CPW has released their final 7 year season structure.
I think You hit on the head right here, will make third much more appealing for most out of state hunters. Dang near have to take two full weeks off a regular job to hunt 2nd season. That 10 day break will be huge for 3rd though. Looks like they made quite a few changes...in a few years everyone will think of this as normal and complain when they change it back in 2027....if the wolves don’t come and eat all the elk firstChanging the 2nd rifle season to start on a Wednesday is weird... Wednesday thru Tuesday doesn't exactly line up with most peoples work/ school schedules. Doesn't really affect me but I think we will see a lot of guy's who usually hunt 2nd season moving to 3rd so they can hunt a whole week instead of part of two weeks. I know some people who rely on hunting weekends only so this takes away a couple days of hunting for them.
And it could draw even more hunters to try for those 4th season tags.I like it because it moves 4th season even later!
I don't believe that it will affect the bucks that much since the tags for those seasons are already very limited. Now perhaps third season will be a little different since it will be slightly later but still the tags will be limitedThese are the recommendations they still have to be voted on. I dont see anything to be happy about especially if you like older age class deer...
Hunting bucks almost into December most years with long range (1000yd) rifles is a recipe for disaster for Colorado deer. The past couple of years only the gov tag had that ability now there will be "gov" tags in almost every unit in the state... Think about the results of this for a second.. If approved as structured age class will no doubt suffer greatly.
These bucks have so many hurdles to overcome just to get to maturity and this season structure if approved will be the tipping point for colorado deer and the quality very likely will never be the same again in our lifetime........................
This season structure is a big step back for Colorado IMO.
I would go back and re-read the 2nd line in the .pdf ..... Finalized by CPW ....These are the recommendations they still have to be voted on. I dont see anything to be happy about especially if you like older age class deer...
Hunting bucks almost into December most years with long range (1000yd) rifles is a recipe for disaster for Colorado deer. The past couple of years only the gov tag had that ability now there will be "gov" tags in almost every unit in the state... Think about the results of this for a second.. If approved as structured age class will no doubt suffer greatly.
These bucks have so many hurdles to overcome just to get to maturity and this season structure if approved will be the tipping point for colorado deer and the quality very likely will never be the same again in our lifetime........................
This season structure is a big step back for Colorado IMO.
The only change from what was proposed is they voted to keep 2nd season 9 days and move it back a week. 3rd will be 7 days with the later dates. 4th will be 5 days with the later dates like what was proposed.Does anyone know the results of the vote ?
Did everything pass, or where there any changes?