ORIGINAL: Matt / PA
Matt:
With all due respect....you're assuming these hunters wouldn't be successful in one of the gun seasons.....since you're a one and done buck state.
The amount of tags wouldn't change.....so, theoretically....the number of harvests shouldn't, either.
I'm on you guys side as far as YOUR state goes (wouldn't matter, here IMO).....but the above needs noting if we're going to look at this logically.
If my logic is way off.....I suspect someone will set me straight.
The number of fall harvests in bow season WOULD change (Especially the buck harvest) and they've already stated in black and white that the season WILL be shortened to accomodate the new bow season harvest dynamic.
The total buck harvest per year will increase because of the higher ratio of success that will be achieved in bow season vs. gun season is the way I understand it.
That's where it gets really biology and harvest ratio oriented and why I say nobody from Arkansas has the ability to say it will not negatively affect the PA season.
How it affects North Dakota or South Carolina I couldn't give a flip but I sure care about it here.
Unless someone sees a 2 week shorter season in a state where we can't hunt Sundays as a POSITIVE thing? then I'M missing something .........because that's what has already been stated by the Pennsylvania Game Commission as the likely scenario if they are adopted HERE.
So the one and only thing we canput down as a FACT for what crossbows will do for us here in PA is a shorter season, because it's already been laid out.
To me that's a negative and I don't want any part of it.
I will pretty much disagree and that is cool. Your assuming a lot about seasons and how succesful people will be.
Why we fight to keep folks out of the woods I will never understand