More deer tags????

[treadwell]

Is this for real? "On February 13th, the Georgia state Senate Natural Resources and the Environment Committee approved Senate Bill 72, sponsored by Senator Tyler Harper (R-7), to repeal the prohibition on hunting of wildlife management areas (WMA) and increase the number of deer tags available to each hunter. SB 72 is now being considered by the whole Senate and may receive a floor vote as early as Wednesday, February 20th. "

 

[Possum]

Where are you seeing it say increase number of deer tags?

 

[treadwell]

"and increase the number of deer tags available to each hunter."

 

[treadwell]

NRA_ILA posted this 12 hrs ago.

 

[treadwell]

I just copied and pasted it.

 

[treadwell]

It's on the internet......it has to be true.

 

[Possum]

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 1 of Title 27 of the O.C.G.A., relating to general provisions relative to game and fish, so as to remove a prohibition on hunting on wildlife management areas; to change the date of effective rules and regulations of the Board of Natural Resources; to amend Part 1 of Article 1 of Chapter 3 of Title 27 of the O.C.G.A., relating to general provisions relative to hunting, so as to provide for regulation of hunting with air guns of not less than 0.30 caliber; to modify seasons and bag limits for deer, opossum, and raccoon; to modify certain prohibitions relating to restrictions on hunting feral hogs; to amend various provisions of the O.C.G.A., so as to make conforming changes; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

I still can’t find that line?

 

[treadwell]

Again............It's NOT straight from Ga leg, it was probably propaganda sent out by NRA-ILA on their e-mail. All I did was copy and paste.
Georgia: WMA Hunting Bill to go to Senate Floor

 

[CSuttree]

Here is a link to the draft showing proposed revisions. It looks like they will delete the current 10 antlerless deer and 2 antlered deer restrictions and let everyone take 12 deer, generally.

http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/180804.pdf

 

[treadwell]

Thanks.

 

[C.Killmaster]

Here is a link to the draft showing proposed revisions. It looks like they will delete the current 10 antlerless deer and 2 antlered deer restrictions and let everyone take 12 deer, generally.

http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/180804.pdf

This revision gives DNR the authority to regulate the bag limit within a maximum of 12.

 

[b rad]

This revision gives DNR the authority to regulate the bag limit within a maximum of 12.

good drop it to 4 does and 3 bucks

 

[lampern]

Has Ga ever had either sex tags?

 

[Mr Bya Lungshot]

good drop it to 4 does and 3 bucks

You can say that again.

good drop it to 4 does and 3 bucks

 

[kmckinnie]

3 bucks & 4 does sound just right.
May not even shoot a doe. ?

 

[Sixes]

Has Ga ever had either sex tags?

Yes, buck tags were once either sex

 

[antharper]

I could use a few more tags !

 

[Wanderlust]

I would rather shoot more bucks than does.

 

[EAGLE EYE 444]

As for me, I haven't shot a doe for close to 25 years now and I have never seen the need to do so.

I am surely not a Rocket Scientist BUT I am smart enough to know that if you kill out the majority of does, you're DANG sure not going to have very many new fawns being born each year to help continue the "normal" life cycle of our deer herd. The fact is, ONE doe is only capable of producing 1-2 new fawns on average each year, whereas one buck might be the father of maybe 5, 10, 20, 30, or more new fawns each year.

I see NO reason at all to be able to shoot up to 10 does each year on a "normal" hunting license. Of course, some of you also hunt of various WMA's or other specified hunts whereby the kills from those hunts don't count against the current limit of 2 bucks and 10 does for each season.

I WOULD BE REALLY SURPRISED IF ANYONE REALLY NEEDED AT LEAST 12 DEER PER YEAR AS THEIR MAIN FOOD SOURCE TO KEEP THEIR FAMILY FROM STARVING EITHER. TO THOSE, I SUGGEST THAT YOU PLANT A GARDEN INSTEAD AND SHOP AT YOUR LOCAL GROCERY STORES ETC.

To those that really believe that you need to kill 10 does each year, plus 2 bucks........................IN JUST A FEW SHORT YEARS, YOU WILL PROBABLY BE THE FIRST ONES TO SAY, "DUHHHHH, what happened to all of the nice deer that used to be in my area because I never see any of them anymore" !!!!!

Just to clarify my above statements, WELL I've hunted for over 50 years now and I surely remember when we didn't have ANY deer in my area AND I ALSO REMEMBER WELL THE VERY FIRST DEER THAT I SAW ONE DAY IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD. BACK THEN, WHEN DEER SEASON FINALLY BECAME AVAILABLE, WE HAD VERY TIGHT REGULATIONS AND COULD ONLY KILL A BUCK BUT NOT ANY DOES AT ALL. IT WAS BECAUSE OF THOSE TIGHT REGULATIONS THAT HAS ALLOWED US TO HAVE A MUCH HIGHER NUMBER OF DEER THESE DAYS TO HUNT. PLEASE DO YOU BEST TO REALIZE THAT GEORGIA NOR ANY OTHER STATE DOES NOT NEED TO HAVE A "FEAST OR FAMINE" SITUATION INVOLVED WHEN IT COMES TO DEER HUNTING.

 

[livinoutdoors]

I feel like a lot of people self regulate on doe harvests already, but changing to three bucks no antler restrictions would help meat hunters and discourage doe harvest even more.