ORIGINAL: SteveBNy
Maytom - you must not be a bowhunter. They want to cut bow from 5 weeks of undisturbed to 2 weeks - a bowhunter would be upset with this. If you are, it is just something you do until you can start shooting them with a gun. A week of rifle hunting after 2 weeks of bow will change the deer behavior - try hunting a pattered trail in early dec.
Steve
ORIGINAL: J-bow
maytom,
I agree with SteveBNY......You're obviously NOT a Bow Hunter! Why am I going to scout all Spring,Summer and Fall to locate doe groups, heavy trails and staging areas? Why bother practicing all Summer and Fall with my bow? So I can get close enough to arrow a Whitetail? Forget it, because the first time you or one of your Muzzle Loading hunters touches off a load around me, it all changes!
No one who is a serious Bow Hunter can look at these proposals in a good way. I'm not saying that SOMETHING shouldn't be done. Just not the way they've laid it out. They(DEC) will upset one groups hunt just to appease another group of hunters. It's wrong! Leave things the way they are and lengthen the late season for Muzzle Loader. (Or something close to that.)
Both of you make me ashamed you are in the woods every fall. Seriously, I really feel that. First of all, I do not agree with maytom's opinion, but there is no need whatsoever to resort to ad hominem remarks.
As with everything in this world, there is a difference of opinion between people. Hunters are not excluded from this. Democrats do not all agree with each other, nor do Republicans or any other political party. Obviously this thread was to generate opinions and thoughts on your proposed views from NYB, but you would never know it from these two replies above...because if you were trying to get feedback, you would not be resorting to personal remarks ("You must not be a bowhunter")...well obviously he is if you happened to read a bit more carefully, notice the term WE was used instead of "you all" or y'all as some prefer it.
It would be okay to say I disagree and here are my points, but there is no need to criticize
the man for
HIS opinion. I would not criticize you for views that are different than mine (which I disagree with NYB's proposals), but I sure as heck hate to see ignorant people oblivious to their own faults. Just because bowhunting takes different measures than the other methods of hunting does not mean it gets preference of any sort. Get off the high horses gentleman, and act like you are supposed to be.
BTW Are either of you leaders within NYB? I am just wondering if you two are "typical examples" of the people in the organization.
And I bet more than a few feel the same way as me. There is no need to resort to tactics like you two just did. I bet maytom enjoys bowhunting. How would you like it Steve if I said you were NOT a true bowhunting enthusiast? I bet you would be tasting sour grapes. Or how about you J-Bow? I suspect just the same as i would feel, ticked off.
If I were any kind of man, and I made a screwed up remark like that, I'd offer an apology.
But then again, I did not make that remark, you two did.