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<blockquote data-quote="TheLBLman" data-source="post: 5368546" data-attributes="member: 1409"><p>Just to be clear, I did not mean to imply any particular hunter should be assumed hunting over illegal bait via participating in the velvet hunt.</p><p></p><p>But I believe the incidence of it is much higher on this velvet hunt than on deer hunting in general, resulting in somewhat another "punishment" for the more honest hunters who abide by the law. For an officer to find bait on the ground during summertime is much more difficult than in wintertime (when vegetation is down, leaves off the trees).</p><p></p><p>LBL is opening the TN side earlier than times past in large part to keep LBL's regs more simple, coinciding with KY's statewide archery opening date. As an aside, baiting for deer at LBL is an endeavor where the poacher is perhaps 100 times more likely to be caught, and successfully prosecuted, compared to most private lands. Still happens, just less.</p><p></p><p>Another thought about LBL's TN side archery season opening earlier this year is it may spread the hunting over a longer time horizon, actually reducing the hunting in October. This is due to LBL's 1-buck limit, whereby any hunter killing "a" buck in early September will be "done" for the year at LBL, including negating the opportunity for a quota gun hunt later in the same year. This 1-buck limit at LBL also counts against the statewide buck limit as well.</p><p></p><p>Personally, I believe the future of hunting in general would be enhanced if no deer hunting became legal in TN or KY before October 15, on top of most deer hunters currently being benefitted more than harmed if archery opened later.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TheLBLman, post: 5368546, member: 1409"] Just to be clear, I did not mean to imply any particular hunter should be assumed hunting over illegal bait via participating in the velvet hunt. But I believe the incidence of it is much higher on this velvet hunt than on deer hunting in general, resulting in somewhat another "punishment" for the more honest hunters who abide by the law. For an officer to find bait on the ground during summertime is much more difficult than in wintertime (when vegetation is down, leaves off the trees). LBL is opening the TN side earlier than times past in large part to keep LBL's regs more simple, coinciding with KY's statewide archery opening date. As an aside, baiting for deer at LBL is an endeavor where the poacher is perhaps 100 times more likely to be caught, and successfully prosecuted, compared to most private lands. Still happens, just less. Another thought about LBL's TN side archery season opening earlier this year is it may spread the hunting over a longer time horizon, actually reducing the hunting in October. This is due to LBL's 1-buck limit, whereby any hunter killing "a" buck in early September will be "done" for the year at LBL, including negating the opportunity for a quota gun hunt later in the same year. This 1-buck limit at LBL also counts against the statewide buck limit as well. Personally, I believe the future of hunting in general would be enhanced if no deer hunting became legal in TN or KY before October 15, on top of most deer hunters currently being benefitted more than harmed if archery opened later. [/QUOTE]
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