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Originally Posted by mulecrazy

It is more fair now because ANYONE can pick up a bow and bow hunt. Because some are too lazy to get off the internet and stop whining with BS rhetoric does not make it unfair. Its funny how all of the non bowhunters are the ones who inflate archery harvests and attempt to skew facts in their favour.

Claim # 1 "they get to hunt mulies when they are at their dumbest"

BS. When they are running in bachelor herds with multiple eyes watching, nothing but food and safety on their minds, in bed early and out of it later as the need to get to good food sources in the cold is not around, you cannot claim they are dumber. Even the biggest rookie hunter knows a mulie and wt buck are dumbest from the second week of november on....

Claim #2 "its easier to sneak on them when the crops are taller"

Yes, if you manage to see them in the tall crop you may be able to sneak on them. That same tall crop that you claim is the ultimate stalking aid can also be a detriment. When september rolls around, many of those fields are already harvested, the ones that aren't are ripe and noisy. They also hide a bedded buck pretty darn quick. They also hide the other deer in that group that you didn't know was there and they are the ones that bust your stalk. in southern alberta most crops are harvested by the end of september, so where is the advantage for the rest of the season?

Claim #3 "they kill all the big bucks"

Horse puckey. just because a FEW very accomplished hunters who spend more time out there in the field than 99% of hunters can do it with some regularity does not in any way shape or form make it the norm. Take a look at any local horn show. How many top flight bucks are there every year from bow hunters? VERY VERY few.


I find it rediculous that such a change would be made with so little facts known. The fact is, the SRD does a pi$$ poor job of knowing what is actually taken and has no idea how to manage their game.

Very Well Said
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