Hog/coyote bill

[Hoggin]

Terrible idea

[Tuffy]

Sure wish the government would STOP trying to help us.....

[Beauregard]

I think it could result in people sitting a little longer in the deer stand. "Now that it is past legal shooting time, I have switched from deer hunting to hog hunting."


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[Duck Tape]

I fear too many people cannot resist shooting that huge nocturnal buck. But who is it hurting? (besides the deer)

It certainly opens the door wider for the renegade. If you obey the law it will result in more coyotes and hogs killed. Of course we will never get rid of them. So, the law abiding hunter will be fine. The renegade will have more cover to night hunt deer. The penalties will keep most people straight.

[baydog]

I fear too many people cannot resist shooting that huge nocturnal buck. But who is it hurting? (besides the deer)

It certainly opens the door wider for the renegade. If you obey the law it will result in more coyotes and hogs killed. Of course we will never get rid of them. So, the law abiding hunter will be fine. The renegade will have more cover to night hunt deer. The penalties will keep most people straight.

Well if someone really wanted to hunt deer at night they could get a suppressor and do it anyway. The penalty is waaayyy too steep considering how many deer we have. Also, there should be some type of exception for dispatching a wounded animal, as to not let it go to waste, i.e. legally shot deer, tracked til 11pm, bleeding everywhere but still evading trackers and dogs.

[Bigtimber2]

You see no danger in centerfire rifles at night?

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[Coastal Woodie]

You see no danger in centerfire rifles at night?

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How is different than centerfire rifles during the day or at dusk dark?

[led0321]

https://www.midwayusa.com/product/48...ual-gain-matte

[bigtimeduckhunter]

https://www.midwayusa.com/product/48...ual-gain-matte

$6k to kill hogs and coyotes

[Bigtimber2]

Be sure of your target and what is beyond is more diffcult at night.

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[Coastal Woodie]

Be sure of your target and what is beyond is more diffcult at night.

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Ok I understand your view point now. I figure most hogs would be shot over bait so the backstop would already be known so I don't see there being much of an issue in my opinion. But I get where your coming from.

[Sportin' Woodies]

Good lord big timber didn't figure you for a helmet wearing pussy

Fewer laws wins every time.

[Bigtimber2]

I usually pick freedom over safety but have been shined twice by poachers. This law will aid more poachers than it will kill coyotes or hogs.

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[Sportin' Woodies]

You mean you were shined by poachers when it was illegal to shine? And you're fighting for it to remain illegal? Haha

[led0321]

You mean you were shined by poachers when it was illegal to shine? And you're fighting for it to remain illegal? Haha

Damn


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[Bigtimber2]

You mean you were shined by poachers when it was illegal to shine? And you're fighting for it to remain illegal? Haha

Sure. Poachers will poach but when legal those instances will increase. Thermal imaging and a wheat full of hogs would be fun. Hunting hogs at night is blast but this wouldn't end good for some.

The last time we saw this bill came up was close to same the time a federal game warden in Georgia was shot and killed because he looked like coyote. DNR opposed the bill and it was tabled.

http://www.macon.com/news/article28581217.html

[Duck Tape]

The bill I passed a couple years ago was the one that allowed the hunting at night from March thru June. It required a 10 ft elevation for centerfire for safety reasons.

There is a concern over people shooting across fields from ground level at hogs running across a field. Pew Pew Pew Pew Pew Pew Pew Pew....

[WoodieSC]

I think it could result in people sitting a little longer in the deer stand. "Now that it is past legal shooting time, I have switched from deer hunting to hog hunting."

I know that capability would give me a chance to pick off more coyotes for sure, since the ones around here often make themselves known about 45-60 minutes after legal sunset. Fortunately, hogs are still three miles downstream and I hope they stay down there.

I usually pick freedom over safety but have been shined twice by poachers. This law will aid more poachers than it will kill coyotes or hogs.

If you know they are poachers, call the law on them. Or get yourself a good hiding spot and shoot their lights out. Nothing skeers a poacher more than a deer that shoots back... from what I hear.

Can you be trusted to hunt hogs and coyotes year round with the aide of night vision and infrared scopes and not shoot that giant nocturnal buck?

H 3748
Session 122 (2017-2018)

H 3748 General Bill, By Pitts, Hiott, Hixon and Yow

DT, in response to your first question, YES. I know I and my hunting buddies can be trusted to not shoot a deer after legal shooting time, no matter how large it might be. Not everyone in this 'sometimes Socialist State' is a bum and a poacher, contrary to what many of your political friends seem to think.

[Duck Tape]

DT, in response to your first question, YES. I know I and my hunting buddies can be trusted to not shoot a deer after legal shooting time, no matter how large it might be. Not everyone in this 'sometimes Socialist State' is a bum and a poacher, contrary to what many of your political friends seem to think.

Honorable sportsmen will continue to make good decisions. The deer hunter who hangs around late to shoot a hog or coyote will face a temptation. The renegade will have cover. The landowner will have his rights restored to defend his property. The politician will continue to talk out of both sides of his mouth.

[WoodieSC]

Honorable sportsmen will continue to make good decisions. The deer hunter who hangs around late to shoot a hog or coyote will face a temptation. The renegade will have cover. The landowner will have his rights restored to defend his property. The politician will continue to talk out of both sides of his mouth.

So to keep all of us honest and ethical Sportsmen/women from slipping to the Dark Side, have an 800 number we can call from the field to give our name, license number, and location to let DNR know we will be out in the field for X number of hours in case they get any calls.

And if you really want to put a dent in the poacher/renegade population, implement a bounty on their heads. Include illegal aliens, meth heads, et al, in the bounties and the overall crime rate may really drop. Everybody on the right side of the law wins. Screw the rest, even if it includes politicians.