ccwhitey Posted September 17, 2007 Report Share Posted September 17, 2007 in illinois the kids who have youth tags are now able to shoot bucks now instead of just does. i afraid that this will cause all of the kids to wait until a small bck comes along and shoot him instead of a doe. i dont care that a kid shoot a young buck for their first deer because i did, but i am worried that this will damage the quality of the deer herd. what do you guys think? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lil hunter Posted September 19, 2007 Report Share Posted September 19, 2007 I'd say it won't have much of an effect. Is this just during a short youth season, or is it during an entire deer season? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bowtech_archer07 Posted September 19, 2007 Report Share Posted September 19, 2007 It's for a weekend, the weekend of Columbus Day. However, it is a very popular hunt and many does are often harvested during this weekend. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ilhunter1986 Posted September 19, 2007 Report Share Posted September 19, 2007 i personally think allowing youths to take bucks now is crazy. it dont bother me that youths can harvest a doe with a gun over a month before others can with a gun. i feel that they should be given the same opportunity to harvest a buck like everybody else. i also agree that they will shoot little bucks instead of passing them up and practicing quality deer management. i also think this is just as bad as allowing illinois gun hunters to hunt 1/2 hour after sunset now. come on. give the deer a break. that half an hour is going to make a big dif. u already are hunting with a gun which is almost unfair to the deer and now they passed a law to let you hunt longer and make gun hunting even eaiser than what it is already. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest yoders_hideaway Posted September 22, 2007 Report Share Posted September 22, 2007 in illinois the kids who have youth tags are now able to shoot bucks now instead of just does. i afraid that this will cause all of the kids to wait until a small bck comes along and shoot him instead of a doe. i dont care that a kid shoot a young buck for their first deer because i did, but i am worried that this will damage the quality of the deer herd. what do you guys think? What kind of numbers youth wise do you have participate? I doubt the youth bunch along will make a big difference on your deer herd. What is the percentage of bucks taken per hunters in illinois? You'll be fine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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