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Post by hornharvester on Sept 9, 2005 17:18:43 GMT -5
Id like to see a late season muzzlelaoder season for does only. Open it say, the third Saturday of January for one week. Maybe sell a reduced tag @ $10.00. It would be a way to reduce the doe population and make the state some extra revenue they normally wouldn't get. What do you guys think? h.h.
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Post by jajwrigh on Sept 9, 2005 17:46:39 GMT -5
I think it is fine the way it is...
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Post by kevin1 on Sept 9, 2005 18:32:28 GMT -5
I voted yes , the freezers start to thin after February , and more does need to be taken . The late licences would also shield regular season licenses from price increases since they would be taking up the slack . Sounds win-win to me .
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Post by drs on Sept 10, 2005 14:39:03 GMT -5
It would depend on the herd numbers; given that the population of Deer in some Ccounties is far greater than in other counties. Also the cost of a Tag would need to be reduced to at least $12 to generate interest.
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Post by schoolmaster on Sept 10, 2005 20:14:34 GMT -5
I voted yes wherever the herd needs thinned.
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Post by DEERTRACKS on Sept 12, 2005 10:09:57 GMT -5
Yes, if it would not adversely affect the local herds.
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Post by jstalljon on Sept 12, 2005 10:21:46 GMT -5
Yes, to ANYTHING that keeps me in the woods longer! ;D
I concur with others... if it is right for the local herd. I don't think my area would be adversly affected.
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Post by budfields on Sept 13, 2005 8:40:02 GMT -5
Howdy Fellas..
I would be all in favor off it myself with the exception that I begin a rather lengthy boat show schedule in early January and I would be "on the road" and unable to participate.. (unless I start running over them with the motorhome.)
I would rather doubt the DNR would consider "reducing" prices of anything.. I can remember when you could purchase deer licenses for $5.00 and use them almost ALL season. Now, they have added extra permits and it costs you a mortgage on your vital organs to buy them making it difficult for people on "limited incomes" to hunt as much as they would like too.
GOOD HUNTING.. Bud Fields
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Post by dabutcher on Sept 13, 2005 19:26:35 GMT -5
yep, if we as hunters don't take enough deer they will figure ot another way.
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Post by reynoldss on Sept 16, 2005 13:08:16 GMT -5
I would be for a late season muzzleloader hunt (does only) as long as herd statistics proved it to be needed. I agree with some others in that the cost of the management tags must come down. $24 for a management doe is too high.
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Post by derslayer1 on Sept 19, 2005 21:00:57 GMT -5
I think the seasons are fine the way they are. With a family of 6 here, and me taking 6 deer EVERY year, we make it on the burger and steaks etc all year when the meat is mixed with chicken, pork etc. Of course if the tag price was lowered as such, I may consider thinning the does even more on my properties.
Venison....its whats for dinner.
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Post by cambygsp on Sept 23, 2005 7:29:32 GMT -5
**IF** a move like this was "needed"....it would make much more since to have a EARLY SEASON MUZZLELOADER SESSION"
If you look at last seasons numbers, there were increases of 18%, 16% and 15% in the general firearm, December M/L and late archery/crossbow parts of the season, respectfully, While the early archery season only saw about a 2% increase.
Our herd is increasing and so our our harvest numbers....EXCEPT FOR THE EARLY SEASON NUMBERS!!!!
If there is a problem, it's very obvious from the numbers where the problem lies!
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Post by trapperdave on Sept 23, 2005 9:46:28 GMT -5
Im all for a Jan muzzleloader hunt, heck lets make bows legal for it as well!
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Post by taxidermyman on Sept 23, 2005 14:31:58 GMT -5
My self I think a later season would be a REAL bad idea. There were a lot of Loose horn bucks by the middle of season last year. If the season would have been any later there would have been alot of bucks killed that already shed there horns.
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Post by Tye on Sept 23, 2005 18:38:43 GMT -5
I don't live down there but I voted yes because I like that idea. I'd be happy to see that up here! Even though I don't have a Muzzleloader....
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Post by jbwhttail on Sept 23, 2005 22:07:59 GMT -5
Camby:
You can (or should) get over the invasion of early Archery. It WILL NOT happen, now if you are a betting man I'd like to give you odds....... Early Archery will not change nor will additional weapons be added in the next 5 years....... would you like to wager?
A late antlerless season with all weapons legal has been proposed, we'll wait and see...... unused tags would be used.
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Post by cambygsp on Sept 25, 2005 7:52:48 GMT -5
I copied this post and sent it to the wildlife chief.
I will wait for his answer before I let you know about the wager.
Thanks.......
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Post by cambygsp on Sept 29, 2005 7:06:37 GMT -5
I got my e-mail response back....lol lol
Please, please never say that state employees don't have a sense of humor!!!!!!!!!!!
It's a REAL belly buster!
lol lol lol lol
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Post by hotshot on Sept 29, 2005 13:32:31 GMT -5
any excuse to get back in the woods... I'm for it. FEb is boring anyway.
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Post by cambygsp on Oct 5, 2005 6:50:10 GMT -5
Camby: You can (or should) get over the invasion of early Archery. It WILL NOT happen, now if you are a betting man I'd like to give you odds....... Early Archery will not change nor will additional weapons be added in the next 5 years....... would you like to wager? A late antlerless season with all weapons legal has been proposed, we'll wait and see...... unused tags would be used. OK.. Jack got a reply from the IDNR and fowarded it to me per Glenn Lange's request. I was wrong. It is about "cowboy" rifles and not "cowboy" pistols.. Here is is.. "What Sen Waterman is looking to do is to make it legal to hunt deer with rifles (mostly lever actions) chambered in pistol calibers. These calibers are generally the ones cowboy action shooters use which include .45 colt, .38 special, and .44 mag., .44 special, .357 mag. Except for the .38 special, all of these calibers are legal for deer hunting with a pistol, so, in a rifle, would be sufficiently powerful (velocity gain in a longer barreled rifle in generally in the neighborhood of 10-20 %). Let me know if you need more info." lol lol lol lol lol
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