The Michigan Department of Natural Resources is set to vote on a new list of deer hunting regulations as locals express concerns about the rising deer population. The proposals reportedly include addressing the ability to use drones to help aid in deer recovery, expand early and late antlerless seasons to public land and expand the Hunter Access Program to provide more hunting opportunities.
The owner of Beougher Farms in Merrill, Michigan, told the Midland Daily News that deer have been a financial burden since the animals have been eating her crops 'for several years.' 'When seeds come up out of the ground, they start nibbling on them, especially soybeans. They love the soybeans…Then when get big, and the corn is ripe, just before we pick it, they’re coming around ... eating like four rows,' Jackie Beougher told the outlet.