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Okay, let's make 101 and 204 4 point or better and spike whitetail only, eliminate doe permits and put gates on all forrest service roads within those units. Leave some of the other units to the "meat hunters". I added spike whities into the mix to appease some of the "meat" hunters and because research has shown that on average, a first year spike usually will not have the genetics to grow to true "trophy" potential.
I think the reallity of a guy hunting to feed his familly in this day and agr is bs. the amount of time and money that we averege hunts spend on deer hunting annually would buy a hell of alot of beef. I would like to see a draw only system in our state . I think this would inhance the hunting and would be a possitive experiance for familly hunts when drawn , maybe more hunters would take it more serioussly and weed out some of the weekend drinkers and road hunters.
love it!! has nothing to do with seeing anything now, just a couple years and u will see the benefit and lots of branch antlered bucks. I just dont get the guys who bitch about it and are blasting spikes and forks, go get a damn doe tag if thats what your shooting, its quite obvious your not hunting for the challenge of the hunt.
Why dont they make a 5 or 6 units OTC trophy units that are 4 point min. for whitetails and mulies and limit access by gating a good percentage of the roads and eliminating doe tags. Then making the majority of the other units any buck like they already are (but I still beleive they need to limit doe tags) for the average joe to hunt. All of the hard core trophy hunters will go to the 4 point or better units enjoying hunting mature animals and seeing less people while everyone else who just wants to shoot a buck can go to the majority of the other units that would be any buck. I think this would be the best way to do things for the greater good of the majority of hunters. Some of the average joes might be pissed about there normal stomping grounds being turned to 4 point min. but there will be alot more units that would be open to any buck.
Quote from: PolarBear on November 20, 2010, 09:05:39 AMOkay, let's make 101 and 204 4 point or better and spike whitetail only, eliminate doe permits and put gates on all forrest service roads within those units. Leave some of the other units to the "meat hunters". I added spike whities into the mix to appease some of the "meat" hunters and because research has shown that on average, a first year spike usually will not have the genetics to grow to true "trophy" potential.ferry county is the poorest and arguably toughest to live in counties in this state.....doubt it will happen. there are lots of folks there that NEED to whack a few deer to get by. logging is done and there is not a mc donalds in the county to earn minimum wage at.
If your out hunting to feed your familly maybe you should be working harder to provide for them , but I guess work is for beer and smokes . The idea of hunting to feed your familly is crap if you really need one deer to survive the winter your a dead beat .