Anyone else notice fewer hunters?
#1
Spike
Thread Starter
Join Date: Sep 2009
Posts: 4
Anyone else notice fewer hunters?
Saw this the other day. Has anyone noticed a fewer fellow hunters?
http://www.oregonlive.com/sports/ore...hunting_h.html
http://www.oregonlive.com/sports/ore...hunting_h.html
#6
Fork Horn
Join Date: Feb 2004
Posts: 147
We sure didn't see the hunters up in Colorado that we normally see. Also the normal trucks with ATV's and ones that would stand out as hunters was not even close to what we see in years past.
I'll be heading to Oregon Nov. 11th. So we'll get another look as we head out. Talked to my buddy tonight and he said looks like rifle hunters are only about 30% in the area this year vs. last.
Look like the count is down at least in the areas we hunt.
Goatslayer........
I'll be heading to Oregon Nov. 11th. So we'll get another look as we head out. Talked to my buddy tonight and he said looks like rifle hunters are only about 30% in the area this year vs. last.
Look like the count is down at least in the areas we hunt.
Goatslayer........
#7
Certainly less where we hunted in Colorado. We saw more elk this year than the other 4 years we hunted where we go. Reduced pressure in the first season coupled with less hunting second season resulted in more elk not pushed to the 11,000' + altitude.
#8
Fork Horn
Join Date: Feb 2004
Posts: 147
Finishe up hunt in Oregon. Saw fewer hunters in Wyoming than normal. But Oregon had more hunters than in years past.
So in the areas we hunt Colorado and Wyoming appeared to be down but Oregon was up in the season and area we hunt.
Goatslayer........
So in the areas we hunt Colorado and Wyoming appeared to be down but Oregon was up in the season and area we hunt.
Goatslayer........
#10
I never do see many people where I hunt. I try to stay out of the woods on weekends when the weekend warriors come out. I have two tree stands on the corners of my property that overlooks the national forest so I usually stay here on the property on weekends. Most of them are just road hunters trying to fill a meat tag and they aren't to selective in what hey shoot.
Bobby
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