The Trad Gang Digital Market
*** TRAD GANG SPONSOR LIST ***
3Rivers Archery
Abowyer Inc.
A&H Archery
American Leathers
Art Vincent Leather Works
Backwoods Grind Coffee
Big Jim's Bow Company
Bill Langer Bowhunting Productions
Bison Gear Packs
Black Widow Bows
Bow Hush
Broderick Head's Taxidermy
Cari-Bow
Dryad Bows
Eagle's Flight Archery
G. Fred Asbell
Gray Wolf Woolens
Hill Country Bows
Instinctive Archer Magazine
Island Graphics
KME Sharpeners
Marksman Quivers
Montana Bows - Dan Toelke
Mule Creek Outfitting
Onestringer Arrow Wraps
Pedernal Bowhunts
Pine Hollow Longbows
Polk Knives
Ron La Clair's Archery Shoppe
Schafer Silvertip Bows
Shift's Seasoning
Silent But Deadly Bowstrings
Smokeys Deer Lure
St. Joe River Bows
Todd SMith Company
Tolke Bows
TradArchers' World
Trad Gang Digital Market
VPA - Vantage Point Archery
The Waldrop PacSeat
Wood from the West
Zipper Bows
Zwickey Archery
Contribute to Trad Gang and Access the Classifieds!
Become a Trad Gang Sponsor!
Traditional Archery for Bowhunters
LEFT HAND BOWS CLASSIFIEDS
TRAD GANG CLASSIFIEDS ACCESS
RIGHT HAND BOWS CLASSIFIEDS
The Cyber Camp of Traditional Bowhunters
Welcome,
Guest
. Please
login
or
register
.
Did you miss your
activation email
?
1 Hour
1 Day
1 Week
1 Month
Forever
Login with username, password and session length
News:
Home
Help
Login
Register
Trad Gang
»
Main Boards
»
PowWow
»
# of hunters down my butt
« previous
next »
Print
Pages: [
1
]
2
Go Down
Author
Topic: # of hunters down my butt (Read 936 times)
Arrowhead80
Trad Bowhunter
Posts: 191
# of hunters down my butt
«
on:
September 26, 2010, 08:48:00 PM »
When i watch the outdoor channel they always say our numbers are going down, they ain't hunting where i am. Seems every block of woods has someone in it these days whether or not they have permission. Recently went to Colorado elk hunting and seen more people than elk, the only think bugling was attached to a hunters lips. Just wondering if yall feel the same or have the same situation.
Logged
Possum the other white meat
Mike Vines
Trad Bowhunter
Posts: 4512
Re: # of hunters down my butt
«
Reply #1 on:
September 26, 2010, 08:54:00 PM »
Here in Michigan, with so many guys out of work, I can see the woods being just like last year, FULL. I did notice though, that the closer you get to more populated areas, the more the hunters want to be close to home. I might have to drive 1-2 hours to get away from it, but it is well worth it.
Logged
Professional Bowhunters Society Regular Member
U.S. ARMY Military Police
Michigan Longbow Association Life Member/Past President
adkmountainken
Contributing Member
Trad Bowhunter
Posts: 4994
Re: # of hunters down my butt
«
Reply #2 on:
September 26, 2010, 08:59:00 PM »
i see less and less hunters every year for the last 10 or so years around here, not sure what it is. VERY FEW youths in this area hit the woods which is sad.
Logged
I go by many names but Daddy is my favorite!
listen to everyone,FOLLOW NO ONE!!
if your lucky enough to spend time in the mountains...then your lucky enough!
What ever befalls the Earth befalls the sons of the Earth.
Widowbender
TGMM Member
Trad Bowhunter
Posts: 1038
Re: # of hunters down my butt
«
Reply #3 on:
September 26, 2010, 09:02:00 PM »
I know what u mean Preston...its gonna be even worse now with all the crossguns in the woods!!
Logged
David
>>>>--TGMM-Family-of-the-Bow-->
Chatham County Chapter NWTF
Chapel Hill Friends of NRA
Hot Hap
Trad Bowhunter
Posts: 3152
Re: # of hunters down my butt
«
Reply #4 on:
September 26, 2010, 09:35:00 PM »
Yes I think the number of hunters is down. But the availible acreage to hunt is way-way down, and that is why you think the way you do. Hap
Logged
ron w
Contributing Member
Trad Bowhunter
Posts: 13854
Re: # of hunters down my butt
«
Reply #5 on:
September 26, 2010, 09:44:00 PM »
Now days it's a "right now" type of society. With miss management of our game and fewer places to hunt kids don't want to put the time in to become a hunter, let alone a successful one. If they go out and no game is seen ...back to the mall or video games. A few young folks are lucky to have parents that have taken the time to show them the right way, many are on this site. But in the long run hunters numbers will keep going down and trust me the "anti's" are watching and waiting to put an end to what you and I love so much.
Logged
In the beginner's mind there are many possibilities. In the expert's there are few...So the most difficult thing is always to keep your beginner's mind...This is also the real secret of the arts: always be a beginner. Shunryu Suzuki
K. Mogensen
Trad Bowhunter
Posts: 1077
Re: # of hunters down my butt
«
Reply #6 on:
September 26, 2010, 09:53:00 PM »
Anyone who goes during the Any Legal Weapon hunt around here can tell there isn't no shortage of hunters...
Logged
Steelhead
Trad Bowhunter
Posts: 2555
Re: # of hunters down my butt
«
Reply #7 on:
September 27, 2010, 12:57:00 AM »
Thier are certainly way more bowhunters than thier were 20-30 years ago.Not sure about total hunter numbers though in regard to hunting licenses bought for all species.Small game,waterfowl etc.I think those hunter numbers may be on the decline?
I hunt public land mostly though and thiers no shortage of bowhunters where I have been hunting the last 25 years.Thats been in different states as well.Ill,IN, and MI.
They swarm like bees in some places I have hunted.Not alot of solitude or peace really in those situations.Its borderline too competitive at times.
Logged
wollelybugger
Trad Bowhunter
Posts: 684
Re: # of hunters down my butt
«
Reply #8 on:
September 27, 2010, 07:00:00 AM »
The numbers are going down because the younger generation does not want to hunt. They think it is boring to sit in the woods all day long. Kids have a lot more to do than we did and want to be entertained.
Posted property is a real problem, everyone wants to plant food plots and shoot giant bucks. Large farms are leased by a few and that leaves a lot of hunters with nowhere to hunt. After a couple of years many just give up because it isn't worth it.
Logged
B/W lvr
Trad Bowhunter
Posts: 144
Re: # of hunters down my butt
«
Reply #9 on:
September 27, 2010, 12:20:00 PM »
Lots of loss of land to hunt and a lot of slobs that call themselves hunters leads to a less than fun environment. Frank
Logged
John Scifres
TGMM Member
Trad Bowhunter
Posts: 4540
Re: # of hunters down my butt
«
Reply #10 on:
September 27, 2010, 12:27:00 PM »
I'm still trying to figure why you have all those hunters down your butt.
Anywhoo... According to the USFWS 2006 National Survey of Fishing, Hunting, and Wildlife-Associated Recreation (
http://wsfrprograms.fws.gov/Subpages/NationalSurvey/2006_Survey.htm
) hunting is a dying sport in the US.
Here's some data lowlights I pulled from it a while back.
Logged
Take a kid hunting!
TGMM Family of the Bow
Blaino
Trad Bowhunter
Posts: 1265
Re: # of hunters down my butt
«
Reply #11 on:
September 27, 2010, 12:49:00 PM »
I can't say that there is fewer hunters where I'm at. If yall have fewer hunters where you are then I'm jelous! I know I shouldn't feel that way... I think it's a combination of everything. evryone wants to hunt but few want to put the "time in the woods" to leard how to truly hunt. i.e. feeders, trail camras, 500+ yard rifle shots, 200 yrd muzzle loader, 60 yrd wheel shots... when will there be a limit.
Logged
"It's not the trophy, but the race. It's not the quarry,
but the chase."
John Scifres
TGMM Member
Trad Bowhunter
Posts: 4540
Re: # of hunters down my butt
«
Reply #12 on:
September 27, 2010, 04:46:00 PM »
According to the Survey, SC went from 300,000 hunters in 1996 to 208,000 in 2006, a 31% loss.
http://www.census.gov/prod/2008pubs/fhw06-sc.pdf
Logged
Take a kid hunting!
TGMM Family of the Bow
Don Batten
SRBZ
Trad Bowhunter
Posts: 1548
Re: # of hunters down my butt
«
Reply #13 on:
September 27, 2010, 06:14:00 PM »
I don't know all the figures, but I do know for a fact that if they go down Preston's butt, they'll go down for good. DB
Logged
"The older I get, the better I was" Byron Fergenson.
DannyBows
TG HALL OF FAME
Trad Bowhunter
Posts: 3808
Re: # of hunters down my butt
«
Reply #14 on:
September 27, 2010, 06:24:00 PM »
"I don't know all the figures, but I do know for a fact that if they go down Preston's butt, they'll go down for good. DB"
Good one Batman!
Logged
"Always feel the wind, and walk just like the leaves". ("LongBow Country"--Chad Slagle, "High, Wild, and Free").
YORNOC
Trad Bowhunter
Posts: 2993
Re: # of hunters down my butt
«
Reply #15 on:
September 27, 2010, 06:39:00 PM »
Massachusetts has huntable land declining and hunters on the rise. Makes for a very tough situation. Trouble always starts with an overpopulation of ANYTHING. We have to keep our heads out there and be friendly to each other. It's tough to accept that hunting is not as solitary as it once was, but it is..was it is.
Logged
David M. Conroy
Arrowhead80
Trad Bowhunter
Posts: 191
Re: # of hunters down my butt
«
Reply #16 on:
September 27, 2010, 08:29:00 PM »
Guess the title is a misleading, haven't seen any hunters around my butt. If they were close to it i bet they would stink. Don,you and Bernie seen first hand what i'm talking about last year up here there was a bunch of booms that weekend. It gets frustrating letting young bucks walk just to see them in the back of someones truck.
Logged
Possum the other white meat
Shawn Leonard
Trad Bowhunter
Posts: 7837
Re: # of hunters down my butt
«
Reply #17 on:
September 27, 2010, 08:37:00 PM »
I agree with John, numbers are way down. As Hap said there is less land available due to posting and leasing so the spots that are available seem to be getting high numbers. A neighboring farm from the one I hunt has gone from 13 bowhunters to 8 in the last 5 or 6 years. License sales don't lie! I know there are outlaws out there that don't buy a license but not a ton of them. Shawn
Logged
Shawn
Arrowhead80
Trad Bowhunter
Posts: 191
Re: # of hunters down my butt
«
Reply #18 on:
September 27, 2010, 08:45:00 PM »
Around here anywhere you go there are posted signs and trucks all over the side of the road. The numbers may be declining but i can't tell it around here. Land is getting to the point that you can't afford to lease it people are wanting 20-25 dollars an acre and i don't know about yall but i can't swing that. My family owns 100 acres but we are surrounded by hunters that cap anything that moves. There are plenty of deer but not many live to be 3 years old.
Logged
Possum the other white meat
oops29
Trad Bowhunter
Posts: 48
Re: # of hunters down my butt
«
Reply #19 on:
September 27, 2010, 08:45:00 PM »
seems to me in my co. of ky. a lot less hunters and alot less land to hunt
Logged
Print
Pages: [
1
]
2
Go Up
« previous
next »
Trad Gang
»
Main Boards
»
PowWow
»
# of hunters down my butt
Users currently browsing this topic:
0 Members and 1 Guest are viewing this topic.
Contact Us
|
Trad Gang.com ©
|
User Agreement
Copyright 2003 thru 2024 ~ Trad Gang.com ©