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THE TIMING OF MARYLAND'S "RUT"
"by E.W. Grimes, Director MSC QDMA"
Every hunter anxiously anticipates arrival of the breeding season in their area. The rut provides deer behavior and activity that can make even the most tenured whitetail hunter's heart race. Many factors impact what we observe during the rut including the deer herd's adult sex ratio and age structure, density relative to the habitat's carrying capacity, weather, amount of hunting pressure, and likely other variables that we're not aware of or at least don't understand very well yet. Are lunar cycles responsible for cueing breeding in whitetails? The lunar-based model predicted the rut would be three weeks later in 2010 than 2009. This isn't to say that lunar cycles may not have some effect on deer behavior - just not on the actual timing of breeding. Fawns hitting the ground three weeks later than normal in 2011 would put them at a tremendous disadvantage. The Maryland State Chapter QDMA and the Bachman Valley Branch QDMA started collecting fetal data in 2008 from does from crop damage permits (Deer Management Permits) DMP and Deer Population Managed Hunts. Our goal was to determine the peak of the rut in our state.
(CLICK HERE TO READ ARTICLE)
"by E.W. Grimes, Director MSC QDMA"
Every hunter anxiously anticipates arrival of the breeding season in their area. The rut provides deer behavior and activity that can make even the most tenured whitetail hunter's heart race. Many factors impact what we observe during the rut including the deer herd's adult sex ratio and age structure, density relative to the habitat's carrying capacity, weather, amount of hunting pressure, and likely other variables that we're not aware of or at least don't understand very well yet. Are lunar cycles responsible for cueing breeding in whitetails? The lunar-based model predicted the rut would be three weeks later in 2010 than 2009. This isn't to say that lunar cycles may not have some effect on deer behavior - just not on the actual timing of breeding. Fawns hitting the ground three weeks later than normal in 2011 would put them at a tremendous disadvantage. The Maryland State Chapter QDMA and the Bachman Valley Branch QDMA started collecting fetal data in 2008 from does from crop damage permits (Deer Management Permits) DMP and Deer Population Managed Hunts. Our goal was to determine the peak of the rut in our state.
(CLICK HERE TO READ ARTICLE)
UPDATED JANUARY 26, 2012
The Bachman Valley Branch will be
holding their Annual Sportsman's
REACH Banquet on March 17, 2012
at the VFW Post 467 in Westminster,
Maryland!
Our featured Guest Speaker will be Dale Gertz with his Maryland No#1 Pope & Young Buck harvested in 2011 with a score of 208-7/8!
YOU DON'T WANT TO MISS THIS!
Tickets will be available soon!
Our featured Guest Speaker will be Dale Gertz with his Maryland No#1 Pope & Young Buck harvested in 2011 with a score of 208-7/8!
YOU DON'T WANT TO MISS THIS!
Tickets will be available soon!
Attention Hunters and
Landowners!
Do YOU want to grow better deer and become a better deer hunter?
Plan to Attend this FREE Workshop and Expo
at
Delaware State Fairgrounds Exhibit Hall
Saturday February 4, 2012
Doors open @ 8am with
Programs running from 9 am to 3:30 pm
Complimentary lunch to all attendees!
Vendors, One-On-One Interaction with Speakers, Taxidermy Displays, Official Boone &Crockett Scoring, Habitat Improvement, Food Plot and Forestry Exhibits' Raffles, Door Prizes and more.
For more info, www.delawareqdma.org
Do YOU want to grow better deer and become a better deer hunter?
Plan to Attend this FREE Workshop and Expo
at
Delaware State Fairgrounds Exhibit Hall
Saturday February 4, 2012
Doors open @ 8am with
Programs running from 9 am to 3:30 pm
Complimentary lunch to all attendees!
Vendors, One-On-One Interaction with Speakers, Taxidermy Displays, Official Boone &Crockett Scoring, Habitat Improvement, Food Plot and Forestry Exhibits' Raffles, Door Prizes and more.
For more info, www.delawareqdma.org
Maryland DNR Wildlife and Heritage
Service - January 26, 2012
Hunting Season Regulation Concepts for 2012-13 and 2013-14
The Concepts below cover the regulation changes the Wildlife and Heritage Service (WHS) is considering for the 2012-14 hunting seasons. These Concepts are very flexible and several have changed as we have discussed their pros and cons within DNR. It is very possible that some of these will change again before our meeting, but the Concepts noted below show where we are today:
White-tailed Deer:
Create a STATEWIDE bag limit for antlered deer (bucks) and reduce the overall buck bag limit to three per year, one per weapon season (i.e. bow season, muzzleloader season and firearm season). The buck bag limit would be three per year for Deer Management Regions A and B combined.
Rationale/Goal: this change would simplify our regulations and is anticipated to result in a modest reduction in buck harvest. Limiting hunters to one buck per weapon season would remove the requirement for hunters to take two antlerless deer before taking a second buck (in Region B) and remove the need to purchase a Bonus Antlered Deer Stamp.
Comments: this change is based on hunter input stating that our current statewide bag limit for bucks is too high at nine per year (combined total for Region A and Region B). While this Concept would not change the buck bag limit for Region A, it would remove the option for hunters to take a buck in Region B and then one in Region A during the same weapon season, or vice versa.
CLICK HERE TO READ ENTIRE PROPOSED REGULATIONS)
Hunting Season Regulation Concepts for 2012-13 and 2013-14
The Concepts below cover the regulation changes the Wildlife and Heritage Service (WHS) is considering for the 2012-14 hunting seasons. These Concepts are very flexible and several have changed as we have discussed their pros and cons within DNR. It is very possible that some of these will change again before our meeting, but the Concepts noted below show where we are today:
White-tailed Deer:
Create a STATEWIDE bag limit for antlered deer (bucks) and reduce the overall buck bag limit to three per year, one per weapon season (i.e. bow season, muzzleloader season and firearm season). The buck bag limit would be three per year for Deer Management Regions A and B combined.
Rationale/Goal: this change would simplify our regulations and is anticipated to result in a modest reduction in buck harvest. Limiting hunters to one buck per weapon season would remove the requirement for hunters to take two antlerless deer before taking a second buck (in Region B) and remove the need to purchase a Bonus Antlered Deer Stamp.
Comments: this change is based on hunter input stating that our current statewide bag limit for bucks is too high at nine per year (combined total for Region A and Region B). While this Concept would not change the buck bag limit for Region A, it would remove the option for hunters to take a buck in Region B and then one in Region A during the same weapon season, or vice versa.
CLICK HERE TO READ ENTIRE PROPOSED REGULATIONS)
JANUARY
4th & 5th: Patapsco Valley State Park/Soldiers Delight NEA (Baltimore) Managed Hunt. Bio Data research.Attended by Cheri Winter.
5th: MSC QDMA MEETING, 7:00 PM AT THE VFW POST 467, 519 POOLE ROAD, WESTMINSTER, MARYLAND.
9th & 10th: Fair Hill Natural Resources Management Area (Cecil) Managed Hunt. Bio Data research.Attended by Cheri Winter.
12th & 13th: Seneca Creek State Park (Montgomery) Managed Hunt. Bio Data research. Attended by Cheri Winter.
19th & 20st: Gunpowder Falls State Park - Sweet Air Area (Baltimore and Harford) Managed Hunt. Bio Data research.Attended by Cheri Winter.
FEBRUARY
2nd: MSC QDMA MEETING, 7:00 PM AT THE VFW POST 467, 519 POOLE ROAD, WESTMINSTER, MARYLAND
8th: DNR Stakeholder’s Meeting. To be attended by E. W. Grimes.
MARCH
1st: MSC QDMA MEETING, 7:00 PM AT THE VFW POST 467, 519 POOLE ROAD, WESTMINSTER, MARYLAND.
17th: Annual Sportsman's Banquet hosted by the Bachman Valley Branch at the VFWPost 467 in Westminster, MD. FEATURING DALE GERTZ WITH HIS MD#1 POPE & YOUNG BUCK!
APRIL
5th: MSC QDMA MEETING, 7:00 PM AT THE VFW POST 467, 519 POOLE ROAD, WESTMINSTER, MARYLAND.
MAY
3RD: MSC QDMA MEETING, 7:00 PM AT THE VFW POST 467, 519 POOLE ROAD, WESTMINSTER, MARYLAND.
JUNE
7TH: MSC QDMA MEETING, 7:00 PM AT THE VFW POST 467, 519 POOLE ROAD, WESTMINSTER, MARYLAND.
JULY
5th: MSC QDMA MEETING, 7:00 PM AT THE VFW POST 467, 519 POOLE ROAD, WESTMINSTER, MARYLAND.
AUGUST
2ND: MSC QDMA MEETING, 7:00 PM AT THE VFW POST 467, 519 POOLE ROAD, WESTMINSTER, MARYLAND.
18th: HUNTER'S CHALLENGE 3D ARCHERY SHOOT!
SEPTEMBER
6th: MSC QDMA MEETING, 7:00 PM AT THE VFW POST 467, 519 POOLE ROAD, WESTMINSTER, MARYLAND.
OCTOBER
4th: MSC QDMA MEETING, 7:00 PM AT THE VFW POST 467, 519 POOLE ROAD, WESTMINSTER, MARYLAND.
NOVEMBER
NO MEETING THIS MONTH.
DECEMBER
6th: MSC QDMA MEETING, 7:00 PM AT THE VFW POST 467, 519 POOLE ROAD, WESTMINSTER, MARYLAND.
4th & 5th: Patapsco Valley State Park/Soldiers Delight NEA (Baltimore) Managed Hunt. Bio Data research.Attended by Cheri Winter.
5th: MSC QDMA MEETING, 7:00 PM AT THE VFW POST 467, 519 POOLE ROAD, WESTMINSTER, MARYLAND.
9th & 10th: Fair Hill Natural Resources Management Area (Cecil) Managed Hunt. Bio Data research.Attended by Cheri Winter.
12th & 13th: Seneca Creek State Park (Montgomery) Managed Hunt. Bio Data research. Attended by Cheri Winter.
19th & 20st: Gunpowder Falls State Park - Sweet Air Area (Baltimore and Harford) Managed Hunt. Bio Data research.Attended by Cheri Winter.
FEBRUARY
2nd: MSC QDMA MEETING, 7:00 PM AT THE VFW POST 467, 519 POOLE ROAD, WESTMINSTER, MARYLAND
8th: DNR Stakeholder’s Meeting. To be attended by E. W. Grimes.
MARCH
1st: MSC QDMA MEETING, 7:00 PM AT THE VFW POST 467, 519 POOLE ROAD, WESTMINSTER, MARYLAND.
17th: Annual Sportsman's Banquet hosted by the Bachman Valley Branch at the VFWPost 467 in Westminster, MD. FEATURING DALE GERTZ WITH HIS MD#1 POPE & YOUNG BUCK!
APRIL
5th: MSC QDMA MEETING, 7:00 PM AT THE VFW POST 467, 519 POOLE ROAD, WESTMINSTER, MARYLAND.
MAY
3RD: MSC QDMA MEETING, 7:00 PM AT THE VFW POST 467, 519 POOLE ROAD, WESTMINSTER, MARYLAND.
JUNE
7TH: MSC QDMA MEETING, 7:00 PM AT THE VFW POST 467, 519 POOLE ROAD, WESTMINSTER, MARYLAND.
JULY
5th: MSC QDMA MEETING, 7:00 PM AT THE VFW POST 467, 519 POOLE ROAD, WESTMINSTER, MARYLAND.
AUGUST
2ND: MSC QDMA MEETING, 7:00 PM AT THE VFW POST 467, 519 POOLE ROAD, WESTMINSTER, MARYLAND.
18th: HUNTER'S CHALLENGE 3D ARCHERY SHOOT!
SEPTEMBER
6th: MSC QDMA MEETING, 7:00 PM AT THE VFW POST 467, 519 POOLE ROAD, WESTMINSTER, MARYLAND.
OCTOBER
4th: MSC QDMA MEETING, 7:00 PM AT THE VFW POST 467, 519 POOLE ROAD, WESTMINSTER, MARYLAND.
NOVEMBER
NO MEETING THIS MONTH.
DECEMBER
6th: MSC QDMA MEETING, 7:00 PM AT THE VFW POST 467, 519 POOLE ROAD, WESTMINSTER, MARYLAND.