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| 11 Jan 2006 |
The work that SWMNV does is very valuable to me
and the neighborhood I live in. Over the course of the past two years, I
have not seen one car and deer accident in my neighborhood or anywhere
near me on Lawyer's Road. I know families from other areas that had a
loved one die or suffer life long disability in such collisions. So
SWMNV work has made it safer for individuals and families in cars. A
personal benefit is that my landscaping is no longer devastated as it
had been. My Coral Bells and Liriope grew, matured, and flowered for the
first time in two years. The deer still eat some because they will
always be a part of my yard but I don't wake up to a bed full of stubs
anymore. And I've gotten smarter about what I plant.
Thanks to SWMNV, I no longer see herds of six to
eight deer camped on my lawn or grazing the beds under the windows of
the house on the nights I come home late or when I leave before dawn.
I respect and admire the individual hunters that
visit the property. Their dedication to the effort amazes me as they
trek to the woods in freezing cold, dampness and rain, and steamy heat.
Thank you for all the effort it takes to maintain this organization.
Thanks Mrs. M We'll keep
at it!
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09 Jan 2006 |
Dear
Suburban Whitetail Management,
thanks for providing such discrete, professional, safe, and well
managed services.
Your efforts have certainly helped in limiting the damage that
the deer cause to our plants and properties.
Even more importantly, you are helping to limit the growing
danger of deer / car collisions and lyme disease in our community.
Rampant
and unchecked deer populations pose a serious threat to virtually every
driver on the east coast right now, and your team is providing the most
humane and safe approach to addressing this issue that I've seen.
Thanks for your help on this important community issue!
We
appreciate the compliment. We will continue to do all we can to bring a
more natural balance between Deer and Man.
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08
Jan 2006 |
As
sightings of Bambi from our new home turned from "ah, how
cute" to "oh my, they're eating all our newly planted
azaleas", we were thrilled to learn of SWMNV from some friends.
After just one year of management, we can see the difference and while
there remains a nuisance, the situation is improving.
Thank you!
gfcollins
We'll
keep at it as long as necessary Mrs. C Thanks for the support!!
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26
Dec 2005 |
Eric, It is good to see this
program got off the ground and running. It is a valuable asset for
hunter and landowner. I left when you first started. Since then I have
been several places and settled in at Ft. Stewart, GA shooting 300lb+
Pigs with my Martin Fury. I may be relocating to APG, MD pending
employment selection. If I make it up there, I would like to join your
organization. Keep up the good work.
Sincerely,
Craig
Davey (Cornholio as Dave King puts it)
Craig!
Good to hear from ya man! By all means give a shout when and if you
return. Many changes since the old days my friend. Take care!
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01 Dec 2005 |
I
have a project for environmental science.
Our problem is overpopulated of deer.
The refuge managers are attempting to create a representative
northeastern Wisconsin forest and the deer are destroying their
plantings. There are 1,000 acres with a present size of 350 whitetail
deer.
It's in the city limits and the city has 150,000 people.
Also, some of the deer are becoming tame because they are getting
fed by hand. If you could give us your input that would be awesome!!
FarmGurl
Anything
we can do to help. We'll email you soon!
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12 Sep 2005 |
This
makes me speechless :) Very well done!
Glad
to hear it. Hope your voice comes back ;)
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07 Sep 2005 |
Nice
work! Very good site, really useful! Keep the nice work!
Thanks,
we will!
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04
Sep 2005 |
I
love your site. Yesterday I told about you to my friends and theyre
interested also.
Thanks...
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01
Sep 2005 |
Great info. Jumped on opp. last
season and got a doe third day. wish it could have been around sooner!!
people don't realize the damage both auto/landscape. you have my
support!!!!!!
Keep
up the work, chefrka
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26 Aug 2005 |
I love this site and the efforts of Suburban
Whitetail Management. I
have obtained permission from several landowners in Fairfax County. My
big concern is even with perfect shot placement, if the deer runs a 100
yards or more, you end up needing to ask permission of the adjacent
landowner to track and recover your deer.
Should one always ask/inform the neighbors of your intentions of
hunting a parcel beforehand? And if they are opposed, or if one of 3
neighbors are opposed does one just not hunt that parcel?
Thanks for the compliment!
In heavily developed areas such as Northern
Virginia it is difficult to keep deer within a confined area. Regardless,
should you find yourself in a position where your deer has crossed
neighboring properties, you should always ask for permission to trespass
BEFORE doing so. It is not only the Law, it is your Civic duty. If one
or more neighboring property owners is opposed to hunting on your
client's property whether or not not you continue to do so should be
based on the client's wishes and constitution and or your desire to do
the right thing. Sometimes walking away is the best thing to do. Always
remember, you are representing all bowhunters by your behavior.
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03
Aug 2005 |
Sounds
like a good idea. Do you currently have too many or too few bowhunters
in your pool ?
We have too few. The demand is
great for deer management in these parts. Come aboard and help us make a
difference!
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23
Apr 2005 |
Good
site...
Thanks!
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02
Mar 2005 |
Hello,
I found this site while trying to
contact Joe McCluskey. I live in Pittsburgh, PA and have been hunting
Whitetails for over 30 years. I am very interested in joining your cause
to reduce deer populations in urban areas through controlled hunting.I
hunt with compound and cross bow from a climbing tree stand. Please
contact and advise me as to what I need to do to join your effort.
Best regards,
Mark
A Binder
Mark, we are in need of top
bowhunters here in Northern Virginia. Somehow I think you might have one
heck of a commute from PA....
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27
Sep 2004 |
I
got a lot of great ideas and information. You have a wonderful site with
much to enjoy!
Glad to hear it! We're here to
help.
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19
Aug 2004 |
1. Does the Deer Hunter Education
training course I took at Bull Run cover any of the many requirements
you have for new member qualifications during the application process?
2. Is the Sat Aug. 21 course at
Ft. Belvoir the last on the calendar for a while? Are there openings?
I'm interested in applying for
hunter membership.
No. We currently require
applicants to complete the course given by the National Bowhunter
Education Foundation (NBEF) known as the International Bowhunter
Education Program (IBEP). It is unique unto itself.
Classes at Ft. Belvoir generally
run from July through November. Check the website at:
www.nbef.org
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18 Feb 2004 |
Bettendorf, Iowa is experiencing over population of
whitetail Deer herds and the City Council has recently passed an
ordinance to allow bowhunting within the city limits. There appears to
be no organizational conduit, though, to effect a coordinated harvest
program; such as your organization. To illustrate; Scott Community
College campus is an area suffering from over population of deer. The
College wished to participate in a harvest program these past deer
seasons but were cautious due to liability and insurance concerns and
therefore did not allow any hunting. The issue centered around the
college not offering courses pertaining to deer and wildlife management.
My interest is to develop a similar program to the one you offer but
limited in scope to the city limits of Bettendorf; at least for the
present. With that, may I use information from your organization and
this web site to develop a management program? Information of interest
is focused on information such as deer facts,problems and issues,hunter
qualifications, bowhunting basics, and such. The plans of New Hampshire
are also of interest and permission may be requested of that program
also.
Several Years ago an article appeared in Outdoor Life
magazine featuring Suburban Whitetail Management of Northern Virginia.
You can find this article in the "Press Room" on our web site
www.swmnv.com Soon after that publication, we started receiving
requests like yours from people in cities across the US experiencing
similar problems and wanting to start and organization like ours in
there area.
We got our start with assistance from Jay McAnich
who was central to a similar program elsewhere. You are welcome to use
information from our web site to help start a similar non-profit group
in your area. In addition, I'm including the email address of our
President, Eric Huppert on this reply. He has provided copies of our
home owner agreements and similar documents that are not available on
our website to others wishing to start similar organizations. I will say
that we have only granted use of our material to non-profits and not
commercial enterprises. I would also direct you to our "Press
Room" for an IBO article relating to a network of groups like ours.
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09 Dec 2003 |
An uncommon solution to a common problem. Very informative website.
Keep
up this important work!
Steve A. Brown
Santa Rosa, Ca
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18 Nov 2003 |
very good site
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11 Apr 2003 |
Hi guys, from a classified location in the Middle
East!
Just thought I'd drop in to see what's new with the
group! I suppose I'm missing plenty of good springtime hunting on the
large project, but I hope to be back before the weather turns too hot
(at home, that is). All is well here, and spirits are high.
I did manage to do a little hunting while here....I
took a Kangaroo Rat with my slingshot! Caught that rascal right behind
the shoulder from about fifteen yards! Scratch one rat! Still, I'd much
prefer my Parker UL31 bow, a treestand (and trees!) and a Whitetailed
deer.
Sorry to have vacated the Training position, but
duty called elsewhere. I believe Bogos was an excellent choice for
replacement. When I get back, I sure would like to throw
together a qual-shoot/picnic day; I'd like to rub elbows with all of
you, whom I have missed dearly since leaving. I'm also looking forward
to the second annual golf tournament.
Jack, the website looks great, as always. I look
forward to seeing you at our next scheduled shindig. Hope all is well
with everyone.....take care and I'll see you all upon my return.
Ralph Huppert II
(Former Training Guy)
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20 Aug 2003 |
I love this site.
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04 Feb 2003 |
I like your add on the website and I LOVE HUNTING
and FISHING!!!!!
HUNTING RULES
Amanda Weas
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08 Oct 2002 |
I love the site, keep up the good work and lets
hunt safe. |
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28 Jun 2002 |
I just read the article in
the new July/August issue of BuckMasters magazine. I think what your
group is doing is a great thing and definitely helps put hunters in a
positive light. My only complaint is the "5 big game animals
taken" requirement for membership. I'm from Stafford County VA and
as you probably are aware, the develpoment here is becoming as bad as
Fairfax and Loudon counties. Every year I lose land I have hunted in the
past to new subdivisions. I've checked into leasing land but most land
owners, in a way put on bidding wars, and take the highest paying
club or group. I was a member of a hunting club but the dues kept going
up and I eventually couldn't afford to pay them. Its getting more and
more difficult to hunt these days and to keep the sport alive.
Like all
hunters I would like to someday be able to take my kids or nieces and
nephews in the woods and open up that world to them, but its quickly
becoming a fading dream for a lot of us as houses pop up overnight. I'm a
hunter that's not in the woods just to take a "wall-hanger" but
rather to stock the freezer for food to feed family and friends for the
year. Again i think what you're doing is great I just think some of the
requirements are a little steep. Lets face it, hunting is really a game
of being lucky. Some years you may have a great season and the next you
might not even see a deer. I think the safety courses and the shooting
proficiency tests are a good idea. Not allowing fellow hunters a chance
to join simply because they are not as lucky as others or don't have the
time to hunt every day due to their jobs or other responsibilities is
not fair. I think with the negative view of hunting ,all hunters need to
really stick together and keep a positive look in the publics eye. Just
voicing my opinion and I hope you take my letter into consideration.
Eric Tolson
Eric, thanks
for your recent submission to the guest book on our web site. I
will try to get it and this reply posted soon. Let me explain
the reason behind our requirement. First, there is plenty of
bowhunting opportunity in northern Virginia area. Fort Belvoir
has over 1,000 acres and Quantico has over 60,000 acres open to
hunting. The primary purpose of our organization is to serve the
community by managing the Whitetail deer population in northern
Virginia. Most of our properties are in the 2 to 10 acre range
and located in the suburbs. Considering the wide variety of
opinions, it is not uncommon for one homeowner to invite us in because
of a bad deer problem while a neighbor is feeding the deer and
thinking of them as pets.
In this situation, it is imperative
that only highly skilled and experienced bowhunters be deployed.
A lapse in judgment or a misplaced shot can result in loss of the
property. In fact you will find that our standards for
bowhunters are quite high. Harvesting 5 big game animals with
the bow is the minimum threshold before we consider you for
membership. Most of our actual members have harvested many more
game animals than that. SWMNV
does not charge property owners for managing deer nor does it pay
property owners for access to their property. Thus, we do not
compete with hunting clubs or drive up the costs of leasing
hunting property. As you
gain experience with bowhunting, you will discover that although luck
always plays some role, bowhunting is much more a function of
woodsmanship and skill.
Although
our primary focus is on deer management, we do what we can to help
novice bowhunters. In fact, we do have a larger tract of
land where we are doing deer management for a local developer.
Although much of that property is sensitive, it is large enough that a
few areas of it are isolated enough to relax our standards.
Instead of relaxing our standards for membership, we decided to
specifically target novice bowhunters. We established a
mentoring program so we could give back to the next generation of
bowhunters. In that program, SWMNV members apply to become
mentors to a bowhunting novice. the mentor commits to several
years of mentoring and the mentor and novice must hunt together (in
sight of each other) and on less sensitive sections of designated
properties.
I hope
this explains the reason behind our minimum requirements. Good
luck in your bowhunting. If you need contact information for
Quantico or Fort Belvoir please let me know
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22 Mar 2002 |
It's a great site. |
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24 Feb 2002 |
I wish we had a club in
Montgomery co and boarder counties. Seems like a very fine club you all
have! It's hard to hunt doe's only sometimes especially if a buck of a
life time gives you a broad side at 20 yards' I know I've been there!
Donnie
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23 Jan 2001
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What a great idea! I would
love to start something like this in my home state of Texas. or is
someone all ready starting a group here? please E-mail me if anyone is
interested.
Thanks, Colin Douglas
Thanks for your interest in
SWMNV. We seem to be inundated with requests similar to yours. Here are
some thoughts:
1. Check out the SWMNV Web site in detail, www.swmnv.com. That will give
you a picture of our organization.
2. Request a copy of the SWMNV bylaws. You are welcome to plagiarize
them and modify them to meet your needs.
3. Talk to the state game commission biologist responsible for your
area. It is important to make sure there is a problem with the deer
population.
4. Get a handful of bowhunters who are truly interested in deer
management, not just finding places to hunt. Make sure you trust these
guys and they have enough computer skills to at least send email. These
guys will become your governing committee.
5. Consider how you will be funded. In our case, the Governing Committee
has funded the organization and we are still running in the red after
several years of operation.
6. Don't have a voting membership. This is important. Retain control of
the organization within the Governing Committee. If you don't, the
organization will degenerate into a typical hunting club.
Incorporate for the protection of the governing committee. This takes a
little up front cash or a bowhunting lawyer that will donate his time.
I don't know of anyone forming a group in your area.
[ Note From Web Master: We
have received many requests similar to this from all over the country,
especially since the article in Outdoor Life magazine. States
include: Georgia, Texas, Pennsylvania, Michigan, Ohio, New York,
Virginia, Maryland, and many more (the list grows daily). Our
response is generally similar to the one posted here. Since most
are sent directly via email instead of through the Guest Book, they are
kept private and not posted here. In some cases we are able to
point folks to existing groups. Most of these groups that have web
sites are posted on our Related Organizations page.] |
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19 Jan 2002 |
Gentleman,
Great job, I am an avid bow hunter in the Georgia and would like
to find out if this service is being done here. If so I would like
information on how to get involved. It's sad to see the amount of deer
hit or dying in other ways and not being harvested as they should.
Please let me know who to contact. KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK!!!!!!!!!!
Gordon
Gordon, thanks for your kind words. In fact there is a group in northern
Georga. I've just added a link to them on our "Related
Organizations" page of the web site. |
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14 Dec 2001 |
This is great, your group
is setting the example we hunters all need to set. I am truely impressed
with what you have done and are doing for hunting and all hunters.
Your organization should be the example for all hunting groups to
model themselves from. Any chance that you can get your local goverment
to help support/back you in a national interview for all the country to
see???
Great Job on the web site, i will be visiting often.
Sincerely,
Lyle L Lodholtz |
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03 Dec 2001 |
I just read "The
Silent Army" by Frank Miniter in the
Dec/Jan Issue of Outdoor Life. I'm thoroughly impressed
with your organization and commend you on a job
well done or should I say a job just beginning. I
hope that the response you receive continues to be positive
and that you will grow in numbers. I have a great
interest in the urban whitetail problem and how
bowhunting is being used as an important management
tool to fix the problem. Keep up the good work! By
the way I am a videographer who works with several outdoor
production companies. I have wanted to cover a story
about urban whitetails and hunting groups, like yourselves,
who are managing them. If you would like to
explore some coverage on this please contact me.
Sincerely,
Chris Douglas
Thanks for your kind
comments. I'll pass your offer to our GovCom for consideration.
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08 Sep 2001 |
The website looks great!
Can you believe this is the first
time I took a look! Shame on me!
xoxox
Tracy |
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08 Sep 2001 |
Hi Guys!!! Hope all is well
with you! I had major back surgery last
week and will head into this years season disabled ( which is better
than last year as I was in too much
pain/depression to even consider it) Finally on
road to recovery. Glad all went so well with hunters for hungry shoot
and fair this year. Sorry my assistants was
minimal at best....I'll be back on top of things
and can support better this coming year.
Question? Can you all
suggest hunts or places for me to hunt with my disability for this coming year? I am applying for
Disabled
Hunters License and expect to receive. Currently
am licensed to hunt with cross bow and I did
purchase and practice with one last year. Any
suggestions would be appreciated. Basically I
cannot hunt from stand, cannot bend, hold object heavier
than 15lbs, cannot sit/drive in car long periods,
cannot twist my body around. I really want to hunt
this season! Your Help would be appreciated! Special hello to Eric from
me... Yes, I am alive!!!!! and kicking (somewhat)
Also would love any donation of venison. I am
housebound for next 4 weeks and am craving especially back-strap (ha ha)
If anyone had very good year and wants to trade/share would certainly appreciate!!! Also, my weekend home is available to
your group for retreat/hunting if you would like. We
have seen many bear in August before my surgery! Lots
of does too! I cannot personally hunt property for
variety of reasons. Keep in touch guys!!
oxoxoxo
Tracy- Wild women of Reston, Virginia
Tracy,
I'm glad to hear that you are on the road to recovery. As you
recover, I hope you consider joining SWMNV. We had our first disabled
cross bow hunter just join the organization. Some of our small property
owners restrict us from using cross-bows on their properties but we also
have a large development tract under management where cross-bow hunting
is permitted for disabled hunters. We haven't yet had a woman apply for
membership but we look forward to the first.
As for hunting this year with the severe limitations you describe,
I would suggest Quantico. Quantico has a good deer population and allows
cross-bows to be used by disabled hunters. They also have some stands
specifically designed for disabled hunters. One of them is trailered and
can be mechanically elevated. In many areas of Quantico you are also
permitted to hunt from a ground blind.
In addition to the state licenses, Quantico requires an additional
license ($15) and a base safety class. The hunting program is run out of
the Fish Wildlife and Agronomy section in the Natural Recourses and
Environmental Affairs branch. Mr. Robert T. Stamps (he goes by Tim) is
the section head. I included his email address on the CC list. He may be
able to give you more information on the accommodations they make for
disabled hunters.
I hope this helps,
Jack Yoder
SWMNV Vice President and WebMaster |
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20 Nov 2000 |
I am a 21 year old female
bowhunter. For one of my college classes I am doing
a speech on the positive reasons for hunting. I just wanted to
tell you that this web page gave me most of my
facts needed, such as farmers problems, carrying
of diseases, and car accidents. Thanks for the information.
Alyssa
Howell NJ |
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12 Sep 2000 |
Gentleman I commend you on
your efforts. You are truly conservationist and stewards of the land.
Utilizing our renewable natural resources to supply sustenance for the
less fortunate and eliminating an overabundant Deer herd in an urban
area is truly Game Management. Godspeed.
Chuck Buzzy, President: Metro
Wildlife Management Base Inc. |
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11 Sep 2000 |
Looks great, everything
looks like things are going well.
Joe McCluskey, WMA North. |
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01 May 2000
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I think that what
you are doing is the proper thing for any state and more people should
look at the facts of controlled population no matter if it is deer,
rabbits, or any other animal that needs to have a controlled population. |
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24 Mar 2000
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Dear SWMNV,
I think what you are doing is an excellent idea, a win win
situation. I look forward to joining your ranks as soon as I am eligible
under your three harvested animals stipulation. My first deer with a bow
was a buck in October. Keep up the good work.
Frank Farmer |
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13 Dec 1999 |
Excellent web site
Enjoyed reading your columns!
I have been an avid bow hunter for the last 27 years that I have
been in Fairfax County/ I believe that education of the public of
bowhunting is the best method for the control of deer management in
northern VA.
Gary Allen |
| 12 Nov 1999 |
We tried this once in Pike
County PA. We
are terribly over browsed but the people who feed the deer and consider
them pets had a louder voice. We will not be able to try a bow and arrow
hunt for a long time. Any suggestions to say to this loud small group?
We have the same problem in
Fairfax County. What we really need to manage the deer herd in our
area is bowhunting in the parks. Although the management
professionals all made recommendations that included bowhunting, the
supervisors pressured by the animal rights folks removed bowhunting from
the plan. For now, we are concentrating on private property.
In time we hope to build the political support to open public
land. There is probably nothing you can say to convince someone
who doesn't want to hear. Don't worry about the animal rights
folks. 10% of people hunt, and less than 10% are animal rights
folks. Concentrate on the 80 % in the middle. Also, focus on
the environmental damage done by deer.
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| 11 Nov 1999 |
Sounds like a much needed
service is being offered in a responsible manner. Having sustained over
$2,000.00 worth of front-end damage this past year from a previously
unseen deer jumping in front of my vehicle, I can appreciate the need
for sensible harvesting and thinning of deer in a suburban setting. Keep
up the good work. |
| 11 Nov 1999 |
Good idea! Certain areas
here in the upper mid-west also have problems with sky-carp (Canada
geese).
We too have problems with
geese in the D.C. Metro area. Although I understand your
frustration, I object to your euphemism. I look at our deer as a
valuable natural resource that is out of balance. When we don't
steward our natural resources properly, people begin to look at animals
as pests.
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| 11 Nov 1999 |
Send the deer
west..."Go West all deer, others love you". |
| 09 Oct 1999 |
You gentlemen have got your
stuff together.. Congrats your working on
Anniversary Number 1.. I'm right behind
you. How does Central Florida Wildlife
Management Inc. sound?...I really want thank
Mr. Dye, and Mr. Wagner for talking to me on the
phone this last weekend/Monday. I didn't know you
even had a website until today Tuesday 11/9..
Wish us luck! |
| 10 Sep 1999 |
I really appreciate the info I
received from your site. I was needing some info on some successful Management programs to
respond to an editorial in the local paper. This did the trick. Thanks! Larry
Ervin |
| 11 Aug 1999 |
I took a moment this morning and
called up your site and milled around. I must say, you really really have come a
long way. This site is REALLY looking good!! Information, design, everything. Just wanted
to say very nice job indeed! Hope all is well, see you on the 22nd. Kevin
Thanks Kevin!
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| 16 May 1999 |
I just found the site, but do not have
time now to look at the site as much as I would like to so book marked it. This is
need all over the state of Michigan. Our local Horticultural Society has been trying
to get the state to manage the animals for 20+ years. That only respond to the let
them expand interest. |
| 27 Mar 1999 |
I am very impressed with your site.
Larry Stehr - Secretary
Minnesota Bowhunters, Inc. |
| 21 Mar 1999 |
I'm doing a Grad. Standard on the
over-population of deer, and I think that your web site might be just thing to help
me with my paper. THANX
Glad we could help!
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| 06 Mar 1999 |
very well put together site with the
correct info. I would be very interested in participating in hunting and possibly
other aspects. I work a midnight shift 6 days/wk. sat or Sunday day meetings possible. |
| 09 Feb 1999 |
The website is good, the concept of
your organization is outstanding. I'm looking forward to joining once I've met the harvest
requirement. I'll be in touch.
Victor
Suggest you consider an Associate Membership.
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| 26 Jan 1999 |
Hey Jack, the web site looks nicer
every time I look at it. You really do a super job on it. You may be hearing from a home
owner in Great Falls soon (if you haven't already). As you may recall, I work part time at
Sports Authority. Yesterday, upon arriving there for a scheduled evening, I was called
into the visiting district managers office as he had heard I am associated with a program
that might help his brother-in-law who owns property there. I didn't learn much about this
property at the time, but passed on our concept and web address. Hope to hear something
soon. R.HUPPERT/LOUDOUNCC
The property owner contacted us and is
now a client.
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| 08 Jan 1999 |
Sounds
like an organization I'd like
to be a part of. I just took up bow hunting this year. So, I will put in an application as
soon as I get the third deer. The web page is well organized and easy to use.
Garrett McKenzie
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| 20 Dec 1998 |
Great site, great concept! I
found your flyer at Dawson's Small Arms. I am currently a member of
Arlington-FFX IWLA
and Cub Run Archers. How many landowners are currently participating? What is your
hunter/landowner "hookup percentage?"
1998 is our first year
a-field as an organization.
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| 09 Nov 1998 |
Received information on your
organization today from my brother, a Fairfax County police officer in the Reston District
Station where he received the documentation and then forwarded it to me at work at Loudoun
Guns, Inc. in Leesburg. I am very interested in becoming a member/participant in your
organization as I am an avid bow and handgun hunter, obviously reserved to bow with your
properties as well as a few that I already have permission on which are
"bow-only".
One of the gentlemen that I work with is a Pro Staff Bow Shooter
currently with Oneida and formerly with Browning who would also be very interested. I have
downloaded an application and we will be forwarding them to you for consideration, and
would also appreciate any other information you would care to convey via fax, e-mail,
phone or mail. I look forward to hearing from you.
Sincerely,
Kent A. McClenahan
P.S. I think your Website looks Great! As do the
copies of literature that my brother faxed me! They are all very informative, well thought
out and professional, and in my opinion, a very positive example for our sport! |
| 25 Oct 1998 |
Provides a good deal of information
for landowners. How does a bowhunter sign up? If I am already qualified as a
Fort Belvoir Bowhunter can I send in my membership fee? If so, it would be nice to
have a registration form on-line so we can sign up on the spot. Also can someone
sign up first and then qualify before they get assigned any location to hunt?
Check Out our new Hunter Information Page.
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| 06 Oct 1998 |
Jack, Great job on the web page.
You'll have my application shortly. |
| 26 Aug 1998 |
You all are
definitely putting
together a well needed organization in Northern Virginia. You also helped bring in
$1,142.00 for the Hunter's for the Hungry in the benefit 3D tournament! Great job to
you all!! Thanks for everything! (Also, great site and logo!!)
Our Thanks to Belvoir Bowhunters and
Ted Nugent's United Sportsmen of America.
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| 23 Jul 1998 |
applications or forms to let
individuals
submit to be able to hunt suburban whitetails after all prerequisites are completed should be on
this web page or an address where they can be gotten from. I have hunted Belvoir for the
last 5 yrs and there are a lot of people that would like a chance a some big doe's and
buck's in a areas in northern VA.
George Davis
Check Out our Forms for Download
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| 18 Jul 1998 |
Welcome aboard to all our brothers and
sisters from Virginia. I know all of you will be happy to have formed your own QDM
program. We will add you as a link from our web page. Good luck !
Shoot Straight,
Bob Gabe
Tri-County Bowhunter of PA
We have a link on our Related Organizations Page.
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| 13 Jul 1998 |
Neat . Great to see something done by
someone that I know. Marilyn Robb |
| 04 Jul 1998 |
Great site with lots of good
information. It will help me a lot.
Thanks,
Charlie Miller of Fort Dodge, Iowa
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