Public Hearings for zone 3 deer hunters - General Discussion Forum - General Discussion Forum - Page 2

RRR, I’m really not sure what you are looking to hear out of the “HC Bow Guys”. I’m a bowhunter, and I don’t hunt either of the November guns seasons in MN. Am I against gun hunting or gun hunters? Not at all. I just choose to bowhunt in other states during the November month.

Why would the HC bow guys really care either way if these laws are passed or not, they are most likey already doing this in some form or another already? That’s why I don’t think your getting much discussion on it. If it’s law or not it’s not going to change anything for them, besides the potential to see more aged class deer on the hoof. Maybe I’m wrong but that’s how I feel on the subject.

I’m a MN resident and a Missouri landowner where the 4 point minimum has been put into place for a few years now. I love what it has done down there as far as the amount of older age class deer seen on the hoof each year. I’ve hunted all over this country for nearly 20 years and I can count on both hands the amount of 3+ year old clean 6 or less pointers I’ve layed eyes on and none of them were in MN. So in my opinion, the case for this rule only promoting the passing on of poor genetics doesn’t hold water with me. I’m only 1 hunter, and I average about 70 days a year in a tree and all I can tell you is what I’ve seen with my own eyes.

With that being said, I can totally see the other side of this too. I don’t think the DNR should be able to tell a hunter what they can or can’t shoot, especailly on their own land. Like I said above, I’m a Missouri landowner and one glaring difference I see in zone 3 vs. MO is that in MO I can buy a tag for antlerless deer over the counter. Some of these hunters in zone 3 have to apply for an antlerless tag and don’t have the option to shoot an antlerless deer every year. That makes no sense to me. These proposed zone 3 rule changes would probably be an easier pill to swallow for some if the playing field was leveled, and it isn’t.

RRR, I get the feeling you are trying to make this into a bow hunter vs. gun hunter thing, which in my opion it isn’t. From reading your posts on here and the hunting site, it seems obvious that you don’t get a long with some bow hunters that you share hunting property with. I really don’t think its fair that you are throwing the entire bow hunting population under the bus because you don’t get along with a few. Maybe I’m wong but that’s the impression I get by reading some of your posts.

I know I left my opinion on some other areas of this hole thing off this post. I’m more then willing to share my honest opinion as a bowhunter as long as this stays a discussion and not a p!ssing match between gun and bow hunters. And just so everyone who’s reading this knows, I’m not a member of Bluffland Whitetails nor am I a member of the MN Bowhunters Association.