Things are a changing

[msbigdawg1234]

http://www.ms-sportsman.com/details.php?id=2126

[BIG TIMBER]

People are still using primitive weapons?

[hillhunter]

I don't like the idea of crossbows during bow season unless you have a disability or condition where you need one. I dont really care if they change the primitive weapon laws. They haven't been primitive in a long time, don't even consider it a difference anymore, just a different gun to carry.

Anyone wanna buy a HR .444 w/ scope?

[Kealhofer]

Hell, the compound bows are anything but primitive and the H&R is a single shot rifle. Im sure both will pass but what about all the tax revenue every time the next "primitive weapon" hits the market. Like when the Knight muzzleloaders and then the handi.

[MSDuckmen]

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

[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......

[ScottyLee]

is this is something to possibly go into effect for the 2013-2014 seasons?

[peewee]

I almost bout a 35 wheelen barrel for my encore in January. Decided to buy a pistol instead. Looks like that was a wise decision.

[digger]

They should do it for all land not just privet land but $$$$ got in the way.I read in the CL where the firarm dealer's (they named Van's) were crying about how much they'd lose if they change or do away with pm season.

[gps4]

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.

[420 racin]

Primitive weapon, bow, crossbow, rifle, slingshot, etc... It doesn't matter to ME what You kill your deer with. If YOU think it shoudl be a primitive weapon, by all means feel free to use one, if YOU think it should be a bow, then by all means use one, but if I want to use a rifle or crossbow, then by all means I will. If you want to kill a deer, go kill it with whatever weapon you feel like using. I haven't used a "Primitive Weapon" in a long long time. Nothing primitive about the single shot rifles they got now. I just put one bullet in my 270 and call it a "primitive Weapon" No difference

[jdbuckshot]

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.

[Ster]

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......

About a year ago I spoke to a local WMA official and we were discussing the issue of deer population in MS. He said that the real issue is not number of days, primitive weapon etc.... the real issue is the fact that the younger population just isn't hunting like they use to. Go back a generation or two and high school kids would routinely skip school, hit the woods as soon as class let out etc... Now, there is so much going on in the life of a teenager that hunting, even for the most avid of teen outdoorsman is way down the list of things to do.

[Kealhofer]

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......

About a year ago I spoke to a local WMA official and we were discussing the issue of deer population in MS. He said that the real issue is not number of days, primitive weapon etc.... the real issue is the fact that the younger population just isn't hunting like they use to. Go back a generation or two and high school kids would routinely skip school, hit the woods as soon as class let out etc... Now, there is so much going on in the life of a teenager that hunting, even for the most avid of teen outdoorsman is way down the list of things to do.

Thats back when hunting was cheap and there was no such thing as wealthy people running the lease prices through the roof. i know a ton of older men that said there aint no way in hell im gonna pay to hunt, so they just stopped. I stopped duck hunting bc of the cost so my son will not grow up watching the sun come up bt the cypress trees in a brake.

[peewee]

Bubba that's the truth. Also can you imagine what they would do to kids now days if they found out they had a gun hid behind the seat of their truck to go hunting after school. I can remember when Mr. Harpole and I use to talk about if I was going hunting after school.