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TWRA seeks input on Changes to seasons
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<blockquote data-quote="TheLBLman" data-source="post: 5753281" data-attributes="member: 1409"><p>The real advantage is three-fold:</p><p></p><p><strong>1) </strong> Allows for more focus on other types of hunting, particularly in reducing conflicts between small-game/waterfowl & deer hunters.</p><p></p><p>One reason we deer hunters often don't see this so much, is simply because so many small game hunters have stopped hunting to avoid these conflicts. Many more simply do less hunting. IMO, the small-game hunters have made more concessions to the deer hunters than the deer hunters have made to the small-game hunters.</p><p></p><p>And this is not just about season dates, as anyone can point out that squirrel season is the longest game season in TN. But why did so many hunters stop squirrel hunting? It was once at type of hunting that had more participation than any other, probably until the early 1970's.</p><p></p><p>And, until about the early 1970's, statewide rabbit hunting participation was 2nd only to squirrel hunting. Why did hunters stop rabbit hunting?</p><p></p><p><strong>2) </strong>With above, comes more potential for helping to create lifetime hunters instead of just people who have gone deer hunting.</p><p></p><p><strong>3) </strong> Deer herd health gets enhanced, via less late-season stress when the deer need to be more focused on feeding than escaping hunters. Another way herd health is enhanced (by annual season ending a bit earlier) is the average dates of doe harvest become a little earlier, leaving more food resources to the surviving deer.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TheLBLman, post: 5753281, member: 1409"] The real advantage is three-fold: [B]1) [/B] Allows for more focus on other types of hunting, particularly in reducing conflicts between small-game/waterfowl & deer hunters. One reason we deer hunters often don't see this so much, is simply because so many small game hunters have stopped hunting to avoid these conflicts. Many more simply do less hunting. IMO, the small-game hunters have made more concessions to the deer hunters than the deer hunters have made to the small-game hunters. And this is not just about season dates, as anyone can point out that squirrel season is the longest game season in TN. But why did so many hunters stop squirrel hunting? It was once at type of hunting that had more participation than any other, probably until the early 1970's. And, until about the early 1970's, statewide rabbit hunting participation was 2nd only to squirrel hunting. Why did hunters stop rabbit hunting? [B]2) [/B]With above, comes more potential for helping to create lifetime hunters instead of just people who have gone deer hunting. [B]3) [/B] Deer herd health gets enhanced, via less late-season stress when the deer need to be more focused on feeding than escaping hunters. Another way herd health is enhanced (by annual season ending a bit earlier) is the average dates of doe harvest become a little earlier, leaving more food resources to the surviving deer. [/QUOTE]
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