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One-buck proposal for the combined muzzleloader and gun seasons
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<blockquote data-quote="Buzzgun" data-source="post: 1994376" data-attributes="member: 4715"><p>I am against the proposal and I don't think if it passes it will result in a larger doe harvest. The population problem, where there is one, isn't a case of too few bucks, it's too many does, and not all areas have a population issue. I hunt in Osage Co. and, for the last few years, we see about an equal number of bucks to does, so I have no need to increase the doe harvest. In fact, until this year, we haven't taken ANY deer off the property because the buck/doe ration is fine and we haven't seen any bucks that we wanted to take.</p><p></p><p>If you limit the harvest to one buck only, lots of people will not hunt both seasons. This will result in fewer deer tags sold (lower revenue for ODWC) AND a lower doe harvest. How will the doe harvest decrease?? Lots of people are out there are hunting for a buck, they don't primarily go to shoot a doe, but will do so incidentally, so, if you take away the opportunity to shoot a second buck and they kill one during muzzleloader season, they will stay home and the doe harvest will go down.</p><p></p><p>Once again, reducing the buck limit has NO effect on those who only hunt gun season, just like the reduction from 3 bucks to 2 only affected the archery hunters, this proposed rule change will only affect the archery and muzzleloader hunters.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Buzzgun, post: 1994376, member: 4715"] I am against the proposal and I don't think if it passes it will result in a larger doe harvest. The population problem, where there is one, isn't a case of too few bucks, it's too many does, and not all areas have a population issue. I hunt in Osage Co. and, for the last few years, we see about an equal number of bucks to does, so I have no need to increase the doe harvest. In fact, until this year, we haven't taken ANY deer off the property because the buck/doe ration is fine and we haven't seen any bucks that we wanted to take. If you limit the harvest to one buck only, lots of people will not hunt both seasons. This will result in fewer deer tags sold (lower revenue for ODWC) AND a lower doe harvest. How will the doe harvest decrease?? Lots of people are out there are hunting for a buck, they don't primarily go to shoot a doe, but will do so incidentally, so, if you take away the opportunity to shoot a second buck and they kill one during muzzleloader season, they will stay home and the doe harvest will go down. Once again, reducing the buck limit has NO effect on those who only hunt gun season, just like the reduction from 3 bucks to 2 only affected the archery hunters, this proposed rule change will only affect the archery and muzzleloader hunters. [/QUOTE]
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