Originally Posted by cartervj
I have 3 nephews, only 1 went hunting. After his day of hunting he was done. The idea was awesome but the work was not. He seen some really great duck hunting and seen deer that afternoon and had no desire to kill any of them.

Never ever wanted to go again. I asked another nephew what he wanted to hunt. Still can't get him to go after anything he'd like. He fishes with his granddad and that is it.

Kids of today are much different and have numerous activities that compete for their attention.

Any of my 3 nephews would rather go to a sporting event, watch it on TV or play games. That's about it for them, they'd rather rake leaves than go hunting. It's too cold, too wet and way too early.

Hate to say it but times have changed.

I've also noticed overall hunting license sales are said to be down yet the number of state duck stamp purchases have increased almost 9,000 over the past few years.

Duck hunting has become the COOL thing to do, not deer hunting.

Ha my wife's nephew from FL come up to duck hunt and squirrel hunt. Bought a 22 and everything, he hated it. Looked like fun on TV but not in reality to him.


I think this is more of a reason to make sure to preserve wildlife populations , with less young people who gives two chits about it, we will have less people in the future standing up to lobby to the people who can make a difference to see to it that we preserve it. Why not use smart regulations, to better the outdoors for all hunters . We don't have to restrict antler harvest , cutback on does harvested yes , not in favor of doe days , let me hunt them when I want to during season . I think predator control would be a very good investment and it wouldn't cost much money to promote trapping and removal . Will there be scammers and crooks sure . But with smart regulations such as price setting for pelts, this will be minimal , and who gives a shit if someone traps a Yote in GA or MS and brings him over and collects our bounty in Alabama . We just got good neighbors helping out . And for the record I don't stand to benefit from any of this nor does anyone I know other than the fact that I believe it would make a difference if put in place and left in place and monitored and adjusted in the years to come as needed .