Originally Posted by
ADVWannabee
Let me get this straight, regulations are being put in place to produce trophy deer at the expense of getting a deer of any kind? I hunt for fun and meat and a trophy is down on my list of reasons for hunting. Why should non-trophy hunters, which is probably the majority of hunters, give in to the minority?
It is not the stated purpose of the DNR to produce trophy deer. They state that the reason they are doing this is to reduce herd size in response to pressure from insurance companies. I am saying that the proposed regulations would result in an increase in trophy-sized bucks because the firearms seasons would be reduced by almost half. Currently, between the shotgun and muzzleloader seasons, there are a total of 32 days of hunting. The proposed regs. would have reduced that to 18 days, plus two 3 day doe only seasons.
Blessings.....Pastorjim