Restrict Archery and ML seasons to 9 days.

[Jingles]

Yea this is gonna get a lot of flak and I'm probably gonna be called all kinds of things but I seriously believe that they should restrict the archery and Ml seasons to the same amount of time they allow for Modern.
If 9 days is good enough for modern deer season then it is good enough for Archery and ML.  The heck with this crap of the entire month then another season for late without having to draw special tags......

[westsidehntr]

Do i detect a little envy?  Maybe you should get a bow or smokepole

[wildmanoutdoors]

Once bows can shoot hundreds of yards with optics and muzzies can use scopes and shoot hundreds of yards then we can change it.

Coarse then we dont need 3 seasons. Soooooo lets just keep it how it is. 

You must have never bow hunted? Do you realise how many stalks get blown trying to get to a good bow shooting distance?

[Machias]

You only have this kind of discussion in a "choose your weapon" state.  Most states the archery season is 3+ months long.  Nary a whisper of envy from the modern folks, because they can hunt with a bow if they want to.

[RadSav]

 

[hughjorgan]

Yea this is gonna get a lot of flak and I'm probably gonna be called all kinds of things but I seriously believe that they should restrict the archery and Ml seasons to the same amount of time they allow for Modern.
If 9 days is good enough for modern deer season then it is good enough for Archery and ML.  The heck with this crap of the entire month then another season for late without having to draw special tags......

Modern firearm has great opportunity; you start off with a high hunt in September, follow that with the general season and then you have late hunts for blacktails and whitetails. What's not to like or equitable about opportunity? That is nearly a month spread out through out the fall to hunt deer without drawing a special permit.

[HUNTINCOUPLE]

    

[Elkaholic daWg]

You only have this kind of discussion in a "choose your weapon" state.  Most states the archery season is 3+ months long.  Nary a whisper of envy from the modern folks, because they can hunt with a bow if they want to.

And there still are quite a few of us left that remember how much BETTER it was before that was crammed down or throats, right Dave? (W)

[bobcat]

I think you're mainly talking about the mule deer season and for that, the muzzleloader season is also 9 days. That's the early season, there is no late season, except for a couple units which are mostly private land.

[buglebrush]

Once bows can shoot hundreds of yards with optics and muzzies can use scopes and shoot hundreds of yards then we can change it.

Coarse then we dont need 3 seasons. Soooooo lets just keep it how it is. 

You must have never bow hunted? Do you realise how many stalks get blown trying to get to a good bow shooting distance?

 

We could've easily killed 9 different bulls this year with a gun before finally getting an arrow in one.   

[snowpack]

You only have this kind of discussion in a "choose your weapon" state.  Most states the archery season is 3+ months long.  Nary a whisper of envy from the modern folks, because they can hunt with a bow if they want to.

Fighting for the scraps to get that last bump in harvest percent, number of mature animals, rut timing, antlerless as general vs permit.....

[elkoholic1]

 

[Bucks2Ducks]

That idea has to be grounds for at least a 1 week ban?

[justyhntr]

I hunt 653 for deer , Archery gets 21 days , muzzies get no days and modern gets 23 days , 6 or 7 of those are rut, that's seems about rite . Oh , but I forgot , there are no deer in 653

[Katmai Guy]

Apply for a multi season deer tag, nobody is denied, it seems.  Then you get four months of hunting.