brocksw
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Over the last decade or so the ND deer seasons and tag allocations have come under a bit of fire. There has been some complaints from hunters about the archery pressure in the Badlands, specifically in the first two weeks of the season (Season Runs from Beginning of Sept to the first weekend in Jan). This is presumably because archery tag numbers have quadrupled in the last decade and a half or so. But there has also been some talk about too much pressure in the Badlands during the 16.5 day rifle season that runs in November.
The NDBHA Facebook group has a done a number of different polls to try and get a feel for acceptance level of change from the public with some surprising results. Granted its a small sample size, the most accepted changes seem to be around rifle season and the idea of splitting that season up. There is some disagreement on how they should be split, but there is far more acceptance around that concept than any changes to archery tags. Keep in mind, that acceptance is about 60/40 in favor of change for rifle season. The support for archery changes was far lower.
The ND Game and Fish is aware of the complaints and concerns and entertains discussions but hasn't really acted on anything at this point, although they came close a few years ago with the 1 buck proposal.
It would be interesting to see a discussion on this subject for Hunttalkers.
The NDBHA Facebook group has a done a number of different polls to try and get a feel for acceptance level of change from the public with some surprising results. Granted its a small sample size, the most accepted changes seem to be around rifle season and the idea of splitting that season up. There is some disagreement on how they should be split, but there is far more acceptance around that concept than any changes to archery tags. Keep in mind, that acceptance is about 60/40 in favor of change for rifle season. The support for archery changes was far lower.
The ND Game and Fish is aware of the complaints and concerns and entertains discussions but hasn't really acted on anything at this point, although they came close a few years ago with the 1 buck proposal.
It would be interesting to see a discussion on this subject for Hunttalkers.
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