Crop depredation permit question...... What are farmers suppose to do when deer are eating their Soy Beans? Should deer be treated like Ground hogs and shot pretty much anywhere, anytime they are in a bean field causing 1000s in damage?
Is the hunting season closed before those beans are planted?
Are the bag limits lower than they should be for that area?
The law allows for local adjustments when they are necessary:
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(7) To close the season of any species of game in any county or areawhen, upon a survey by the department, it is found necessary to the conservation and perpetuation of such species and to reopen such closed season when it is deemed advisable.
If herds of deer are destroying crops, I doubt if it would be necessary to shoot deer at night to conduct fetal surveys in order to make decisions on when to open or close the hunting season or to determine how low or high bag limits should be set.
