Things are a changing

[SWAG]

So many deer here what does it really matter? They are trying to give people more opportunity

And you would think this would work. More days hunting and more opportunity should mean more deer being harvested........BUT it just does not seem to be the case, at least in my area. I myself am guilty a lot of the time of not shooting a doe because I can always wait till a better day to do so (with so many available days to hunt). Not cold enough to let one hang today....maybe there is a good buck following this doe....got to be at Church toniight.....got to get up early tomorrow....I got a bunch of excuses to NOT shoot a deer. I have often wondered if MDWFP went the OTHER direction and limited the opportunity would we then in fact see antlerless deer harvest go up. Take a state like Illinois for example. Only so many days up there you can hunt with a gun. You going to let that short season go by passing on deer? Nope. Going to get you one or two in the freezer quick. Still a very liberal bag limit and high number of days to hunt, just not many with a gun. Longer bow seasons and long primitive weapon seasons along with a shorter gun season may be the trick to getting population numbers down??? Just a theory......

you are a genious.

All the best deer hunting states have this sort of set up. and they kill a bunch of deer, and a bunch of big deer.

I have thought about this everytime regulations have been changed and positive results did not seem to happen. Let's at least try it!!! We have been going the other direction for quite some time and it has not given people the incentive to shoot more does.......just the opposite. And thanks for the compliment....HAHA!

[MSDuckmen]

So many deer here what does it really matter?

A more important question to ask is "where has MSDuckmen been for the last year?"
Haven't seen you in the mix in quite a while. Welcome back.

I have been around, Lurk at all the old sites and read what all my Web buds are doing. I just really don't have much to offer. Still learning how to deer hunt and run a dang ole club. Don't duck hunt much anymore just a few times a season. spend most of my time at camp, bought land near Stugis and that takes up alot of my time planting and growing wildlife habitat. Still planting trees each year but age has even slowed that down as I can only put out about a thousand before I give out.

I miss staying close to you guys but I still have a place in my heart for all of you and check in pretty often.

Better Tomorrow

[simmy]

So what was the final outcome? Did both pass?