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Post by terasec on Jan 10, 2011 12:28:46 GMT -4
just curious on others opinion on the No Sunday hunting rule, being a mostly weekend hunter, can guess my opinion on it Personally i would like to see Sundays open for youth hunting, that would probably make alot of parents bring their kids hunting and further expose them to the sport. would also relieve pressure from some saturday hunters.
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Post by cmreed on Jan 10, 2011 12:48:49 GMT -4
My opinion is why not they give everything else a try lets do sunday. I,m all for it.
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Post by Twowithone on Jan 10, 2011 18:09:13 GMT -4
No to Sunday hunting. Youll see inlines coming into the flintlock season next and the game commission will see a good exidous on license sales. Whens enough enough. Dont know where you thought Sunday hunting would releive some pressure from Saturday hunting thats a good pipe dream.
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Post by johnwoodfab on Jan 11, 2011 22:34:39 GMT -4
I personaly hope it doesn't happen, but I know if it will sale license the game commission will be pushing for it.
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Post by dylant on Sept 20, 2011 11:38:05 GMT -4
I say no rest for the wicked. LOL. Saturday's no good for Jewish hunters.
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Post by huntereddie on Sept 21, 2011 0:20:14 GMT -4
I'm for Sunday hunting for all that is huntable on Saturday and the rest of the week which ever season it is on State Forests,National Forests and Game Lands.If they want to partition off certain sections of State or Federal land for non hunting use that's Ok.Private land is just that. They can post it if they want to.Nature walkers, bird freaks etc. who don't buy licenses can stay off the Game Lands and go to their City Parks with the wierdo's,flower childs and druggies (which is probably their own kind anyway).
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Post by beardbuster on Sept 21, 2011 8:45:18 GMT -4
huntereddie you dont want that. When the G.C. went to the slaughter it hurt a lot of Counties it hurt Forest Co.Do some research on the camps that are for sale up that way. I know all about it You see the GC. is breaking away from the 2 week slaughter now and throw in another day and your looking for a train out of control thats gonna derail.dylant you say Saturdays no good for Jewish hunters why is that and you know whos next on Sunday.
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Post by huntereddie on Sept 21, 2011 19:35:12 GMT -4
BB, I bought a camp in Cameron Co. 3 yrs ago with the same idea that you mentioned. The ones I found were not abandoned just lately. They were either run down collapsed junk that's been empty for decades or Taj Mahals don't know about Forest Co. I bought one in between.I know all about it too.I searched the tax rolls,Realtors and friends that have camps in Potter Co. Elk Co. and Cameron.The people I know that quit going up north way back in the 70's and never went back was because of the 2 oil embargo's. Do you remember living through them? Getting in line at 4AM to get limited to $5.00 worth of gas? Fist fights for jumping ahead in line? And even now it's expensive to travel 400 mi. round trip for 1 day of deer hunting on a weekend.(and I ain't driving 400 mi. to get squirrels etc.) Fortunately, I like to fish and just relax at camp so I get to use it more than some people use theirs. A 2 day weekend hunt would be nice and it won't guarantee that I kill a buck because there are too few to choose from thanks to the FIRST slaughter that the Game Hogs did to themselves. Dead does can't breed.The PGC figgered that out and let "hunters" do it to themselves. Just sayin'
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Post by beardbuster on Sept 21, 2011 20:24:28 GMT -4
huntereddie I'm talking in the last 15 yrs. I hunted out of a camp in Forest Co in the early 70s like 1972 till almost 1990. I get the reports from up there. They slaughtered the deer up there and the hunters quit going up North period. Our camp got blown over when the tornado went through there in Kingsley Township we rebuilt, cause it was still good hunting up there. I remember the oil embargo's also I'm 55 and Forest Co. wasn't lacking hunters because of that, their lacking hunters now because of the slaughter that took place in 2000 and beyond and the camps started going up for sale.Deer hunting is the no.1 money maker for the GC. and when you blast the crap out of them and their getting sparce why make the trip. The crew I used to hunt with still make the trip and its for sentimental reasons. And they all drew tags for 2-F and they always asked each other should we shoot a doe if we see 1 that's pretty pathetic that's how scarce it was. It really wasn't the hunters fault look who sold the death warrants in the beginning. Now the GC. is seeing the light their scaling back the seasonaint 2 weeks of blasting if its brown its down thats coming to an end. Take a walk in the woods up at your camp and see how much regeneration took place with the slaughter over all those yrs. Cant be that great cause DCNR is saying theirs wasn't really good. When I started hunting you went to the mountains to hunt period.
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Post by huntereddie on Sept 22, 2011 0:17:26 GMT -4
Well you got me on the last 15 yrs. and I agree about the slaughter but nobody forced the guys to all but wipe out the deer herd.They did it to themselves,greedy braggards.How much deer meat did they throw away after it been in the freezer for a year? How much did they give away at work, at the bar? The deer are there now but in fewer numbers, but a guy has to "hunt" them these days. He can't sit in the same spot Grandpa did in 1955 and Dad did in 1965 and the kid in 1975.Fast forward to 2011 and some kid,even grownups want their smart phone to entertain them until a deer walks up on them. That ain't hunting.We used to be ashamed if all we could get was a doe.People had pride and today there is no shame or pride.Blast away and brag at work,school etc.There are exceptions to the latest trend of "hunters"though and I'm glad of it. BTW, the camp I bought was ignored for a long time and was in bad shape because the "old ones" died and the "kid" was too lazy to keep up with it because they did all the work and spoiled his butt and then he had to do things on his own. Poor baby.What did he do? He dropped it like a hot potato. So I got a good deal. Your crowd must be affluent or dedicated to go up north during the gas crunch but like I said the ones I knew couldn't or wouldn't because they were poor mill hunkey's and garage mechanics so they eventually sold their camps.Yes,lately lack of deer cost many business's,towns,all along the food chain.... MONEY.. no contest there but the PGC didn't FORCE people into brown and down they did it to themselves.What you're saying is like the State Store and the beer distributer is responsible for alcoholics.
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Post by beardbuster on Sept 22, 2011 10:18:19 GMT -4
Pretty much agree till the point of the GC. and licenses the hunters were a tool the GC. used and the GC. made it legal by issuing the doe tags. ie. they dont issue the tags we dont have the slaughter that's plain and simple. Ever wonder why the GC. wants to be the seller of the tags instead of the Co. Treasurer because their losing over a million bucks every yr.
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Post by huntereddie on Sept 22, 2011 11:33:58 GMT -4
The hunters were a tool the GC used. BINGO! They knew the hunters would screw themselves by buying and filling tags (which by the way put MONEY in the GC coffers) and kill the goose that layed the golden egg. This time I have to stick up for the GC. Don't get me wrong, I know herds need culled, and I got a doe or 3 in my lifetime but some "hunters" didn't look ahead and loaded up the trucks and cars with dead does and acted like Superhunter. We got some at the gun club.Now they blame the GC for what they did to themselves and others.No pity from me.
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