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Which tag do you pick? East or West for deer hunting?

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Offline Sneaky

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Picking a side of the state for deer hunting
« on: February 24, 2019, 10:26:30 AM »
lets hear it! A lot of folks on here are talking about it. What would you pick?

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Re: Picking a side of the state for deer hunting
« Reply #1 on: February 24, 2019, 10:40:01 AM »
Watch BT eat my apples on the west side and hunt the WT and Muley's I grew up hunting on the eastside.
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Re: Picking a side of the state for deer hunting
« Reply #2 on: February 24, 2019, 10:43:39 AM »
Im all for it, but i bet you would see a large increase in multi deer applicants from the west side, and a large decrease in left over multi deer permits.

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Re: Picking a side of the state for deer hunting
« Reply #3 on: February 24, 2019, 10:48:21 AM »
I would choose eastside most of the time since it's where I live but occasionally would choose westside since it is where I grew up. I didn't vote because it would depend on the year and what/where I felt like hunting at the time.


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Re: Picking a side of the state for deer hunting
« Reply #4 on: February 24, 2019, 10:55:41 AM »
Im all for it, but i bet you would see a large increase in multi deer applicants from the west side, and a large decrease in left over multi deer permits.

I would be interested to hear back from you after this runs for a few days to see if you are still all for it! Maybe I'm wrong but we will see!

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Re: Picking a side of the state for deer hunting
« Reply #5 on: February 24, 2019, 10:59:01 AM »
Outside  :chuckle:
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Re: Picking a side of the state for deer hunting
« Reply #6 on: February 24, 2019, 10:59:55 AM »
It would probably depend on the year but I would probably pick West side and hunt mulies and whitetail out of state.

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Re: Picking a side of the state for deer hunting
« Reply #7 on: February 24, 2019, 11:02:39 AM »
It would probably depend on the year but I would probably pick West side and hunt mulies and whitetail out of state.

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thats a good point -  could see an increase in out of state pressure as a result

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Re: Picking a side of the state for deer hunting
« Reply #8 on: February 24, 2019, 11:03:18 AM »
I have said for a while now that we should choose a species. Not just east/west.  :twocents:

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Re: Picking a side of the state for deer hunting
« Reply #9 on: February 24, 2019, 11:40:31 AM »
If I had to chose between east or west it would be neither.
I'm not sure.

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Re: Picking a side of the state for deer hunting
« Reply #10 on: February 24, 2019, 11:43:14 AM »
I have said for a while now that we should choose a species. Not just east/west.  :twocents:
Agreed

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Re: Picking a side of the state for deer hunting
« Reply #11 on: February 24, 2019, 11:45:34 AM »
I could see this putting a lot more pressure on those mulies that so many people are already saying are in a world of hurt. I see choosing east or west as a big mistake.

I did not vote because I'm against it, and I very rarely hunt the east side!

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Re: Picking a side of the state for deer hunting
« Reply #12 on: February 24, 2019, 11:58:51 AM »
I could see this putting a lot more pressure on those mulies that so many people are already saying are in a world of hurt. I see choosing east or west as a big mistake.

I did not vote because I'm against it, and I very rarely hunt the east side!
AGREE!  This is not a good idea and I hope the state doesn't consider it, it would have nothing to do about anything except MONEY!!  They'd find another way to have us spend more, stupid idea in my opinion and it just not needed to help pressure or the herds.  I understand why we choose sides for elk, but it's not needed for deer.
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Re: Picking a side of the state for deer hunting
« Reply #13 on: February 24, 2019, 12:06:05 PM »
I think It would reduce pressure across the board. Look how many guys hunt mule deer for a week then back to the west side for late oct. then whitetail late. If a guy were to choose he could t pressure all 3 in a season.  :twocents:

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Re: Picking a side of the state for deer hunting
« Reply #14 on: February 24, 2019, 12:09:21 PM »
I could see this putting a lot more pressure on those mulies that so many people are already saying are in a world of hurt. I see choosing east or west as a big mistake.

I did not vote because I'm against it, and I very rarely hunt the east side!

So you think people who don't already hunt mule deer would start to hunt mule deer?
Kindly do not attempt to cloud the issue with too many facts.

 


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