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

Summary of investigations into crop damage caused by waterfowl due to overly wet fields.

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

Outline of the reports given at the Mississippi Flyway Council Meeting, August 1960.

Report on experimental deer-proof fencing (electrical, woven wire, and others).

Semi-monthly progress report on the deer fence experiment in Alcona County.

Summary of the findings of a predator research project to determine the effectiveness of the trapper-instructor system and to estimate predatory animal loss to Michigan farmers.

Report on investigation into deer damage done to a farm and orchard in Owosso, Michigan.

Report on the problems of crop damage caused by deer, its causes and options of reduction.

Report on the status of the deer herd in Michigan, with discussion of several different problems facing the deer herd.

By October 1. 1989, Michigan's deer population was estimated to be 2,000,000 deer. which was about four times the number of deer in Michigan in 1971. This herd was causing unacceptable societal costs through damage to agricultural crops and car/deer accidents. For 1990, the State Deer Damage Task Force recommended, and the Michigan Natural Resource Commission adopted, the experimental Deer Crop Damage Block Permit (DCDBP) Program to reduce the number of out-of-season deer damage control permits; increase antlerless deer harvest on sites of chronic deer crop depredation; and utilize licensed hunters to resolve crop damage problems during regular deer seasons. In 1991, the Wildlife Division of the Michigan Department of Natural Resources (DNR) contracted with the Department of Park and Recreation Resources of Michigan State University to impartially examine the attitudes and reported behaviors of the following groups affected by the program: farmers eligible for the program, neighbors of farmers in the program., and deer hunters who did and did not hunt with DCDBP. Mail questionnaires were used to solicit the information. The majority of farmers, landowners adjacent to participating farmers, and hunters who hunted with DCDBP had favorable attitudes about the program.. Hunters who did not hunt with DCDBP were evenly divided between those with favorable attitudes and those who had negative attitudes about the program. The majority of farmers rated the DCDBP program as highly or moderately effective in controlling deer crop damage. The reported harvest of antlerless deer on DCDBP participating farms increased 138% between 1988 and 1990, while the reported harvest of antlerless deer on non-participating farms increased 75%. When asked if they would participate in the DCDBP if offered in 1991, the large majority of the participating farmers (84%) and a sizeable minority of the non-participating farmers (34%) responded they would.

Report on investigation into deer damage done to carrots in the Omer-Au Gres muck farm area, Aranac County.

Report on the gradual extension of deer into the northern fringe of the agricultural belt of Michigan and the complaints from celery growers in Allegan County.

The deer herd in Michigan increased almost four-fold from about 500,000 in the fall of 1971 to 2,000,000 in the fall of 1989. Deer damage to agricultural crops, starvation. and deer-vehicle accidents all pointed to a herd that was too large, especially on private land, where 75 percent of the deer live. The private land herd reached this point of overpopulation because of mild winters, insufficient antlerless harvest, artificial feeding, and expansion of logging and agricultural activities. Although 96 percent of Michigan's farms and orchards did not experience crop damage from deer in 1989, about 2,000 landowners had serious economic losses. Further, habitat was not sufficient to maintain the winter herd in areas - approximately 100,000 deer starved. Given these conditions, the DNR adopted a population objective to maintain a smaller herd with a higher percentage of antlered bucks. Deer hunting regulations were put in place to reach this objective, to distribute deer better between public and private land, and to improve the ratio of bucks to does in the herd. Block permits were introduced (1) to reduce the number of out-of-season deer damage control permits, (2) to focus the harvest of antlerless deer on specific properties with severe historical nuisance deer problems, and (3) to utilize licensed deer hunters to resolve crop damage problems. Block permits were tested at Michigan State University'S Lake City Experimental Farm in 1988, and also in three DNR Districts (9, 11 and 13) in 1989. The program was available statewide beginning in 1990. A total of 46,587 antlerless deer have been taken on block permits by licensed hunters during regular hunting seasons during the five-year period (1988-1992) that block permits were issued. In comparison, 606,996 antlerless deer were taken on bonus deer hunting licenses.

Report recommending continued checks in 1942 on crop damage caused by deer on the Loma Farm, as well as investigations into deeryards, trapping deer, and deer-proof fencing.

Report on advances and research on self-attaching deer collars, used to study deer movements and define seasonal ranges.

Report on deer damage to farm crops in Oscoda and Alcona counties, with recommendations.

Report on the deer situation in Leelanau County, including the relationship between deer and tourism, and suggestion to continue keeping the hunting season closed.

Report on experiments using electric deer-proof fencing in Oscoda county to protect crops.

Report on investigation into damage cause by deer on Loma Farm in Marquette County.

Summary of deer presence in Allegan County between 1910 and 1937 and the considerable damage they have done to celery crops since being introduced in 1932.