Senate Bill 910, Velvet Antler Season

[kwaynem]

I’ve never hunted CO or NM, but it’s my understanding that you can’t just buy a license over the counter for a lot of the game like in OK and TX. If draws are the only way to get a tag, then it should be open to anyone. In my opinion, the draw hunts in Oklahoma are special opportunity hunts and should be available only to residents.

I believe IMO only that if you own land in Oklahoma and pay Oklahoma taxes you should be able to get landowners tags for same price as residents atleast a lower price than non resident

 

[TedKennedy]

I believe IMO only that if you own land in Oklahoma and pay Oklahoma taxes you should be able to get landowners tags for same price as residents atleast a lower price than non resident

Only if you report hog activity and don't shoot at feral pigs.

 

[retrieverman]

Only if you report hog activity and don't shoot at feral pigs.

I’m safe on that one, because Alfalfa county is still pig free.

 

[Dorkus]

I’m a huge proponent for going to one buck a year and increasing the doe limit for those that supposedly need the meat to survive.

If the velvet buck deal is a lottery, I won’t participate even though I would only be hunting my own place. In my opinion, any lottery and/or draw hunts should be for residents only.

If they had one buck a season, the reality is many small bucks will either not be checked or left in the woods. How many of us have shot a spike thinking it was a doe? Is it right? The answer is “No” but it is a situation that will happen.

Two bucks is fine and should stay If not, only is rule following hunters will be impacted.

 

[retrieverman]

If they had one buck a season, the reality is many small bucks will either not be checked or left in the woods. How many of us have shot a spike thinking it was a doe? Is it right? The answer is “No” but it is a situation that will happen.

Two bucks is fine and should stay If not, only is rule following hunters will be impacted.

So you’re saying that everyone that mistakenly shot a spike last fall checked it in as buck and didn’t try to hide it?

In my opinion it doesn’t matter what the rules are, folks that are going to break them are going to break them.

Your argument is similar to the one that less deer get checked under the online system versus having to physically take them to a check station. The guy that won’t go online to check a deer dang sure isn’t going to load up his deer and drive around trying to find an open check station.

 

[Okie4570]

If they had one buck a season, the reality is many small bucks will either not be checked or left in the woods. How many of us have shot a spike thinking it was a doe? Is it right? The answer is “No” but it is a situation that will happen.

Two bucks is fine and should stay If not, only is rule following hunters will be impacted.

How do we know that this is or isn't already going on?

 

[TedKennedy]

I really doubt it matters much. If we don't start killing a boatload of does, we're gonna be seriously overpopulated soon, IMHO. (that's eastern OK mostly)

 

[Dorkus]

So you’re saying that everyone that mistakenly shot a spike last fall checked it in as buck and didn’t try to hide it?

That is not what I said, everyone is a broad brush. What I am saying is that with only one buck, it will happen much more than if you were allowed two.

 

[Dorkus]

How do we know that this is or isn't already going on?

We don't.

 

[Dorkus]

I really doubt it matters much. If we don't start killing a boatload of does, we're gonna be seriously overpopulated soon, IMHO. (that's eastern OK mostly)

This is the key and I don't understand why people do not harvest more does. I am sure we all talk to people who only shoot bucks, and I do not get it.