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Post by swilk on Jul 15, 2010 9:57:36 GMT -5
he was talking about the current regulations where gun season can come in November 12-18 depending on the year.
It floats around in that time frame.
This year it comes in on the 13th ... last year it was the 14th. Next year would be the 12th followed by the 17th in 2012 unless these changes are made.
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Post by Woody Williams on Jul 15, 2010 10:20:28 GMT -5
If the peak of the "rut" is generally around the 10th, how could moving the gun season to the 18th be sharing the "peak" of the rut? Did I not read that correctly? I read that as giving in some more to the other side of the aisle. The 10th "peak"isn't verifiable... just from my 41 years of observations.. IF the gun season comes in the Saturday before Thanksgiving as proposed then we are moving past the rut and to the tail end/winding down period. Not sure if the IDNR doesn't understand that during the rut it is not only the bucks that are more active, but also the does. The IDNR needs to study what happend and what they did in 2004 (November 13th opener) and try to imitate that. |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 15, 2010 11:29:59 GMT -5
I don't support these changes, but I've seen really good rutting activity in Illinois on the Sat. before Thanksgiving.
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Post by HuntMeister on Jul 15, 2010 12:16:49 GMT -5
I don't support these changes, but I've seen really good rutting activity in Illinois on the Sat. before Thanksgiving. I've been wondering how the rut will be. I always think in terms of fewer buck sightings by this time but is that because the guns have been booming a few days? Could it be possible to still witness some rut activity with a delayed opener? |
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Post by swilk on Jul 15, 2010 12:34:58 GMT -5
Yes, IMO.
South of the lease timex has in Knox county there is a whole lot of farm ground farmed by one family ..... it takes an act of God to hunt that property. The rut activity has been very intense up through the end of November on those farms and I believe it all comes down to pressure.
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Post by tenring on Jul 15, 2010 12:59:31 GMT -5
I for one always like to gun hunt in the "peak" of the rut, those boners were always pushing does right my way, guess things will change in 2011.
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Post by HuntMeister on Jul 15, 2010 13:18:42 GMT -5
I for one always like to gun hunt in the "peak" of the rut, those boners were always pushing does right my way, guess things will change in 2011.  I'm trying look on the bright side as I think the proposed changes will come to be. Timex's statement gives me some hope. All I've ever experienced for whitetail hunting is Indiana's seasons structure. |
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Post by lugnutz on Jul 15, 2010 16:27:09 GMT -5
I cannot. One place where we are in complete agreement is "how in the world did they come up with this number of drastic changes all at once" To get different results, you must first do something different. |
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Post by Woody Williams on Jul 15, 2010 16:31:43 GMT -5
I cannot. One place where we are in complete agreement is "how in the world did they come up with this number of drastic changes all at once" To get different results, you must first do something different. Lug,' Where have you been. You going to make chili for the youth hunt again this year? GOOOOOOOOD! |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 15, 2010 19:24:15 GMT -5
The farm I hunt in Illinois, borders the Wabash directly across the river from my Indiana property. I know that the deer cross the river several times daily on some days. 2 years ago, on the Friday that Illinois opened, which is the Friday before T-day, my camera man and myself had 22 different bucks come within gun range of us. One half rack buck, which would have been in the 160 range had he not been broke off, came to a scrape 5 times.....15 yards from the stand. But that farm has very little pressure from Nov. 1 on, so I think more pressure would put a damper on it a lot.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 15, 2010 19:25:56 GMT -5
To get different results, you must first do something different. Lug,' Where have you been. You going to make chili for the youth hunt again this year? GOOOOOOOOD! Half pot.....pleeeeze! |
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Post by lugnutz on Jul 16, 2010 8:39:48 GMT -5
To get different results, you must first do something different. Lug,' Where have you been. You going to make chili for the youth hunt again this year? GOOOOOOOOD! LOL I would love to! Glad you enjoyed it! We have been running kids all over gods creation playing baseball. Seems the older they get, the more travel associated with it. |
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Post by DEERTRACKS on Jul 16, 2010 10:15:32 GMT -5
Lug,' Where have you been. You going to make chili for the youth hunt again this year? GOOOOOOOOD! Half pot.....pleeeeze! What are you thinking Tom! I throughly enjoyed the bowl of left-overs lug sent with me to munch-on @ home. Good stuff!!!!!!!!! |
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