Last edited by boxhitch; 12-12-2017 at 11:51 AM.
Never say whoa in the middle of a mud hole
Several states have started instituting "shed hunting closures" to minimize stress on deer wintering grounds. Hunting whitetail through mule deer wintering grounds has got to be equally stressful, if not more. It's the one time of year that they really cross-over heavily. More accidentally shot mule deer, increased poaching (a shot in the woods at a mule deer is far less conspicuous when shots are also being fired at whitetail), are two other potential (and real) drawbacks aside from stress.
Call me a fear monger, but I'd also be very concerned about whitetail deer bait piles on mule deer wintering grounds with the knowledge that CWD is passed through saliva. Heck, I'm already concerned about it during the current open season.
Other places have more spread out seasons, yes. August to January in some cases. Don't confuse that for longer seasons or increased opportunity.
Why not go back to the way it was years ago , Sept. 10 to Nov. 20 , with a two day doe season in Oct.
This was for white tails only.
Leave the Mule Deer Season alone, depending on the Region, I think the season is long enough.
(what's been missing is the higher snow levels to push them all down like in in the good ol' days).
If some don't want whitetails to spawn all over the place in some Regions, then make the season longer.
Or, maybe leave "all the wildlife alone during the winter months", and just open white tails way earlier in the
season??? just a thought if you want to reduce them, as hunters will want to "get out there" and this would be
the "only species" available to hunt at that time....
BUT, if you really feel the need to get out there right now, or haven't "filled your boots"....
There's lots of WOLVES that need to "taken out", and with the winter snow, these dogs should be
"closer to towns" right now...lower elevations, looking for....... "your deer"
Right on the money Tater, so many individuals don't get it yet. Education has become such a little used tool.
I was ask on a past thread how I felt about getting rid of the Late Mule Deer Bow Season, being a avid bowhunter I think it was directed at me to stir up something.
My reply was "If it would work to conserving them then we should shit can the whole hunt."
There's so much Take and very little Give lately.
Some states have long seasons with liberal bag limits on deer, but unlike BC, nearly all the land is private, and much off limits to hunters, so there are refugia for ungulates.
I won't always be young, but I can be immature forever