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Post by jbwhttail on Jul 28, 2005 17:22:43 GMT -5
Just a few tid bits:
Question:
"What percentage of deer hunters bowhunt?" Suprisingly Indiana has the highest percentage of bowhunters than ANY other State at 59%.
"one commonly overlooked fact is that outdoor sportsmen and women in the U.S. contribute more than 3 million dollars each day to wildlife and conservation efforts, which add up to 1.5 billion annually."
"5,986 new bowhunters were recruited last year,"
"Recently the National Shooting Sports Foundation and The U.S. Sportsmen's Alliance completed a study that shows ".......that supervised young hunters are the safest even in States that don't restrict hunting based on age."
Great article.
CJ Winand articles are always a great read, glad to know and call him a friend.
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Post by kevin1 on Jul 28, 2005 19:12:04 GMT -5
Good post JB , do you have a link to that article ? I'd like to hear more , it sounds informative . TIA
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Post by jbwhttail on Jul 28, 2005 20:21:19 GMT -5
No link but the Magazine should be on stands in a few days Oct 2005 issue. Wait!!! Is it October already?  .........lol. |
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Post by cambygsp on Jul 29, 2005 4:42:23 GMT -5
I liked the issue where the former director of the P&Y club wrote about how stupid P&Y was being about that STUPID let-off rule.
Just off the top of my head............
As I see it, we must admit we made a mistake. Why? For years now, about 80 percent of compound bows sold have greater than 65-percent letoff. That means most bowhunters heading afield this fall will be toting bows that are P&Y "illegal," and none of the trophy animals they harvest will be eligible for the P&Y record book. In my opinion, something is definitely wrong when our record system excludes a majority of legally licensed bowhunters.
Not only does this deprive the Club of valuable revenue needed for many worthwhile projects, but worse, it means our club no longer fulfills a fundamental P&Y goal of serving as repository for bowhunting records of North American big game. And as long as a majority of this continent's bowhunters use equipment deemed unacceptable by Pope and Young, we will never collect truly representative trophy data. Without change, we'll soon be accepting and documenting a mere fraction of the total annual trophy harvest.
Given that fact, the Club's credibility is at stake.
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Post by mbogo on Jul 29, 2005 7:55:04 GMT -5
I liked the issue where the former director of the P&Y club wrote about how stupid P&Y was being about that STUPID let-off rule. Just off the top of my head............ As I see it, we must admit we made a mistake. Why? For years now, about 80 percent of compound bows sold have greater than 65-percent letoff. That means most bowhunters heading afield this fall will be toting bows that are P&Y "illegal," and none of the trophy animals they harvest will be eligible for the P&Y record book. In my opinion, something is definitely wrong when our record system excludes a majority of legally licensed bowhunters. Not only does this deprive the Club of valuable revenue needed for many worthwhile projects, but worse, it means our club no longer fulfills a fundamental P&Y goal of serving as repository for bowhunting records of North American big game. And as long as a majority of this continent's bowhunters use equipment deemed unacceptable by Pope and Young, we will never collect truly representative trophy data. Without change, we'll soon be accepting and documenting a mere fraction of the total annual trophy harvest. Given that fact, the Club's credibility is at stake. It was announced recently that the Beatty buck received the Ishi Award. That is a little hard to believe considering the amount of effort put in to keeping the deer out of the P&Y record books all together. |
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Post by jbwhttail on Jul 29, 2005 16:13:45 GMT -5
What the heck does this have to do with my topic?
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Post by Woody Williams on Jul 29, 2005 16:27:09 GMT -5
You are quite right.
We got off topic. However, that does happen from time to time..
I'll delete and re-post mine at a different spot.
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Post by cambygsp on Jul 30, 2005 7:43:34 GMT -5
What the heck does this have to do with my topic? Things read in Bowhunter Magazine!!!! I thought it should have occured in the "bowhunting" section. |
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Post by cambygsp on Aug 1, 2005 22:47:27 GMT -5
CJ Winand articles are always a great read, glad to know and call him a friend. He's gotta be a good guy....he hunts with crossbows!!!!!! |
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Post by jbwhttail on Aug 1, 2005 22:58:47 GMT -5
Aint takin the bait..........
Owner of the site should taker care of the TRASH!
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Post by cambygsp on Aug 2, 2005 5:25:28 GMT -5
Aint takin the bait.......... Owner of the site should taker care of the TRASH! Who are you calling trash? -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- outdoors.mainetoday.com/hunting/humphrey041024.shtmlCrossbow's relative simplicity may boost ranks of hunters By Bob Humphrey Copyright © 2004 Blethen Maine Newspapers Inc. E-mail this story to a friend I've heard a lot of negative things about crossbows. Personally, I've always thought they got an unnecessarily bad rap. But I also felt I couldn't be completely objective until I had a chance to hunt with one myself. That opportunity came recently when Wade Nolan, who runs the Whitetail University, invited me on an Ohio crossbow hunt. Ohio is a particularly fitting locale, as it was one of the first states to allow crossbow hunting. It also has one of the nation's healthiest deer herds, and like a growing number of states, has an urban-suburban deer problem. I had the pleasure of sharing camp with several other outdoor writers, including C.J. Winand (Bowhunter magazine), Jimmy Sites (Spiritual Outdoor Adventures), Tim Lilley (Quality Deer Management Association), Brenda Valentine (Whitetail Adventures) and Mike Kaye and Tim Lajoie (CamoCountry TV). Also there were representatives from several prominent companies in the archery industry, including Ameristep, Carbon Express, Frigid Forage, Tink's and Ten Point Crossbows. Because Ohio's regulations permit the use of crossbows or vertical bows during the state's archery season, we all got a chance to hunt with a Ten Point crossbow. Before we did, however, we were treated to a couple of interesting and enlightening presentations from Dave Robb of Ten Point and Mike Tonkovich, a deer biologist with Ohio's Department of Natural Resources. |
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Post by cambygsp on Aug 2, 2005 5:26:56 GMT -5
I had the pleasure of sharing camp with several other outdoor writers, including C.J. Winand (Bowhunter magazine)
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Post by cambygsp on Aug 4, 2005 5:43:39 GMT -5
Suprisingly Indiana has the highest percentage of bowhunters than ANY other State at 59%. Is that good?........59% ? Would it be better if it were 69%....79% Or should we have a limit? |
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Post by wilson on Aug 4, 2005 13:44:52 GMT -5
How did the magazine determine Indiana as the highest percentage of bowhunter then any other state.
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Post by kevin1 on Aug 4, 2005 14:12:03 GMT -5
Suprisingly Indiana has the highest percentage of bowhunters than ANY other State at 59%. Is that good?........59% ? Would it be better if it were 69%....79% Or should we have a limit? The more the merrier , we need more hunters period . |
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