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One Obstacle in Getting Kids Started Hunting
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<blockquote data-quote="TheLBLman" data-source="post: 4536857" data-attributes="member: 1409"><p>Speaking of those public lands, there is currently more WMA acreage open to deer (and turkey) hunting now in TN than when I was a teenager, and believe it not, fewer hunters hunting those lands than a few decades ago. Just saying, the quality of most public land hunting (and private, too) is better today than it was in the past, at least for many species, such as deer, turkey, squirrel, and rabbit. It's also better for geese, possibly as good or better for ducks. Only quail hunting has truly deteriorated (on public lands). Raccoon hunting opportunities have deteriorated on private lands (despite more raccoons than ever) due to mindset changes, but even raccoon hunting may be about as good as ever on most public lands.</p><p></p><p>But where did most "kids" get their start into hunting in times past?</p><p>P.S. It wasn't with deer, nor with turkeys, nor does it need be today.</p><p></p><p>I'll try not to get too side-tracked here, but it wasn't that long ago that the most popular hunting activity in TN was squirrel hunting. Almost every kid went and enjoyed it. Ironically, very few adult hunters, much less juveniles, squirrel hunt today. Even more ironic, there is tremendous opportunity for almost anyone with the desire to find good squirrel hunting places, close to their homes, and often all to themselves, so unlike when I was growing up. We had the close-by woods, but the squirrel-hunting pressure was then higher on private land than it is today on public lands! Heck, even the deer hunting pressure on the private land I was privy to hunt was much more intense then than the public lands I occasionally hunt today!</p><p></p><p>Bottom line remains, more <u>lifetime</u> hunters have come to be by first becoming small-game hunters.</p><p>That opportunity for what was once Tennessee's most popular small-game animal, squirrels, remains fantastic.</p><p>It may be we adults who have more obstacles than our kids.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TheLBLman, post: 4536857, member: 1409"] Speaking of those public lands, there is currently more WMA acreage open to deer (and turkey) hunting now in TN than when I was a teenager, and believe it not, fewer hunters hunting those lands than a few decades ago. Just saying, the quality of most public land hunting (and private, too) is better today than it was in the past, at least for many species, such as deer, turkey, squirrel, and rabbit. It's also better for geese, possibly as good or better for ducks. Only quail hunting has truly deteriorated (on public lands). Raccoon hunting opportunities have deteriorated on private lands (despite more raccoons than ever) due to mindset changes, but even raccoon hunting may be about as good as ever on most public lands. But where did most "kids" get their start into hunting in times past? P.S. It wasn't with deer, nor with turkeys, nor does it need be today. I'll try not to get too side-tracked here, but it wasn't that long ago that the most popular hunting activity in TN was squirrel hunting. Almost every kid went and enjoyed it. Ironically, very few adult hunters, much less juveniles, squirrel hunt today. Even more ironic, there is tremendous opportunity for almost anyone with the desire to find good squirrel hunting places, close to their homes, and often all to themselves, so unlike when I was growing up. We had the close-by woods, but the squirrel-hunting pressure was then higher on private land than it is today on public lands! Heck, even the deer hunting pressure on the private land I was privy to hunt was much more intense then than the public lands I occasionally hunt today! Bottom line remains, more [u]lifetime[/u] hunters have come to be by first becoming small-game hunters. That opportunity for what was once Tennessee's most popular small-game animal, squirrels, remains fantastic. It may be we adults who have more obstacles than our kids. [/QUOTE]
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