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Re: Why do we have SPECIAL seasons?
[Re: Goatkiller]
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08/01/19 11:41 AM
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Hunting Pressure is real. That is why we have special seasons. Bow hunters don't want the gun hunters to come along and start blasting does making all the deer skittish as hail... the gun hunters don't want the dog guys coming along and chasing their deer all over the county, etc.
The easy solution in my mind is season limits. If you want to go run dogs, fine. Once you shoot 4 button bucks you are done until next year.
In my opinion what has been lost in having the length seasons we already have here in Alabama is that nobody small game hunts anymore. All the do is deer hunt weekend after weekend. There are few that squirrel hunt, rabbit hunt, dove hunt after opening day, etc.
Once deer season opens everyone rushes out and rides their tree for 3 months.
If you want to talk about season lengths and bag limits causing kids to not get into hunting and the outdoors, then let's talk about why you don't take them rabbit hunting and the fact that all you ever do with them is put them in a shooting house watching a field and getting bored if they don't pop the first doe that sticks it's nose out of the bushes.
I'm ok with the season length. I'm not ok with our current bag limits. I think everyone should have the ability to shoot a few deer.... then they should go do something else, not just ride the hole and continue popping does every weekend. Plenty of other things to hunt than deer especially for kids and developing that love of the outdoors.
That is being lost in Alabama and IMO the real reason for the decline in hunters over the period of decades. Kids just riding the shooting house blasting does, which is far too easy and takes little to no skill... that's the real problem in my mind.
this is also an issue I get my share of rabbits and dove before the season but then no one allows small game hunting on private land after the opening day of deer season we do get a month before and a month after on rabbits though but no one hunts them, for a kid aint nothing much more fun hunting wise than rabbit hunting a place with a good population. i need a dog or a friend with a dog to take with me we load up on them just walking around our place is over run
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Re: Why do we have SPECIAL seasons?
[Re: jlbuc10]
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08/01/19 01:55 PM
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Must not. Nothing like being 20' up a tree on opening day.
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Re: Why do we have SPECIAL seasons?
[Re: red neck richie]
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08/01/19 03:45 PM
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Y'all stick slingers can have the early season. Too damn hot and too many skeeters.
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Re: Why do we have SPECIAL seasons?
[Re: red neck richie]
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08/01/19 04:02 PM
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Speaking of heat and skeeters, Florida's south zone season opens Saturday morning. First whitetail deer season in the U.S.
It's fun. Challenging with skeeters, panthers, snakes and everything else, but fun. Wish I was down there.
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Re: Why do we have SPECIAL seasons?
[Re: Clem]
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08/01/19 04:05 PM
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Speaking of heat and skeeters, Florida's south zone season opens Saturday morning. First whitetail deer season in the U.S.
It's fun. Challenging with skeeters, panthers, snakes and everything else, but fun. Wish I was down there.
I wonder how many people will be hunting?
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Re: Why do we have SPECIAL seasons?
[Re: red neck richie]
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08/01/19 04:18 PM
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A lot. It's their opening day. If you enjoy deer hunting you go hunting. And some nice bucks, for south Florida, will be killed.
It's only supposed to be 87 there Saturday. When I was there it was mid-90s by 10 a.m. and pushing 100 by early afternoon. I killed a deer and saw others, along with sandhills, hogs snd probably had a bear or panther come close. All the birds stopped singing, the squirrels climbed into the trees and got quiet, and the cows out in the pasture kinda bunched up and watched whatever it was without moving. It was freaky.
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Re: Why do we have SPECIAL seasons?
[Re: red neck richie]
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08/01/19 04:20 PM
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South Carolina opens in a couple of weeks. I can't stand to hunt in October, I couldn't imagine trying to hunt in August.
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Re: Why do we have SPECIAL seasons?
[Re: Out back]
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08/01/19 04:22 PM
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South Carolina opens in a couple of weeks. I can't stand to hunt in October, I couldn't imagine trying to hunt in August. Hunted opening weekend (or day) there about 10 years ago. I was in an unbuttoned short-sleeve shirt sweating my ass off. It was worse in SC than south Florida. Didn't see anything, either.
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Re: Why do we have SPECIAL seasons?
[Re: red neck richie]
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08/01/19 04:42 PM
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I think it’s much safer for small game hunters during bow only season too. That might be ONE factor also. Kinda gives folks a chance to do a little small game hunting early season.
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Re: Why do we have SPECIAL seasons?
[Re: GKelly]
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08/01/19 05:33 PM
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there is no bag limit on does only one a day so like said before if gun season was any longer the deer population would suffer. Alabama already has the longest gun season of any state. bows account for alot less kills so they can be utilized for longer without the same population decline. Do you consider being the first ones in the woods to be an advantage?
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Re: Why do we have SPECIAL seasons?
[Re: red neck richie]
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08/01/19 07:03 PM
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there is no bag limit on does only one a day so like said before if gun season was any longer the deer population would suffer. Alabama already has the longest gun season of any state. bows account for alot less kills so they can be utilized for longer without the same population decline. Do you consider being the first ones in the woods to be an advantage? not with a bow that requires me to get within 35 yards of the animal im hunting. but the deer are slighty less skittish before the lead starts flying. corn will probably change all that im sure alot of rifle hunters are gonna go out and buy a crossbow to sit 30 yards from a cornpile so im looking for season dates to start changing up soon.
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Re: Why do we have SPECIAL seasons?
[Re: Remington270]
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08/01/19 09:26 PM
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In theory, I totally agree. The less rules/laws the better. But it sure is nice bow hunting a crisp November morning with a bow without having the woods get blown up from all directions after sunrise. Couldn't agree more. Early season is my favorite time of year. I love the weather and watching leaves change and acorns drop.
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Re: Why do we have SPECIAL seasons?
[Re: Out back]
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08/01/19 10:39 PM
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AU338MAG is correct. However, I also agree, no way guns go from 10/15 to 2/10. I enjoy all types of hunting so I like a long season. Really don’t even understand this topic or the point of it???? If there is a 3 buck limit why cant the season be 4 months? If you shoot your 3 in a week with a rifle you are done if you hunt them all season with a bow or gun and dont kill 3 why does it matter what you hunt em with? You can shoot a crossbow over 100 yards these days I bet at least 50% of rifle shots are under 100 yards. Also since we have the 3 buck limit why can't we just shoot all 3 in one day 😀 And at night? I mean why stop with daylight? Hell let's just hunt all year. Why does it matter when i kill my 3? I could kill a buck at breakfast, then again at lunchtime, then again in the evening, so what's the problem? Also i have shot bucks just to have another just stand there like WTH just happened? So why can't I pop his azz too? 😀 I mean dang if i get all mine in 1 day wouldn't you be happy, cause that's one less hunter in the woods lol. I guess i must see more bucks in one day than some of ya'll see in a season 🤣
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Re: Why do we have SPECIAL seasons?
[Re: red neck richie]
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08/02/19 07:24 AM
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My history may be a little fuzzy but I believe when archery was just getting going in the late 60s and early 70s, Bowhunters of Alabama was a but, well organized group. Probably one of the largest organized “user groups.” They sought a separate season to have a few weeks when they weren’t competing with gun hunters and got it. Don’t begrudge them. Nothing to keep anyone from joining in on the fun. Get a bow or crossbow and have at it. I’ve hunted all methods and enjoyed em all.
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On the distance I like to walk to my stands: “The first 100 yards is also the last 100 yards.”
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Re: Why do we have SPECIAL seasons?
[Re: red neck richie]
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08/02/19 07:27 AM
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Oh. And I always wanted a “special” season last 2 weeks of September. 8 point or 16 inch spread bucks only. Only one during the Special Season. Lot of deer on their feet around here that time of year.
“Killing tomorrow’s trophies today.”
On the distance I like to walk to my stands: “The first 100 yards is also the last 100 yards.”
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Re: Why do we have SPECIAL seasons?
[Re: red neck richie]
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08/02/19 07:57 AM
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Scent control is pretty much out the window when you are sweating like a hog. Does anyone remember before the invent of ScentLok or Scent Blocker, there were chlorophyll pills sold to make you body smell less?
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Re: Why do we have SPECIAL seasons?
[Re: perchjerker]
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08/02/19 10:07 AM
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Scent control is pretty much out the window when you are sweating like a hog. Does anyone remember before the invent of ScentLok or Scent Blocker, there were chlorophyll pills sold to make you body smell less? When you farted, did the pills help with the smell? 😀😀
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Re: Why do we have SPECIAL seasons?
[Re: red neck richie]
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08/02/19 03:29 PM
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Buy a bow, buy a muzzleloader, buy a gun, buy corn and pour it out and kill deer with whatever is in you hands in the particular season. So, what is the issue again?
"After all, it is not the killing that brings satisfaction; it is the contest of skill and cunning. The true hunter counts his achievement in proportion to the effort involved and the fairness of the sport." Dr. Saxton Pope
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Re: Why do we have SPECIAL seasons?
[Re: red neck richie]
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08/02/19 06:01 PM
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Or when your breath smells like you just ate a turd sammich. Did the pills help with this too ?
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