This could be true but if they are I DON'T believe they are taking them to the local locker plant for possessing and if the law passes it will make it much easier for them to road hunt and do such a thing without getting caught ???? That's all Im saying....
I don't particularly want to see it passed but I'll admit that is 100% for selfish reasons which isn't right. I don't want more hunters than we have now. I don't want the increased competition, I don't want an increase in non resident hunters coming here and I certainly don't want to see every last acre of private property in this state leased out to those with deeper pockets than the average person.
I know it's selfish but that's the way I feel. I did not express opposition to it to the DNR for that reason but that's how I feel about it. I'm confident it's going to pass and I don't plan to complain about it. I have no interest in shooting deer with a gun and this won't change that so it really has no direct effect on me.
I'm having a hard time seeing that many more people hitting the woods because they can finally use their AK's.
I'm not convinced of that. You could very well be correct, time will tell.
I don't deer hunt anymore so I'm wondering...what percentage of deer hunters hunt from deer stands? Seems like most all of the people I know do. I'm sure even those that do will take a deer on foot if it presents itself but it seems like most do a majority of their hunting from a stand of some sort. If my impression is correct, wouldn't that mean most shots taken will have a downward trajectory, no matter what type of weapon/caliber/chamebering is used?
Regardless, when I was living in Tennessee we could hunt with anything larger than a 243 (I believe) and there was no blood in the streets, no carnage, no mowing down of the deer population. Now, they can use any center-fired weapon to take deer--still no meyhem. And yes, in western Tennessee, there are some very flat, open, expansive fields.
I would imagine that this legal cartridge legislation will be done incrementally. It maximizes the amount of money retailers will make from those folks wanting to replace what they have with the latest and greatest. Really won't change my hunting, I can't see that far in the woods.
This could be true but if they are I DON'T believe they are taking them to the local locker plant for possessing and if the law passes it will make it much easier for them to road hunt and do such a thing without getting caught ???? That's all Im saying....