re: The state of the outdoors in Louisiana, how will it be for our kids/grandkids? Long read

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I guess Fred Bear was doing the same with his old videos

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Not sure. I know the old Bear films showed he and his friends hunting together in Michigan. They were in camp fellowshipping and if memory serves me correctly, Fred killed smaller bucks.

Guess my point is, Bear’s work represented deer hunting in a very pure and simple form. After watching those old films I wasn’t thinking about camo or cameras or food plots. I just wanted to get a Bear bow and start hunting with my buddies.

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So maybe filmed started the ball rolling

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100%, but television more so than video or film. In 21 minutes every Hunter seemingly killed a P&Y deer, creating a less than realistic situation.

I have landowners now who have expectations of growing 150” deer that simply can’t be achieved no matter the amount of money and management thrown at it.

I’ve heard or seen the following first hand from Louisiana hunters-
Having six buck tags because wife has a license, but doesn’t hunt.
Deer hunting Kansas without a deer tag
Killing a Kansas buck, yet continuing to hunt for another one

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be honest, you sound like the type of clueless idiot who makes public land hunting unbearable. So, uh, look in the mirror.

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Not enjoying being shot at doesn’t make me an idiot. I never called law enforcement on anyone. I was actually even cordial, probably too much. I yelled to get their attention they were shooting towards me and my son though

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Hunter numbers going down due the urbanization and suburbanization of our society and absent dads

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I don't disagree with you nor do I disagree with the technology point the poster above you had but it does make it a lot more difficult to get people interested in hunting when you have to sit through a class. The more impediments the government imposes to hunt the harder it is to attract new people into hunting. Overtime those impediments mean fewer and fewer people get exposed to hunting.

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The more impediments the government imposes to hunt the harder it is to attract new people into hunting. Overtime those impediments mean fewer and fewer people get exposed to hunting.

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This is the important part of what he said and it’s absolutely true.

Dude, loose lips sink ships bro.

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I think video games and smartphones are a detriment to getting kids out in the woods and in deer stands.
My grandsons are obsessed with that shite.They don’t want to go sit in the woods,they want to sit in the house and play video games.

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Trust me when I tell you that is not all kids.
There are some kids that would rather be outside playing or fishing or hunting or whatever. My son is a perfect example. He's 17 almost 18 now. He used his own money to get into a duck lease in AR with some of his buddies. He's hunting just about every weekend. Last year he would go to our place and deer hunt or go with his buddies and duck hunt.

There are a lot of kids that prefer playing games inside, but there are still some that would rather be outside, thankfully...