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Originally Posted by mesquitecountry
Who is saying do away with bow season! NO one. This is an addition of Youth hunting. Not the same thing.
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If firearms (doesn't matter who's pulling the trigger) are going off everywhere there is no longer an archery season, period. I have to wonder what the archery success rate would be like if firearms were in the woods during October putting the deer on high alert. Would hate to see it decided that wound rates were too high and totally eliminate bow hunting period.
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Originally Posted by mesquitecountry
Bill,
I do hunt low fence small property high hunting concentrations also not just high fence.
I'd give up any deer on my wall if he hops the fence and a 10 year old pops him with a rifle. I'd give the little fella a high five and congratulate him/her.
Saying I dont want a youth season IMO is saying I dont want a kid to get a headstart rifle hunting or for a kid to shoot a buck that I had been watching. That's where I get the the selfishness tone.
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That all sounds well and good Travis but still not all bowhunters have the same opportunities that others have. You still have an option regardless of what you say. I hunt my own land but it's a small tract (smaller than Joey's 198 acres) surrounded by larger ranches. I also know that our first two weekends of Nov have a number of youth involved on these ranches with their Dads as it should be. The deer are harder to get close to once the firearms start going off. That's a fact.
Quite frankly, if you mean giving up Heart Attack for a 10 year old to take I have to call BS. That's a real easy thing to say after the fact and why didn't you do it to begin with. The youth hunting isn't a new stance for you. I'm sure not saying your heart isn't in the right place but I really don't think you guys are thinking this thing through from all the angles.