Significant restrictions are being proposed in 2024 Novembers RAC's

[Dangbig]

Will this only affect GS? Not LE and CWMU? Sorry if I missed it this one is getting messy

 

[elkassassin]

When Nilly Ain't Happy..................................!

 

[hossblur]

I will always defend the “non loss” of any tags. You see, I’m an opportunist. Something you used to claim you were too! I think deep down inside you realize how silly your take is on this. In time, you will admit you swung and missed here. Unfortunately, it will be too late. We’ll already be way too far down the path to come back.

I like seeing people get to hunt. It makes me happy to see people out doing this. Non loss of tags is a great thing!!! But once it gets down to 3800, don’t come crying to me!

Opportunists don't get emotionally attached to a scope. Or even a weapon.

Deep down?

Your argument is no different. than the dudes that cried about trail cams, then muzzy scopes.

You're just try to cloak it with some conspiracy theory about people you've still yet to name.


Sorry man, I've heard chicken little one to many times.

I'm going swan hunting tomorrow. Amazing, because I listened to dudes tell me, waterfowling would end if we couldn't shoot lead. Skies been falling an awful long time

 

[D_Hoyt]

Personally, I'm of the opinion that we need to find a way to increase age classes of bucks on many of our units, increase game populations especially after winter 2022-2023, increase opportunity when we can, and make sure every 12-17 year old has a tag every year. If that means shorter seasons, youth only seasons, weapon restrictions, APR, or anything else that makes sense to a prudent person sign me up.

Nothing makes me more frustrated than having kids on the bench. My daughter loved hunting her first year, was on the bench in 2024, and has lost most of her interest in hunting because she didn't get to go this year. I should have taken her out of state to keep that spark alive. I'll have another first time hunter in 2025.

I hate seeing adults smoke baby bucks. Maybe we should require an image to be uploaded with the harvest reporting and fine adults $100 for shooting 2pts and spikes.

I think that anyone who hits a deer with a car should have to pay $100 into a predator control account for mitigation and habitat work for failure to exercise due care.

I'm opposed to increasing any fees until we see bigger better herds and hunter satisfaction.

 

[quest]

If it’s that bad rotate some units off/closed for 1 year then go to another unit do the same thing. Do a study to see where we’re at. Issue tags to those who just want to harvest a small buck the same for who wants to harvest a 4 point only. All these ideas is just making my head spin. Just shut the season down if it’s that bad just do it.

 

[Vanilla]

Buck hunting is not a limiting factor for Utah’s deer herds. It simply is not. Until it is, ending hunting in any unit is insane.

The ONLY goal of these proposals is to make it easier for people to find big bucks. Hard stop. Nothing further.

Some measure their success as a hunter in inches, some don’t. We have plenty of units and hunts people can apply for to measure success in inches if they want. But as is the nature of these folks, they will always want more. No matter how much they’re given, they will demand more. They will never be satisfied.

And they will be the nail in the coffin for hunting as we know it in Utah.

 

[quest]

I would love to get together and just talk about these issues in person. I’m sure there some good ideas that we could come up with. Any way I get what you’re saying Vanilla.

 

[ridgetops]

I like how they have restructured a few of the general units.

 

[diablo]

For those who haven’t see this

 

[elkassassin]

I like This:

The Big Bucks Are Still There,They're Just Harder To Find!

We Need To Get The 3 OPPOR-F'N-TUNISTS Units Going!

Give Each One Of Them OPPORTUNISTS 5 Tags annually!

And Let Them FRICK Them Units Up!

When They Are Destroyed!

Keep Sending Them Their 5 F'N Tags!

(((They Don't Want Their Tags Cut,So Don't Cut Them!)))

But After Their Units Are FRICKED Up They Can't Change To Other Units!

I Can See How Long These Units Would Last!

There Wouldn't Be A F'N Deer Left After Year Two!

They Can't Or Won't Look In To The Future As Far As Tomorrow Morning!

But By GAWD They'll Have Their COVETED Tags!