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<blockquote data-quote="TheLBLman" data-source="post: 4229041" data-attributes="member: 1409"><p>One of the more "positive" things that is happening with the 2016 deer season:</p><p></p><p><u>For the first time in Tennessee's modern deer-hunting history</u>, hunters in <u>EVERY TN county</u> will be able to take to the field on the traditional opening of "gun" deer season, and <u>kill <em>ANY</em> deer they prefer</u>. <em>ANY </em>deer; <u>it's no longer "buck only</u>" as it has been even recently in most East TN counties. </p><p></p><p>Of course, the hunter will have to have either a sportsman/lifetime or Type 93 permit, but, imo, this is a much bigger positive for many East TN hunters than the antlered definition change is a negative, at least to that "average" deer hunter. Think about it: Until and unless a hunter kills "a" deer, it generally doesn't matter one iota whatever the definition of an antlered deer (less exception than ever before)</p><p></p><p>Being able to kill <em>ANY</em> deer during at least the 1st week of gun season statewide should be a huge increase in opportunity for the "average" TN hunter, who has been killing less than 1 deer every two years, and has traditionally been hunting under "buck only" regs (since so many of TN's hunters do not archery hunt or muzzleloader hunt).</p><p></p><p>Again, putting all this in the context of most TN deer hunters <u>not</u> even killing "a" deer annually, <u>not</u> even having 100 or more private acres to deer hunt, I feel blessed to be one of those just engaged in this conversation. By comparison to that "average" hunter afield on "Opening Day", most of us posting on TNdeer.com today are elitist deer hunters (relatively speaking of course), but especially when we "manage" hundreds (if not thousands) of acres, and annually kill multiple deer.</p><p></p><p><u>The real "trajectory" we're on is one that is improving hunter success for most TN deer hunters</u>.</p><p>Perhaps for the first time in Tennessee's modern deer hunting history, 2016 will become the year a majority of TN deer hunters actually kill "a" deer, at least one. Just maybe, 2016's deer hunter success will become 51%.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TheLBLman, post: 4229041, member: 1409"] One of the more "positive" things that is happening with the 2016 deer season: [u]For the first time in Tennessee's modern deer-hunting history[/u], hunters in [u]EVERY TN county[/u] will be able to take to the field on the traditional opening of "gun" deer season, and [u]kill [i]ANY[/i] deer they prefer[/u]. [i]ANY [/i]deer; [u]it's no longer "buck only[/u]" as it has been even recently in most East TN counties. Of course, the hunter will have to have either a sportsman/lifetime or Type 93 permit, but, imo, this is a much bigger positive for many East TN hunters than the antlered definition change is a negative, at least to that "average" deer hunter. Think about it: Until and unless a hunter kills "a" deer, it generally doesn't matter one iota whatever the definition of an antlered deer (less exception than ever before) Being able to kill [i]ANY[/i] deer during at least the 1st week of gun season statewide should be a huge increase in opportunity for the "average" TN hunter, who has been killing less than 1 deer every two years, and has traditionally been hunting under "buck only" regs (since so many of TN's hunters do not archery hunt or muzzleloader hunt). Again, putting all this in the context of most TN deer hunters [u]not[/u] even killing "a" deer annually, [u]not[/u] even having 100 or more private acres to deer hunt, I feel blessed to be one of those just engaged in this conversation. By comparison to that "average" hunter afield on "Opening Day", most of us posting on TNdeer.com today are elitist deer hunters (relatively speaking of course), but especially when we "manage" hundreds (if not thousands) of acres, and annually kill multiple deer. [u]The real "trajectory" we're on is one that is improving hunter success for most TN deer hunters[/u]. Perhaps for the first time in Tennessee's modern deer hunting history, 2016 will become the year a majority of TN deer hunters actually kill "a" deer, at least one. Just maybe, 2016's deer hunter success will become 51%. [/QUOTE]
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