The Hunting Season -- with your Henry

[Deadwood Dutch]

Since you asked, here it is. Basically, what has happened since about 2001, is that with the different deer seasons, two for bow plus flintlock and muzzleloader and the regular rifle season and the big factor, too many days to hunt anterless deer especially where the deer population was not that great to start with, there are not nearly the number of deer as in the past. The coyotes add to the problem. Especially in the northern part of the state, the herd has been greatly reduced. It used to be three days to hunt doe with a rifle following the two weeks of rifle deer season for bucks only. Then, the state game commission came up with the idea to run doe season for two weeks in conjunction with the two weeks of rifle buck season and it really hurt the population. Something to do with overbrowsing, so the state said. Now, in certain areas, they have knocked it down to only one week for doe with a rifle. They should go back to two or three days only for doe with a rifle. Now, it's sort of like locking the barn door after the horse has escaped. The state has been accused of mismanagement of the herd by many sportsmans associations and rightfully so. The state is divided up into wildlife management units and especially in some of the southeastern units there are many more deer per square mile, but this is not, and never was the case in many of the northern units in the state. The deer need to be reduced in those lower units, but not where we and thousands of other hunters go to hunt deer. Some deer camps have just about folded up. It will take years, if ever, for it to be the way it once was. It is especially hard for young hunters to understand why they don't see the deer like us old guys once did. That is why I am glad that my grandson also gets to hunt in Maryland with his father where they see lots of deer and that is where he got his first buck the other year. The bottom line is that they left the two weeks of anterless season in place for too long. Also, now they have reduced the allotment of anterless deer licenses in many wildlife management units which should help the situation to a certain extent. To hunt doe, you need a separate license in addition to your regular license. There are many days now, where you can spend the entire day in the woods and not see even one deer. I don't hunt doe anymore.

[Hack]

Just saw this article entitled "Going Hunting with Your Henry". Author recommended also bringing a knife and hatchet.

http://www.ammoland.com/2016/10/going-h ... z4NRWYttzW

[daytime dave]

That was a very good article. I'm glad I read it. Thank you.

[Hack]

Dave, I thought you might like it with your interest in blades.

[PT7]

Very interesting article, Hack....I enjoyed it a lot.

And the photos of the Henry .30-30 and tomahawk were great -- of both the wood and metals! They look like they were built in the same shop!

Just saw this article entitled "Going Hunting with Your Henry". Author recommended also bringing a knife and hatchet.

http://www.ammoland.com/2016/10/going-h ... z4NRWYttzW