Welcome to the site TRAKNDWG.. Wish UpState was here to take care of this..
He's one of our most politically active members.
Not sure I understand. I'm new to the site. Is UpState another user with inside knowledge?
I'm not trying to stir the pot here, but I read the report a couple times as well. I agree with some and disagree with other portions. However, if anyone has any issues with getting the kids involved at an earlier age and bowhunters (or any hunter) having to give up a weekend to faciliate this, then you have major issues and are about as selfish as it gets. Ok so, the kids go out with rifles during the quiet bow season. I get that it makes the deer skiddish, i do. But if you'd rather keep the kids out of the woods at a time when they have a heightened chance of success, then you are exactly who I do not want to associate with. We are losing hunters everyday and anythinf we can do to get kids involved, then I'm all for it, at my expense even.
Isn't that why the kids can start bow hunting at a younger age? I don't mind kids gun hunting during the bow season, I do mind that a lot of the deer shot with their tags won't be by kids that week.