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December 5, 2009, 06:04 PM | #1 |
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Bad news for Utah 2010 Deer Season
It was announced today the general deer season has been reduced to 5 days starting in 2010. This is shortened from the normal 9 days it usually runs.
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December 5, 2009, 06:15 PM | #2 |
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What was the stated reason for shortening the season?
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December 5, 2009, 06:45 PM | #3 | |
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December 5, 2009, 11:57 PM | #4 |
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December 5, 2009, 11:58 PM | #5 |
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70,000 hunters all in the field at the same time for 5 days? That's gonna make Fallujah look like a picnic...
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December 6, 2009, 03:32 AM | #6 | |
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However... The Utah "General Season" Deer hunt is absolutely moronic (Yes, I'm a Utah hunter, but I have started to avoid Deer seasons, like the plague). You have what seems to be 50% of the population of the state concentrated in a few areas, all armed, barely passing the state's hunters' safety course, having only shot the rifle they carry the day before - for the entire year, and not actually knowing the boundaries of the unit they are hunting. It doesn't hurt my feelings to see the season shortened. I saw some serious poaching problems in Florida (HogDogs might attest to that, if he reads this), but the absolute destruction and waste of wildlife associated with our General Deer season is horrid. Then, of course, comes the tremendous amount of littering, destruction of roads (or creation of unauthorized roads), unapproved campsites, possession of firearms while intoxicated, and absolute disregard of courtesy to other hunters. They can make it a 0 day season, for all I care... at least until the average IQ of our hunters hits something greater than 50. I'd rather not hunt, than hunt with our 'general hunter population'. No offense intended, toward other hunters on this board. I just have absolutely no respect for the general attitude I see during the Utah General Deer season.
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December 6, 2009, 03:56 AM | #7 |
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FM, you seem to stereotype all hunters into one class. I am not sure where you are hunting, but I do not see what you see. Yes, it can get somewhat crowded hunting in Utah (especially northern) because of the limited amount of public land, but to make a blanket statement that hunters during the general deer season have low IQ's is moronic.
There are always going to be those who don't follow the rules, litter, etc. That is going to happen everywhere regardless of how long the season is. Shutting down deer season all together will not change that. I hunt every year at one of the most croweded places in Northern Utah. It looks like a small city on opening weekend there are so many trailers. The MAJORITY of these campers/hunters clean up to the point when I pull out of camp the day after closing you would have to look hard to find a single piece of trash. Just my .02 cents. |
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