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President, Straits Area Sportsmenâs Club
First let me introduce myself. I am Gary Gorniak, president of the Straits Area Sportsmen’s Club, vice president of The Upper Peninsula Sportsmen’s Alliance and vice chairman of the East U.P. Department of Natural Resources Citizens Advisory Council.
I want start off by saying I am not anti-wolf the gray wolf has a place in wildlife. But like all wildlife, the gray wolf has to be managed. You can’t pick and choose to manage one without affecting the other, especially as skilled a predator as the wolf.
As you will soon see, our 2020 deer season in the U.P. was a disaster and will probably go down as one of the worst in history. Our deer herd in the U.P. is in serious decline. Predators wolves in particular have decimated our deer herd. Sure, we know some areas are worse than others but overall they are taking a severe toll on our deer. I also know that there are other issues affecting our deer herd, such as loss of habitat