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12-11-2008, 12:13 PM
#31
Typical Buck
Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: Central Illinois
Posts: 579
RE: How long is the gun season in your State ?
ORIGINAL: DropTine249
NJ is ridiculous. 65 Days
NJ is ridiculous. 65 Days
12-11-2008, 12:19 PM
#35
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: ILLINOIS
Posts: 1,207
RE: How long is the gun season in your State ?
ORIGINAL: shed33
just shy of 2 months, right through the rut. Oct 10-Dec 1 ...Idaho's DNR up here in the North is all about how much $ they can bring in. They care nothing about managing for quality whitetails or elk for that matter. With the boom in population up here and the very liberal gun seasons, I see our quality of deer and elk hunting only to decline year in and year out. We even have SPIKE only seasons on bulls in units where the cows out number the bulls 30 or 40 to 1 ... its a complete joke.
just shy of 2 months, right through the rut. Oct 10-Dec 1 ...Idaho's DNR up here in the North is all about how much $ they can bring in. They care nothing about managing for quality whitetails or elk for that matter. With the boom in population up here and the very liberal gun seasons, I see our quality of deer and elk hunting only to decline year in and year out. We even have SPIKE only seasons on bulls in units where the cows out number the bulls 30 or 40 to 1 ... its a complete joke.
Spike only?! Never heard of such a thing, who's the genius that came up with that one!
12-11-2008, 12:20 PM
#36
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Jan 2008
Location:
Posts: 2,139
RE: How long is the gun season in your State ?
ORIGINAL: DropTine249
Magic, I'm not a softy...Tell me what you dont like about it.
Most bowhunters do NOT hunt very often with a firearm...Nothing wrong with that. In my experience, most of the bowhutners that I know only really bowhunt.
I can see where you may have an issue with this statement...I'm not looking to bash, it's just how I see things. In different areas, it may not be true. But in NJ, you see these guys go out with a bow day in and day out, come out with nothing...you'll hear the excuses...Then, when firearms season rolls in, the same guys are dragging out 1.5yo 5pointers....Like I said, just my experience. Let me add...That same guy dragging out that 1.5yo5 pointer or 100" 2.5yo pointer, will be the FIRST guy to complain that there are no big bucks. Drives me crazy...HE is the reason !
I'm not anti-gun hunting...I just wouldnt go out of my way to support or lenghten the season..I'm speaking strictly from a buck quality point, here.
I hate it when people make comments like this.[:'(]
But, lets face it- as bowhunters we generally hunt 98% with bow and go out on occasion with a firearm.
I love my muzzleloader, slug gun and my waterfowl guns. Thing is, I have little desire to gun hunt. I think people see guns as a way to get done what they've failed to do with a bow.
I'm not anti-gun hunting...I just wouldnt go out of my way to support or lenghten the season..I'm speaking strictly from a buck quality point, here.
Though you "have little desire to gun hunt" it's not fair to those of us who do.
12-11-2008, 12:23 PM
#37
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Northern Idaho's Panhandle
Posts: 4,436
RE: How long is the gun season in your State ?
ORIGINAL: SuperRedHawk
Spike only?! Never heard of such a thing, who's the genius that came up with that one!
ORIGINAL: shed33
just shy of 2 months, right through the rut. Oct 10-Dec 1 ...Idaho's DNR up here in the North is all about how much $ they can bring in. They care nothing about managing for quality whitetails or elk for that matter. With the boom in population up here and the very liberal gun seasons, I see our quality of deer and elk hunting only to decline year in and year out. We even have SPIKE only seasons on bulls in units where the cows out number the bulls 30 or 40 to 1 ... its a complete joke.
just shy of 2 months, right through the rut. Oct 10-Dec 1 ...Idaho's DNR up here in the North is all about how much $ they can bring in. They care nothing about managing for quality whitetails or elk for that matter. With the boom in population up here and the very liberal gun seasons, I see our quality of deer and elk hunting only to decline year in and year out. We even have SPIKE only seasons on bulls in units where the cows out number the bulls 30 or 40 to 1 ... its a complete joke.
Spike only?! Never heard of such a thing, who's the genius that came up with that one!
12-11-2008, 12:30 PM
#39
Bartender
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Wisconsin
Posts: 6,634
RE: How long is the gun season in your State ?
You got it Todd and for CWD add Dec 24th-Jan 4th for earn a buck season.
ORIGINAL: magicman54494
Wis: First of all it I should consult my lawyer. Thats almost what you need to understand the laws here
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In a nutshell:
oct antlerless only 4 day season
Nov 9 day rifle season
followed by a 10 day ML season
then another 4 day antlerless only season
Unless your in CWD zone. Which is a lot of the southern part of the state. Don't ask me what the seasons are there. It's basically an all out slaughter. They don't call it an eradication zone for nothing!
Wis: First of all it I should consult my lawyer. Thats almost what you need to understand the laws here
.In a nutshell:
oct antlerless only 4 day season
Nov 9 day rifle season
followed by a 10 day ML season
then another 4 day antlerless only season
Unless your in CWD zone. Which is a lot of the southern part of the state. Don't ask me what the seasons are there. It's basically an all out slaughter. They don't call it an eradication zone for nothing!
12-11-2008, 12:34 PM
#40
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: ILLINOIS
Posts: 1,207
RE: How long is the gun season in your State ?
Wow, 9 days of killing spikes, that is horrible. Do people really want to kill a spike that much more than a cow?
I would think a cow only season would generate as much revenue, if not more?
I would think a cow only season would generate as much revenue, if not more?