Best and Worst Changes in Hunting
 

What do you consider the best and worst changes in modern day hunting?

RE: Best and Worst Changes in Hunting
 

The selling of products that do not work just to makefast money.

RE: Best and Worst Changes in Hunting
 

having to lease land to hunt in many areas

RE: Best and Worst Changes in Hunting
 

Opps...

I guess if I started this, I should participate.

Worst....Leases instead of handshakes for hunting permission.

Best....nonhunters seeing the effectiveness of hunting as a wildlife management technique.

RE: Best and Worst Changes in Hunting
 

For the good, tree stands and for the bad, high fence hunts.;)

RE: Best and Worst Changes in Hunting
 

It probably differs per area but the lease costs are essentially out of hand and only getting worse. We are killing our sport, IMO, because our youth will not have the opportunities and therefor develop other interests. Its different for us because we've tasted it and will work to scratch out a little bit of hunting.

RE: Best and Worst Changes in Hunting
 

I recall when mostland was not leased, it seem like people would come from long distance just to hunt an get a deer, with no concern for management of the herd. I have to say that is one good thing that came out of land leases.

RE: Best and Worst Changes in Hunting
 

I would have to agree with talis withthe best being the effect on wildlife management!

RE: Best and Worst Changes in Hunting
 

Best
1. Better treestands
2. Better equipment

Worst
1. Leasing of land(I don't)
2. Bowhunting specific.......ultralight arrows

RE: Best and Worst Changes in Hunting
 

The best I'd have to say herd management. It's a pain, but necessary. The worst, attitudes.

RE: Best and Worst Changes in Hunting
 

The best: Better faster more accurate forgiving equipment allows for more people to enjoy archery.

The worst: Better faster more accurate forgiving equipment allows for more people to enjoy archery.....just kidding as far as worst goes I would say high fence hunts, guess if i lived somewhere that I had to lease land that would be #1.

Rogue

RE: Best and Worst Changes in Hunting
 

Best: Better technology with hunting epuipment
Worse: Hunting Commercialization

RE: Best and Worst Changes in Hunting
 

Best - quality deer management. Which leads to healthier heards, bigger bucks, more deer, etc...

Worst- quality deer management. Which leads to greedy land owners, high prices to go on hunt, leases instead of hand shakes, commercialization of hunting,etc...

RE: Best and Worst Changes in Hunting
 

In my experience the following applies.

Best: Liberal distribution of doe tags. Safer equiptment. Longer seasons. Learning something new each year...........:D

Worst: Commercialization. Increased cost to hunt (leases, license, equiptment)

RE: Best and Worst Changes in Hunting
 

Best-bigger deer herd-I'm a meat hunter.

Worst-antler restrictions-While they don't affect me personally they're the lead symptom of a larger problem.

RE: Best and Worst Changes in Hunting
 

Worst: Selling of game animals to be hunted behind enclosures or through Internet "hunting".
Best: Organization of hunters through groups like SCI, RMEF, NWTF... to improve natural habitat for wild game.