This will go to the public meetings this winter - very important to show up an voice your opinion. If the game commission pushed this through - it will be a disaster. Push for (earn a buck) areas - extra tags for January in urban zones - incentives for towns to allow urban hunting in all their water run off areas. Hunt clubs and Gamelands are already doing well with harvest of deer - allowing rifles for 4 months on private land will only turn gun deer hunting into more of a weekend hobby - and destroy our buck crop - and the rut will diminish - and deer will become more nocturnal.
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