Randy;

Great post. On the thought of the short range season, the concept says to leave the bow season the way it is now but allow other weapon types(at least for a short time). Because bowes actually fit great in that season, there should be every reason to include bow in the short range season.

I also have no problem with more time afield in December, if that' s what makes sense.

Let me ask you some questions if I may. One huge concern in the field for both hunter and deer is the opening Wednesday and the first Saturday(really opening Wed thru Sat) of the rifle season and the extremely large amounts of hunter traffic, many problems are caused by this high traffic. Is there any ideas being kicked around or is anyone looking at a way to spread the ' traffic' ? What would you recommend to alleviate this hunter traffic situation? What would be a good short term fix and what would be a good long term fix?

Good hunting

Dave