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Early Season Antlerless?

Bobb-o

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our hunting party is going 4 of us i might just not buy the early season and just hunt with my bow since i would like to get more BOW time in. although with that many rifle hunters around in public land i wonder if i stick one and it runs if someone else will tag it? he he..

another scenario would be me coming out of the woods with my bow and pulling out a doe or a buck that would be so nice amidst all those rifle hunters

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me O,

by the way if you do go early season would you please let me know how it went in your area since my brother is set to attend the BEMIDJI STATE PARK YOUTH HUNT on october 20 and 21st so i would like to get some info if its not too much of a hassle.

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You can hunt with a bow like normal. However you can't officially hunt as a party. Which means a rifle hunter can't tag a deer shot with your bow or vise versa. Also you have to wear blaze orange since there is a legal rifle season going on. I have myself debated this since I am an avid bowhunter I have always thought about the "what if that trophy buck comes by?" with the bow I could take it but with the rifle it is off limits. So far I havn't seen a buck during this season so I havn't had to deal with that scenario.

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That was my exact question?? Could I bring both my Bow and Rifle to the stand?? If a Doe walks by, shoot it with the rifle, and if a buck walks by that's worth taking, pull the bow back. Cool!!! That is good to know

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I have myself debated this since I am an avid bowhunter I have always thought about the "what if that trophy buck comes by?" with the bow I could take it but with the rifle it is off limits.

I believe even bowhunters are limited to antlerless only during the early hunt but not sure. Anyone know for sure? confused.gif

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No bow hunters can shoot whatever they want during the rifle early season. The early season for rifle requires a firearm license and then you buy seperate early season doe tags for 6.50 each.

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Question for you all. Do you have to have a Firearms license to get the EA permit. Or can you have a muzzleloader license and buy the EA tags and hunt with the ML.

You can buy them with an ML license but you're not restricting to using an ML. You can use any legal weapon.

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I have myself debated this since I am an avid bowhunter I have always thought about the "what if that trophy buck comes by?" with the bow I could take it but with the rifle it is off limits.

I believe even bowhunters are limited to antlerless only during the early hunt but not sure. Anyone know for sure? confused.gif

No, they are not. The bow season is not interupted by early antlerless. It's no different than bowhunting during the regular gun season. Same rules (licenses, blaze orange)

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My dad and I are going to hunt the early season for the first time. I had a question about this: does this early season hunt mess up the rest of the bow season? What I mean is are the deer thrown off their normal patterns because of the sounds of rifles? This may be a dumb question, but I was wondering if it is worth bow hunting the weekend after. Thanks for the info! confused.gif

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My dad and I are going to hunt the early season for the first time. I had a question about this: does this early season hunt mess up the rest of the bow season? What I mean is are the deer thrown off their normal patterns because of the sounds of rifles? This may be a dumb question, but I was wondering if it is worth bow hunting the weekend after. Thanks for the info!
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That's the rumor but it seems to be nothing more than that. In looking at the data, archers have been more successful over the early antlerless weekend in the permit areas that have early antlerless hunting since it was implemented. It may be a coincidence but it certainly has not declined that weekend or the weekends leading up to gun season. Statewide, archers have taken record numbers of deer 3 out of the last 4 years.

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My brother & I are going with my buddy where I've bowhunted for years. There's actually 8 of us going. I've been bowhunting that more early thinking my doe chances are going to go down with say 5-10 missing from the herd after that weekend. So far I haven't gotten a doe in bow range out there, hopefully that will change in the next week.

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