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<blockquote data-quote="TheLBLman" data-source="post: 5101084" data-attributes="member: 1409"><p>While <u>I don't think it will ever be to such an extreme degree</u>, I do believe what has trended over the past 50 years with squirrel hunting, i.e. greatly declining interest from hunters, is now happening with deer hunting.</p><p></p><p>For a few decades, there may have been<em> TOO</em> much emphasis on deer hunting, while other types of hunting took the back seat. Hunters today seem to be discovering there is more to hunt than just deer. IMO, it was the hunting of a variety of game, starting at young ages, that most helped to create <em>LIFETIME</em> enthusiasm for hunting.</p><p></p><p>For novices of all ages, small game hunting is typically more exciting than deer hunting, and various skill sets for deer hunting may be more readily learned doing something like stalk hunting squirrels. Interestingly, many landowners once "guarded" their favorite squirrel woods much like they do their favorite deer woods today.</p><p></p><p>The only certainty is things are changing.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Totally agree, although I don't think "sport" hunting will become extinct in the next couple of generations. As to hunting in general, there may be more a shift from "doing it more for the enjoyment of hunting" to more for the enjoyment of obtaining organic, free-range meat. This shift should help public hunting of both public & private lands remain the best tool for managing ongoing deer populations.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TheLBLman, post: 5101084, member: 1409"] While [U]I don't think it will ever be to such an extreme degree[/U], I do believe what has trended over the past 50 years with squirrel hunting, i.e. greatly declining interest from hunters, is now happening with deer hunting. For a few decades, there may have been[I] TOO[/I] much emphasis on deer hunting, while other types of hunting took the back seat. Hunters today seem to be discovering there is more to hunt than just deer. IMO, it was the hunting of a variety of game, starting at young ages, that most helped to create [I]LIFETIME[/I] enthusiasm for hunting. For novices of all ages, small game hunting is typically more exciting than deer hunting, and various skill sets for deer hunting may be more readily learned doing something like stalk hunting squirrels. Interestingly, many landowners once "guarded" their favorite squirrel woods much like they do their favorite deer woods today. The only certainty is things are changing. Totally agree, although I don't think "sport" hunting will become extinct in the next couple of generations. As to hunting in general, there may be more a shift from "doing it more for the enjoyment of hunting" to more for the enjoyment of obtaining organic, free-range meat. This shift should help public hunting of both public & private lands remain the best tool for managing ongoing deer populations. [/QUOTE]
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