Minnesota Shotgun Zone going to Rifle

[DFS]

Putting a rifle into the rut is an awful idea for a deer herd.

 

[Bonasababy]

No no.

Thats usually from a western R who have killed a pile of deer, and are disappointed that shooting a 3.5 YO 150" MD is as good as it gets.

Whats funny is the laugh reacts to this - while guided "hunts" that are shooting glorified farm animals get "liked" up all over media.

I cant speak to western hunter thoughts with any experience. But here there's a vocal minority composed almost exclusively of bowhunters who at their core hate that rifle season occurs during the rut.

They want the rut to themselves...despite being able to hunt during it, and having a season that runs from Mid September to the end of the year.

They often promote theories that professionals say there is no basis for in making the argument, but its clear their real intent is to have the peak of the rut all to themselves.

 

[tboltz34]

Putting a rifle into the rut is an awful idea for a deer herd.

The root cause is the firearm season during the rut. Not the rifle. Let's not use this as justification to oppose the shotgun to rifle shift.

 

[DFS]

I cant speak to western hunter thoughts with any experience. But here there's a vocal minority composed almost exclusively of bowhunters who at their core hate that rifle season occurs during the rut.

They want the rut to themselves...despite being able to hunt during it, and having a season that runs from Mid September to the end of the year.

They often promote theories that professionals say there is no basis for in making the argument, but it’s clear their real intent is to have the peak of the rut all to themselves.

I could give a chit less what Minnesota does with their deer season, it is a bit concerning how many hunters want things to be easier for them, I suspect out of laziness or selfishness I guess. Who knows.

 

[tboltz34]

I could give a chit less what Minnesota does with their deer season, it is a bit concerning how many hunters want things to be easier for them, I suspect out of laziness or selfishness I guess. Who knows.

I'm assuming you only hunt with a long bow with how concerned you are about how easy things are? Why are we concerned with how others hunt, especially when 47 other states hunt this way? No one is stopping you from making your hunt more challenging. From my perspective, that's a very selfish take.

 

[Johnny Bravo]

So let me get this straight....you buy a license by zone/area and now you have to figure out which county you are in to know if it's rifle or shotgun? Seems stupid to let the county decide, just make the entire state rifle/shotgun, the hunter chooses...more wasted government spending. I get how it used to be, rifle in the north and a cutoff for shotgun. Just seems like people trying to justify their jobs. Example, I want to hunt public land in southern MN and I want to hunt all over, now I have to bring a shotgun AND a rifle because the county decides....ridiculous...

 

[mntatonka]

So let me get this straight....you buy a license by zone/area and now you have to figure out which county you are in to know if it's rifle or shotgun? Seems stupid to let the county decide, just make the entire state rifle/shotgun, the hunter chooses...more wasted government spending. I get how it used to be, rifle in the north and a cutoff for shotgun. Just seems like people trying to justify their jobs. Example, I want to hunt public land in southern MN and I want to hunt all over, now I have to bring a shotgun AND a rifle because the county decides....ridiculous...

unfortunately that was the only way to get it to pass through the legislature. It's a stepping stone that will hopefully get removed in future legislative sessions.

 

[NoWiser]

So let me get this straight....you buy a license by zone/area and now you have to figure out which county you are in to know if it's rifle or shotgun? Seems stupid to let the county decide, just make the entire state rifle/shotgun, the hunter chooses...more wasted government spending. I get how it used to be, rifle in the north and a cutoff for shotgun. Just seems like people trying to justify their jobs. Example, I want to hunt public land in southern MN and I want to hunt all over, now I have to bring a shotgun AND a rifle because the county decides....ridiculous...

Who is justifying their jobs? I doubt a single person who will be charged with enforcing this is happy about it.

Anyone smart enough to figure out the hunting regulations for their area can surely determine what county they are hunting in, in about 30 seconds, with zero difficulty.

It’s obvious that the choice was either zero change to the shotgun zone, or this. I don’t really see why anyone in favor of using rifles is complaining. It’s a step in their direction.