Rifle and bow, from October till January

[CrookedArrow]

Seeing that TPWD wants to possibly have youth season all of October, why not just open rifle season to all, starting in October?? There is already going to be rifles out there if it passes, why not let adults in on it?? I haven't quite decided which way to go, even with youth only season in October, if it passes. I like the idea of bowhunters having that little extra help, of one month to ourselves. I also think, some of the better deer could get harvested before a bowhunter gets a chance. What are your thoughts???

[bow4my2]

i signed the petition!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
kinda like the idea of knowing for a brief period of time a bullet wont be whizzin by. this thread should have alot of upcoming interesting comments

[rockco222]

If you want to hunt all of oct learn how to bow hunt. Kids can learn how to bowhunt.

[bowhuntertex]

Like I have stated on every other thread about this topic. The idea behind the proposal is to get more kids involved in the sport of hunting. It is not intended to give a longer season to those kids who already hunt. And the only kids that will take advantage of an extra month are the kids who already hunt. So this proposal is a dumb idea. It will not work the way it was intended to work and the next thing on the agenda in 2010 will be to move the start date of general rifle season to start coinciding with archery season.

[quarterback]

I prefer it just the way it is now, except that if I were king I'd extend the season till the end of January.

[Mike D]

I hope it stays just like it is right now. Nothing wrong with the current setup.

This proposal is a farce for several reasons. If you want to hunt longer, find an MLD lease and get on it.

[hoytboy]

I prefer it just the way it is now, except that if I were king I'd extend the season till the end of January.

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[SolocamShooter]

why not just open rifle season to all, starting in October??

You kidding? That's the most horrible idea I've heard yet.

I hope it stays just like it is right now. Nothing wrong with the current setup.

This proposal is a farce for several reasons. If you want to hunt longer, find an MLD lease and get on it.

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[kfd82]

next thing on the agenda in 2010 will be to move the start date of general rifle season to start coinciding with archery season.

Yep, the old ....."it's for the kids".... battle cry is just a foot in the door for opening the general season in Oct within the next couple of years.

[boss bowman]

Like I have stated on every other thread about this topic. The idea behind the proposal is to get more kids involved in the sport of hunting. It is not intended to give a longer season to those kids who already hunt. And the only kids that will take advantage of an extra month are the kids who already hunt. So this proposal is a dumb idea.

You could let kids hunt year round and it wouldn't get more of them in the woods the reason we are losing rifle hunters is because hunting continues to get more expensive and there are fewer places to hunt every year due to habitat loss. If tpwd wants to get more kids involved they need to offer more hunting opportunities, in the form of youth hunts and opening archery seasons on public lands/state parks/urban deer areas currently closed to hunting, theres really no argument against this, alot of these areas are closed because firearms would be too dangerous, which makes archery a perfect alternative.

It will not work the way it was intended to work and the next thing on the agenda in 2010 will be to move the start date of general rifle season to start coinciding with archery season.

Yep, this is nothing more than a stepping stone to let all rifle hunters into october, they got rid of the minimum draw weight last year and supposedly it hasn't got more kid in the woods in october so now they say lets let them rifle hunt in october.

[CrookedArrow]

You kidding? That's the most horrible idea I've heard yet.



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I never said I was for it. I did say if they are opening it up for the kids, you may as well let the rifle hunters swarm us.

[Ace141]

I agree with others I like the idea of being the only one out in the woods and not having to listen to the boom....boom....boom all moring long it is so annoying

[Tomme]

If you make it a general season from Oct thru January you ruin a lot of hunting opportunities on small acreages. By that I mean that there are a lot of small leases where bowhunting is a quality sport in October, but where the deer disappear when the rifles come out.

Second, the main or perhaps the only reason a lot of us took up bowhunting was that there was an extra month to hunt. We never would have bought the equipment nor tried the sport without an archery season. After hunting with a bow for a few years we were hooked, but the season was the reason we tried it in the first place.

[RLoving1]

Lets face it there are adults that use the youth season to start their own season early! Dedicated fathers rarely use the youth season for the kids...they make time during general season for them! It the same way on youth hunts through TPWD,there are some unethical people out there!If they want to get more youth involved then they need to look at thinning deer out of some camp grounds.They become resident deer and the health of some of them decline by always getting handouts from well intentioned campers.The controlled camp ground hunts would be under strict deptment supervision to insure the youth are the hunters!

[DrenalinJunkie]

100% against it. Like said in other posts, learn to bow hunt. Teach your kids to bow hunt. Once the guns come out, there are alot of small leases that a bow hunter doesn't have much chance.