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bigbone
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IMO, if the IDFG really wants to make Idaho a better place to hunt Deer the could start by...
A) Start general season OCT 1st then end the general season hunting by OCT 22nd to avoid the rut and thus an over-harvest of mature bucks.
B) Stop killing Doe deer with these "youth Hunts"!!! A 17 year old can whack a doe? Why and how do you justify killing a Doe when the deer and not even plentiful yet? If you want to help them out stop shooting the producers! At least in the units that can hold more deer and there are plenty of those!
C) Impliment 4-point or better. (We can really choose to harvest the bucks when we want to! Kill them when they are 1 1/2 old like we do now, (barely weened and standing by mamma) or when they are all mature, like at least 4 points!
D) Reduce the 15,000 non-resident tags to about 7,500 and increase the non-res fee to from $250 to $450-$499 to help make up the difference in lost moneys for the dept.
E) Manage predators aggressively and if you are going to feed deer on bad winters PLEASE do it early enough to help.
Really guys, when you calculate all the time and all your hiunting expenses from gear to gasoline and stuff to go hunt, it can't be all about meat can it? You could buy alot of lobster for what it costs to go deer hunting these days.
Lets try to get something done, but we all need to have one idea. If everyone has their own plan and the F&G hear so many different ideas they won't listen...
Imagine if they actually heard basically the same ideas statewide???
Ya, I know they just do what they want. Cause its about "opportunity" or in other words MONEY!
BIGBONE^
A) Start general season OCT 1st then end the general season hunting by OCT 22nd to avoid the rut and thus an over-harvest of mature bucks.
B) Stop killing Doe deer with these "youth Hunts"!!! A 17 year old can whack a doe? Why and how do you justify killing a Doe when the deer and not even plentiful yet? If you want to help them out stop shooting the producers! At least in the units that can hold more deer and there are plenty of those!
C) Impliment 4-point or better. (We can really choose to harvest the bucks when we want to! Kill them when they are 1 1/2 old like we do now, (barely weened and standing by mamma) or when they are all mature, like at least 4 points!
D) Reduce the 15,000 non-resident tags to about 7,500 and increase the non-res fee to from $250 to $450-$499 to help make up the difference in lost moneys for the dept.
E) Manage predators aggressively and if you are going to feed deer on bad winters PLEASE do it early enough to help.
Really guys, when you calculate all the time and all your hiunting expenses from gear to gasoline and stuff to go hunt, it can't be all about meat can it? You could buy alot of lobster for what it costs to go deer hunting these days.
Lets try to get something done, but we all need to have one idea. If everyone has their own plan and the F&G hear so many different ideas they won't listen...
Imagine if they actually heard basically the same ideas statewide???
Ya, I know they just do what they want. Cause its about "opportunity" or in other words MONEY!
BIGBONE^