MDNR albino deer law change?

[jci63]

"The Michigan Department of Natural Resources is committed to the conservation, protection, management, use and enjoyment of the State's natural resources for current and future generations."

We must give credit where credit is due, excellent job folks. MDNR finally managing our deer herd by scientific methods
The DNR Director is turning the department around!

[jci63]

It has been illegal since 1990 to kill an all-white or albino deer in Michigan, but there is no biological reason not to shoot one. The state Natural Resources Commission imposed the ban at the behest of the late Joe Mack, a powerful legislator from the Upper Peninsula. Mack asked for the no-shooting rule to placate a constituent, who was upset because someone killed a white deer he had been feeding. Mack’s district included Marquette County, where a number of semi-tame piebald, albino and white deer live in Presque Isle Park.

[wtnhunt]

Cool that the dnr there listened and made a decicion that seems to be a good one. Far as I know it has been illegal to kill albino deer here for longer than I have been hunting. Have never seen a wild albino or even a wild piebald deer around here.

[toddyboman]

I think its ILLEGAL in Illinois too.......
It IS NOT illegal here in MO....I have seen them....not on my hunting ground.....and I also have a buddy that was lucky enough to shoot an albino doe one year


Glad to see they got it right in MI for you MI hunters

[jci63]

Stupid deer law? You be the judge

http://www.lsj.com/apps/pbcs.dll/art.../1001/portland

[jci63]

http://www.lsj.com/apps/pbcs.dll/art.../1001/portland

[jci63]

THE FULL STORY

http://www.lsj.com/apps/pbcs.dll/art...TS09/803260340

[WHISKEYSWAMP]

I never understood the protection of albino deer due to the fact that they are a genetic defect. I'm pretty sure it's legal in Ohio.

[jci63]

Field & Stream Article

http://www.fieldandstream.com/articl...ge=3&galleryID=

[jci63]

THE OUTDOOR PRESSROOM


Mich. DNR chief wants to end albino deer protection
Michigan Department of Natural Resources Director Rebecca Humphries wants to make it legal for hunters to kill albino deer during the state's whitetail deer season--reversing a ban that has been in effect since the early 1990s--on grounds that the protection is both an unreasonable burden on hunters and biologically unsound. In The Lansing State Journal.

http://outdoorpressroom.typepad.com/...dnr-chief.html

[jci63]

The real story on the possible albino deer law.

Gaylord DNR Rally 4-5-08

I was able to talk with State Representatives, Tom Casperson and Kevin Elsenheimer. Kevin agreed to review my documentation and see what can do, to help. Tom Casperson agreed to contact Attorney General Mike Cox and see what he could do to get things investigated.

[jci63]

As a member of SCI I have contacted them and asked them to join in this battle with the bureaucratic green suited DNR.
The SCI Mission Statement
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That's why SCI Members are active in more than 100 countries, and why you'll cherish your involvement with SCI. SCI fights tirelessly to protect the hunting heritage enjoyed by 15 million Americans and 45 million families around the globe.
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I know that people read this thread, do you belong to a club or organization that can help?
Please, get involved and lets get justice, nothing more, just what we have a constitutional right too!

[jci63]

Well, I received a little help regarding my situation, from a new source.

The Up North Journal - http://www.upnorthjournal.com/

[jci63]

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