Deer Team Leaders Meeting – Post-Season
March 1, 2023 – Cox Arboretum
Tentative Agenda Items:
Changes to Team Leader hour requirement
- Averaged how many hours each of you recorded for the past season, On average the team leaders have 20 volunteer hours right now. 6 team leader volunteers are either close to 30 hours or have met it
- We reconsidered hour expectations and reduced, now there is a 30 hour requirement for Team Leaders, with expectation to attend team leader meetings if available
Upcoming volunteer days (many more listed on Get Connected)
- Sat. March 4th 9-11:30 Litter Removal Spring Run Conservation Area
- Wed. March 15th 1-3PM Taylorsville Invasive Species Removal
- Wed. March 29th 9-11AM Taylorsville Invasive Species Removal
- Wed. March 22nd 9-11AM Taylorsville Trail Maintenance
- Adopt-A-Park April 22nd 9-12PM – To be posted soon on Get Connected
- Medlar B Invasives – TBD
- Needmore Litter Removal Day 2 - TBD
Re-cap of harvest results
- 142 deer harvested, 18 non-recoveries, 89% recovery rate
- Considering the last 2 years were record harvest, 142 is comparable to average (2019-2020 141 deer harvested)
- Hours/hunter and deer surveys are taken into account as well when determining harvest quotas
iSportsman
- Thank you for offering to test it out
- Software is not developed enough to fit our needs
- Will continue to explore other options to make the program more stream lined.
Next Season
- Plan to have an interactive map link – orange flagging still needed to mark boundaries
- Record tree stand/blind locations – TBD, I would like this info for safety reasons but I still need to figure out a good way to collect it
- Website – will be updated in 1-2 months
- Registration: June 22 – July 14, 2023
- Preference for volunteers and 7 from waitlist
- No preference for youth in registration (preference given in lottery for locations)
- Qualification lottery – posted ~July 20th
- Qualifications – Aug 3, 5, 10, 12, Blind dates TBD
- Lottery for hunting areas
- Waitlist drawn with volunteers and youth?
- Accessible Hunting Blind
- Will be in place for 2023-2024, separate registration and application process
Team Leader Updates
Update on signage – hunting area signs
Remove hunter flagging and tree tacks
Items available at the meeting:
- Orange bowhunting boundary area tags
- Updated metal sign stickers (particular parks)
- Flagging tape, locks, lock keys, etc.
