WV Deer Hunting Seasons
08-05-2005 | 11:53 AM
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Nontypical Buck
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RE: WV Deer Hunting Seasons
ORIGINAL: DougMD
The whole idea of letting a select group of people hunt before everyone else bothers me. I can understand a youth day to get the kids involved, but not a 2 week season for crossbow hunters. Also, I am all for a one week rifle season with a week of no gun hunting, then a week of muzzleloader. In any case, less bucks and does need to be taken one way or the other. Seems to me that if antler restrictions are used, within a few years MORE people will buy licenses because there will be more bigger bucks running around. All the guys I hunt with agree they would rather have more bigger bucks with AR's on the little guys than open season on everything with 3 or more inches of antler.
The whole idea of letting a select group of people hunt before everyone else bothers me. I can understand a youth day to get the kids involved, but not a 2 week season for crossbow hunters. Also, I am all for a one week rifle season with a week of no gun hunting, then a week of muzzleloader. In any case, less bucks and does need to be taken one way or the other. Seems to me that if antler restrictions are used, within a few years MORE people will buy licenses because there will be more bigger bucks running around. All the guys I hunt with agree they would rather have more bigger bucks with AR's on the little guys than open season on everything with 3 or more inches of antler.
08-05-2005 | 02:50 PM
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Giant Nontypical
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RE: WV Deer Hunting Seasons
I see your point, and the abuse of that is the major problem. I still don't see how any specific group should have first crack at it anyway though. To me, everyone should be treated the same as far as season dates go. Sure, let the guy with a bad shoulder shoot a crossbow, but I don't see why he therefore gets a two week headstart on everyone else simply because he hurt his shoulder.
08-06-2005 | 05:00 PM
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RE: WV Deer Hunting Seasons
it should be the same first two weeks of regular bow season............ two weeks is two weeks.......tehy will still have the same amount of time to hunt....its not a race so why give them a head start?
08-09-2005 | 06:50 PM
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RE: WV Deer Hunting Seasons
I don't disagree with hunting with crossbows at all. But the early start is not right. There will be all kinds of people trying to get permits for all exuses. Where will they draw the line.It was said above somewhere there are not many handicap people that would hunt. Give them a head start and see how many you get. They also said big bucks don't move much early, that won't matter because the ones that cheat the system to get a permit will be sitting above a big baitpile.
I know a old man that had a stroke and wanted to hunt off his 4-wheeler. DNR came to his house and talked with him. Due to the fact he could go to the kitchen with a walker and get a half cup of coffee they told him he could get far enough off the path to hunt.
I know a old man that had a stroke and wanted to hunt off his 4-wheeler. DNR came to his house and talked with him. Due to the fact he could go to the kitchen with a walker and get a half cup of coffee they told him he could get far enough off the path to hunt.
