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Post by HuntMeister on Aug 17, 2010 12:37:48 GMT -5
While talking to Chad Stewart about the moving of firearms season, he indicated to me that their perception (IDNR) is that the thanksgiving holiday is a traditional family deer hunting time and therefore this is why they moved the gun season to this timeframe. If the season is shortened as proposed, which start date would you prefer?
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Post by DEERTRACKS on Aug 17, 2010 12:48:33 GMT -5
Same date as normal. "DURING THE RUT"!
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Post by Woody Williams on Aug 17, 2010 12:56:04 GMT -5
Looking at harvest data and deer/vehicle collision data the firearm seasons should come in the second Saturday of Novemebr every year.  |
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Post by hornharvester on Aug 17, 2010 13:09:49 GMT -5
Traditional family deer hunting time is the first Saturday after the second Tuesday of November. Most guys I know are having family time during Thanksgiving weekend. Most have killed their buck and a doe or two by Thanksgiving and either are not hunting due to family obligations or will doe hunt that weekend. h.h.
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Post by speckle on Aug 17, 2010 13:12:42 GMT -5
You think about it. If your going to take vacation to deer hunt then you will just have to take 3 days then you could hunt everday.
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Post by speckle on Aug 17, 2010 13:14:12 GMT -5
Woody can you determine how many of those accidents are at night?
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Post by tickman1961 on Aug 17, 2010 13:15:15 GMT -5
Not everyone will be off Friday and Saturday after Thanksgiving thank you very much.
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Post by featherduster on Aug 17, 2010 13:16:59 GMT -5
The only good thing I can say about the proposed deer seasons is that it will give young hunters (school age) a better chance to enjoy warm weather and a chance to use hunting gifts they might receive for Christmas. With a doe only season they will not feel under the gun to kill a buck.
For the older gun hunters we will in my opinion lose hunting dates that occur during the best time of the rut.
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Post by firstwd on Aug 17, 2010 13:18:30 GMT -5
Start as is now. Come Thanksgiving weekend me and all kinds of family are waterfowl hunting the opening weekend and deer take a back seat to afternoon hunts while scouting birds for the next morning.
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Post by hornharvester on Aug 17, 2010 13:27:24 GMT -5
You think about it. If your going to take vacation to deer hunt then you will just have to take 3 days then you could hunt everday. If you got enough seniority. Senior employees usually jump on the holidays to get the extra days off at least they did where I worked. h.h. |
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Post by Woody Williams on Aug 17, 2010 15:11:19 GMT -5
Woody can you determine how many of those accidents are at night? Not really.... the numbers and graph shows when is the the dates that there is most movement. Most of us that bowhunt already knew that we had be in the deer woods as a much as possible beginning about October 31.. Make no sense to me that the DNR wants to move away form the prime deer movement time as early gun seasons starts kill more deer - bucks and does.... |
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Post by turkeyscout on Aug 17, 2010 15:13:50 GMT -5
Traditional family deer hunting time is the first Saturday after the second Tuesday of November. Most guys I know are having family time during Thanksgiving weekend. Most have killed their buck and a doe or two by Thanksgiving and either are not hunting due to family obligations or will doe hunt that weekend. h.h. .......................this has been the tradition for our family and friends as well, hornharvester, Chad must of have been raised in pennsylvania and not indiana!!!......   ..........turkey scout |
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Post by hunter7x on Aug 17, 2010 15:29:51 GMT -5
I wonder if all those deer are running amuck during those dates because of all the guns chasing them around?! tongue in cheek fellas, tongue in cheek. |
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Post by racktracker on Aug 17, 2010 15:36:35 GMT -5
Looking at harvest data and deer/vehicle collision data the firearm seasons should come in the second Saturday of Novemebr every year. A BIG ditto!! |
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Post by mrfixit on Aug 17, 2010 15:50:41 GMT -5
I'm not voting because to do so I would almost feel as I'm agreeing with the season being shortened and I'm so dead set against shortening any season it makes me ill to think about it.
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Post by Ahawkeye on Aug 17, 2010 16:16:40 GMT -5
This is my first real post on this subject, I am willing to wait and see however if it were changed it's REALLY hard to get it changed back but none the less I'm going in with an open mind.
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Post by lugnutz on Aug 17, 2010 19:12:41 GMT -5
Looking at harvest data and deer/vehicle collision data the firearm seasons should come in the second Saturday of Novemebr every year. Looks identical to the hunters participation during the season as well. |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 17, 2010 20:14:00 GMT -5
Sounds as if the DNR is out of touch with the deer hunting families....I always considered T-giving to be really popular small game hunting events?
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Post by Decatur on Aug 17, 2010 20:19:40 GMT -5
There is definately something special about a turkey day rabbit hunt with family!
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Post by speckle on Aug 17, 2010 20:23:52 GMT -5
So really that graph don't mean squat if most of the accidents are at night
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..........turkey scout
