ORIGINAL: Screamin Steel
ORIGINAL: DougE
ORIGINAL: Maverick 1
Mav,I wouldn't fish in a lake that had one fish and I wouldn't hunt in an area that had no game.I don't know why people continue to hunt where they claim there's no game.
It's because there are no areas around here that have game. It's either you hunt where there is little game or you don't hunt at all.
Mav,I don't know here you're speaking of so it's hard for me to have an opinion.I do know that I live and hunt in the WMU that has the lowest dd's and the lowest success rate per aquare mile in the state.i know many areas in this WMU that have very few deer.I also look at those areas and completely understand why.In most cases,there's really no reason for deer to be there,yet guys still hunt there and thancomplain that there's no deer.I hunt where there's food and cover and I find deer consistantly.Food sources can be spotty and they change constantlyu so Ihave to remain flexible throughout the seson.A hotspot one week can turn into a dud the next week.
And all of that is fine. No doubt with enough time, someone can locateand kill a deer. I won't pretend to know anything about anyone else's schedules but I know we've come along way from the days when folks had alot of leisure time. Those of us with enough time and effort will always find a deer or two. Those with busy jobs, family lives, etc are the one's getting screwed the most. The weekend or opening day crowd always are the blunt of everyone's joke about not getting their deer, but truth is they often just lack the time or in some cases the abilty to walk very far (older hunters.) Many of them would gladly take any buck includiing a spike. Whyare THEY getting screwed while the minority who blindly support HR and are fortunate to still be killing multiple deer a year are grinning? Opinions on this may vary, but successful deer hunting while often challenging, is still viewed as recreation by most. They work hard all year, and don't really feel they should have to scale rocky cliffs, ford rivers, and spend a hundred hours scouting just to see a couple of deer. Of course that's a blow to the pride of the self proclaimed deer hunting experts who think that anything short of a blood sacrifice to earn your buck is unworthy. Just go on HPA and claim you didn't get a buck and saw next to no deer and see what reaction you get. Glad to see a few sites out there still allow feedom of speech.
Good post SS. My brother's having a tough time of now after a life in a steel mill bled him dry. And I'd like it to be his choice if he wants to take a 4 pointer or pass on it. It's supposed to be a sport enjoyed by all of us, not just some of us. The fish commission established trophy trout and fly fishing only areas, and they are realbenefit to those who invest the time or have the time to learn about insects, fly tying, casting, etc. But they also offer so much opportunity for those who just want to dunk a worm in a trout stream on a Saturday morning. I happen to be one of those who ties flies and fly fishes and it would be very selfish of me to ask that every stream be a trophy trout/ffo stream. I feel the same way about antler restrictions.