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Post by daydreamer on Sept 20, 2019 13:44:44 GMT -6
Wonder if MN publishes the number of youth licenses sold??
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Post by batman on Sept 20, 2019 14:25:58 GMT -6
Youth hunts are worthless feel good policy. Too little too late.
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Post by kooch on Sept 20, 2019 18:07:25 GMT -6
Youth hunts are worthless feel good policy. Too little too late. Unless you’re a youth.
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Post by batman on Sept 20, 2019 18:25:01 GMT -6
Data I have seen suggests mostly hunting active youth engage. Moot.
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Post by biglakebass on Sept 20, 2019 18:50:35 GMT -6
I dont think it brings any new kids that wouldnt already join deer camp.
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Post by Reagan on Sept 21, 2019 5:40:19 GMT -6
If you take a non hunting kid hunting, he most likely won’t keep hunting unless you keep taking him.
If you take a non hunting adult who is free to continue on their own, then you might grow the population of hunters by one. Or maybe a few if they have kids of their own.
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Post by kooch on Sept 21, 2019 16:09:43 GMT -6
Whatever. The state is letting my kid hunt in the middle of October with a rifle and I’m happy for him.
He’s gonna kill whatever deer he wants.
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Post by biglakebass on Sept 21, 2019 17:05:17 GMT -6
I am not against it. I just think its a fallacy that the dnr thinks its gonna get new hunters.
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Post by benmnwi on Sept 21, 2019 19:07:08 GMT -6
The youth seasons certainly don't hurt new hunter recruitment. I'm fine with giving them the first crack at the deer for a few years.
I'll be happy when my kids get to hunt the youth deer seasons.
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Post by biglakebass on Sept 21, 2019 22:23:39 GMT -6
You are right Ben. It wont hurt recruitment.
But your kids would hunt deer i would guess without a special season. Do you plan to take your kids friends with to "recruit'?
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Post by kooch on Sept 22, 2019 6:23:10 GMT -6
You are right Ben. It wont hurt recruitment. But your kids would hunt deer i would guess without a special season. Do you plan to take your kids friends with to "recruit'? That’s a good idea.
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Post by benmnwi on Sept 22, 2019 13:10:40 GMT -6
From the recruitment side I think kids are more likely to stick with hunting if they have success. I think kids have a better chance bagging a deer when they are the only ones hunting. I also think starting kids with small game is probably a better tool than youth seasons since there is much more action. Perhaps the youth deer hunts are taking the place of the squirrel, rabbits and pheasants i started on. It seems to be harder to find good small game places than when I was a kid.
I have my hands full with my own 3 kids, so I doubt I'll take any other kids out for a while.
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Post by Sandbur on Sept 22, 2019 14:55:20 GMT -6
From the recruitment side I think kids are more likely to stick with hunting if they have success. I think kids have a better chance bagging a deer when they are the only ones hunting. I also think starting kids with small game is probably a better tool than youth seasons since there is much more action. Perhaps the youth deer hunts are taking the place of the squirrel, rabbits and pheasants i started on. It seems to be harder to find good small game places than when I was a kid. I have my hands full with my own 3 kids, so I doubt I'll take any other kids out for a while. Starting with small game just didn’t work with my girls. Right now, grouse numbers are way down and there are very few squirrels. Squirrel hunting seems to be more popular as you go south in the state and SE in the country. My grandfather from a Kentucky liked to squirrel hunt. My Dad, Mn Grandpa, and high school buddies had no interest.
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Post by biglakebass on Sept 22, 2019 15:15:56 GMT -6
I loved shooting barn swallows at the farm as a young kid. The cats ate great.
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Post by sd51555 on Sept 22, 2019 16:18:22 GMT -6
I loved shooting barn swallows at the farm as a young kid. The cats ate great. It was open season on blackbirds, blue jays, and pigeons on our farm. That's how I learned to shoot. Sparrows were trapped in the hay loft and used to train the cats to grab them outta mid-air. When the barn was full, that was a ton of fun. We'd block the openings and chase them back and forth with a broom. As they'd run outta gas, the cats would reach up like they were stretching out for a one handed catch on a pass over the middle, and stuff them right in their mouth in one motion.
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