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Re: Why do we have SPECIAL seasons?
[Re: AC870]
#2867750
08/02/19 06:36 PM
08/02/19 06:36 PM
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Joined: Feb 2016
Posts: 1,487 Tuscaloosa, AL
Nightwatchman
8 point
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8 point
Joined: Feb 2016
Posts: 1,487
Tuscaloosa, AL
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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.
That would be awesome. I know it's hot, but I would love to kill one in velvet. That actually might not even be early enough for velvet depending on which part of the state.
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Re: Why do we have SPECIAL seasons?
[Re: red neck richie]
#2870710
08/05/19 08:18 PM
08/05/19 08:18 PM
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Joined: Dec 2018
Posts: 221 Auburn
red neck richie
OP
4 point
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OP
4 point
Joined: Dec 2018
Posts: 221
Auburn
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So how many of yall consider a 4 week head start an advantage to bow hunters who say they want a bigger challenge? Just saying! Lets manage the heard with Seasons and bag limits and not weapons (also know as tool of harvest)!
Last edited by red neck richie; 08/05/19 08:23 PM.
Old enough to know better but still too young too care!
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Re: Why do we have SPECIAL seasons?
[Re: red neck richie]
#2870986
08/05/19 11:18 PM
08/05/19 11:18 PM
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Joined: Jan 2013
Posts: 19,611 Pelham
Ben2
Old Mossy Horns
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Old Mossy Horns
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Pelham
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So how many of yall consider a 4 week head start an advantage to bow hunters who say they want a bigger challenge? Just saying! Lets manage the heard with Seasons and bag limits and not weapons (also know as tool of harvest)! I dont think it's an advantage cause I have no desire to hunt that time of year, but do agree set the season, hunt as you please by any method and everyone will be happy.
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Re: Why do we have SPECIAL seasons?
[Re: Ben2]
#2871057
08/06/19 07:15 AM
08/06/19 07:15 AM
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Joined: Oct 2008
Posts: 30,910 Clanton, AL
Out back
Grumpy Old Man
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Grumpy Old Man
Joined: Oct 2008
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Clanton, AL
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So how many of yall consider a 4 week head start an advantage to bow hunters who say they want a bigger challenge? Just saying! Lets manage the heard with Seasons and bag limits and not weapons (also know as tool of harvest)! I dont think it's an advantage cause I have no desire to hunt that time of year, but do agree set the season, hunt as you please by any method and everyone will be happy. Actually it's a shame that the Dept has attempted to make anyone happy. That's not their job.
My opinions and comments are my own. They do not reflect the position or political opinions of Aldeer or any of the Aldeer administration.
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Re: Why do we have SPECIAL seasons?
[Re: GKelly]
#2871216
08/06/19 10:41 AM
08/06/19 10:41 AM
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Joined: Feb 2003
Posts: 12,051 Sylacauga, AL
poorcountrypreacher
Booner
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Booner
Joined: Feb 2003
Posts: 12,051
Sylacauga, AL
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gun season couldnt run from October 15 to February 10th our deer population would suffer from it I enjoy hunting the deer, being out i the woods and am able to scout before gun season with a bow. the few bow hunters that actually kill in october affect the population near nothing imagine an extra month and a half of gun season tacked onto the normal 2 months. gun season lasts as long as it possibly can without causing population decline you cant just throw it in with bow season and get the same results. I haven't read through the thread, but this was the thinking of the dcnr back in the day when they started having a bow season and then expanded it. Bow season provides hunters with many more opportunities to hunt, while having very little effect on the resource. It is one of those win-win scenarios that don't happen often. The AL ML season was about money.
All the labor of man is for his mouth, and yet the appetite is not filled.
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Re: Why do we have SPECIAL seasons?
[Re: AC870]
#2871227
08/06/19 10:51 AM
08/06/19 10:51 AM
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Joined: Feb 2003
Posts: 12,051 Sylacauga, AL
poorcountrypreacher
Booner
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Booner
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Posts: 12,051
Sylacauga, AL
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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.
I don't know when AL started the archery season, but I know we had one in the early 60s and I don't think it was due to lobbying by any group. It just made sense to let people have the opportunity to hunt when there was very little chance most were gonna kill anything. Younger folks may not believe this, but there was a time when the department used common sense in setting seasons, and money wasn't the driving factor in everything. It took a skilled hunter to kill a deer in AL with a recurve or longbow in 1963. The equipment was nothing like we have today, and most places didn't have many deer. I mentioned 1963 because that was the first time I ever heard of anyone killing a deer with a bow. All of us kids were absolutely in awe of the guy who did it. Most grown men in our area had never killed a deer, and this guy killed one with a bow.
All the labor of man is for his mouth, and yet the appetite is not filled.
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Re: Why do we have SPECIAL seasons?
[Re: red neck richie]
#2872257
08/07/19 01:15 PM
08/07/19 01:15 PM
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Joined: Mar 2003
Posts: 5,911 Pine Hill, Al
Todd1700
12 point
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12 point
Joined: Mar 2003
Posts: 5,911
Pine Hill, Al
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I always felt like special weapon seasons existed to promote the use of a particular weapon. You know to insure that these more tradition weapons and the skills needed to use them wouldn't fade away. Because lets face it you could accomplish all your game management goals with modern guns by lengthening or shortening the season or by increasing or decreasing bag limits if that is all you cared about. To me I always looked at the extra days in the woods as a reward for mastering a specific skill like shooting a bow.
The best index to a person’s character is (a) how he treats people who can’t do him any good, and (b) how he treats people who can’t fight back. - Abigail van Buren
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