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Muzzleloader Hunting
Is this where muzzleloading is going?!
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<blockquote data-quote="CMP70306" data-source="post: 2878377" data-attributes="member: 36999"><p>Removing rifles from the fall turkey season was the most blatant one, they said turkey numbers were falling and they needed to change it to help the population. By their own estimates the change would save 900 hens per year, out of a total population of 212,000 turkeys. Yet bearded hens are legal in spring and an estimated 3,000 are killed then but they gloss over that fact. What it really comes down to is some of the commissioners didn't like the idea of hunting turkeys with a rifle so they found the most far reaching excuse they could and ran with it.</p><p></p><p>Now a couple years later they stated that the turkey populations are actually doing better than previously thought but guess what wasn't added back this year? </p><p> </p><p>As for video games I play them though not as much as I used to. I did pick up a new hunting game recently, first video game I've ever seen with the full animal vitals included that also incorporates bullet temporary cavity damage and as well as the permanent cavity damage. It also has the Remington 7600 and 1903 Springfield both of which I personally hunt with and have never seen in a hunting game. </p><p> </p><p></p><p>That's irrelevant, it was purely based on harvest numbers rather than the capability of the implements themselves. The current muzzleloader season kills around 20,000 does, a buck harvest would be similar if not lower as the firearm buck harvest is typically half the doe harvest.</p><p> </p><p>For arguments sake let's say it's the same as the doe harvest at 20,000. In the time since the PGC said the herd couldn't sustain a muzzleloader buck harvest prior to the rut the archery buck harvest has increased by 50,000. That is double what would have been expected by allowing buck hunting during the early muzzleloader season. </p><p> </p><p>So if 20,000 was too much to even consider for muzzleloader why is 50,000 more getting a season expansion for archery?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="CMP70306, post: 2878377, member: 36999"] Removing rifles from the fall turkey season was the most blatant one, they said turkey numbers were falling and they needed to change it to help the population. By their own estimates the change would save 900 hens per year, out of a total population of 212,000 turkeys. Yet bearded hens are legal in spring and an estimated 3,000 are killed then but they gloss over that fact. What it really comes down to is some of the commissioners didn’t like the idea of hunting turkeys with a rifle so they found the most far reaching excuse they could and ran with it. Now a couple years later they stated that the turkey populations are actually doing better than previously thought but guess what wasn’t added back this year? As for video games I play them though not as much as I used to. I did pick up a new hunting game recently, first video game I’ve ever seen with the full animal vitals included that also incorporates bullet temporary cavity damage and as well as the permanent cavity damage. It also has the Remington 7600 and 1903 Springfield both of which I personally hunt with and have never seen in a hunting game. That’s irrelevant, it was purely based on harvest numbers rather than the capability of the implements themselves. The current muzzleloader season kills around 20,000 does, a buck harvest would be similar if not lower as the firearm buck harvest is typically half the doe harvest. For arguments sake let’s say it’s the same as the doe harvest at 20,000. In the time since the PGC said the herd couldn’t sustain a muzzleloader buck harvest prior to the rut the archery buck harvest has increased by 50,000. That is double what would have been expected by allowing buck hunting during the early muzzleloader season. So if 20,000 was too much to even consider for muzzleloader why is 50,000 more getting a season expansion for archery? [/QUOTE]
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