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Old 02-20-2008 | 12:19 PM
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they allow any buck to be taken at their most vulnerable time with a firearm!
It looks to me that you are assuming that the gun hunters kill any buck that shows himself...
Obviously it's easier to take deer with a firearm. I'm not saying that gun hunters DO kill any buck that shows himself (I've hunted with a gun and so do many of my friends and they don't kill any buck that shows himself), I'm just saying that mixing vulnerable deer with the easiest means of taking isn't a great way to "increase the number of mature deer" which is what the DOW claims is their goal.

Hi Dubbya.

I am assuming by reading your original post that the only change made was to reduce the number of bucksavailable from 3-2. Is that correct? If so, yes they may takena stepto increase the amount of mature deer.
Now, If they have also recently moved the gun season into the rut then i would agree with you that this is not going to do it.
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Old 02-20-2008 | 12:21 PM
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seems like your not mad at what there doing but gun hunting
they have the gun season in the rut time because it give people the vest chance to take a deer with a gun.
since with bow we get any where from 4 to 6 months of season.
they only get a few weeks,.
How does it help the deer if there is no gun hunting during the rut if you can still get three deer

how about making gun season the same time as bow season. say 4 to 6 months of all hunting
i bet you would not like that
you guys make me sick sometimes people gun hunting have as much right to hunt as we bow hunters
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Old 02-20-2008 | 01:16 PM
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Hi Dubbya.

I am assuming by reading your original post that the only change made was to reduce the number of bucksavailable from 3-2. Is that correct? If so, yes they may takena stepto increase the amount of mature deer.
Now, If they have also recently moved the gun season into the rut then i would agree with you that this is not going to do it.
You're correct the only change made was to reduce the combined (ML, Gun, Bow seasons) bag limit to 2 bucks. I spoke with the DOW this morning to find out if the results were completed for this year's harvest. He said they were not complete but so far the difference in the number of bucks taken was negligeable at best. He personally felt that becasue very few people killed three bucks in a season anyway (in previous years), that the law change was not effective. As I said in the first post, I'm a 100% advocate of allowing fewer bucks to be killed. At the same time, it doesn't help if people are still killing young deer (which is I why I said that I'm in favor of antler restrictions as well).

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seems like your not mad at what there doing but gun hunting I have no problems with gun hunters, hell, I DO IT!!!
they have the gun season in the rut time because it give people the vest chance to take a deer with a gun.
since with bow we get any where from 4 to 6 months of season.
they only get a few weeks. You said it for me... it gives people the best chance to take a deer with a gun. Why? Because the BUCKS are more vulnerable, therefore it's not helping bucks mature.

How does it help the deer if there is no gun hunting during the rut if you can still get three deer It makes it more difficult... to kill those three deer, does it not???

how about making gun season the same time as bow season. say 4 to 6 months of all hunting
i bet you would not like that
you guys make me sick sometimes people gun hunting have as much right to hunt as we bow hunters Let's talk about Texas. Their gun season runs one month shorter than bow season... That's wonderful! I don't have a problem with that, but the TPWD never publishes stuff about trying to increase the number of mature deer either.
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