here in indiana bow starts oct 1 ends jan 6th shot gun is two or three weeks in nov and muzzleloader is in the first week of dec i think

most states are this way

but why? Why are there short season for gun and long for bow

and why not have a year round season for atlease bow and a bag limit to hold size of the herds

Gun hunters are generally have a much higher success rate when compared to bow hunters. A long gun season would surely endwith too many deer taken.

A year round season could have negative effects on the young/new born deer. The animals need to have as little of stress through the winter months as possible, especially during really bad weather/deep snow.

howler that makes sence it is about what i figured

Factors:

* Size of herd
* No. of hunters in state/zone
* Success rate of hunters in said
* Etc...

We can archery hunt in NC from the first weekend in Sept. through mid-December in my zone of NC. I wouldn't be surprised to see that lengthened to the end of the year, soon (already is on the Eastern zones). We have a lot of deer....but not a lot of hunters. For example.....our herd is relatively close to PA's. The have 4X the amt. of hunters.

[Deleted by Admins]

i ahve noticed that it seems like indiana starts the lastes and is one of the ones that end early oct 1st and end jan 6th