Do They Need To Move The Hunting Season Back A Month?
05-28-2005, 07:46 AM
#1
Do They Need To Move The Hunting Season Back A Month?
I was wondering what you guys think about the deer hunting season being moved back a month in your area? Here in Alabama the seasons have obviously changed and I for one would like to see the state set our opening Bow season back a month from mid October to Mid November. The last 10 years the heat, skeeters, snakes and ticks have took a lot of fun out of bow hunting and the deer just do not move much in 80 degree weather. The same applys during rifle season and several times in the last 10 years the winter has been so mild that we missed the rut which normally kincks in mid January but during these mild winters did not start until February .... tell me what you guys think?
05-28-2005, 07:53 AM
#2
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Daphne, AL
Posts: 425
RE: Do They Need To Move The Hunting Season Back A Month?
I'm with you on that one. Would like to see Alabama's rifle season run from 15 Dec til the end of Feb. Or maybe even delay it only two weeks and have the season run from Dec 1st thru Feb 15th. We certainly haven been given the full benefit of the rut the last several years.
05-28-2005, 08:01 AM
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Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: Iowa
Posts: 2,670
RE: Do They Need To Move The Hunting Season Back A Month?
Our bow season opens October 1st and runs through mid January. It stops for a couple weeks in december for the shotgun season though. Of course I'm a lot further north than you. I think for our state, these seasons are setup really good. It's alot different down there though I'm sure.
05-28-2005, 08:13 AM
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Boone & Crockett
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Ponce de Leon Florida USA
Posts: 10,079
RE: Do They Need To Move The Hunting Season Back A Month?
It would be nice if they would follow the lead of Florida. In Fl the gun season startes for the week of Thanksgiving and then goes out till the middle of Dec. Then it runs till the middle of Feb.
05-28-2005, 12:07 PM
#8
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: Evadale, Texas
Posts: 625
RE: Do They Need To Move The Hunting Season Back A Month?
down here season starts noverber 2nd (lastyear) it was about 90degrees all season till the next to last weekend when the cold front finally hit put us in the 40s. i wish they would move our season back to end/mid december. it didnt get cold till the weekend after Xmas, we still had PLENTY of good acorns on the trees. and no need for the deer to move from the beding for food.
05-28-2005, 02:01 PM
#9
Join Date: Mar 2005
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RE: Do They Need To Move The Hunting Season Back A Month?
Man yeah I wish they would extend the season in to Feb. At my place in Greenville, Al we never get to hunt the rut. I think our rut is in March down here! We have had good luck in bow season though. Im sure holding the start of it a few weeks would only help.
05-28-2005, 02:40 PM
#10
Dominant Buck
Join Date: May 2003
Location: Ramsey , Indiana
Posts: 22,545
RE: Do They Need To Move The Hunting Season Back A Month?
Here in Southern Indiana our bow season begins in mid October , which is normally cool , but last year it was still in the upper 70s to low 80s until almost gun season . I was wearing some pretty thin stuff , heavy t-shirt material , and still sweated like a horse . Our time frame is still right for our "latitude" though .