Re: WI Gun Deer Thread
[Re: Green Bay]
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12/10/19 08:12 AM
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I'd call this a successful hunt great time with The Boy in the stand. He sure is excited about getting his chance to hunt deer next year. https://youtu.be/skGNfXUkoXU
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Re: WI Gun Deer Thread
[Re: Green Bay]
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01/21/20 09:56 PM
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I harvested and registered 2 deer but really had to work hard for them. Heard from others that stated why even register them, we didn't! Makes you wonder how many other hunters fail to register the harvest or register their first bow kill deer but skip the rest! Just my opinion!
Chris
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Re: WI Gun Deer Thread
[Re: Green Bay]
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01/21/20 11:56 PM
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if there are so many they should just make the tags good till March 31 and close season when quota is met for a county.
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Re: WI Gun Deer Thread
[Re: Green Bay]
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01/22/20 01:16 AM
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The state believes they are north of 90% adherence to the registration requirement. Surveys and enforcement checks are how they feel like they have a good handle on it. That said, they didn't have any numbers on in person registration and adherence to that type of registration. That was in the deer hunting presentation to the NRB today. Tomorrow the board looks at possible changes. Might be a good meeting to listen to.
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Re: WI Gun Deer Thread
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01/22/20 08:44 AM
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I keep hearing about the huge number of non registered deer. Yet everyone I know and communicate with reliably register. And for just me, that is a quite a few hunters. I don't buy the numbers claimed. Same here and I know a lot of hunters.
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Re: WI Gun Deer Thread
[Re: Green Bay]
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01/22/20 01:59 PM
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For those that didn't watch, it sounds like there are going to be quite a few questions on the Conservation Congress spring questionnaire relating to deer. When you include department, NRB, and CC advisory questions, it includes everything from shortening Xbow season, extending rifle season to 16 days, moving rifle season earlier, possible simplification changes to antlerless tags and a few others. It will be interesting to see how the input breaks down this spring.
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Re: WI Gun Deer Thread
[Re: Green Bay]
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01/23/20 12:09 AM
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If they extended the rifle season and took the week before rifle season away and Made the rifle Season during the rut like stated in the article I read I wound sell my land and just hunt in another state. I truly believe the number of hunters is declining because the hunting is so bad in so many areas. Too many predators too many tags not enough deer on the public lands
Last edited by NE Wildlife; 01/23/20 12:12 AM.
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Re: WI Gun Deer Thread
[Re: Green Bay]
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01/23/20 10:53 AM
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So, take the prime rut away from crossbow hunters. That will encourage more hunters to buy a license, huh? Thought we did away with tags? Simplification means tagging a crossbow shot deer killed during gun deer season with a gun tag? What?? Doing away with management zones will simplify regulations?? Can't make this stuff up. Really??? Oh, I don't think that will reenergize the gun season. What we have here is a huge cluster#@$& in the making. Alienating all of the young, old and new hunters who have found success with the crossbow will only result in fewer licenses sold in the future. Just tell me when I've got to wear blaze orange while trapping so I don't get shot whilst bent over checking a mink set in the waybacks.
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Re: WI Gun Deer Thread
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01/23/20 11:21 AM
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Alienating all of the young, old and new hunters who have found success with the crossbow will only result in fewer licenses sold in the future.
I never understood why anyone would try to do this. In the business world, you embrace what the market wants. IMO, there are a few key trends. The current hunting public is getting older and folks gravitate towards bow hunting. So why not embrace it. Create every incentive possible to get those aging gun hunters to pick up bow hunting. It has the ability to retain them as a long as possible. Better weather, less pressured deer, and way more places to go. The use of crossbows has the ability to attract new folks that would not have picked up bow hunting before, but not when the season is under attack every year. Everyone is concerned about the shift in harvest of bucks from the gun season to bow season. Embrace it. Folks had no problem embracing the shift in harvest of bobcats from trapping to hunting. Folks vote with their dollars. The longer we fight this shift the more folks we force to walk away. Any one have thoughts on how it could be made better?
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