Muzzleloader season length
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I’d like to see a 7 day late season and a 4 day early rut season as well….. The rut one could be buck only….. In non-EHD affected counties that is….
I put 9 because I think it should be all season long. Bow hunting is stupid.
whitetailjunky3
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Lol, that’s because you’re doing it wrong.
I voted for a week. I would like to see it from Saturday to Saturday end of December, first of January.
I don’t want to see a week long muzzy season. All it would do is make bucks twice as vulnerable to a corn pile. Muzzy season is fine just the way it is.
I like the true primitive option, but I didn’t vote for it because 2 months long isn’t reasonable either.
I like the true primitive option, but I didn’t vote for it because 2 months long isn’t reasonable either.
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I would love to see muzzy season as a side lock/ primitive season. Run those inline modern guns in modern gun season.
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Crossbows only to be allowed during gun season. Caplock and flintlock only during muzzle loader season. The extra weekend gun season is handgun only.
And operate within those limitations whatever they may be.
There's 6 guys trying to kill a buck by my house right now. 3 different individuals spotted this deer this morning doing their daylight truck scout..a few different trucks driving circles around the block. Crossbows get treated like guns. With the use of drones almost nightly and thermals for scouting. The deer get chased like gun season here. I'm all for year round gun season anymore after feeling like gun season started October 15th when the crops come off. I'd have a completely different mind set if I live or hunted in a different part of the state........living here just kills what bow hunting and traditional muzzleloader season used to represent....they say you shouldnt worry about what others do but I can't apply that when a fuckin drone flys by your property at prime hours of a hunt or someone will walk a fenceline next to your ground to get a deer moving or just treaspass since they arent in orange......all in all i dont think itd be any more wounded deer if primitive weapons were introduced year round. People fling bolts at 100yrds and countless trackers needed everywhere anyways. I don't think we are going back from technology and corn piles why not let old school route of hunting be legal for the season......I'm guessing alot of people wouldn't switch from a Xbow after trying to pattern a iron sights trad muzzy, not to mention the upkeep needed. Amish might be hell on earth with this though but they already are with xbows as is.
This is basically my thoughts. The crossbow i use is much like a traditional ML, IMO. It isnt comparable to many "bows" but it is legal and extremely lethal, so I use it and smile. I would likely still carry it over a traditional ML.
I am 110% for whatever people feel most confident in. Even if that gives them an *
Better yet, let Ohio sell different tags for different weapons. All state land will be bow only and you need to buy a stamp to hunt state land. Season will start September 15th and close December 28th for whatever whitetail tag you bought. Not sure what my thoughts are on federal land, likely the same as state with maybe some lottery gun in the mix. State and federal lands will also be no bait and mobile stands only. Walk in hunts, no bikes zooming by...
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