QDMA's 09 Report

[Goose]

I read the QDMA's 09 report and thought I'd share with you the WI related stuff. I took notes as I read it so hopefully I got it all right [8|]
 
1999-2005-Number of 1.5 bucks harvested went from 68% in 99 to 51% in 05
 
In 2005 20% of the bucks harvested were 3.5 or older which is double from 1999 (10%)
 
WI leads the nation in anterless harvest with approximately 274,000 annually
 
60-65% of all deer harvested are antlerless
 
(QDM recommends that adult bucks (1.5 or older) should constitute less than half of the total deer harvest and 1.5's should constitute 1/2 of the buck harvest)
 
WI has spent $32 million on CWD from 2002-2006
 
States spend on average $25 per test and test thousands annually
 
1 in 99 vehicles registered in WI are involved in a deer/vehicle collision
 
1996-2005  WI is number 1 in the nation with 4,976 entries into P&Y and B&C followed by Illinois with 3,699
 
Of the top 50 counties in the nation 26 are from WI
 
Buffalo County claims number 1 in the nation with 520 total entries
 
 
 
Again this is from QDMA's annual report and most of the info seems to be from 1999-2005

[mtnman]

Nice bunch of info there Goose,,,here i thought I was the only here up late!

[buckhunter21]

Thanks for the info Goose...Very interesting!  I'm gonna print that bad boy out I think and read it cover to cover!

[bigwisconsinbucks]

Thats a very interesting report Goose. It's pretty special that over half of the top 50 counties in the nation come from Wisconsin.