What are you NOT willing to give up? List 1 thing

[tall@wide]

For me it’s bow hunting in January. My favorite time of year to hunt except maybe this year with the warm weather.

 

[203ntyp]

Archery by far.

 

[Rjack]

Bow hunt Oct and Nov.

 

[jkratz5]

current bow season

 

[Sligh1]

October bow season.

 

[Hair&Scales]

First two weeks in Nov bow hunting.

 

[madplotter]

Food plots and habitat work.

 

[hans1]

I would put any season, weapon or technology on the chopping block if it would improve the age structure long term.

 

[deerhunter93]

Archery hunting. I personally have lost a lot of the desire to kill a buck with a gun anymore. It never will happen but I'd be fine if they said traditional archery only. I set my stands to give myself shots of 25 yards and under currently so moving that a touch closer would be good with me.

 

[203ntyp]

Archery hunting. I personally have lost a lot of the desire to kill a buck with a gun anymore. It never will happen but I'd be fine if they said traditional archery only. I set my stands to give myself shots of 25 yards and under currently so moving that a touch closer would be good with me.

I agree. I haven't hunted with a gun for 30+ years, started bow hunting with a recurve and custom-made long bow a few years later. Nothing is more rewarding than taking a buck with traditional archery equipment. Once I got my 1st compound trying to cure target panic, I still did not use sights and shot fingers. The sportsman's club referred to me as Bare Bow Bill and some still do.

 

[Stoney]

I would put any season, weapon or technology on the chopping block if it would improve the age structure long term.

Same, if it moved the needle…

 

[Windlooker]

How far do you want roll the clock back? A few say traditional archery gear, no in line muzzies. I get it but if we’re gonna do it let’s do it. Smooth bore slug guns, no insulated clothing, no scopes, no water proof boots, no range finders, no binos, zero box blinds (no heaters of course), no elevated tree stands, no camo, no scent control (it’s a farse anyway) no commercial calls use your mouth, no aerial maps walk your property, no cams period, no plots find a fruit tree or oak grove, no atvs walk in, no electric vehicles, no tractors find an Amish guy with a couple horses on and on and on. It all gives the hunter an advantage. How far do you want to roll it back??

 

[2.5YR8]

I'm not willing to give up the ability for my family to shoot 2-3 deer for the freezer. With us not shooting does due to the population 1,2, and 3 year old bucks have been filling the freezer.

 

[Stoney]

How far do you want roll the clock back? A few say traditional archery gear, no in line muzzies. I get it but if we’re gonna do it let’s do it. Smooth bore slug guns, no insulated clothing, no scopes, no water proof boots, no range finders, no binos, zero box blinds (no heaters of course), no elevated tree stands, no camo, no scent control (it’s a farse anyway) no commercial calls use your mouth, no aerial maps walk your property, no cams period, no plots find a fruit tree or oak grove, no atvs walk in, no electric vehicles, no tractors find an Amish guy with a couple horses on and on and on. It all gives the hunter an advantage. How far do you want to roll it back??

Your list reminded me of my first hunt with a (then) new & novel tool - a scoped in-line .50 cal Knight muzzleloader. To put it frankly, I was very skeptical of the idea of killing a deer with a single, well-placed shot. On my first drive, I dropped a buck absolutely flat in his tracks while blocking up the end of a long draw. And I literally never looked back from that first shot, the range and precision of the in-line muzzleloader was a game changer over shotguns.