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Post by Woody Williams on Jan 20, 2007 15:42:19 GMT -5
Solohunter brought up a good suggestion/question..
Should we have archery season till the end of January?
Please vote - Yea and nay or don't have an opinion.
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Post by Hoosier Hunter on Jan 20, 2007 16:44:22 GMT -5
I guess.... As long as muzzleloader still closes 2 weeks before  |
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Post by bigbuck on Jan 20, 2007 17:05:33 GMT -5
I say Yes, but is everybody seeing deer. I haven't seen any in over a week till today.
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Post by solohunter on Jan 20, 2007 17:35:16 GMT -5
Thanks for posting the poll Woody. I have been thinking about this since I read the article by Pat Lefemine in Bowhunter mag. CT bow org got the season pushed through till end of Jan. Asking about it was the first step in my plan. Gobblefreak made a good point about bucks being klled that have already dropped, but I think the benefits would out weigh the negatives. Generally your weather down your way is pretty mellow through Jan. correct?
Solohunter
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Post by wolfhound on Jan 20, 2007 17:37:57 GMT -5
IMO archery season is too long as it is, and firearm season is way too short. This is from an Illinoisan's perspective.
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Post by deerdude on Jan 20, 2007 18:27:20 GMT -5
i would say yea it would be o.k but one big concern i would have is bucks being taken thats dropped there antlers already,i saw a huge deer out in the field this week with no head ware but after thinking about it ,i have never saw a doe around here that looked like a bull.
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Post by tony on Jan 20, 2007 20:42:10 GMT -5
I would rather see it go the other way with an early September opening like Kentucky. I would rather shoot a velvet buck than one that has bloody stubs from just shedding his antlers.
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Post by cambygsp on Jan 21, 2007 5:08:47 GMT -5
You could hunt them year round with archery gear and won't do no harm to the herd!
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Post by mbogo on Jan 21, 2007 8:57:01 GMT -5
I would rather see it go the other way with an early September opening like Kentucky. I would rather shoot a velvet buck than one that has bloody stubs from just shedding his antlers. I agree. |
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Post by hornharvester on Jan 21, 2007 9:04:13 GMT -5
I dont oppose a later archery season but would like to see a 5 day late January muzzleloader season for does only. I would also like to see a 5 day primitive muzzleloader season in around the second week of October. Make it side-hammer guns, black powder only with open sights and patched round ball or conical bullets. No in-lines, sabots or scopes. h.h.
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Post by Hood on Jan 21, 2007 10:23:07 GMT -5
Part of the reason I would like to see it is the fact that there isn't much of a late archery "only" season.
When I was a kid, there didn't seem to be many late season hunters. Now, with the mordern inline muzzleloaders, there are a lot more guys out there hunting at this time. This year, muzzleloader didn't go out until Christmas Eve. That doesn't leave much time for the deer to settle down from all the gun hunting pressure before the season goes out. On top of that, what is left falls over the holidays. Spending time with the family comes first, so that eliminates a few of the remaining days.
I don't think there would be many deer taken if it was extended, but it would give bowhunters a chance to hunt a little longer.
Robert
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Post by oneshot on Jan 21, 2007 12:07:01 GMT -5
Absolutely!
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Post by kevin1 on Jan 21, 2007 12:20:33 GMT -5
I would support it, especially in the reduction counties, but only if it equally included crossbows . The herd could take it.
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Post by trapperdave on Jan 21, 2007 12:45:51 GMT -5
I would rather see it go the other way with an early September opening like Kentucky. I would rather shoot a velvet buck than one that has bloody stubs from just shedding his antlers. ditto |
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Post by solohunter on Jan 21, 2007 12:46:01 GMT -5
I would support it, especially in the reduction counties, but only if it equally included crossbows . The herd could take it. I was also thinking about the crossbow in that portion of the season. Solohunter |
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Post by indianahick on Jan 21, 2007 13:01:29 GMT -5
I like the idea of the early primitive type muzzleloader season. Instead of 5 days make it 10 to encompass two weekends. As for extending archery they can start on Oct 1 and hunt until Dec 24 this year. Not really unless they include a 10 day late ml too. Who cares if the deer only has bloody stubs. Not me I want the meat! You can not eat bone.
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Post by greg on Jan 21, 2007 13:26:38 GMT -5
Although I am an avid bowhunter, I'd have to say I'm opposed to extending the season. The deer that somehow manage to make it thru all our lengthy seasons deserve to be finally left alone by early January. It also becomes more difficult to ID your target as buck or doe, as the month of January progresses.
A mid-September start might be more palatable, although the hunting is really not going to be that great on either end.
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Post by racktracker on Jan 21, 2007 13:33:14 GMT -5
It is too hot in early October, much less a September hunt.
I'd go for a later archery season until the end of January. Yes, that would also include crossbow as they are now.
There 'might' be a few dropped antler bucks killed, but there wouldn't be all that many.
I'd also like to see that "primitive" weekend or week in mid-October. Side hammer with a patched ball or conicals and no scopes would be just fine.
If we want to see hunting grow instead of declining we need to allow more opportunity to do just that.
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Post by danf on Jan 21, 2007 21:23:29 GMT -5
I don't see any problem with keeping archery in until later in January. By the time ML season is over, 95% of the hunters out during late archery are "diehards" anyway, and will be able to recognize the antlerless bucks fairly well.
I didn't get a chance to get out during late archery this last season, but if I'd had more time I might have....
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Post by DEERTRACKS on Jan 22, 2007 8:18:07 GMT -5
I would rather see it go the other way with an early September opening like Kentucky. I would rather shoot a velvet buck than one that has bloody stubs from just shedding his antlers. Ditto. |
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