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By Pat Kleppert
(Editors note: Southwest Michigan deer hunter Pat Kleppert has chronicled his hunting season in a region plagued by the EHD virus.)
Pat KleppertThis season has been a struggle. The lack of older bucks and does makes it tough to motivate myself to get up early and climb into a tree every day.
I haven't hunted as much as I had hoped and that is certainly due to the lack of deer here in eastern Cass County. While there are deer being harvested in my area, the numbers are way down. I stopped at Scott's Deer Processing in Jones and he said that his numbers are certainly down from previous years. He did have a few in the cooler and some ready to smoke.
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(Provided by Michigan DNR)
Michigan DNR Director Keith Creagh signed an emergency order this week that decreases antlerless license purchase limits for deer management units (DMUs) where the most EHD-related die-offs have occurred. Unfortunately, this has been a common site in Michiana ponds, swamps, creeks and lakes. EHD inflicted deer often seek comfort in water to offset high fevers they suffer while battling the deadly virus. (Michigan DNR photo)
Effective immediately, the purchase limit for DMU 486 is five private land antlerless deer hunting licenses per hunter. Also effective immediately, the public antlerless license purchase limit per hunter is two for each of the following DMUs: 012 (Branch), 034 (Ionia), 039 (Kalamazoo), 041 (Kent), 044 (Lapeer), 076 (Sanilac), 078 (Shiawassee), 079 (Tuscola) and 080 (Van Buren).
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(Provided by Indiana DNR)
Northern Indiana conservation officers have been kept busy this season with illegal deer hunting activity. Here are some of the cases being investigated:
Witnesses reported an illegal deer kill in LaGrange County where officers say that a 15-year old teen admitted he shot a deer with the muzzleloader, did not fill out a temporary transportation tag, and also shot 2 antlerless deer during the special youth season and did not deliver those deer to a state deer check station or check the deer in online within 48 hours of time of kill. The teen's muzzleloader and deer, a very small antlerless deer was seized as evidence. The deer was then donated to the Farmers and Hunters Feeding the Hungry Program. The charges will be forwarded to Lagrange County Juvenile Probation.
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Despite repeated warnings and publicity about tree stand safety, Hoosier deer hunters continue to suffer injuries from falls.
This week, William (Bill) F. Hundt, age 69 of Bremen was hunting from an elevated tree stand when he fell nearly 16 feet to the ground. Hundt was unable to call for help due to the extent of his injuries and was later found by his son who called 911.