Apps out 2025

[Trip McNeely]

I still play the game for rifle and muzzy but it actually might be time for a one tag system. No gratis tags either...at this point I could care less if one deer is left in ND. The management for habitat and opportunity has passed. Fence row to fence row....actually there are zero fence rows now. Sad. Pure Greed

Im still not a fan of the one tag system. I do understand the idea behind it and semi agree but bowhunting, at least in my case is likely the most “days afield” type of hunting. The success rate has gone up I’ll agree to that but the hunter hours into it is a lot higher as well compared to rifle. On top of that the sales of tags that go unfilled is higher as well so in a sense the game and fish csn sell multiple tags for one deer so to speak as opposed to a one tag system. I get a bow tag yearly but I don’t fill it every year. Depending on the year I may go out a lot just to sit or like last year I bought a tag and never touched my bow. Something definitely needs to be done if the deer numbers dont start coming back up. Maybe a lottery for bow? I know a lottery and license cap is sorely needed for badlands Muleys for sure. My old man and I were talking about the shit show deer hunting has become and he told me back in the day the zone he hunted had a deal where if you drew a muley or “any buck” tag you were ineligible for it the following year….. maybe we need to implement a “sit out year” rule for all buck tags for rifle season. I don’t know if that would improve odds yearly or not but taking out a large pool of applicants who drew bucks the previous year may improve odds

 

[Trip McNeely]

It's a busy time of year with school and sports starting. Believe me, as a parent of two boys who have been through recent youth seasons it's not that easy. November add was nice, but now competing with adults for spots. Weather + busy schedule = not as many days as you think.

Agreed realistically once school starts and adding in all the activities you are lucky to be looking at a handful of days you are even able to get out

 

[CatDaddy]

Never said that . Another person said they only get 10 days .

It wasn't the number of days that got my response, it was "It's plenty". You followed up with enough other content to know where you stand. Just because you say you aren't an A hole doesn't mean you're not.

This says enough. "There's so few tags, and damn those kids for taking them!" I appreciate you for letting me know I'm a dipshit if I can't figure it out in 10 days. Maybe hunting (public) isn't my thing. Let me know next time you've got a bait pile we can come hunt with you. Wait, that would require me to draw a tag, but those damn kids ruined that for me! I'll let my 15 year old know that the tag he didn't draw this year is going to good hands with you.

 

[8andcounting]

It wasn't the number of days that got my response, it was "It's plenty". You followed up with enough other content to know where you stand. Just because you say you aren't an A hole doesn't mean you're not.

This says enough:

I didn’t intend it like that . What if we made 2 youth seasons ? The September one and then maybe a late October for 2 weekends or something like that ?

 

[8andcounting]

Montana youth hunters get 2 days . Yet they somehow make it work .

 

[CatDaddy]

I didn’t intend it like that . What if we made 2 youth seasons ? The September one and then maybe a late October for 2 weekends or something like that ?

What is the actual problem you're hung up on with youth season? Don't we want future hunters?

 

[Trip McNeely]

Now that baiting is legal statewide, harvesting does should be a bit easier……especially for youth. Which if the game and fishes obvious objective is to kill every fucking deer in the state why they were so fricking opposed to baiting is beyond me. If they were smart they would crank the tags up and hand out free corn . This whole deer situation is the most hypocritical situation I’ve ever seen out of any agency. Say one thing while actions go completely the other direction…… I will say something nice about the game and fish though for a change. I do like the new application system for only getting dinged if you are successful…..the whole money shuffle game was pretty retarded…..

 

[8andcounting]

What is the actual problem you're hung up on with youth season? Don't we want future hunters?

Not hung up was talking about a 1 tag system. Then get bashed . I go want youth hunters . Let many shoot deer on my land I personally own each year . And will continue

 

[CatDaddy]

Now that baiting is legal statewide, harvesting does should be a bit easier……especially for youth. Which if the game and fishes obvious objective is to kill every fucking deer in the state why they were so fricking opposed to baiting is beyond me. If they were smart they would crank the tags up and hand out free corn . This whole deer situation is the most hypocritical situation I’ve ever seen out of any agency. Say one thing while actions go completely the other direction…… I will say something nice about the game and fish though for a change. I do like the new application system for only getting dinged if you are successful…..the whole money shuffle game was pretty retarded….

Baiting statewide, except on government managed land AKA the public we hunt.......

 

[CatDaddy]

Not hung up was talking about a 1 tag system. Then get bashed . I go want youth hunters . Let many shoot deer on my land I personally own each year . And will continue

What's the actual problem you see that limiting youth season would fix?

 

[8andcounting]

What's the actual problem you see that limiting youth season would fix?

I don’t want to limit it any more than it is . Never said that. But we don’t need 4 months of it. Maybe 3 full weeks or like I said maybe a September season and later October season

 

[CatDaddy]

I don’t want to limit it any more than it is . Never said that. But we don’t need 4 months of it. Maybe 3 full weeks or like I said maybe a September season and later October season

Let me tell you what "triggered" me about your posts (as a father of 2 boys who hunt public land): Your comment about "dipshits can't figure it out in 10 days or 26 days" or whatever.

Why you think youth season is even a reason for what's wrong with ND deer populations perplexes me. Why not focus on gratis, bow, 1 tag system, habitat, CWD (lol) etc.? Aren't some of those more of a reason? You have me confused. You said those things, not me. I see you.

 

[Tinesdown]

I wanted to reply about the 3f2 comments so up by my area they are doing cwd depopulation also 3a1 is the unit. So way to many tags understood. The reason I see it is gf can sell but little acres u in 3a1 for deer. Don't know about 3f2 looked on sat imagery looked like alot of road less ground which is great for deer. 3a1 on the other hand roads everywhere fields the farmers plowed in most of the prarie trails up that way. So a unit that has seemingly unlimited tags it's still hard to find ares to hunt. Imo take it or leave it I stopped going 3a1 because I had like 4 spots to walk or I drive another 50 miles

How can they accurately predict how many deer are in this unit compared to other units with less habitat, as far as I know from others we never had a problem with disease or harsh winters cuase by no habitat, that killed off large numbers of deer.

A my father drew 2d last year with 4 pp hunted near langdon on private the gourge was posted to a tee apparently he talked to guys up along the canadian border more elk than deer go figure. I think they just don't want deer hunters on said ground.

 

[Traxion]

So SD youth firearm is open all fall ?

September thru December for youth. Mentored is different but still a long season. I don’t see any downsides to it.

 

[Kurtr]

So SD youth firearm is open all fall ?

They cant shoot bucks

 

[8andcounting]

Let me tell you what "triggered" me about your posts (as a father of 2 boys who hunt public land): Your comment about "dipshits can't figure it out in 10 days or 26 days" or whatever.

Why you think youth season is even a reason for what's wrong with ND deer populations perplexes me. Why not focus on gratis, bow, 1 tag system, habitat, CWD (lol) etc.? Aren't some of those more of a reason? You have me confused. You said those things, not me. I see you.

You need to read the post before where the guy called me a dpsh’t that’s what I was responding to

 

[8andcounting]

Either way , the gf has a mind of their own we can propose all kinds of ideas and they’ll more than likely fall on deaf ears . Our deer population has no chance of improving much without habitat under the current season structures

 

[double account removed]

wut it comes down to is im not shootin any big bucks n somebody is to blame aint no reason it cant still be like 2006 when there was a deer everywhere u looked sure crp and trees are gone but supplimental feed should fix that n if they listened to us armchair experts there would still be 150 inchers everywhere i know my answer is let landowners allocate tags since they know how many deer are round better than everyone curious to hear what the other solutions are from you fellas

 

[wslayer]

I'm all for pushing the youth season while there is still a chance. We all got spoiled when there was CRP, decent habitat, little to none posted land, and numerous licenses available. It is going to continue to decline as it goes on which is going to make a lot of our youth lose interest real fast. Deer numbers could explode but if they have nowhere to hunt, most won't engage very long. Yes there is some private landowners that will allow youth hunting, but that is only about a 2 yr deal and then you'll need to find your own stomping grounds. Any public lands even now get stomped to death for deer and birds, have to get damn lucky on the timing.

 

[SDMF]

I have good friends in 2d . With primo private land and they said deer , what deer ? Low populations and huge number of NR hunt 2d on archery tags cuz the state land

NR’s hunting state land in the ‘Gorge? Despite the running joke about Pembina pheasants, I know very little about deer hunting that part of ND.