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Originally Posted by Rhino81
I believe by having the opportunity to go to Canadian tire every year and buy a mule buck tag and hunt said mule buck every year on a general tag is quite the opportunity that unfortunate rifle hunters did not get that luxury
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This is ludicrous. Rifle hunters DID have the opportunity to hunt every year - its called take up bowhunting. The fact that they willingly CHOSE not to take that opportunity is their problem. Just because they CHOSE not to accept the opportunity that was presented to them does mean that they should try to take that same opportunity away from people who DID accept that opportunity. Contrary to what I read from you over and over, the
opportunity that you so frequently mention was there for everybody to exercise. WILLINGLY choosing not to take an opportunity is NOT equal to LACK of opportunity.
Further, it is just silly to not look at effectiveness and harvest rates per weapon - it just is. In any given year, as has been established, bowhunters province wide are taking LESS than 15% of all mule deer harvested in this province. That means that the "unfortunate" rifle hunters that you mention take approximately 7 deer for every 1 that a bowhunter takes. To ignore this or say that it should not be considered is just being stubborn and hard headed.