RE: New Yorks 2005 hunting seasons. Bad news for bowhunters
bow27
I checked ot the site - here is my reply posted there:
Seems like there are 3 issues:
1 - Bowhunters would like an earlier opener.
Solution - Move to Oct 1st
2 - Gun hunters would like Sat before Thanksgiving opener instead of Mon.
Solution - Change to Sat - bowhunters would lose 1 weekend but gain 2 weeks at beginning.
3 - Muzzloaders would like a greater opportunity than 7 days at end to fill purchased mz tag.
Solution - let them use the either/or tag for a doe in gun season.
Compromise that nobody loses anything. Not the mz only days they may want, but the modern mz inline is at least as,if not more effective than a slug gun. Many sluggers (myself included) no longer use anything but an inline. I agree that primitive mz would share hunting styles with archery, but not the modern inline.
If areas need a greater doe harvest, then up the tags. I know many good hunters that tag out early and would fill more if available. 17% of 150 would be greater than 17% of 100.
Just some thoughts - I am totaly against the early mz season as proposed because of what it will do to the archery season. But there is a way to compromise.
Steve