WI T-zone Any Luck
10-27-2005, 01:23 PM
#2
Giant Nontypical
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Wisconsin/Michigan
Posts: 9,679
RE: WI T-zone Any Luck
O'Yeah!
I got this little guy at 8:01am, broadside with the Ole 870 Express! He ran 15 feet and dropped! About 20 minutes later a Monster 12 point was with in 25 feet of me with a small 4 point. I couldn't believe my eyes. Dumbarse me left the digital camera in the truck! He had to be a 150' deer on state land to boot!
I got this little guy at 8:01am, broadside with the Ole 870 Express! He ran 15 feet and dropped! About 20 minutes later a Monster 12 point was with in 25 feet of me with a small 4 point. I couldn't believe my eyes. Dumbarse me left the digital camera in the truck! He had to be a 150' deer on state land to boot!
10-28-2005, 12:20 PM
#5
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: South Central Wisconsin
Posts: 1,007
RE: WI T-zone Any Luck
T-zone blows goats IMO. What is the real point of having a T-Zone? To screw things up for bowhunters? If so, it works. If it was a special weekend hunt for kids under 16 or first time hunters, great, but as is there is no reason to have it. In addition with the new rule that bowhunters must harvest a doe between Oct 27-Nov 19th in order to shoot a buck is also retarded. Punishing bowhunters because of whining rifle hunters. With the effort that the average bow hunter puts into this sport, and the difficulty of getting a deer within shooting range, bowhunters should be able to shoot anything anywhere. If not (as in last year) at least keep the rules the same for ALL hunters ALL season long.
FYI, I rifle hunt, but I can totally see how this screws up the guys in the trees.
FYI, I rifle hunt, but I can totally see how this screws up the guys in the trees.
10-28-2005, 01:58 PM
#6
Join Date: Sep 2004
Posts: 13
RE: WI T-zone Any Luck
Handles,
What is up with the EAB from Oct 27- Nov. 19? This is the first I've heard of that. I didn't know there was EAB at all this year in WIS, or is this a new rule that has been proposed for next year? I agree with you and I also take your stand on the T-zone issue. I personally believe that the deer heard is not too large and also that Wisconsin can sustain a much larger deer herd than the one we have. The DNR is simply wrong with
their method of counting deer and it needs much improvement.
What is up with the EAB from Oct 27- Nov. 19? This is the first I've heard of that. I didn't know there was EAB at all this year in WIS, or is this a new rule that has been proposed for next year? I agree with you and I also take your stand on the T-zone issue. I personally believe that the deer heard is not too large and also that Wisconsin can sustain a much larger deer herd than the one we have. The DNR is simply wrong with
their method of counting deer and it needs much improvement.
10-31-2005, 10:08 AM
#8
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: South Central Wisconsin
Posts: 1,007
RE: WI T-zone Any Luck
If you are in any of the CWD zones it is EAB for the T-Zone weekend (Oct 27-30) That means that rifle hunters can come in and shoot their doe, then a buck. Same applies for bowhunters except it continues until Nov 19th. but amazingly on Nov 20th it goes back to shoot a buck anytime you want.
11-01-2005, 09:10 PM
#9
Join Date: Oct 2005
Location: River Falls, Wisconsin
Posts: 129
RE: WI T-zone Any Luck
T-zone was pretty quiet for us this year...no deer shot at all. I personally think that's a great thing, since the last couple years instead of taking does out of the heard, we've had 4 or 5 buck fawns and 1 or 2 does--not good for the buck:doe ratio.
And, my uncle and both brothers told me they didn't see any does worth shooting, but go figure they all saw pretty nice bucks to shoot--and all they could do was watch 'em!
And, my uncle and both brothers told me they didn't see any does worth shooting, but go figure they all saw pretty nice bucks to shoot--and all they could do was watch 'em!