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Originally Posted by walking buffalo
How come no one is talking Allowable harvest and draw scenarios. Allowing crossbows into Archery only seasons may Decrease hunter opportunity.
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I think that people need to think outside the box when discussing what effects including crossbows into archery only season would have. It does not have to be province wide and could only include WMU's that including them would have no impact on anyone else in the way of creating draws, etc. There are plenty of zones where ESRD wants to cull deer herds because there are too many of them. How about including them in archery only season for antlerless whitetail in WMU's where there are supplemental doe tags? Include them in the archery season in only the bow zones around Calgary and Edmonton. How about allowing them in the wmu's along the Sask border where they are worried about CWD?
There are so many ways to incorporate crossbows into the existing archery only season without causing any draws or taking any opportunities away from anyone else.....whitetail but not mulie.....bull moose/elk but not cow/calf (or the other way around).......this WMU but not that one.......etc, etc, etc.
I think that it would compliment the existing methods of wildlife management in a lot of wmu's in Alberta without taking away any opportunities from anyone and providing additional opportunities for other people.