But having it get that far, and reach that levelis something NOT caused by nature. Man's influence and impact created an "artificial" situation that never would have existed under "natural" conditions.

Amen, Arthur. If I could kill more of them....and thought that would help.....I would. I kill (and you know this about me) every female deer I get a shot opportunity to do so on......and I'll continue to do just that.

Nature's better at this than I am, though. She efficient.....but not "pretty" doing her job.

Granted. She's just "adapting".....and doing what she does best.

We are where we are, now (here)...and I don't see it changing.THE thing that would help....would be to open up the countyland to hunting. Would I be "for" that? Selfishly.....NO. I'm just being honest. So....we'll kill every female we can.....keep in touch with the Bio.....and she'll keep doing what she's doing (nature....albeit "influenced"). Given.

What the heck? Are you guys worried about this? I mean really? This is childsplay compared to what is being made law right now. Do you think I want my children going to unisex restrooms? Hell no!!! That is just the way our world/government is headed. That is just the beginning.


Bow-only hunting? Pfft

LT

Couldn't see the need here in Virginia. You have an entire month to yourself to bowhunt before the muzzleloader season. You can trophy hunt, meat hunt, whatever makes you happy as a bowhunter.Still beyound mehow someone could be so selfish as to want an ENTIRE county for their trophy hunting,at the expense of every muzzleloader hunter andfirearm hunter. Nothing more than elitism. The exact reason many gun hunters can't stand bowhunters.

Frankly, I'd have to agree with them. The way this poll has gone, I'm kinda ashamed right now to even be associated with bowhunting.

As appealing as bow hunting only would be it doesn't address the problem of access in the suburban area's where the largest concentration of deer density is likely to occur.If something like this were to happen you would also need the political support and the community support to have it work favorably.
Unless you have a county that is extremely suburban I don't think it would be a good idea at all,meaning the consideration should be one of safety not exclusion.
I also very much like the diversity of rifle hunting and wouldn't want to give it up.

One of the reasons I really love bowhunting is that there aren't a million other people doing it in my area. If my county went all bowhunting it would create a bunch of idiots buying a bow and not being smart enough to practice with it year round. There would be alot of lost deer due to bad judgment.

Not for a second!! That would be like a dream come true for me. The only thing is, it will NEVER happen for the reason you stated. Just think how it would bring poaching to a screeching halt though!

Yeah bowhunters never poach[:-]

Would you change that question from "bowhunters" to "criminals with bows?" Because they darn sure aren't bowhunters, or hunters of any kind.