Originally Posted by
nys-buckstalker
Thats true,the frost had the deer up and moving early but when sun warmed up everything they stopped moving. Last year was a bust cause we didnt get any snow anywhere. I heard a few shots opening day and sunday but not like previous years. The state decided that my area (4-O) needed an antler restriction put in it, but didnt up the DMP's for area instead decided you need a P point to get a dmp for area. Seems the state thinks we need to all be Trouphy Hunter's instead of converationists while car/deer accidents have gone up 6 % in a 2 year period due to over popalation of deer in area. I spend 98.00 a year in hunting license fees and I cant even put meat in my freeezer without having to drive 30 miles to hunt another DMU to hunt deer cause the deer in my area are "illegal" being they dont fit in state's plans.
40, delaware, your a ways away from 9J. We had a frosty cold moning each morning since opening day, and the afternoons are cold too, but mid day has been in the mid to upper 40's and low 50's.
I understand how you feel about not being able to shoot whatever buck you see because of antler restrictions, some need the meat and a full freezer. If we had restrictions here and being my wife can only hunt 2-3 times a season, she might not get a buck if that happened in our DMU. But me personally I'd like to see a 3 point on one side rule. We'd have more bigger bucks down the road. I dont shoot anything unless it's a 140 class or better buck and the same with a-lot of the guys I hunt with. Our wives shoot the small bucks and some does, so we can slide and have no pressure on filling the freezer and hunt for the big ones. Im going to post a new thread if our first 4 days and some bucks we took, check it out.
(BP)