Comments on: TPWD Adopts New Deer Hunting Regulations http://www.buckmanager.com/2009/04/06/tpwd-adopts-new-deer-hunting-regulations/ Deer Hunting and Habitat Management Wed, 17 Mar 2010 22:32:42 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Bob S. http://www.buckmanager.com/2009/04/06/tpwd-adopts-new-deer-hunting-regulations/comment-page-1/#comment-2484 Bob S. Fri, 18 Dec 2009 17:11:36 +0000 http://www.buckmanager.com/2009/04/06/tpwd-adopts-new-deer-hunting-regulations/#comment-2484 I think the regulations are because there are more and more hunters every year. We are losing habitat because of the increased number of people (building houses, overgrazing, etc), but that also means more people hunting deer that are forced to live in an areas that are getting smaller or have poor habitat. You can only expect every type of hunting and fishing regulation to get more restrictive over time. If the human population increases by 50 or 100 percent, does that still entitle every hunter to shoot a buck? Maybe the deer population can't support that? I think the regulations are because there are more and more hunters every year. We are losing habitat because of the increased number of people (building houses, overgrazing, etc), but that also means more people hunting deer that are forced to live in an areas that are getting smaller or have poor habitat. You can only expect every type of hunting and fishing regulation to get more restrictive over time. If the human population increases by 50 or 100 percent, does that still entitle every hunter to shoot a buck? Maybe the deer population can’t support that?

]]> By: LINDA ZEAGLER http://www.buckmanager.com/2009/04/06/tpwd-adopts-new-deer-hunting-regulations/comment-page-1/#comment-2483 LINDA ZEAGLER Fri, 18 Dec 2009 16:55:33 +0000 http://www.buckmanager.com/2009/04/06/tpwd-adopts-new-deer-hunting-regulations/#comment-2483 I THINK THAT TERRY HAS HIT THE NAIL ON THE HEAD. IT'S ALL ABOUT THE WEALTHY HUNTING LEASEES STOPPING US LITTLE GUYS FROM KILLING SMALLER DEER. I SAW A MONSTER IN ANY HUNTERS EYES THIS MORNING, BUT HIS HORNS WENT STRAIGHT UP (PROBABLY 18 INCHES UP, WITH AT LEAST 8 POINTS, WITH 4 INCH BASES) AND HE WAS ONLY 15 YARDS FROM ME. WHAT DOES 13 INCHES WIDE HAVE TO DO WITH AGE? WE ALSO HAVE A DEER ON OUR LEASE THAT WE KNOW IS 4 YEARS OLD THAT NOW HAS 11 POINTS, BUT ONE OF THEM HAS GROWN STRAIGHT UP HIS ENTIRE LIFE. WE CALL HIM TRIPOD BECAUSE HE HAS ONE LEG THAT WILL NOT STRAIGHTEN OUT. FOR THE FIRST 2 YEARS HE WAS JUST A SPIKE WITH ONE HORN GROWING DOWN BY HIS EYE, THAT HORN IS NOW A DROP TINE, BUT HE WILL NEVER BE 13 INCHES WIDE. WHAT A SHAME THAT HE WILL PROBABLY JUST DIE OF OLD AGE OR COYOTES JUST BECAUSE HIS HORNS ARE NOT WIDE. I THINK THAT TERRY HAS HIT THE NAIL ON THE HEAD. IT’S ALL ABOUT THE WEALTHY HUNTING LEASEES STOPPING US LITTLE GUYS FROM KILLING SMALLER DEER. I SAW A MONSTER IN ANY HUNTERS EYES THIS MORNING, BUT HIS HORNS WENT STRAIGHT UP (PROBABLY 18 INCHES UP, WITH AT LEAST 8 POINTS, WITH 4 INCH BASES) AND HE WAS ONLY 15 YARDS FROM ME. WHAT DOES 13 INCHES WIDE HAVE TO DO WITH AGE?

WE ALSO HAVE A DEER ON OUR LEASE THAT WE KNOW IS 4 YEARS OLD THAT NOW HAS 11 POINTS, BUT ONE OF THEM HAS GROWN STRAIGHT UP HIS ENTIRE LIFE. WE CALL HIM TRIPOD BECAUSE HE HAS ONE LEG THAT WILL NOT STRAIGHTEN OUT. FOR THE FIRST 2 YEARS HE WAS JUST A SPIKE WITH ONE HORN GROWING DOWN BY HIS EYE, THAT HORN IS NOW A DROP TINE, BUT HE WILL NEVER BE 13 INCHES WIDE. WHAT A SHAME THAT HE WILL PROBABLY JUST DIE OF OLD AGE OR COYOTES JUST BECAUSE HIS HORNS ARE NOT WIDE.

]]> By: No Powder http://www.buckmanager.com/2009/04/06/tpwd-adopts-new-deer-hunting-regulations/comment-page-1/#comment-2364 No Powder Sun, 06 Dec 2009 08:16:49 +0000 http://www.buckmanager.com/2009/04/06/tpwd-adopts-new-deer-hunting-regulations/#comment-2364 Avian, Your silly attempt at "logic" amazes me. So, the crossbow inclusion into the archery season this year had nothing to do with MONEY? Ding. Ding. Gazillions of tax and new license fees? Did the law rescinding "all steel" broadheads have nothing to do with MONEY? Wasp and Savora broadheads paid for that. Did not Rick Perry rescind the 40# minumum bow weight because the Rock Star Ted Neugent paid him to do so after his wife published an article of her "illegal" deer kill with a 37# bow in Texas Trophy Hunter Magazine? Morgan is quite right... The TPWD is only interested in MONEY. Game conservation be damned, if they can make a buck, or sell one. That's why I have to pay $25 for a license to kill a deer on my OWN property, on which I have to control the predators and feed the deer all year, at MY great expense. There has not been a "biologist" out in my end Burleson County for the last 30 years that I have lived on this property. They are all playing games on computers in the office. Get a life. There are about 300 Wardens in the field and about 3,000 goobers in the office with neck ties. Texas had much better whitetail deer populations when the County Commissioners made the game laws. You are the one that needs to think. Respects, Terry Avian, Your silly attempt at “logic” amazes me. So, the crossbow inclusion into the archery season this year had nothing to do with MONEY? Ding. Ding. Gazillions of tax and new license fees? Did the law rescinding “all steel” broadheads have nothing to do with MONEY? Wasp and Savora broadheads paid for that.

Did not Rick Perry rescind the 40# minumum bow weight because the Rock Star Ted Neugent paid him to do so after his wife published an article of her “illegal” deer kill with a 37# bow in Texas Trophy Hunter Magazine?

Morgan is quite right… The TPWD is only interested in MONEY. Game conservation be damned, if they can make a buck, or sell one. That’s why I have to pay $25 for a license to kill a deer on my OWN property, on which I have to control the predators and feed the deer all year, at MY great expense.

There has not been a “biologist” out in my end Burleson County for the last 30 years that I have lived on this property. They are all playing games on computers in the office. Get a life.

There are about 300 Wardens in the field and about 3,000 goobers in the office with neck ties. Texas had much better whitetail deer populations when the County Commissioners made the game laws. You are the one that needs to think.

Respects, Terry

]]> By: AvianQuest http://www.buckmanager.com/2009/04/06/tpwd-adopts-new-deer-hunting-regulations/comment-page-1/#comment-1865 AvianQuest Thu, 01 Oct 2009 00:05:39 +0000 http://www.buckmanager.com/2009/04/06/tpwd-adopts-new-deer-hunting-regulations/#comment-1865 Morgan, TPWD biologist conduct whitetail population surveys on both public and private lands on a regular basis. Regulations are science-based as part of sound wildlife management practices and have nothing to do with money, etc. Following your attempt at logic, what if the state increased limits when the populations didn't justify doing so? That would result in poor hunting in the long term which by your line of thinking would by a financial disaster. Think. Morgan, TPWD biologist conduct whitetail population surveys on both public and private lands on a regular basis. Regulations are science-based as part of sound wildlife management practices and have nothing to do with money, etc. Following your attempt at logic, what if the state increased limits when the populations didn’t justify doing so? That would result in poor hunting in the long term which by your line of thinking would by a financial disaster. Think.

]]> By: Morgan http://www.buckmanager.com/2009/04/06/tpwd-adopts-new-deer-hunting-regulations/comment-page-1/#comment-1850 Morgan Tue, 29 Sep 2009 02:45:12 +0000 http://www.buckmanager.com/2009/04/06/tpwd-adopts-new-deer-hunting-regulations/#comment-1850 The new laws passed by TPWD have absolutely nothing to do with managing game populations, period. It is all about money and the pursuit of. The revenue generated from selling additional hunting licenses, fees for processing, taxidermy costs, firearm sales, etc., etc. either directly or indirectly trickle back to the source of such laws. There is no doubt that money is the driving force behind all TPWD decisions. Whitetail deer population surveys, sure let me guess, they are based on random surveys of hunters willing to openly disclose what was harvested on public land. Private land owners, on the other hand, regardless of what their deer population are, are forced to choke down such laws. It is nice to see that big business has now completely taken over the wildlife in Texas, as well. Pathetic TPWD! The new laws passed by TPWD have absolutely nothing to do with managing game populations, period. It is all about money and the pursuit of. The revenue generated from selling additional hunting licenses, fees for processing, taxidermy costs, firearm sales, etc., etc. either directly or indirectly trickle back to the source of such laws. There is no doubt that money is the driving force behind all TPWD decisions. Whitetail deer population surveys, sure let me guess, they are based on random surveys of hunters willing to openly disclose what was harvested on public land. Private land owners, on the other hand, regardless of what their deer population are, are forced to choke down such laws. It is nice to see that big business has now completely taken over the wildlife in Texas, as well. Pathetic TPWD!

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