Is your state's hunting better or worse then when you were a kid?
01-22-2008, 04:17 PM
#1
Thread Starter
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: NY
Posts: 4,668
Is your state's hunting better or worse then when you were a kid?
Worse in NY for sure.
Many reasons.
Too many hunters on too little land.
Too many tags.
Seasons out of whack.
Clueless decisions by DEC.
Poor attitude by hunters and lack of unity.
Many reasons.
Too many hunters on too little land.
Too many tags.
Seasons out of whack.
Clueless decisions by DEC.
Poor attitude by hunters and lack of unity.
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01-22-2008, 04:20 PM
#4
Senior Member
Join Date: Oct 2005
Location: gainesville, FL/Blakely, GA
Posts: 580
RE: Is your state's hunting better or worse then when you were a kid?
Way better in georgia. hunter numbers dropping. game laws keeping doe poulation in check, and many counties going to antler restrictions. Florida is a different story, definetely worse.
01-22-2008, 04:27 PM
#6
Giant Nontypical
Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: Heaven is my home, temporarily residing in WNY :)
Posts: 6,679
RE: Is your state's hunting better or worse then when you were a kid?
There are more deer in NY tho, bro ...... I do agree with the too little land ... I don't agree with too many tags ..... seasons are about the same, and I think I have a year or two on ya, I'm 42 .... and the DEC .. not sure what decisions you mean ........ hunter attitude and unity - it's that way with people in general ...... the more people don't recognize God in their lives, the more they care about themselves ONLY .... great post tho ..
01-22-2008, 04:32 PM
#7
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Nov 2007
Location: Kansas city, Missouri
Posts: 2,571
RE: Is your state's hunting better or worse then when you were a kid?
The hunting in missouri is way better than it was, I can remember only 5 years ago only seeing a couple deer a hunt and now i am seeing 30 to 40 deer a hunt. Although we have been managing our land and planting food plots and thats boosted the sightings up
01-22-2008, 04:33 PM
#8
Typical Buck
Join Date: Sep 2007
Location: westchester, ny
Posts: 678
RE: Is your state's hunting better or worse then when you were a kid?
In my little area in NY the number of deer is still very high but the quality of bucks is definitely not as good as it was even 10-15 years ago, when I started hunting. Spots are getting harder to come by because there is no public land and buildings are going up everywhere.
01-22-2008, 04:37 PM
#10
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Jul 2007
Location: Virginia
Posts: 3,882
RE: Is your state's hunting better or worse then when you were a kid?
Considering the land i hunt never got hunted until i started hunting.... it has probly gotten worse, but im starting to see bigger bucks though....
