For female deer this is. Anyone participating? Not me. I don't like the idea of gun doe deer hunting this time of year. Maybe it's b/c I don't see many deer in my hunting area. This is the 1st ever holiday hunt in the county I hunt. Hopefully no more elk get shot. I saw an elk calf on my property.

I live in a state with 5 months of deer season... but I think a holiday hunt is a great idea for school kids who are on break now!

We have a 3 day Christmas gun hunt that starts on the 26th. Then followed by a three day gun doe hunt. I've noticed more and more people complaining about no deer this year.

Does it matter what we think?

Holy cow! 5 months?

absolutely not...they should abolish all these special hunts, starting with the doe only weekend hunt after muzzleloader season

Keets, just wondering why you think that? (I got no dog in this fight - just curious.)

Georgia's deer season, including archery only, is 121 days long...

my son is headed up to Dane county to try and clear some of the excess of deer from some private land he has been invited to hunt.
unfortunately I have to be working.

absolutely not...they should abolish all these special hunts, starting with the doe only weekend hunt after muzzleloader season[/quote]
Keets, just wondering why you think that? (I got no dog in this fight - just curious.)[/quote]


time is precious for me...I barely got to hunt or trap this year... so after the muzzleloader weekend I finally get a chance to go.....and have a few bucks around the property after the rifle season calms down...and I can't shoot my bow buck because of the doe only 4 day special season...

Same here, with unlimited does in some areas.

I exaggerated a little bit. It's 4 full months plus 3 more days. 3 day Velvet season in September, then archery opens Oct.1st and runs through Nov. 18th. Gun opens on the 19th of November and closes January 31st.

I think there is a place for it. Some of our Ag lands are overrun with deer yet all the hunters are holding out for "the Big Buck". The youth hunts have been able to bring in more hunters and experience a positive hunt. I would actually like to see an "Old Timer" hunt where we could maybe get some hunters back in the woods when it is still warm.

That said - I won't be hunting this special season.

I don't mind the season, but I hate that I can't shoot an archery buck this week, and have to wear orange when trying to fill a late turkey tag.

Nothing says Merry Christmas like a Red Snow Cone

Good job.

Nice is there a pot of stew at the end of that rainbow?

Mac

Nope, truly fearing a large winter kill in our area. Ice, then 16 inches of snow, now 3 days of rain on top of that. We are truly afraid there won't be a turkey left and the deer herd hit hard. Going to be a good couple years to go to a lease in Missouri.

We got plenty of deer and its a good way to try out those new snow shoes, gun, scope , what have you.

With the Holiday Hunt implementation, they allowed us to bow hunt til the end of January. Some bucks around here have already been dropping antlers for several weeks, making it seem not worthwile to get out & buck bowhunt this late

I think it does as long as your County Deer Advisory Council and your hunting population is functioning properly. Unfortunately, in too many places one or the other is not upholding their commitment.

Most of the bucks are still holding here. With this cold weather on horizon, they will have some dynamite hunting where they have the extended archery season. We don’t have an extended season here because public hasn’t supported it and the public has done a decent job of harvesting antlerless in existing framework.