Originally posted by Parke: Uh Bryan my argument is that taking gun season out of the rut would make it more difficult to kill a mature buck. So, even if i was the only person hunting i may not even kill a mature buck because it has become harder due to the gun season being taken out of the rut. add in 10 guys to each tract. i seriously doubt that the guys hunting the tract with a gun season in december will harvest as many bucks as the guys who hunt during the rut. John, yes "better" and "positive impact" to me means more mature bucks and more deer. i understand that my opinion of "quality hunting" may differ than some. However, i seriously doubt that im in the minority.
If you throw other hunters in the mix then yeah you might have different results but then again with all the variables that come into play you will never know... But just hunting it by yourself, no you won't and your chances of harvesting a mature buck probably will be no harder because they won't have the hunting pressure to deal with...
