changing nonresident bow season

[sweeney]

What do you guys think about changing the nonresident bow season to start 2 weeks after resident season, after this weekend the number of sconis and blue platers I seen were out of control. I have noticed that the last few years they have been flooding the badlands. Talked to quite a few other guys who agree it might be time to push back or limit areas nonresident bowhunters can go, like we do with other seasons.

 

[KDM]

Oh for "f" sakes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[DirtyMike]

I'm surprised this hasn't been addressed in the past. I don't think they deserve the same opener as residents.

 

[guywhofishes]

 

[Lungdeflator]

Oh for "f" sakes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Lol contribution of the year candidate!

 

[Downrigger]

Pretty soon we will want no non-res hunting or fishing anytime. You move out of the state then that is your own problem. I say leave this one alone. Dont like it, knock on some doors.

 

[Obi-Wan]

Don’t allow mule deer to be taken with bow tag will end the problem

 

[Lungdeflator]

If changing anything make muley tags harder to draw and increase the price. I hunted ND as a NR for a couple years before moving out, its a unique opportunity for somebody to hunt this early in the year and have a chance at a velvet buck. I think that is the allure of hunting early out here. Most other states seasons open mid september, so I think moving it back 2 weeks would lose quite a big % NR hunters.

 

[riverview]

why is bow season 4 months long? when most people cant get a rifle or muzzy tag in some units.

 

[Chas'n Tail]

Let them be. They'll be gone by the start of the second weekend anyway. Same as when we go out of state to hunt opener.... I'm seeing a double standard here.

 

[Bfishn]

why is bow season 4 months long? when most people cant get a rifle or muzzy tag in some units.

Because even with that long season, Archery is still historically about half the success rate of the 16 day rifle season.

 

[db-2]

that's just the way it was and most want it left as it is. db

 

[GSM]

Don't non-res have to apply in a lottery for a ND mule deer archery tag and its only a certain amount of tags? Whitetail is OTC, but I thought mule deer was a lottery?

 

[sweeney]

Oh for "f" sakes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

thanks for the input gramps :::

 

[Meelosh]

I would need more convincing then what is provided in this thread that there is actually a problem.

However, consider this, just about every one of us is a "non-resident" at some time in our hunting careers. Some more than others. I try to plan at least one "adventure hunt" a year. So it pisses me off when the states I like to go to decide to gouge the NR just to be vindictive. We as hunters really need to stop needling one another. There is FAR bigger problems on the not-to-distant horizon.

 

[Bfishn]

Don't non-res have to apply in a lottery for a ND mule deer archery tag and its only a certain amount of tags? Whitetail is OTC, but I thought mule deer was a lottery?

[h=1]Nonresident Any-Deer Bow Licenses[/h]Fri, 01/12/2018


[FONT=&quot]The North Dakota Game and Fish Department will have 502 any-deer bow licenses available to nonresidents in 2018.
[FONT=&quot]Applicants must apply online at the Game and Fish website, gf.nd.gov. Paper applications are not available. The deadline for applying is March 1.[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]Up to five applicants can apply together as a party. A lottery will be held if more applications are received than licenses available. Any remaining licenses after March 1 will be issued on a first-come, first-served basis.[/FONT]
The number of nonresident any-deer bow licenses available is 15 percent of the previous year’s mule deer gun license allocation. The Game and Fish Department issued 3,350 mule deer licenses in the 2017 deer gun license lottery.



[/FONT]

 

[sweeney]

this isn't a prove a point thread it is an opinion thread with a poll, I guess over the last 25 years of hunting out there I have seen it go from maybe seeing 2 nonresidents opening weekend to about 20 in one day, like someone mentioned most of them are gone after the velvet scrapes, but they are everywhere now literally everywhere skylining all over chasing I mean "stalking" anything with horns. I don't hunt out of state so I guess I don't know what other states do when nonresidents apply, if anything. The only reason I posted this thread is because I ran into a couple different groups of guys who said the same thing on opening weekend, figured I would see what the opinion is. Soi it's not about making it a pissing match. unless you want to interject worthless pot stirring comments, then I am all in for some good laughs.

 

[Meelosh]

Well, sway my opinion. Show me data. I don't hunt enough out there to know. It kinda sounds like you have bigger problem that they are bad hunters so unlikely to have success anyway.

 

[guywhofishes]

you see 20 (4%) of the out of state muley hunters in a single day? - whilst hiking back into the Badlands so that you're hunting like a pro?

geez it must be bad since I bowhunted out there in the 80/90s

also - how do you know it's not us reatrds from Fargo hunting like morons and driving you batty? do you ask them there they are from? or do they wear something unique you can identify them by - like spotting the dreaded RENTAL clubs at the golf course?

 

[sweeney]

Well, sway my opinion. Show me data. I don't hunt enough out there to know. It kinda sounds like you have bigger problem that they are bad hunters so unlikely to have success anyway.

I'm not here to sway your opinion, I just think it is a nonresident zoo out there first two weeks, if you don't have your own opinion that's fine. Not saying they are bad hunters either,i guess you would have to see some of the stuff to know what I mean. I am not trying to get the pitchforks and torches and chase everyone out of here or saying that we need to get rid of NR hunters, just trying to see if there is any support to put some restrictions on NR's season dates much like they have on upland and waterfowl.