bwoods11
5 year old buck +
BS.Some of you guys sound like anti hunters...
Rifles wont change anything in any area. Most shot guns these days have ranges of 150 to 200 plus yards which is the range 99% of hunters would usually stick to. Add to that the fact that a good number of shotgun hunters use semi automatic guns for faster follow up shots, i would guess the majority of rifles nowadays are bolt action, or even single shot, so to assume that it would become a war zone is bit much.
Southern wisconsin a fww years ago went from shotgun to either and the deer kill numbers i believe have been for the most part unchanged, though i dont have the nbers in front of me right this moment.
You wont see anychanges other than the sound of the shots on opening day.
It will have a big impact on quality in certain counties. It’s not the same as SW Wisconsin. They have good habitat and rolling wooded hills.
Have you been to SW Minnesota? It’s open farm country The DNR had a group at the meeting in Alexandria from that zone and they all said “please don’t pass this”… one hunter said he will be able to cover his entire 40 with one box stand.
That’s accurate too.