This is one of the best posts I've seen on this thread yet. YES to the entire season being archery!! Of Course, we know that will never happen.
That being said, I'll add to your line of thought. I grew up hunting when there were no ATVs, no trail cameras, no fancy deer stands (most were homemade or a Baker stand...lol), no crossbows (heck, even compound bows were new and HIGHLY controversial), and no cell phones to monitor no cell cameras, etc. Some of you remember those days. Now, THAT WAS DEER HUNTING! While none of those things I've mentioned are detrimental to the health of our deer population, they certainly have largely contributed to the increase in our success. So speaking strictly to those whose argument is that we need to "Learn To Hunt" or "It's Hunting Not Killing", and so on...I say you might want to check your own ways of hunting that you've adapted in the past decades. If you've begun using an ATV to access remote hunting areas better, you're using trail cameras to better pattern your deer habits, and you've transitioned from still hunting to a comfortable hang-on or ladder stand from a 20-foot elevation, then you're just as guilty as I am for making it easier to bring home the venison...yet, I'm still just as passionate about it and love it just as much as when we did it like Indians...lol, well, almost anyway.
The point is, YES, a pile of corn will add to the list of making it easier to bring home venison, but so have many other things we ALL do know and take for granted. Excluding the argument that it's detrimental to the health of deer, turkeys, etc. (which apparently isn't an issue in the many other states that allow it, but maybe TN will be different
), it will no doubt add to the list of making it easier like many other things have...primarily easier to bag does and small bucks if that's the way you roll. I echo his last statement, "I don't care how others choose to hunt as long as it's done legally." Legalize it or don't; we'll be okay, guys. You'll add it to your already long list of ways that make it easier to bag a deer, or you won't. Meanwhile, my wife and I are about to head to Hopkinsville, KY for the weekend to move some of those 21' tall ladder stands and make them ready for summer, while riding across 1,000 acres on our SXS, and checking trail cameras for the last inventory check of the season to see which bucks survived...none of which I could have done in my younger years because they didn't exist. They dang sure make it easier to get to the best spots and on the bigger bucks, and we're going to love every second of it. And, when season arrives, if there's corn involved (since it is legal), it will likely enhance the hunting experience just like the ATVs, trail cameras, crossbows, in-line muzzleloaders, fancy deer stands, and all the other ways we've chosen to increase our chances at bagging the smartest animal in North America over the decades. But hey, I'd vote in a heartbeat to go to an archery only season...imagine what that thread would sound like...LOL!
