deadeye and markn, you guys do alot of work with the MDHA and the deer hide program. maybe HD can add in since he's into cutting up and processing deer as to what he does with the hides after the fact. it would be neat to know, because i dont know what happens to the hides after they are dropped off in the boxes and you salt them down, i knew that part. so my questions are 1) how much does the MDHA get per hide? 2) where are they shipped to??? 3) what are those hides actually made into???? i reigiously donate any hide i can get my hands on to the cause!!!!! All our hides are bought, we have a fur buyer come and pick them up.
BUT, we have a MDHA box for those hunters that choose to donate their hides across the road. 👍
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November 11/19/20, 07:58:56 PM Reply #11
Thanks for allowing an MDHA box at your location HD.
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November 11/19/20, 08:54:41 PM Reply #12
we got boxes round here over flowing with hides all over the ground
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November 11/20/20, 07:21:47 AM Reply #13
seen that here too yesterday...
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November 11/20/20, 08:47:26 AM Reply #14
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November 11/20/20, 08:51:58 AM Reply #15
yesterday when i went to richmond where my mom lives to get my snowmobile i noticed a hide box but i didnt see the MDHA on it????????
i know there are other entities that do this thats not MDHA, but this one was orange???? does the MDHA have this orange trademarked???? i/m not a fan of copycats and think this shouldnt be allowed.
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November 11/20/20, 08:58:31 AM Reply #16
MDHA boxes mike? not sure it was in Long Prairie at Fleet... I'll look today...
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November 11/20/20, 10:25:40 AM Reply #17
Unfortunately some hide buyers chose to paint their boxes orange just like the ones MDHA uses in an effort to dup people into "donating" their hides when in fact they are NOT going to MDHA.
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November 11/20/20, 10:29:46 AM Reply #18
So based on all the chatter here on deer hides,looks like our whitetail deer harvest this season was a banner event,well for most,we all know who struggled but he gave it a go... Have not herd much about CWD this season? all gone?
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November 11/20/20, 11:01:37 AM Reply #19
Snow, I think the harvest is about the same as last year maybe less. The higher number of hides I think is due to the meat markets not taking deer this year due to covid and hunters doing their own processing. I did read in the paper this morning there was two confirmed cases of cwd in se Minnesota. One was a harvested buck and the second was a road killed doe.
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November 11/21/20, 08:27:10 AM Reply #20
We have the DNR stop by at a regular basis, and they say that the deer harvest is at a 22% decline from last year going buy the deer registered.
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November 11/21/20, 08:34:10 AM Reply #21
We have the DNR stop by at a regular basis, and they say that the deer harvest is at a 22% decline from last year going buy the deer registered. i kinda thought that might be the case??? didnt seem like the normal amount of shooting.
driving home i seen 1 vehicle with a deer in it but i didnt go home after the first weekend either, drove home the monday after the 2nd weekend so i didnt expect to see much.
usually that locker plant in Emily is full of vehicles with deer. didnt see any but they had like 6 of those frigerated semi trailers parked there????????
it would be real interesting to see some kind of chart ot stats of the deer harvest in different parts of the state??
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November 11/21/20, 07:40:29 PM Reply #22
We just picked up and salted 150 hides today. We have not collected more hides than any previous year and the rifle season isn't over yet. Also, the muzzle loader season hasn't started.
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November 11/21/20, 07:57:16 PM Reply #23
seen that pile in Long Prairie again, only bigger... yellow boxes sad waste I'm thinking...
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November 11/22/20, 07:51:31 AM Reply #24
Managed to get another 110 in the trailer. We'll do another collection tomorrow and the truck should be back again on Tuesday. I have no idea who has those yellow boxes mike.
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November 11/22/20, 08:09:11 AM Reply #25
yea I didn't pull in there to see whose they are, but I sure wonder...
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November 11/22/20, 08:22:49 AM Reply #26
Maybe it's time to stop in and inquire about putting an MDHA box there next year.
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November 11/22/20, 08:26:08 AM Reply #27
We have the DNR stop by at a regular basis, and they say that the deer harvest is at a 22% decline from last year going buy the deer registered. Jerry Carlson, an outdoor writer for the st cloud times had an article in today's paper said it was down 22%, stil either way alot of deer. pretty sure the weather had alot to do with it!!!!!
more deers for next year as long as mother nature behaves!!!!
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November 11/22/20, 09:03:52 AM Reply #28
I think the lack of butchers in some areas affected it too.
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