California Deer Hunter
Stakeholder Meeting
Questions
Sonke Mastrup, Deer Program Coordinator for the DFG, answers a question at the Modesto Stakeholder meeting.
The following are some of the questions and comments from the Modesto Stakeholder meeting held in July at the Oakdale Sportman's Club.

• I hurt my arm, why can't I hunt with a crossbow during the archery season?
• Be fairer to seniors (priority and lower costs).
• Do some guys know people in the DFG because they get drawn every year?
• You are controlling hunters, why not get deer numbers up?
• The PLM program is not fair — landowners should not be able to sell tags.
• Preference points should be used to hunt PLM properties.
• How will you keep track of the points?
• You are losing 5% of the hunters a year because we can't hunt where we want to hunt.
• You should be kicked off the list for two or three years if you are drawn.
• The current system hurts the family tradition of hunting. Let everyone hunt the zone they want, then close the zone when it hits the kill level.
• We want doe hunts.
• I don't want doe hunts. Look at Nevada as an example of what doe hunts did.
• X5b should be 3-point or better.
• If you apply for a Premium tag, whether you get a deer or not, you should be out of the draw for the next year.
• Why can't you use a crossbow during archery season? The bows with cams are just as fast as the crossbows.
• I heard a rumor that Sierra Club members are applying for the X12 zone to take way tags from hunters.
• Close down some of the zones for a year or two.
• Are mountain lions hurting deer numbers?
• Because Yosemite has a high buck-to-doe ratio, the public thinks there is no problem with California's deer herds.
• Is Preference Point system going to apply to elk and antelope?
• Why do we kill bucks before they breed?
• Focus should be on poaching, encroachment, mountain lions and declining deer numbers.
• How would preference points be handled when putting in as a party?

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