Idaho proposed special season open sight centerfire

[IDVortex]

...at least FRT aren't illegal to hunt with in ID yet.

 

[braydencase7]

I dont understand it. Is it to just make hunting harder for the sake of making it harder? Is it for more opportunity on top of the seasons we have? If that's the case sure. If they want to improve the mule deer herd there are other ways to do that which they havent done and im not sure a open sight season actually makes a reasonable impact. Seems like we are reinventing the wheel here

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[cal30_sniper]

I dont understand it. Is it to just make hunting harder for the sake of making it harder? Is it for more opportunity on top of the seasons we have? If that's the case sure. If they want to improve the mule deer herd there are other ways to do that which they havent done and im not sure a open sight season actually makes a reasonable impact. Seems like we are reinventing the wheel here

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It's proposed to reduce hunter success rates therefore allowing more tags for any given unit to be distributed with the same population reduction effect.

Many believe it will also help increase age class.

 

[SDHNTR]

If they offered a trad only unit I would be all about it! Switching to full time trad 5 years ago taught me a ton about animal behavior, how to really get close to critters sub 25-30 yards to kill em, and made me really realize how lazy most guys are when it comes to hunting.

How anyone could get enjoyment outta shooting a critter at 300-600-900 yards is mind boggling to me.

My kids are young. They all have stick bows. If they wanna kill deer with a stick bow it’s gunna take hard work on their part.

If they wanna compound hunt to break the ice that’s fine to, heck they can rifle hunt for all I care to get them into the sport.

I’m all about more time in the woods, hunting and teaching them woodsmanship. Once they have the fundamentals of woodsmanship, animal behaviors and actually learn how to hunt then the killing will come second nature.

I wish more states would go to harder ways to kill critters. Make guys actually work for it instead of punching a trigger hundreds of yards away.

Yes! Woodsmanship! Bring it back!

The pendulum has swung too far in the direction of tactical weekend Rambo’s acting like wannabe snipers.

I ran into some dudes antelope hunting in Nevada this year who looks like they just stepped off the battlefield. Rifles slung across their chest, tactical pants tucked into the top of tactical boots. They even had helmets on with communications equipment. It was absurd, and they looked like total dorks. That is not hunting!

 

[Steve300xcw]

Ida taken a picture of a clown show like that

 

[Formidilosus]

just leave people TF alone to hunt how they have been with common modern weapons, and anyone wanting additional tags/seasons for restricted tech can be left TF alone to voluntarily pursue those. Leave the ALW category alone. The young, the old, and the broken can keep doing what they've been doing - that's my point about those types of people. Leave them TF alone.

Do you understand that the issue is that there aren’t enough animals for that? Irons only is an attempt to limit kill rates in certain units, so that they don’t have to cut tags.
Would young, old, and broken people be happier with “A” tag- or “no” tag? Beyond that, they’re not changing all seasons and units- just certain units. You want to use scopes- go to units that are normal. You will probably draw less tags, but you can use what you want. You want better odds of drawing a tag- you can choose to go to irons only. I fail to see why this is an issue.

 

[SDHNTR]

I dont understand it. Is it to just make hunting harder for the sake of making it harder? Is it for more opportunity on top of the seasons we have? If that's the case sure. If they want to improve the mule deer herd there are other ways to do that which they havent done and im not sure a open sight season actually makes a reasonable impact. Seems like we are reinventing the wheel here

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Everything else, which yes would probably be more helpful, is too politically challenging. It’s hard to fight development on winter range because of the Almighty dollar. It’s hard to help with predator management because of tree huggers. Habitat restoration takes money and manpower, both of which are in short supply. Any other actionable solution has major implementation challenges. Equipment/technology restrictions, while potentially less effective (yet still effective on some level ) is something that can actually be put into action.

 

[Str8shooter]

Speaking as a Colorado resident hunter, I could see this markedly improving the hunting experience. Its routine to see guys shooting well past their effective ranges at animals and often from roads. While Im not sure advances in optics and ballistics have impacted hunter success based on harvest statistics (hard to see how it wouldn't be, but thats an aside), its absolutely resulted in numerous stalks being ruined by guys fancying themselves Chris Kyle and sending rounds 800+ yds while Im midway on a stalk from antelope to elk. This simply doesn't happen during our open site only muzzleloader season. An open site season would also be just another opportunity to develop proficiency as a hunter in a unique arena. Having a hard time seeing the downsides.