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jdbuckshot wrote:

SWAG wrote:

MSDuckmen wrote: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.

gps4 wrote:

MSDuckmen wrote: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.