Return to 3 buck limit but....

[jb357]

1 SEASON ALL WEAPONS

3 seasons, 1 buck per weapon.

Would love to see it go back to 3 bucks, matter of fact lets start the petitions rolling and go cry to the Commission and see if we can complain enough to get it changed??? :roll: :D ;) Don't forget to bribe anybody you can along the way! :super:

Well stated Winchester!!
Here is something else I would like to see,I would like to see our Commission chose by sportsman not appointed by the governor.
As far as the season I think they are just fine.

Whoa whoa whoa, a commission chosen by sportsmen makes too much sense. They'll be none of that

 

[Bone Collector]

I'm not a fan of the 2 buck limit, but that is because of why it came about, not because I can now only shoot 2 bucks. I don't shoot 1 in most seasons anyway.

I say leave it alone.

 

[Buzzard Breath]

I just wish they'd leave the regulations alone for a few years. I've been a hunter for 30+ years (dang, I'm getting old) and have a hard enough time keeping track of the current regs. Imagine a new hunter coming in and having to learn a whole new set of rules each year.

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[Buzzard Breath]

If anything, I'd like to see them close some of the gun season around the first part of December and give small game hunters some time in the woods

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[csi-tech]

We already lost our bonus buck at LBL this year. I think there are enough restrictions. I like a 2 buck rule. If you get a good buck early, you still have the rest of the season to hunt that buck of a lifetime.

 

[landman]

Season seems pretty good right now...

I'd like to see some reduction in doe limits, perhaps go to 1 a day in unit L, and definetly would like to allow kids to use weapon of choice like Mississippi does for kids. My 14 year old girl is scared of the muzzleloader, and my 9 y/o girl definetly isn't ready for it, so they miss out on the very best hunting on my farms in mid November :(

I had a good friend with the same problem with his grandson
I got him to use 2-30 gran pelts and limit shots to 40-50 yards, it worked great

 

[deer hunter 21]

Why is there alot of people worked up about 3 bucks? What is the real argument of why 2 or 3 makes that big of difference?

 

[TheLBLman]

Nope leave it alone

x 2

Nothing's "broke", nothin' to fix.

 

[TN Whitetail Freak]

Honestly I like our sEason before the change and I like the season that it changed to. THE state has to decide if they want to push more toward horns or push more towards hunter opportunity honestly I want more opportunity, I personally will find the horns that I deem acceptable, but don't want opportunities taken away from others to make the challenge of finding big horned deer easier, even then it's not easy

 

[mattmillard510]

2 week ML
2 week Rifle
Archery the rest of the year
Kind of like Kentucky

No. The seasons are fine. If someone prefers bowhunting, that can use their bow during any season. If someone likes the way they do it in KY, they can hunt in KY.

I love this idea. Two weeks of gun, two weeks of muzzle and the rest archery. The pressure and toll two months straight of gun hunting puts on the deer herd is unreal. You would see the quality of the herd and bucks increase dramatically with a shortened gun season.

It's sort of like Missouri, the long gun season really hurts the state as far as hunting goes. Ask the locals or anyone the hunts it a lot. It's actually impressive that Tennessee has the quality of deer that they do with things the way they are.

Think of the best 5 states for deer hunting and big bucks. What do they have in common? 2 or less buck limit and very condensed gun seasons that are outside of prime time. If the hunters in those states want to hunt, they bow hunt.

That gives bucks a better chance at survival because the hunter has to have the deer inside 40 yards instead of just within eyesight to kill them. Having our gun seasons run the whole
Month of November truly makes it brutal. I've gun hunted a LOT in my life and killed many with a gun but the way our seasons run, it really handcuffs our potential.

I get it though, people are set in their ways. They don't like having anything taken away even if it is for the better (matter of opinion I know). People are used to having three buck tags and 2 months of gun seasons.

My proposal would be to have an early weekend Muzzleloader season mid-end of October then the last week of November. Gun season December 1-14th and archery the rest of the way. Have the first juvenile hunt opening weekend of bow season and allow adults to bow hunt or do the weekend before. Then again the last weekend
Of season


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[PickettSFHunter]

If anything shorten firearms season in low deer density areas but ok with just leaving it alone.


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[bowhunterfanatic]

The problem with shortening gun season is hunters in certain parts of the state are going to get robbed of hunting the rut with a gun. A lot of you guys are nearing the prime rut in your area. My area hasn't even really hit the pre rut yet. Up until last week we were still seeing bachelor groups. I would personally love to see a shortened gun season as I tote a bow a large part of the season anyway, but many hunters in my area would be really upset.

 

[larry ipock]

I just want more quality public land, that would help more people than any type of season change.


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this

 

[EastTNHunter]

How about skipping all of this "poor bow hunter" drivel and shorten the bow season. If you want a shorter season then this is the perfect place to take it away. Bow hunters and small game hunters can hunt during rifle season, so the only logical explanation to this is that people want to increase trophy regulations or have the state pander to their special interest group and limit others' opportunities all so that they can have it easier and/or feel special. Condensed gun seasons lead to a LOT of pressure and less selectivity in a very short window, and can be very difficult for people with busy lives and work schedules. But, hey, it's worth the sacrifice for bigger bucks, right?

 

[pb10point]

JUST LEAVE IT ALONE!!!!!!!!!

 

[EastTNHunter]

I'm all for leaving it alone too, I just get tired of hearing people ask what they can take away from someone else in order to make their own life better. Sounds kinda like a political ideology, doesn't it?

 

[jb357]

How about skipping all of this "poor bow hunter" drivel and shorten the bow season. If you want a shorter season then this is the perfect place to take it away. Bow hunters and small game hunters can hunt during rifle season, so the only logical explanation to this is that people want to increase trophy regulations or have the state pander to their special interest group and limit others' opportunities all so that they can have it easier and/or feel special. Condensed gun seasons lead to a LOT of pressure and less selectivity in a very short window, and can be very difficult for people with busy lives and work schedules. But, hey, it's worth the sacrifice for bigger bucks, right?

The original layout I mentioned only took away the option to carry a gun during the rut. It still gave you 2 full months of being part of the orange army. Putting bow season during the rut will lead to bigger bucks to an extent , but it is mostly allowing more bucks to breed.
Poor bowhunter? From what Ive seen on the leases I've hunted on in the state it's more like, oh poor gun hunter doesn't want to put in the time and effort to find and pattern deer and needs the luck of the rut to kill a buck.

 

[Matador]

For the sake of discussion, and since so many people seem to be still salty about losing a buck tag, how would you feel about going back to a statewide 3 buck limit with drastic changes to the seasons.
Something simple like, Oct 1-31- Muzzleloader, Nov 1-30- archery, December 1-31-rifle. Sprinkle a few juvenile weekends in there and call it a day.

Are you suggestions scheduling muzzleloader season before archery?

He just wants to hunt the rut with a bow and keep all the rifles out. LOL

 

[megalomaniac]

Season seems pretty good right now...

I'd like to see some reduction in doe limits, perhaps go to 1 a day in unit L, and definetly would like to allow kids to use weapon of choice like Mississippi does for kids. My 14 year old girl is scared of the muzzleloader, and my 9 y/o girl definetly isn't ready for it, so they miss out on the very best hunting on my farms in mid November :(

I had a good friend with the same problem with his grandson
I got him to use 2-30 gran pelts and limit shots to 40-50 yards, it worked great

recoil and muzzle blast would be fine, but the 9y/o has a nasty habit of trying to put the stock UNDER her armpit when looking through the scope on rifles that don't fit her. At that age, if she gets 'scope-bit', she may not shoot for a few years. I built her 300 blackout with a 11in LOP, so it fits even very young children well.

 

[Boone 58]

What polar kraft said, leave it alone.

 

[rooketnhunter]

Archery all season ,gun for 1 week

 

[GRIT]

Leave it like it is.
Seems like all most everyone is happy with the way it is.

 

[TheLBLman]

The original layout I mentioned only took away the option to carry a gun during the rut.

"ONLY" ? :|
During the rut is the time I most want to carry a gun.

 

[godores]

Leave it the way it is. Two bucks is fine and the seasons are fine. Trophy hunters can get their horns. Meat hunters can still shoot plenty of does around their holiday schedules. Folks who are too busy to be hardcore hunters but still enjoy what little time they get in the woods aren't run away from the sport by taking away their rifles. There are absolutely ways that we could change it to improve one type of hunter's experience, but it will certainly be at the expense of another type of hunter.

Anyway, based on the number of dead deer I see on the side of the road here in Williamson County, there are still plenty of deer out there for the taking. Go enjoy our great state and the plentiful hunting it has to offer.

 

[Back Home]

2 week ML
2 week Rifle
Archery the rest of the year
Kind of like Kentucky

Boom! Yes. I'd 100% support this.

 

[hornsdonteat]

For the sake of discussion, and since so many people seem to be still salty about losing a buck tag, how would you feel about going back to a statewide 3 buck limit with drastic changes to the seasons.
Something simple like, Oct 1-31- Muzzleloader, Nov 1-30- archery, December 1-31-rifle. Sprinkle a few juvenile weekends in there and call it a day.

I disagree 100% with this option

 

[Vermin93]

I just want more quality public land, that would help more people than any type of season change.


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I hear you, and that's a very good point. For example, public land hunting opportunity in the geographically massive state of TX really isn't noteworthy. In fact, I would say it's downright sorry. The state is reportedly 95%+ privately owned, and it shows. That said, I've recently discovered the gem that is Oklahoma public hand. Less than 2 hrs drive from my primary residence in TX and a $280 nonresident archery license and I've got months of deer hunting access on thousands of acres of quality public land with camp sites and in some cases, well water. TN has a very good public land scene, too. There is a lot of opportunity for ambitious public land hunters who can make time to scout and hunt. More public land would be even better.

 

[ridgehunter]

I like the seasons just the way it is but I do wish they would go back to 3 buck. I hear people saying if you want to kill 2 small bucks and be done go ahead but if you want to keep hunting save a tag. You could say the same thing with people who want the 2 buck limit, if you don't want to kill more than 2 ,then don't but don't take it away from others just because you don't want more than 2 killed. If our deer population had been declining I would have been all for it. but we all know that had noting to do with it. I killed two of my biggest bucks last year during muzzle loader and didn't get to gun hunt, even though I had done bought my license. Before you say I should have let one walk, I have for a long time now let small bucks walk but never would I put down someone else for killing one and letting them walk was my choice not someone else trying to make that decision for me. I very seldom kill 3 bucks in a year because I always save 1 tag incase I saw a big one but I have killed two quite often.

 

[jimmyeg]

Stay with 2 bucks only. Should be a size limit though . Lots of small bucks that ND a chance to mature

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[Winchester]

I'm all for leaving it alone too, I just get tired of hearing people ask what they can take away from someone else in order to make their own life better. Sounds kinda like a political ideology, doesn't it?

LMAO, you do know this is EXACTLY what happened when it got changed from 3 to 2 right??? Taking from many to appease a few with no valid reasons!
Nothing has been broken for several years now and we didn't need a change in the buck limits, comical how those that were pushing for the change say now "nothing broke don't fix it" LOL nothing has been broken for many years now, steady improvements along the way.
Politics has NO business in the setting of seasons or bag limits!