True or False...
06-30-2008 | 03:02 PM
#51
Boone & Crockett
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From: Michigan/Ohio
RE: True or False...
ORIGINAL: BigJ71
I personally would be pretty pissed if my (or any county for that matter) was designated a "bow only" county. I feel it can only be detrimental to hunting as a whole. It would only further divide us as hunters and bolster the elitism that runs rampant through the bow hunting community as it is. We have this in Illinois, there are a few counties (Cook for one) that gun hunting is not allowed and I think it's pure crap!
On the other side of the coin. If I ever paid for a hunt you can bet I would never sign up with an outfitter who didn't allow bow hunting. There are those who believe it is not a humane nor efficient form of weapon.....they can keep their business. It's folks who try to divide hunters with silly and poorly researched rules that will ruin this sport for everyone.
I personally would be pretty pissed if my (or any county for that matter) was designated a "bow only" county. I feel it can only be detrimental to hunting as a whole. It would only further divide us as hunters and bolster the elitism that runs rampant through the bow hunting community as it is. We have this in Illinois, there are a few counties (Cook for one) that gun hunting is not allowed and I think it's pure crap!
On the other side of the coin. If I ever paid for a hunt you can bet I would never sign up with an outfitter who didn't allow bow hunting. There are those who believe it is not a humane nor efficient form of weapon.....they can keep their business. It's folks who try to divide hunters with silly and poorly researched rules that will ruin this sport for everyone.
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06-30-2008 | 03:05 PM
#53
Dominant Buck
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RE: True or False...
Inplaces where the food supply is not supplemented, the deer will eat themselves right out of thier habitat and destroy it. The food supplydisappears and the deer numbers crash.In places where the food supply is supplemented, the forest habitat takes a pounding, but the numbers don't crash as bad because of crops to eat. but then get a hard winter and see what happens, with huge deer numbers and no winter browse.
I don't think we have a handle on how well they are at taking care of themselves.
06-30-2008 | 03:08 PM
#55
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RE: True or False...
In Ohio, gun hunters have 9 (13 counting the late muzzleloader) days to shoot 'em up, and the gun seasons are post rut. Us bowhunters have 4 months during the prerut, rut, and late season to fill our tags. We still don't approach gun season harvest numbers. AND, we can use crossbows as well...
06-30-2008 | 03:10 PM
#56
Giant Nontypical
Joined: Feb 2004
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From: Pittsburgh, PA
RE: True or False...
ORIGINAL: GMMAT
I live "there", Ryan. What I'm witnessing here is the herd correcting itself. If our fawn mortality rate isn't over 60%......I'd be surprised. This is NOT due to predators, alone. They're handling their own issues, "naturally". In places where the herd is not as dense as the one I hunt.....and the climate is similar, fawn survival rate is sometimes greater than 1:1.....meaning the herd is replenished to the tune of more than 1 fawn that survives per doe (less deer density areas).
I don't think we have a handle on how well they are at taking care of themselves.
Inplaces where the food supply is not supplemented, the deer will eat themselves right out of thier habitat and destroy it. The food supplydisappears and the deer numbers crash.In places where the food supply is supplemented, the forest habitat takes a pounding, but the numbers don't crash as bad because of crops to eat. but then get a hard winter and see what happens, with huge deer numbers and no winter browse.
I don't think we have a handle on how well they are at taking care of themselves.
06-30-2008 | 03:14 PM
#58
Fork Horn
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RE: True or False...
ORIGINAL: quiksilver
EXAMPLE: The government bans Person B from killing Person A.
Person A is happy, because he would not enjoy being dead.
Person B enjoys killing people, so heis sad.
Why would you feel that banning some one else from doing what they love would be a good thing for you is beyond me.
Person A is happy, because he would not enjoy being dead.
Person B enjoys killing people, so heis sad.
06-30-2008 | 03:14 PM
#59
Dominant Buck
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Having nature resort to something completely against the laws of nature.