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<blockquote data-quote="TheLBLman" data-source="post: 5102114" data-attributes="member: 1409"><p>I wasn't yet hunting in 1958, but I can sure tell you that in 1968, the average hunter spent a lot more time "hunting" than he does today. How much time is spent annually by all the collective hunters is what has really decreased most.</p><p></p><p>Our largest public hunting area in TN is the Cherokee National Forest. If you were there on the opening day of rifle deer season last year (2020), I doubt you would have seen 5% as many deer hunters there as there was in 1968.</p><p></p><p>Using the Cherokee WMA isn't exactly a true reflection because in 1968, I believe fewer than half TN's 95 counties even had a deer season, and, we actually had fewer WMAs, even fewer WMA's that allowed deer hunting. People were just hunting other game, but avidly "hunting" nonetheless.</p><p></p><p>Most of today's TN hunters under the age of 40 would find it simply unbelievable how many TN hunters owned "bird" dogs back in the 1960's. I suspect more people quail hunted then than turkey hunt in TN today. Probably more people waterfowl hunted as well, and for certain, more people squirrel hunted, raccoon hunted, rabbit hunted, hunted period.</p><p></p><p>Things will continue to change, some for better, some for worse, all a matter of whose perspective. But the trend is less sport hunting, and that's what has fueled expensive hunting leases. Waterfowl hunting may continue to increase, while whitetail deer hunting (for sport rather than meat) will continue to decrease.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TheLBLman, post: 5102114, member: 1409"] I wasn't yet hunting in 1958, but I can sure tell you that in 1968, the average hunter spent a lot more time "hunting" than he does today. How much time is spent annually by all the collective hunters is what has really decreased most. Our largest public hunting area in TN is the Cherokee National Forest. If you were there on the opening day of rifle deer season last year (2020), I doubt you would have seen 5% as many deer hunters there as there was in 1968. Using the Cherokee WMA isn't exactly a true reflection because in 1968, I believe fewer than half TN's 95 counties even had a deer season, and, we actually had fewer WMAs, even fewer WMA's that allowed deer hunting. People were just hunting other game, but avidly "hunting" nonetheless. Most of today's TN hunters under the age of 40 would find it simply unbelievable how many TN hunters owned "bird" dogs back in the 1960's. I suspect more people quail hunted then than turkey hunt in TN today. Probably more people waterfowl hunted as well, and for certain, more people squirrel hunted, raccoon hunted, rabbit hunted, hunted period. Things will continue to change, some for better, some for worse, all a matter of whose perspective. But the trend is less sport hunting, and that's what has fueled expensive hunting leases. Waterfowl hunting may continue to increase, while whitetail deer hunting (for sport rather than meat) will continue to decrease. [/QUOTE]
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