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Post by deerman1 on Apr 5, 2010 16:04:45 GMT -5
Guess that makes me a goober because I could and do care less about getting a booner buck. Since I have only taken does the last few years. And most of them on opening weekend. No one said booner buck but please do not pretend you do not want to shoot a buck I really do not know any deer hunter trophy or otherwise that does not want to take a buck in any given season. that is just the way it is .IMO it will not ever change
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Post by throbak on Apr 5, 2010 17:22:07 GMT -5
I will shoot a GOOD BUCK if I have the chance and do everything to get the chance. but when it gets cold its doe season and to me no does is a LOT worse than no buck I can live with no buck,,,,,NO DOES NO WAY /////
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Post by deerman1 on Apr 5, 2010 18:05:24 GMT -5
I will shoot a GOOD BUCK if I have the chance and do everything to get the chance. but when it gets cold its doe season and to me no does is a LOT worse than no buck I can live with no buck,,,,,NO DOES NO WAY ///// Agreed in the late season and no buck pull the trigger I say on any doe / button buck you want too its your tag use it . But my point was no hunter worth his salt would want to pull the trigger on a Doe when he knows the bucks are trailing em everywhere and my point was that is exactly what putting a doe only gun season in any time prior to Dec. and especially in Nov. That would not be very wise IMHO .
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Post by vectrix on Apr 5, 2010 18:14:55 GMT -5
I will shoot a GOOD BUCK if I have the chance and do everything to get the chance. but when it gets cold its doe season and to me no does is a LOT worse than no buck I can live with no buck,,,,,NO DOES NO WAY ///// Agreed in the late season and no buck pull the trigger I say on any doe / button buck you want too its your tag use it . But my point was no hunter worth his salt would want to pull the trigger on a Doe when he knows the bucks are trailing em everywhere and my point was that is exactly what putting a doe only gun season in any time prior to Dec. and especially in Nov. That would not be very wise IMHO . Ditto That
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Post by huxbux on Apr 5, 2010 18:18:19 GMT -5
Guess that makes me a goober because I could and do care less about getting a booner buck. Since I have only taken does the last few years. And most of them on opening weekend. Put me in the goober section too! I'm chewing on some really tasty summer sausage I made from a doe I shot during the rut last season. We shoot and eat in this family, mounting is an afterthought
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Post by Decatur on Apr 5, 2010 18:31:31 GMT -5
I will shoot a GOOD BUCK if I have the chance and do everything to get the chance. but when it gets cold its doe season and to me no does is a LOT worse than no buck I can live with no buck,,,,,NO DOES NO WAY ///// Agreed in the late season and no buck pull the trigger I say on any doe / button buck you want too its your tag use it . But my point was no hunter worth his salt would want to pull the trigger on a Doe when he knows the bucks are trailing em everywhere and my point was that is exactly what putting a doe only gun season in any time prior to Dec. and especially in Nov. That would not be very wise IMHO . So who decides what makes a hunter worth his salt? If a healthy looking, fawnless doe presents me a shot, I don't care what stage of the rut it is, she is getting dead!
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Post by dadfsr on Apr 5, 2010 18:42:32 GMT -5
Guess that makes me a goober because I could and do care less about getting a booner buck. Since I have only taken does the last few years. And most of them on opening weekend. Put me in the goober section too! I'm chewing on some really tasty summer sausage I made from a doe I shot during the rut last season. We shoot and eat in this family, mounting is an afterthought I may not be chewing on the same summer sausage but I sure do like eating deer-haven't found a recipe for the antlers yet that looked like it would be any good...
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Post by throbak on Apr 5, 2010 19:23:47 GMT -5
I am with you also decatuer but for me I need 2 or 3 days of cool before its doe season
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Post by danf on Apr 5, 2010 19:28:04 GMT -5
Sheesh, some things never change.....
Consider yourselves fortunate that you can even have a debate like you guys are having. I haven't bothered to read the thread at all; haven't read much in the deer hunting section recently.
If you guys can't figure out what to do with the excess of deer you have, here's a suggestion- ship 'em up here. I'm sure the hunters in New Hampshire would be willing to take all you can send. I'll put it in perspective a bit for you- the F&G department is considering REDUCING the seasons here due to low populations. I've lived up here for over 7 months and can still use both hands to count the number of deer I've seen since we moved. I don't care WHERE you are in Indiana, it's not that bad.
I certainly didn't move up here for the deer hunting opportunities, but realize what you guys have as a resource.
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Post by Hoosier Hunter on Apr 5, 2010 19:33:07 GMT -5
Dan I remember calling a season "successful" when you saw a single deer for the hunting season. You wont realize what you have until you've been without it.
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Post by indianahick on Apr 5, 2010 21:13:40 GMT -5
A hunter worth his salt puts meat on the table. Not antlers on the wall. I hunt for meat and prefer does as they taste better. For me to kill a buck it has to look as though it is 3.5 at the oldest; older than that and it doesn't eat as good.
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Post by deerman1 on Apr 5, 2010 21:26:08 GMT -5
Honestly does are just way way too easy to take at any time and I guess its just an after thought for me or before thought in a way too . I just do not ever need to shoot a doe or two so badly that if its rut and I have not shot a buck that I feel the need to take one in the heat of the rut. I mean really its as simple as dropping the string on a doe in early Oct. or just waiting till tale season for me . And I have a freezer full of deer meat . Buck and does. yearly and with two young hunters in the house 3 bucks and a few does are almost always in the freezer . And boy the fresh made jerky I am gnawing on right now is great.
Oh and around here if a buck isn't 3.5 years old it don't get shot by me either . It all tastes the same too me when handled properly .
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Post by greghopper on Apr 5, 2010 22:16:10 GMT -5
you still not seeing right ....Dec 6 to 19 is 14 days mussy will start on the 6th not the 4th..the 4th&5th will be the last weekend of gun season....(If the antlerless start on the 13 of Nov)... Well in my hypothetical version, muzzy would start on 11DEC and run thru 26DEC which would be 16 days... Well in your first post you said... "Proposal No. Three – any legal weapon, 7 days in duration starting when firearms season traditionally opens with firearms season starting immediately after and no resting period between. Firearms would run its same 16 days just a week later"..... I Guess I never thought of a resting period in between the two seasons...that would move mussy way out of the 2nd rut..IMO and give you your two 16day seasons. That was not the proposal that was talked about elsewhere....
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Post by HuntMeister on Apr 6, 2010 6:14:14 GMT -5
Well in my hypothetical version, muzzy would start on 11DEC and run thru 26DEC which would be 16 days... Well in your first post you said... "Proposal No. Three – any legal weapon, 7 days in duration starting when firearms season traditionally opens with firearms season starting immediately after and no resting period between. Firearms would run its same 16 days just a week later"..... I Guess I never thought of a resting period in between the two seasons...that would move mussy way out of the 2nd rut..IMO and give you your two 16day seasons. That was not the proposal that was talked about elsewhere.... Hmmmm, I didn't realize that was how it was proposed on the other site...
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Post by oldhoyt on Apr 6, 2010 7:08:08 GMT -5
I can already shoot more deer than I need under the current system. If they add an all-weapon early season for does only, I'd probably hunt it, but I would not shoot more deer over the whole season. So, this would not do anything to reduce deer numbers as far as I'm concerned.
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Post by greghopper on Apr 6, 2010 7:17:54 GMT -5
Well in your first post you said... "Proposal No. Three – any legal weapon, 7 days in duration starting when firearms season traditionally opens with firearms season starting immediately after and no resting period between. Firearms would run its same 16 days just a week later"..... I Guess I never thought of a resting period in between the two seasons...that would move mussy way out of the 2nd rut..IMO and give you your two 16day seasons. That was not the proposal that was talked about elsewhere.... Hmmmm, I didn't realize that was how it was proposed on the other site... yes...here are the dates for that proposal.... October 1 realy archery starts..... two deer only one can be antlered deer and available antlerless license to be determined.... November 13-19 antlerless only, any legal weapon, antlerless quota to be determined. November 20-December 3 Firearms........bucks and antlerless quota continues December 4-19 Muzzleloader..... bucks and antlerless quotas Gun season would be14days then mussy 16days.....
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Post by dbd870 on Apr 6, 2010 11:32:45 GMT -5
Exactly - this isn't going to accomplish anything.
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Post by throbak on Apr 6, 2010 11:39:05 GMT -5
Exactly - this isn't going to accomplish anything. I will have to agree but still no deer when its hot for me
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