the history of deer management and its successess leading to a question of how to proceed.

Results of the 1958 special season for deer.

Although hunting participation may be decreasing in some areas of the country, deer hunting in Michigan has increased substantially during the past 30 years. The number of separate individuals that hunt deer in this state increased 57 percent from about 515,000 in 1963 to 817,730 in 1992. AI the same time, the average number of days spent deer hunting each year per hunter increased from about 6 to 16 days. Thus, both the frequency and intensity of deer hunting have increased during these three decades. The increased interest has created more competition between hunting groups for a limited resource. One way in which this competition has been expressed is a concern about how the benefits and costs of deer hunting are distributed between archery and firearm deer hunters. Though the course of research, it became apparent that license costs have been based on hunter responsibility to sustain an effective program of deer management. Benefits have been based on opportunity to participate in a variety of deer hunting experiences. These are the essential dimensions of costs and benefits of deer hunting that have been considered by the State of Michigan in making allocation decisions. It was also concluded that hunters and the DNR should think in terms of a single group of Michigan deer hunters, rather than a long list of subgroups with special interests that splinter themselves by arguing over the equitable distribution of benefits. It was also suggested that benefits of the deer herd be optimized before establishing complex regulations to unnecessarily restrict hunters in the name of fair allocation.

Report on the annual meeting between the Michigan Department of Conservation and the U.S. Forest Service on a number of topics.

Necropsies of female white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) that died from highway and other accidents between 13 March and 1 June were conducted in Michigan's Upper Peninsula (Region I) and northern Lower Peninsula (Region II) by Department of Natural Resources personnel. Fetal counts were made and the deer were aged to the nearest full year. Productivity rates in 1986 decreased substantially for Region I two-year-olds and adults and for Region II one-year-olds and two-year-olds. Most of the decrease in Region I was due to lower pregnancy rates for two-year-olds and adults in District 2.

Overview of the 1943 deer hunting season.

Report on a survey of sixteen game areas in southern Michigan to determine the amount of use by hunters.

Report on the first major controlled antlerless deer hunting season in Michigan.

Report on the results of the 1950 deer season, including bow and special seasons.

Report overviewing the 1960 deer season results and conditions, with discussion of possible reasons for lower rates of success.

Report on using antlerless deer and special licenses to control the number of deer removed from certain areas.