How do you figure that the NRA will obtain more hunting lands? The amount of hunting lands will not change. The only thing that will change is that you will be able to hunt with a different type of weapon in these same areas.

The population of deer in these counties has increased in the last several years (especially in the last 10). For years you could only take one buck (no does) in these counties. Last year the DNR added one doe to the mixture to combat the rising population. However, the overall population is rather low in comparison to other areas of the state.

A gun season in these counties would be devastating. In one season you would literally wipe out the big buck population. You would kill what makes these counties special. I would also imagine you would kill alot of the money that comes into the area by out-of-town hunters. There are a lot of people that come into these areas to hunt these big bucks.

But the most troubling thing is that the precedent that this will set. What's next? The NRA lobbying Illinois and Ohio to open their gun seasons to rifle hunting instead of shotgun only? Where do you draw the line?