MULE DEER

KS HUNTER

Saw on your your NAWF site the thread about the Mule Deer. That is whyunitizing tags has got you so upset. It is not about hunting in an adjacent unit, with 9 units you will be able to do the equilivant of that combared to firearm hunters. It will limit your free run of the state and taking anydeer you see, anywhere. That's why you are going to Oakley, isn't it? Will be the last year you may be able to do it. BTW, I grew up there and go back often, south of Oakley momument rocks area if you can find access, good luck on getting access. Most are the t-tag people and are not happy with bowhunters and their legislative shenanagans.

It is about you hunting in Clay County for a portion of your hunt and then trapesing out to Oakley some 300 some miles away from that Clay County Unit, so you can Hunt Mule Deer. DUDE! No hunter can do that, except the State wide anydeer OTC, archery resident. The poor ML even have to draw. BTW, mulies are not going to be that easy in spot and stalk hunt, there is little cover and they see a long way. Yeah they do act different than whitetail, but they are not "easy". They are durable and hard to kill. That is another myth that KDWP has perpetuated without any supporting data, as my and your observation show different.

Next year the "any deer" will also be stripped off the resident archery permit as well. WHY?

Because all resident archery are "anydeer", and non-res archery are "whitetail only". Same issue as the bowhunters were raising heck about, non-resident archery being statewide, so what is good for the goose is good for the gander, and constitutionally protected. So the "species" tag will come.

Look at it in another way 40,000+ Firearms hunters have to "draw" for an available 3700 tags. All archery tags are mule deer included. So 100% for archery (and you can go anywhere for the next year which explains your trip to Oakley) and <1% for firearms.

AND, you and your buddy saw the same thing as my hunting crew saw LOTS of Mule deer, you and he stated that very clearly. So why is KDWP cutting firearms tags for mule deer????? They say there is a population decrease, however my hunting crew, you and your buddy on NAWF agree there are "LOTS".

See the problem yet, or do I have to get out the crayons and coloring books for you as well as "population indicators 101".