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<br />The Elk River parks deer hunt had another successful year. We had several quality hunters this year that put <br />in lots of hours scouting and hunting in order to be successful in getting an opportunity to take a deer. We <br />shot and recovered 23 deer of which 19 were does and 4 were mature bucks. Three deer, 2 does and 1 <br />mature buck, were lost. Week 3 of the season was the only week a deer was not shot and recovered. We had <br />the most individual hunts ever, totaling 431 hunts this year. As a result of this hunting effort, we also saw the <br />most deer ever at 1011. Many of the deer seen were most likely seen multiple times. The average deer seen per <br />hunt this season was 2.3. Most of the parks are good early season through the middle of November. After <br />that, deer activity in some parks dies off, coinciding with post rut and food source changes. Late season <br />Woodlands 4, 5 and 6 have good deer activity to the end of the year. <br /> <br />Individual park statistics. <br /> <br />Alba Ridge - 14 hunts, 6 am and 8 pm. 16 does, 3 bucks and 1 fawn, totaling 20 with an average of 1.4 deer <br />seen per hunt (1 doe SR) <br />Birch Meadow - 41 hunts, 16 am and 25 pm. 39 does, 8 bucks and 24 fawns, totaling 71 with an average of 1.7 <br />deer seen per hunt (1 buck lost) <br />Camp Cozy - 7 hunts, 2 am and 5 pm. 5 does, 0 bucks and 1 fawn totaling 6 with an average 0.85 deer seen <br />per hunt. (1 doe SR) <br />Harris Island 23 hunts, 18 am and 5 pm. 14 does, 6 bucks and 5 fawns totaling 25 with an average of 1.0 deer <br />seen per hunt. <br />Hillside 1 - 2 hunts, 0 am and 2 pm. 0 does, 2 bucks and 3 fawns totaling 5 with an average of 2.5 deer seen <br />per hunt. <br />Hillside 2 - 82 hunts, 38 am and 44 pm. 103 does, 23 bucks and 2 fawns totaling 128 with an average of 1.5 <br />deer seen per hunt. (8 doe SR) <br />Sedge Meadow - 79 hunts, 23 am and 56 pm. 99 does, 20 bucks, and 3 fawns totaling 122 with an average of <br />1.5 deer seen per hunt. (1 doe lost) <br />Woodlands 1 - 22 hunts, 2 am and 20 pm. 15 does, 8 bucks, and 3 fawns totaling 26 with an average of 1.2 <br />deer seen per hunt. <br />Woodlands 2 - 39 hunts, 15 am and 24 pm. 79 does, 27 bucks, and 2 fawns totaling 108 with an average 2.8 <br />deer seen per hunt (2 does SR) <br />Woodlands 3 - 12 hunts, 0 am and 12 pm. 12 does, 5 bucks and 1 fawn totaling 18 with an average of 1.5 deer <br />seen per hunt. <br />Woodlands 4 - 51 hunts, 20 am and 31 pm. 141 does, 43 bucks and 27 fawns totaling 211 with an average of <br />4.1 deer seen per hunt. (4 does and 2 bucks SR and 1 doe lost) <br />Woodlands 5 - 39 hunts, 13 am and 26 pm, 174 does 59 bucks 1 fawn totaling 234 with an average of 6.0 deer <br />seen per hunt. (2 does and 2 bucks SR) <br />Woodlands 6 - 20 hunts, 8 am and 12 pm. 27 does, 5 bucks and 5 fawns totaling 37 with an average of 1.9 <br />deer seen per hunt. (1 doe SR) <br /> <br /> Of our 27 hunters this year, 14 shot and recovered deer this year. <br /> <br />Jacob Hagen 1 doe W5 <br />Dan Hagens 1 doe and 1 buck W5 <br />Bryan Hofius 1 doe and 1 buck W4 <br />Jeff Dillerud 5 does HS2 <br />Alan Offerman 1 doe CC <br />Tim Nguyen 1 doe W6 <br />Jamie Nynas 1 doe AR <br />Brenna Baumgartner 1 doe W2 <br />Mike Baumgartner 1 doe W2 and 1 buck W5 <br />Robert Droen 2 does HS2 <br />Greg Prieve 1 doe 1 buck W4 <br />Matt Andreasen 1 doe W4 <br />Pat Andreasen 1 doe W4 <br />Terry Wild 1 doe HS2 <br /> <br />Wayne Becklin <br />Hunt manager <br />Item: 7.1