Gun hunters want to open these four counties to gun hunting. Of coarse they do. There are big bucks down there. But what they don't realize is that there are only big buck down there BECAUSE it is archery-only. No other reason. If you open a gun season, big bucks will be a thing of the past and those counties will be similar to its neighbors. Gun hunters call bow hunters selfish - that they want to keep those counties to themselves. What everyone is failing to mention is that the gun hunters have the entire rest of the state to do what they want. But that is not enough - they want it all. So I ask you, who is really being the selfish ones here?

The other main argument that I have read above is that the DNR should open gun season in those counties because the population has increased. Yes it has increased, but no where near the level to support a gun season. Currently you can only take 2 deer in these counties, one of which must be a doe. In the neighboring counties, you can take up to 6 deer and as many as 11 in other areas of the state. Yes the population has increased - but it is not there yet.

This thread is really getting away from its intended purpose - to rant against the NRA sticking its nose where it doesn't belong. Regardless of whether or not you think there should be a gun season in these counties, it should be left up to the DNR to manage the game, not some outside group that knows nothing of the area.