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Title: Quality Deer Management (QDM) Survey Unit 053 (Mason County)

Title: Wildlife Division Report No. 3389

Collection Number: RG 2019-30

Scope and Content: A survey was completed to determine whether hunters and landowners supported proposed mandatory QDM regulations in Deer Management Unit (DMU) 053 (Mason County). A key feature of the proposed mandatory regulations was changing the definition of a buck to a deer with three or more points on one antler. The Michigan Department of Natural Resources (MDNR) supports the voluntary implementation of QDM practices on private land in Michigan. However, mandatory regulations should be imposed in a DMU only when it can be shown that a clear majority (>66%) of hunters and landowners support implementation. Questionnaires were sent to a random sample of landowners and hunters; 79% of the landowners and 84% of hunters returned their questionnaire. About 47% of landowners owning land in Mason County, and 49% of people hunting deer in Mason County supported implementing mandatory QDM regulations. Support from both landowners and hunters was insufficient to recommend implementation of mandatory QDM regulations for DMU 053.

Division: Wildlife Division

Agency: Michigan Department of Natural Resources

Surveyor: Brian J. Frawley

Language: english

Type of Resource: text

Genre: reports

Digital Origin: reformatted digital

Subject: Mason County

Subject: white-tailed deer

Subject: hunting

Subject: quality deer management

Subject: wildlife management