{"id":19726,"date":"2024-01-09T13:52:55","date_gmt":"2024-01-09T13:52:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.selinawamucii.com\/news\/?p=19726"},"modified":"2024-01-09T13:53:03","modified_gmt":"2024-01-09T13:53:03","slug":"deer-harvest-ends-in-michigan-on-a-low-note","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.selinawamucii.com\/news\/2024\/01\/09\/deer-harvest-ends-in-michigan-on-a-low-note\/","title":{"rendered":"Deer harvest ends in Michigan on a low note"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Michigan\u2019s deer hunting season ended January 6, 2024 with a year-on-year decrement of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.msn.com\/en-us\/news\/us\/michigans-deer-harvest-continues-decline\/ar-AA1mz9EV\"><u>11%<\/u><\/a>\u00a0in harvested game.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Around 590,000 hunters participated in the 2023 firearm<a href=\"https:\/\/www.selinawamucii.com\/70-foods-that-start-with-d\/\"><u>\u00a0deer meat\u00a0<\/u><\/a>harvest and bagged some\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mdnr-elicense.com\/HarvestReportSummary\"><u>273,775\u00a0<\/u><\/a>deer. In comparison, hunters in 2022 fell 303,082 antlered, whitetail and other deer species.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The decline for 2023 occurred mostly in Upper Peninsula, an elevated forested area on the U.S.-Michigan border. Here, the harvest slumped by 26% from 2022\u2019s count. A similar fall of 16% happened on the northern section of Lower Peninsula near the state capital, Detroit. Likewise, south Michigan saw a dip in harvested deer of 7% this season.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The decline echoes lowering deer harvests in the nearby state of Wisconsin, where numbers fell by 17.4% by end 2023.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-mild-winters-steer-off-deer\"><strong>Mild Winters Steer off Deer<\/strong><strong><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Michigan hunts for most of its deer during winter months. At this time, 80% of the herbivores come to nestle in shelters close to private farms and government land.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, recent mild winters have made the animals less prone to visit their traditional wintering grounds, hence the low harvests.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On top of the weather aspect, there are lesser predators such as wolves in the jungles. This in turn retains deer in the wild and out of reach of the hunters.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Besides, a boom in Michigan\u2019s agriculture has seen lesser and lesser hunting activities. Despite a slight rise in hunting licenses in 2023, statistics show a 3-decade decrement in licence acquisitions. While hunters picked 872,000 deer tags in 1995, by 2023 these dropped to 590,000 and may hit rock bottom at 434,000 by 2030.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A paper tag is an important accessory in the United States\u2019 laws on deer hunting. Michigan\u2019s deer harvesting laws require hunters to tag each deer they kill within&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.michigan.gov\/dnr\/things-to-do\/hunting\/deer\/harvest-reporting\"><u>72 hours&nbsp;<\/u><\/a>or prior to sales.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Tagging helps the state\u2019s wildlife authorities to track down the harvest numbers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-declining-youthful-hunters\"><strong>Declining Youthful &nbsp;Hunters<\/strong><strong><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>In tandem with lessening deer population is also a declining number of young deer hunters. &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Even if the 2023 deer harvest attracted an increase of 1% in deer hunting licensees, youthful hunters are depreciating.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to a Mining Journal case study, youthful hunters have decreased by<a href=\"https:\/\/www.miningjournal.net\/life\/2024\/01\/michigans-latest-deer-harvest-part-3\/\"><u>&nbsp;7.1%&nbsp;<\/u><\/a>since 2018. &nbsp;The cause is a general decrease in the youth population in Michigan by 0.7% per year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-how-much-does-deer-meat-cost\"><strong>How much does Deer Meat Cost?<\/strong><strong><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Venison, another name for deer meat, is pretty expensive fare in Michigan. While a kilo of<a href=\"https:\/\/www.selinawamucii.com\/historical-prices\/united-states-of-america\/beef\/2024-01-03\/\"><u>&nbsp;U.S. beef<\/u><\/a>&nbsp;averages $16.31 with a minimum of $9.41, a venison pound costs between<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thepricer.org\/venison-cost-per-pound\/\"><u>&nbsp;$10 and $50<\/u><\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This quoted price also varies greatly by the type of cut. While a short rib cut costs the least for $6, whole loin can set the buyer back $52 per pound. &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Whole tenderloin is generally the most expensive at between $48 and $63 a pound.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This implies that as the deer harvest season ends in Michigan, price will likely expand amid declining harvests.&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Michigan\u2019s deer hunting season ended January 6, 2024 with a year-on-year decrement of\u00a011%\u00a0in harvested game. Around 590,000 hunters participated in the 2023 firearm\u00a0deer meat\u00a0harvest and bagged some\u00a0273,775\u00a0deer. In comparison, hunters in 2022 fell 303,082 antlered, whitetail and other deer species. 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