Buy stock in Thermocel lol. Bear hunters up north will have to compete with us for Thermocel supplies haha. I'm not sure, the velvet racks don't do much for me.
I’m not a fan of the idea, but if it passes, I will more than likely hunt. However, by the proposed time frame, I generally have a few bucks starting to show up hard horned. How’s that going to play into the season?!?
Buy stock in Thermocel lol. Bear hunters up north will have to compete with us for Thermocel supplies haha. I'm not sure, the velvet racks don't do much for me.
I guess some guys are into trophies, but another downside I see to this is meat spoilage. I skip quite a few days in early October for that very reason. I carry a giant ice chest, and can quarter a deer pdq, but still... if something doesn't work out just right, the meat is gonna spoil.
Some of the wording I've seen is weird and needs to be cleaned up. One specific item is that and deer wounded during this season counts toward the 2 buck limit (alot of people should practice more and take more ethical shots anyway). I imagine a lot more immature bucks would be killed for the novelty of taking a velvet buck, initially. That would probably lessen over the years.
Doing this only on private land (to start with) will drive lease prices even higher and more guides will pop up as people target Oklahoma for velvet hunts.
Even though this is rolling through, ODWC would still have to create the season and regulations surrounding it.
I would likely participate, cussing the entire time i was getting a sunburn in the stand.