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Not sure if Texas is the same but in michigan our DNR issues what are called "crop damage permits" to local farmers who are experiencing damage to their crops. The DNR will assess the damage to the crops and amount of land the farmer has to determine the correct amount of permits to issue. The farmer then develops a list of designated shooters to take the deer.

This is from late june/early july through end of september. Only deer with antlers 3 inches or less (just does in our case if we can help it) are allowed to be taken during normal shooting hours.

We have a significant amount of deer in our area. In fact the DNR changed the law this year to let the farmers go from the previous limit of 3 shooters to adding up to 15 shooters.

FYI for those of you wondering what it does to the population we took 3 from one field last week. The total of deer we saw from that one spot included 11 bucks (4 decent 8 pts), and about 7 does. This is a field we've been shooting for several years.

Now back to the origional topic