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Post by SFC (R) B on Aug 15, 2023 12:49:23 GMT -5
Just this week I actually looked at the dates for firearms this year and it hurts me pretty badly. The move to a week later means i am only going to get 4 days max hunting due to needing to be home for Thanksgiving and takes me out of the IL hunt I was drawn for  I think I know what is probably behind the change and it annoys me a bit but complaining about that won't do me any good. I may try to borrow a buddys bow and give it a shot if I feel I can get proficient enough to be ethical. Feeling pretty bummed out since this piles on to me not being able to pull a CO deer tag for the first time ever. |
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Post by Mack Apiary Bees on Aug 15, 2023 12:58:11 GMT -5
That time range is right at the end of the prime ruts and the bucks are moving a lot to find that last hot doe. At the end in December is the beginning of older doe fawns. Those two weeks can be the slowest of seeing deer, but at any moment a good buck can show up anytime.
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Post by firstwd on Aug 15, 2023 13:09:15 GMT -5
There isn't any change to firearms season. For my entire life it has been the first Saturday after Veterans Day, and every 4 years it falls where Thanksgiving weekend is the middle weekend.
With Veterans Day falling on a Saturday this year, gun season lands on the latest dates possible.
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Post by esshup on Aug 15, 2023 14:10:10 GMT -5
There isn't any change to firearms season. For my entire life it has been the first Saturday after Veterans Day, and every 4 years it falls where Thanksgiving weekend is the middle weekend. With Veterans Day falling on a Saturday this year, gun season lands on the latest dates possible. Correct, and next year it will be back opening a week earlier. I am not going to be in Wi for their deer opener for that reason. |
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Post by lawrencecountyhunter on Aug 15, 2023 14:18:26 GMT -5
There isn't any change to firearms season. For my entire life it has been the first Saturday after Veterans Day, and every 4 years it falls where Thanksgiving weekend is the middle weekend. With Veterans Day falling on a Saturday this year, gun season lands on the latest dates possible. Correct, and next year it will be back opening a week earlier. I am not going to be in Wi for their deer opener for that reason. Well, not quite.. November 16 next year. November 15 in 2025. November 14 in 2026. November 13 in 2027. |
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Post by lawrencecountyhunter on Aug 15, 2023 14:19:47 GMT -5
The later dates are tough IMO, gotta embrace archery to be guaranteed the best part of the rut.
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Post by greghopper on Aug 15, 2023 14:20:55 GMT -5
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Post by SFC (R) B on Aug 15, 2023 15:08:23 GMT -5
The later dates are tough IMO, gotta embrace archery to be guaranteed the best part of the rut. I may have had my hand forced into archery. I'm not as concerned about full rut activities as I am the timing with Thanksgiving for me. Just a bad set of dates for me personally. |
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Post by lawrencecountyhunter on Aug 15, 2023 15:12:11 GMT -5
Whoops. Duplicate post.
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Post by Woody Williams on Aug 15, 2023 15:23:14 GMT -5
Unless the DNR and NRC change the Firearm dates the opener will be as follows – 2023 – November 18 2024 – November 16 (leap year) 2025 – November 15 2026 – November 14 2027 – November 13 2028 – November 18 (leap year) 2029 - November 17 2030 – November 16 2031 – November 15 2032 – November 13 (leap year) |
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Post by oldhoyt on Aug 15, 2023 15:31:17 GMT -5
The later dates are tough IMO, gotta embrace archery to be guaranteed the best part of the rut. I may have had my hand forced into archery. I'm not as concerned about full rut activities as I am the timing with Thanksgiving for me. Just a bad set of dates for me personally. If you have any concerns about practicing and proficiency, buy a crossbow. |
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Post by steiny on Aug 15, 2023 15:55:43 GMT -5
I like the later opening date on firearms, makes for better rut archery hunting.
However it does conflict with the IL firearms opener.
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Post by titanium700 on Aug 15, 2023 17:47:13 GMT -5
I prefer the later dates myself.
More time for archery.
Hehe
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Post by parkerbow on Aug 15, 2023 18:20:01 GMT -5
I also like the later date, it allows another week of archery and I killed my biggest 2 bucks on Nov 16th and Nov 17th. Seems like I don't see much rut action in my neck of the woods starting around the 11th every year. I love my bow hunting.
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Post by esshup on Aug 16, 2023 9:15:41 GMT -5
The earlier the opening of gun season for me the better.
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Post by jjas on Aug 16, 2023 10:10:51 GMT -5
If I had any say in the date of the firearms opener, I would choose the second Saturday in November.
But I don't have any say, and I don't see the method used to set the date changing anytime soon.
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Post by parkerbow on Aug 16, 2023 16:09:11 GMT -5
If I had any say in the date of the firearms opener, I would choose the second Saturday in November. But I don't have any say, and I don't see the method used to set the date changing anytime soon. Nope, Our Gun season is stuck in a "Rut" , Pun intended. |
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Post by greghopper on Aug 16, 2023 19:15:32 GMT -5
If I had any say in the date of the firearms opener, I would choose the second Saturday in November. But I don't have any say, and I don't see the method used to set the date changing anytime soon. Nope, Our Gun season is stuck in a "Rut" , Pun intended. Just think we killed 2WR Deer in the last decade being “stuck in the Rut” with firearm season….Shotgun WR and Crossbow WR. |
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Post by buckbuster13 on Aug 18, 2023 9:53:57 GMT -5
I prefer the late start to firearms season, almost no hunting pressure around me in archery season😊
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Post by stevein on Aug 18, 2023 10:56:31 GMT -5
I like it the way it is. To move gun into December it can get real cold. Bad enough to have to hunt ML then let alone move everything back a couple of weeks.
Yep just keep it as it is.
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I think I know what is probably behind the change and it annoys me a bit but complaining about that won't do me any good. I may try to borrow a buddys bow and give it a shot if I feel I can get proficient enough to be ethical. Feeling pretty bummed out since this piles on to me not being able to pull a CO deer tag for the first time ever. 
