Post by Ron on Jun 6, 2011 5:26:49 GMT -6
Annually, the WI DNR conducts a gun deer hunter mail survey. Last year was the first time they asked gun hunters the following question.
"Do you support making the crossbow a legal weapon for use during the archery deer season for any Wisconsin archery hunter?”
This same question has been asked on the bowhunter mail-in survey (conducted every 4 years) in 2005 and 2009 this question was rejected by the majority of bowhunters asked via the DNR’s mail in survey.
This question has been asked to several different user groups including bowhunters and to general sportsmen via the CC spring hearings in 2005 and 2011 and in every case, the majority of respondents asked has rejected full inclusion. The newly released results from the DNR’s gun deer hunter survey shows that once again, crossbow full inclusion is rejected by the majority of respondents asked. This most recent survey of gun deer hunters shows 55% say NO to full inclusion. WI has 650,000 gun deer hunters and 250,000 bowhunters meaning the majority ( 400,000 ) gun hunters do not bow hunt and its clear they are not in favor of crossbow expansion in the archery deer season.
This does not come as a surprise. You can view the survey results at this link.
dnr.wi.gov/org/land/wildlife/harvest/reports/gundeer2.pdf
"Do you support making the crossbow a legal weapon for use during the archery deer season for any Wisconsin archery hunter?”
This same question has been asked on the bowhunter mail-in survey (conducted every 4 years) in 2005 and 2009 this question was rejected by the majority of bowhunters asked via the DNR’s mail in survey.
This question has been asked to several different user groups including bowhunters and to general sportsmen via the CC spring hearings in 2005 and 2011 and in every case, the majority of respondents asked has rejected full inclusion. The newly released results from the DNR’s gun deer hunter survey shows that once again, crossbow full inclusion is rejected by the majority of respondents asked. This most recent survey of gun deer hunters shows 55% say NO to full inclusion. WI has 650,000 gun deer hunters and 250,000 bowhunters meaning the majority ( 400,000 ) gun hunters do not bow hunt and its clear they are not in favor of crossbow expansion in the archery deer season.
This does not come as a surprise. You can view the survey results at this link.
dnr.wi.gov/org/land/wildlife/harvest/reports/gundeer2.pdf