CliffordN
Well-Known Member
Will there be a velvet season this year?
Yep, here you can hunt them from the road during the velvet hunt as long as you use a thermal. I learned that last year watching all the road hunters that showed up and were scanning mine and my neighbors fields during the velvet hunt.Different rules and regulations depending on which Unit you are in.
You gotta realize who your talking about no actions will be taken without biological data and benefits to back it up they definitely have gone to pot in last 15 yearsVelvet hunt was the worst decision the TWRA has made in some time, especially allowing rifles in the CWD zones. I can't think of time where more damage can be done to buck age structure than allowing rifle hunters to pick off the mature bucks while they're still on their summer ag field patterns.
Very few hunters wanted it, even fewer now "participate".Velvet hunt was the worst decision the TWRA has made in some time
Yep. In the CWD zone it's not just hunting illegally over corn piles with a bow.. . . . . especially allowing rifles in the CWD zones.
I agree and add " cool" October which is usually late in the month.Good luck to all those that go…..
But i refuse to bowhunt until the calendar says October
I thought it was an ofd decision myself, but at least it wasnt a bonus tag. I guess if people are willing to sweat over a beanfield to kill a fuzzy horned, doe necked, red mangey tick taxi and use one of their tags- more power to them. I do hate they coupled it with the squirrel opener and the free fishing weekend (i believe). Too many deer obsessed dads will choose chasing deer over taking their kids squirrel hunting or fishing.Velvet hunt was the worst decision the TWRA has made in some time, especially allowing rifles in the CWD zones. I can't think of time where more damage can be done to buck age structure than allowing rifle hunters to pick off the mature bucks while they're still on their summer ag field patterns.
Agree with this.I thought it was an ofd decision myself, but at least it wasnt a bonus tag.
You can say that again. The whole deer season is some sort of night poacher orgy in my area. It's not just the worst thing to happen to hunting, it's the worst thing to happen to our community in the history of it's existence. A bunch of criminals have taken it over.You gotta realize who your talking about no actions will be taken without biological data and benefits to back it up they definitely have gone to pot in last 15 years
Except the fact that virtually no one hunts it. The last few years has seen harvest during the velvet season in the teens in my county.I can't think of time where more damage can be done to buck age structure than allowing rifle hunters to pick off the mature bucks while they're still on their summer ag field patterns.
Free fishing day is in June. Free hunting day is the overlap in August, but it is squirrel only. Still gotta have a big game tag (or qualify for the land owner exemption) to be legal to hunt deer that weekend.I thought it was an ofd decision myself, but at least it wasnt a bonus tag. I guess if people are willing to sweat over a beanfield to kill a fuzzy horned, doe necked, red mangey tick taxi and use one of their tags- more power to them. I do hate they coupled it with the squirrel opener and the free fishing weekend (i believe). Too many deer obsessed dads will choose chasing deer over taking their kids squirrel hunting or fishing.