Its great... I get to teach my kid how to hunt
Its silly...for many reasons
who cares... I always get my deer so I don't care.
13 pages....unreal. We really are our worst enemy.
A spiritual being trying to have a human experience
Big Lew a real Bow Hunter folks! Gotta respect that, an awesome hunter for sure --
Jel - horsh - hunting -- moose and deer -- gotta respect dat! --
You don’t have to respect...but it is still better then the alternative.....no need to throw out the baby with the bath water. The clock is ticking...the pig in the snake is at the far end..the bubble is bursting. Yin and yang. The largest demographic of hunters in their last days.
It is well to try and journey ones road and to fight with the air.Man must die! At worst he can die a little sooner." (H Ryder Haggard)
The cost of hunting with fuel at it's highest, it seems almost impossible to spend all that coin for a long week-end if you can't afford it.
-- Enormous fuel bills, expenses and more
Jelvis -- Don't step on my blue swade huntin boots --
It is well to try and journey ones road and to fight with the air.Man must die! At worst he can die a little sooner." (H Ryder Haggard)
Last try..twenty six year ago..my new wife had a doe draw. North Thompson had a dick CO..a friend of mine now. He threw his weight around made people uncomfortable...his job.
I was young,good hunter ,or so I thought..tagged out...virtue signaling bonehead...not even going to appear to be “one of those guys” didn’t pack a rifle. So my wife gets on a doe long weekend of nov..shoots..shot was not optimal...doe runs off..me holding my binoculars...we never retrieve that deer...blood all over in the snow..shitty deal my wife goes through that could have been a great day if I had not been so vain..we owe the game more then just keeping a regulation...
It is well to try and journey ones road and to fight with the air.Man must die! At worst he can die a little sooner." (H Ryder Haggard)
awesome......conservation officers doing their jobs and catching poachers.
Youth seasons are in place to give kids a slightly increased opportunity to harvest an animal. As a parent, I'm sure you know that sept is a busy time for kids and getting out hunting can be very difficult. Some parents feel that school is too important to miss because of hunting. Reguardless of what the conservation officer you had a beer with thinks.....youth seasons aren't a conservation concern. Poaching on the other hand can be. If you know someone who is shooting deer for their kids......report them. Is it guaranteed to lead to charges/convictions.....no. But a conservation officer stopping by their house and questioning them could make them reconsider shooting their kids animals.
when my son was 10 he harvested his first black bear, a cow elk and 2 deer. He pulled the trigger on every one of them. The bear was shot in may the elk was sept and the 2 deer were oct/nov. we hunted in the youth season but didn't get the opportunity at an animal. Watching my son harvest his first animals was the best hunting season I've ever had, even if him filling all my tags meant I didn't get to harvest anything.
Personally I probably would have knocked the guys teeth out for that
My only issue with youth seasons is the idiots that abuse them. I have never said get rid of them or they damage buck numbers. Adjust dates to hope limit idiots temptation yes. That is only because I have not heard near the abuse during the youth seasons out side of archery season.
Kids taking deer in youth season I have no issue with. Do I think they could benefit from adjustment to try and limit abuse it’s worth a try. Do I think they are a must for getting kids into hunting no. Kids benefit from it yup
Before the 9 day early archery season comes up I have not used it for about 7 years so not an issue
I am not the one saying do away with youth seasons
I’m a little confused why this is even a discussion. Why are we not doing anything in our power to encourage the youth to hunt? Do we not want conservation to continue on for generations to come? With all the anti’s out there making death threats etc... to hunters, should we not be doing what we can to advocate, educate and make the road easier for these kids to learn and be able to teach the future generations? When my kids were younger yes I let them skip school to go hunting and be out doors, but now that my oldest is about to graduate and is applying for pre-vet schools, she can’t afford to miss school. That youth season allows her to get out, without messing up with her homework. The kid also works two jobs on top of that. It baffles me that adults would want to take away a youth season! Unfortunately with this kind of mindset, hunters will become a dying breed. Also, 15 yrs ago in region 8 we didn’t have the wolf problems that we do now.