This committee was formed by the Natural Resources Board in response to the EAB restriction being suspended indefinitely. The Earn-A-Buck Alternative study committee is charged with formulating season structures and incentives to increase antlerless deer harvests during all seasons in areas that may have populations above prescribed goals. You might be asking why the NRB would form a committee to come up with ways to further reduce the deer herd? I know I asked the same question. As a committee member we were told that we could not expand the charge of our group to focus on the reasons many hunters are unhappy about the current deer management plan and that discussions of improving the accuracy of population estimates and increasing the over winter goals were "off the table". Committee members had the play the cards we were dealt so in keeping with the scope of this committee, we came up with some ideas that will hopefully reduce the need for such thing as EAB in the future.
Committee members want to gather public input on the proposed ideas so a public survey has been created to give you a chance to view the options and provide input. Once the results from this survey are collected, our committee will be using that data to gauge the support of the season structures we have developed and adjust them according to your input. This survey will go live on Sat. July 25 at noon. If you go to the survey now, you will be told to come back on the 25th. In order to meet our deadline, this survey will only be available for a very short time, ending on July 28th, . This survey will include a comment section and you may wish to let the NRB know your views about herd management and the issues causing hunter frustration. Please make sure to pass this survey along to all of your deer hunting friends so we can maximize the amount of public input.
Below is the link to the survey main page
http://deerherd.editme.com/PublicCommentThanks for taking the time to assist our committee by providing your input
