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    Proposed Change in Oklhoma Deer Season

    For those of you who own or lease land in Oklahoma, do you support the proposed change that would extend the deer gun season from 16 days to 23 days? The proposed change does not indicate if the additional week would be a week earlier or a week later...

    10. 800:25-7-53. Deer - gun • Extend deer gun season to 23 days. • Commission may by resolution establish deer gun season bag limits up to 6 deer, no more than one antlered.

    Since I primarily bowhunt, I love the fact that the gun season is fairly short. I think the deer are much less nocturnal than in Texas, at least in my experience. I would prefer it stay as is... what about the rest of you?

    #2
    I hunt Oklahoma and think it needs to stay how it it. Longer gun season will ultimately drive the cost of leases up in my opinion.

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      #3
      We hunt family-owned land and I would like to see it extended because we have a couple of family members who rifle hunt only. I only bow hunt so it wouldn't change things for me.

      If I was leasing for bow hunting I'd probably have a different opinion.

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        #4
        You need to look at the reason why it’s being purposed. Not if it benefits you individually or not. Aside from that, I’ll be happy when it’s extended and I only hope it starts earlier rather than running later. It never fails around here that the “peak” of the big buck movement always takes place in the gap we have between black powder and rifle season. I’ve been hunting the same piece of land for 30 years and that’s how it always is up here.

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          #5
          Originally posted by Trevor73402 View Post
          You need to look at the reason why it’s being purposed. Not if it benefits you individually or not. Aside from that, I’ll be happy when it’s extended and I only hope it starts earlier rather than running later. It never fails around here that the “peak” of the big buck movement always takes place in the gap we have between black powder and rifle season. I’ve been hunting the same piece of land for 30 years and that’s how it always is up here.
          I realize my post indicated the reason I personally don't want it extended, but aside from that, I can't imagine extending the season benefits the deer herd. Your desire that it starts earlier, would no question be a detriment to the herd for the reasons you stated. For what it's worth, I did just receive an email from the Wildlife Department requesting public comment, that the extension would come at the end of the existing season... so 1 week later, not earlier.

          For the Oklahoma residents (I am not), if the extension goes thru, get ready for lease prices to go up. I own my land... I'm sure a longer rifle season will increase land prices/values, particularly in proximity to Texas. Maybe just a 1 week increase won't have a huge effect, but if OK ever mirrored the TX gun season, land prices north of the Red River would go up in a hurry, I'm certain.

          So who does it benefit? I think those who lease their land out to hunters/outfitters, primarily... the longer the gun season, the more they can charge.

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            #6
            As an owner I’m all for extending the season. Wildlife management needs to go the way of the landowner, not the socialist program they have going. We got great momentum with the quota elk and bear system. Now we need to extend rifle season and eliminate public Pronghorn draw.

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              #7
              Originally posted by Texans42 View Post
              As an owner I’m all for extending the season. Wildlife management needs to go the way of the landowner, not the socialist program they have going. We got great momentum with the quota elk and bear system. Now we need to extend rifle season and eliminate public Pronghorn draw.
              You can kill 6 deer in Oklahoma, compared to 5 in Texas and the deer season is longer in Oklahoma..how would you consider their season as a "socialist program"?

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                #8
                Ill be finding and leasing some land there for next year. I like the longer hunting season.

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                  #9
                  Originally posted by Texans42 View Post
                  As an owner I’m all for extending the season. Wildlife management needs to go the way of the landowner, not the socialist program they have going. We got great momentum with the quota elk and bear system. Now we need to extend rifle season and eliminate public Pronghorn draw.
                  agree completely.

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                    #10
                    Are they wanting it longer because they need more deer killed to get numbers in check?

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                      #11
                      Originally posted by dope hunter View Post
                      You can kill 6 deer in Oklahoma, compared to 5 in Texas and the deer season is longer in Oklahoma..how would you consider their season as a "socialist program"?

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                      Things are Slowly changing, but there is no MLD program option, and the crop depreciation program is limited compared to the public draw for private land owner. As it is now the landowner Pronghorn tag is a random draw with only a slight preference to larger land owners.
                      Essentially you could have 31 sections and not draw a pronghorn tag even though you have 70 on your land. The only longer part of the season is an archery buck tag(s) in Jan. But that’s also a new license, our extended doe season follows through then anyway.

                      Compared to Texas it’s a much more focused on the public then the landowner.

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                        #12
                        The logic behind it, that I fully agree with, is the forecasted decrease in hunters in years to come combined with a thriving deer population. Kids these days (most of them) don’t hunt. They play video games and cry. Many of their parents do the same. ODWC doesn’t see the harvest quotas being met as years go by...... and thus a need to extend the season. Also, people claim to be “too busy with life” these days and an extended season has been seen as a way to give those people more of an opportunity to hunt.

                        Personally, I really don’t care what season gets extended, as long as we get more “gun season”. That can be Primitive or Rifle. Early on or later on. If they’d add another 7 days to the back end of muzzle loader season, I’d be tickled with that too.

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                          #13
                          Originally posted by flywise View Post
                          Are they wanting it longer because they need more deer killed to get numbers in check?
                          It could do a combination of things. How much more adapt would you be to hold out for a mature deer with a longer season. Although I would never lease out, it does give the landowner the ability to justify a stricter age harvest strategy. IMO.

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                            #14
                            I already made my comments on there. I pretty much told them that a lot of locals already hunt outside of season. No reason to extend it.[emoji23][emoji23] Until they can enforce the laws they already have on the books I wouldn’t make it any harder on their already stretched thin game wardens. It’s pretty well known that they have a lot of poaching going on up there. It’s bad where my lease is.


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                              #15
                              Originally posted by Trevor73402 View Post
                              The logic behind it, that I fully agree with, is the forecasted decrease in hunters in years to come combined with a thriving deer population. Kids these days (most of them) don’t hunt. They play video games and cry. Many of their parents do the same. ODWC doesn’t see the harvest quotas being met as years go by...... and thus a need to extend the season. Also, people claim to be “too busy with life” these days and an extended season has been seen as a way to give those people more of an opportunity to hunt.

                              Personally, I really don’t care what season gets extended, as long as we get more “gun season”. That can be Primitive or Rifle. Early on or later on. If they’d add another 7 days to the back end of muzzle loader season, I’d be tickled with that too.
                              If the numbers are behind the decision it makes since.

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