jaketOH

how do u ohio hunters feel about the extended deer season andextension on gun season

excalibur43

Love it.

nodog

It's alright. A week of muzzleloader would be good. Don't know if the archery extention will make much of a difference. Increasing the harvest # would be good. 2 bucks per year would be great, but someone is doing a good job so I can't complain, just dream.

One hugh change they could make is with the check in. Doesn't make it any easier or safer to make a guy drag a big deer miles out of some places (public, no motorized vehicles allowed)just because it has to be checked in whole. I've contacted them about it and heard the reasons and they are just stupid if you ask me. Many places have a much better check in policy so it's not reinventing the wheel here. The last guy told me that I need to take draging them out into concideration. DUH It really is stupid.

Hotburn76

I am happy yet a little pissed at the same time. I work a 2-2-3 swing shift and the way my work schedule falls I have always had to work opening day since I have to work every other saturday. Well this year I was like a kid on christmas when I realized I wouldn't have to burn my vacation on opening day. So then walking around happy that I would be spending all day saturday and sunday in the woods a guy comes up to me at work knowing what my reaction would be and breaks the news to me and rubs it in!![:@] So I am happy with it but yet really not happy. I think maybe it will help out for more hunting in the first part but dont see how it will help much in the late part.

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FL/GA/OH Hunter

[align=left]Ohio hunters will have expanded deer hunting opportunities this fall, under new regulations and season dates approved for 2006-07 by the Ohio Wildlife Council. [/align][align=left][/align][align=left]The additional weekend of deer-gun hunting will fall on Saturday, December 16 and Sunday, December 17. The traditional week-long deer-gun season will begin on Monday, November 27 and run through Sunday, December 3. Deer-archery season will run from Saturday, September 30 through Sunday, February 4, 2007.[/align][align=left]Statewide muzzleloader season will open on Wednesday, December 27, and run through Saturday, December 30. Early muzzleloader hunts will be open Monday, October 23 through Saturday, October 28 at Salt Fork, Shawnee and Wildcat Hollow. Muzzleloader hunts at these areas are by special permit only, with a random drawing held prior to the season for a limited number of antlered and unlimited number of antlerless permits.[/align][align=left][/align][align=left]...from www.ohiodnr.com/wildlife[/align]

coryt

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[blockquote]i am from ohio also and i just heard the good news im pumped. trust me i will use the extra days[/blockquote]

marmax

I checked the odnr site and did not see the new regs. That sounds good to me though. I can't wait!!

FL/GA/OH Hunter

The regs aren't out yet - it's an article explaining what the new regs are going to be, before they print 'em.

http://www.ohiodnr.com/wildlife/News/hunting_06season.htm

Sept 30-Feb 4 Bow Season
Early Muzzleloader
Standard Gun
Late Gun
Late Muzzleloader

kpsingleton

I like it. Just like the other guys said, I don't think it will make a difference at the end of the season, but it should at the beginning. A couple more days to take a crack at a buck when it is still in summer patterns? Sounds good to me