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It's "back east"To the guys out east offering up whitetail spots, which state allows for the most whitetail tags for NRs? I’m good with just doe tags. I just want to take my kids hunting as much as possible.
It's "back east"To the guys out east offering up whitetail spots, which state allows for the most whitetail tags for NRs? I’m good with just doe tags. I just want to take my kids hunting as much as possible.
I think south carolina but dont quote me on thatTo the guys out east offering up whitetail spots, which state allows for the most whitetail tags for NRs? I’m good with just doe tags. I just want to take my kids hunting as much as possible.
If you hunt in Virginia or Maryland, there are plenty of places with unlimited urban archery doe tags.To the guys out east offering up whitetail spots, which state allows for the most whitetail tags for NRs? I’m good with just doe tags. I just want to take my kids hunting as much as possible.
It would be hard not to point you at Georgia. You can kill 12 deer on your license you buy at walmart.....To the guys out east offering up whitetail spots, which state allows for the most whitetail tags for NRs? I’m good with just doe tags. I just want to take my kids hunting as much as possible.
1 thing I never see nr's from mostly back east is telling us where we from out west can come to there states and hunt trophy whitetails. Double standard.......
To the guys out east offering up whitetail spots, which state allows for the most whitetail tags for NRs? I’m good with just doe tags. I just want to take my kids hunting as much as possible.
One proposal that was floated early on was splitting the archery season like the NM model. Would decrease crowding and allow more archery tags to be sold That didn't get any traction, especially from residents, obviously.Residents are the stakeholders. Non-res traditionally foots the bill, but residents are the voters. So yes, they’ll be the protected population.
How do you propose more opportunity without increasing crowding and maintaining healthy herds?
I haven't hunted NM so that's a new concept to me. It's an interesting system. So basically risking an early shot but maybe not in the rut yet vs later and higher likelihood of activity? I can see why they wouldn't vote that in if they didn't have to, although most people don't go out for more than a week anyway so does it really make a visible difference on the ground?One proposal that was floated early on was splitting the archery season like the NM model. Would decrease crowding and allow more archery tags to be sold That didn't get any traction, especially from residents, obviously.
Herd management by archers was not a consideration because we are not a management tool. CPW said that numerous times. It was largely because of crowding caused by an explosion of NRs in OTC. Residents are dropping out because it's such a madhouse, NRs now outnumber residents in most OTC units. It was getting worse as other states become harder to draw.Lot's of opinions for sure. Was the Draw recommended because of crowding or wildlife (Elk) management? I know here in AZ. years ago Game and Fish sent out survey's asking if hunters wanted opportunity or quality. They said it was overwhelming opportunity. Since then we have had back to back hunting from Sept. to Dec. Hunters on top of hunters. Hunters scouting while your hunting. The unit in which I live part time went from trophy bull to raghorns in two years. Roughly 250 tags prior to 1400 after hunters wanted opportunity. It took off backwards here .Hope it works out for you guys up there. We also went to archery draw because of crowding and pressure?
To the guys out east offering up whitetail spots, which state allows for the most whitetail tags for NRs? I’m good with just doe tags. I just want to take my kids hunting as much as possible.
1 thing I never see nr's from mostly back east is telling us where we from out west can come to there states and hunt trophy whitetails. Double standard.......
You haven't worn the shoe on the other foot yet apparently. And 1 tidbit of information you just shared doesn't amount to a hill of beans compared to the million nr's who invade the west during hunting seasons every year. Try putting the shoe on the other foot for a minute and be objective without the "it's federal land and my tax dollars mean I should be able to hunt" argumentWisconsin has OTC tags and a healthy dose of public land throughout the state. The gun dear season gets a bit crowded but you can definitely find places during archery. I don't want to hear anymore of this "guys out east don't share" yadda yadda nonsense.
This is an absurd statement. Nobody here is telling guys "back east" "where to hunt trophy [elk]" either so there is no double standard.