There is still alot of good hunting around here also. Just harder to get permission to hunt private land.
This summer, our legal hunting age for firearm deer was lowered from 14 to 12. But the only way the legislature could get our great governor
to sign it was to limit the age reduction to private land only. To me, that is just wrong. My hunting monies have helped pay for the state lands. It just makes the landowners and clubs even more exclusive.
I could have asked my brother in law to hunt his 5 acre woods, and he wouldn't have turned me down. But its the only spot him and his son will be hunting starting next weekend, and I didn't want to screw it up for him.
This last weekend was our youth hunt. Children from 12 to 16 were allowed to hunt deer with firearms. The regular season for firearms doesn't start until Nov 15. I really believe that this hunt should have been open to all lands ... was supposed to be to get more kids hunting right?
Sorry, I'll get off my soapbox now. Just really disappointed for my son. He was really looking forward to getting to possibly go this year.