Episode 451, Deer Necropsies at Turtle Lake Club with Dr. James Kroll, Checking on Winter Logging

Mike and Dan talk about their experience at Turtle Lake Hunt Club where Dr. James Kroll conducted the 15th annual deer herd health check by performing necropsies on does selectively harvested. Oldest deer camp in Michigan est. 1884 Lots of Michigan deer management people in attendance Very educational Mike's fourth necropsy, Dan's first Live weight of deer Special deer permits to take deer in February Sharp shooters with neck shots Bone marrow samples and what it shows Kidney fat index and what it shows Collect ovaries Fat tissue and what that tells us Stomach and it's parts Liver and liver flukes Measuring fetus' and what that tells us and how we can use this information to change the age structure of our deer herd The trickle rut and how that affects our bucks and the fawns that are born the next spring Checking for indicators of TB Oakland County Michigan Suspect TB case Talking with Gabby Garza who attended the event with us. She is a new hunter and we got to hear her take on what she learned. Was surprised about how open Dr. Deer was with sharing the information while performing the necropsies Was amazed by the whole process Learning how to gut a deer Deer are donated to food pantry Wondered how long the fetus' lived after the doe was shot CWD, everyone has an opinion and theory Talking with Triston Cole Michigan State Representative in the 105th district. Sits on the Michigan Sportsmen's Caucus as a co-chair 90% of DNR budget comes from hunting and fishing licenses Works on the behalf of sportsmen of Michigan He's an outdoorsmen and worked in the outdoors as a guide Works with Representatives that have never had a wild outdoor experience and takes them out so they can experience what we do Checking in to see how the winter logging project looked Looking forward to seeing what the area will become Saw a lot of deer in the cutting Had a lot of dead wood in the section Checked the oak wilt area as well