wildlife councilmarch2013

13
Wildlife Management Update Ohio Wildlife Council March 6, 2013

Upload: wildlifesocial

Post on 14-Jul-2015

1.976 views

Category:

Documents


0 download

TRANSCRIPT

Wildlife Management UpdateOhio Wildlife Council

March 6, 2013

Open House Locations Attendees

District 1 37 (58)District 2 46 (58)District 3 127 (93)District 4 70 (112)District 5 70 (77)O.W.C. 24 (NA)Fairport F.U. 25 (NA)

Total: 399* (398)

Division of Wildlife Open HousesSaturday March 2, 12:00 – 3:00 PM

WILDLIFE RULE CHANGES:

A SUMMARY OF PARTICIPATION & COMMENTS

Major Comment Areas Totals

Deer Regulations 329Furbearers & Trapping 41Waterfowl 29Wild Turkey 27Small Game Seasons 21

Division of Wildlife Open HousesSaturday March 2, 12:00 – 3:00 PM

WILDLIFE RULE CHANGES:

A SUMMARY OF PARTICIPATION & COMMENTS

WRITTEN COMMENTS

DEER REGULATIONS

ISSUE: Allowing the Use of Rifles and/or Pistol-caliber Long Guns

197 – Support (67%)80 – Oppose (27%)15 – No opinion (6%)

Division of Wildlife Open HousesSaturday March 2, 12:00 – 3:00 PM

WRITTEN COMMENTS

DEER REGULATIONSISSUE: Create a 2-day Statewide Antlerless-only Muzzleloader Season on second weekend of October

32 – Support12 – Support if the season was either-sex35 – Oppose

Division of Wildlife Open HousesSaturday March 2, 12:00 – 3:00 PM

WRITTEN COMMENTS

DEER REGULATIONS• 31 – Deer gun season hours: ½-hr after sunset (4

opposed)• 13 – Eliminate Extra Deer Gun weekend (13 opposed)• 6 – Opposed Eliminating Urban Zones • 3 – Opposed to Eliminating Special Early ML Season

*Wolf Creek Cap Snapper Muzzleloader Club • 1 – Keep Zones instead of County Bag Limits

Division of Wildlife Open HousesSaturday March 2, 12:00 – 3:00 PM

Division of Wildlife Open HousesSaturday March 2, 12:00 – 3:00 PM

WRITTEN COMMENTS

WILD TURKEY HUNTING• 7 – Allow unused Spring permits to be

used in the Fall

ISSUE: Allowing the Use of Rifles and/or Pistol-caliber Long Guns

577 – Support (81%)119 – Oppose (17%)14 – No opinion (2%)

Website Comments – 824 total e-mailsOver 2 months for small game 1 month deer

Website Comments

DEER REGULATIONS• 134 – Support proposed Statewide Early Muzzleloader

season second week of October• 249 – Oppose the Statewide Early Muzzleloader season

second week of October• 107 – Deer gun season hours: ½-hr after sunset (26

opposed)• 69 – Eliminate Extra Deer Gun weekend (70 opposed)• 8 – Support Eliminating Urban Zones (19 opposed)• 1 – opposed to Eliminating Special Early ML Season

*Wolf Creek Cap Snapper Muzzleloader Club • 76 – Support Zones County Bag Limits instead of Zones

(24 opposed)

From Our Constituents:

• Ohio Farm Bureau- APPROVES the proposed deer changes; Opposes the decrease in overall bag limits and the cut-off date for use of antlerless tags

• Buckeye Buckmasters- APPROVES of the proposed deer changes

• East Central Ohio QDMA- APPROVES of the proposed deer changes.

Proportion of Hunters who would CONSIDER supporting an early-muzzleloader, antlerless-only season (5,770 total surveyed in 2012 via Internet, Mail, Open House)

• Overall, 63% of hunters support the idea• Support (74%) is greatest among firearm-only

hunters ( 23% of all licensed hunters)• Those who hunt exclusively with a bow (13% of all

hunters) represent the greatest opposition. Still, 43% of this group supports the idea.

• Among our largest group of hunters – those that hunt with bow and firearm (64%), 62% support the idea

Adopt all wildlife rules as proposed except:

• Move Youth Deer Gun Season to November 23- 24

• Make quail season end Sunday after Thanksgiving

• Eliminate the aggregate bag limit for 2-deer. 3-deer, and 4-deer counties.

Any Questions?