Originally posted by jjas: [QUOTE]You guys that wanted 1.0 should be happy if crossbow inclusion leads to higher archery totals and lower gun totals. If higher archery totals (especially for antler less deer) occur, that helps to show that archery can be a management tool in Indiana, when in the past it was looked upon as "recreation".
Does that mean gun seasons will be shortened and/or moved? I don't know, but I do know that a more legitimate case could be made @ that time.
And that just wasn't the case a couple of years ago.
I think the current gripe jjas is the "free fall" 2.0 introduced...and we did not need to be that aggressive.
Now....with that being said.....you make a good point on the legitimacy of "archers" contributing to the deer management scheme.
Would have also been accomplished by blending 1.0 and 2.0 strengths.....which I believe we are headed to anyways. Sure would have been nice if both "camps" could have realized this from the start. May have been a lot less "angst" towards each other from the start .....during the process.....and in the end.
