"Hunters control our deer population, and landowners control our hunters," said Suchy. "If our hunters and landowners can continue to work together, we can reduce deer numbers a little more where we need to, keep them where they are in other places, and maybe bump them back up a little in places where we could stand a few more deer.

"The nice thing is," said Suchy, "that with the attitude our hunters have shown toward passing small bucks and killing only the biggest bucks, we can have the smaller, optimum deer herd for the habitat we have available, provide everybody a chance to take a doe and have venison, and still keep producing bigger bucks. It's a win-win-win situation."

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