Which hunting/fishing regulation would you change in your state?

[PetrifiedWood]

State hunting/fishing laws and regulations vary widely. Which regulations would you change in your state?

In my state there is a law against removing live crawfish from the stream where they are caught. You can catch all you want, but they must not be taken away live. This is intended to prevent introducing them to other streams, but it makes it difficult if you want to eat them. I would change the law and simply make it illegal to transplant live crawfish from one stream to another.

What would you change if you could?

[madmax]

Oddly (I usually find something to complain about) I think FL does pretty good managing fish and game.  The only complaint I had was too many bears.  They were being found in trees in heavily populated areas around Orlando. They reinstated a season this year and that should help.

[wsdstan]

South Dakota also does a great job with their rules and regulations but I would like to be able to shoot snapping turtles instead of trapping them.   

The last regulation they changed was allowing certain months for landowners to shoot muskrats.  That was a good change.

[imnukensc]

Overall, I think we (SC) do pretty well, but I would shorten our deer season and reduce the bag limits.  We have 4 game zones.  All of the game zones have what most folks would consider liberal limits for deer, but the zone I am in is the most liberal.  My deer season begins August 15th and ends Jan 1st unless the 1st is a Sunday and then it ends the 2nd.  There are 9 doe days and I can buy up to 4 doe tags for $5 a piece.  Doe tags can be used any day of the season after Sept 15th.  Only one doe may be taken per day using tags or on designated doe days.  There is no daily limit or season limit on bucks.  In theory, I could kill 13 does and an infinite number of bucks in a single season.  (Note that the preceding applies to private lands only and the use of guns.  I haven't hunted a WMA in over 30 years---too many idiots with guns.)

I would shorten the season by opening it a month later and reduce the season limit on bucks to 3.

[BigHat]

i think trout stickers and national forest stickers are stupid. each one is $4. that's $8 above and beyond the normal price of a fishing license

[Yeoman]

I'd have a kill all bass and no introduction or restocking of bass rule. I hate the invasive bloody beasts. See a bass; kiss the trout good-bye. 


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[WesinND]

In North Dakota Deer Hunting Guide it says:  Animals - It is unlawful to use any animal except horses or mules as an aid in the hunting or taking of big game.

So it's illegal to use dogs to blood trail wounded big game to assist in recovery of a wounded animal or animal that ran a ways before expiring. 

To me, it's a no-brainer.  The law should be changed to allow leashed dogs to aid in the recovery of wounded or dead game after the shot.   It's an ethical decision that would prevent waste of an otherwise lost animal.

Wes

[Uncle Sam]

In North Dakota Deer Hunting Guide it says:  Animals - It is unlawful to use any animal except horses or mules as an aid in the hunting or taking of big game.

So it's illegal to use dogs to blood trail wounded big game to assist in recovery of a wounded animal or animal that ran a ways before expiring. 

To me, it's a no-brainer.  The law should be changed to allow leashed dogs to aid in the recovery of wounded or dead game after the shot.   It's an ethical decision that would prevent waste of an otherwise lost animal.

Wes

I totally agree with this. I've considered training my female dachshund for this. As good of a nose that she has, I'm afraid she's to much of a wild child.

[PetrifiedWood]

I read somewhere that dachshunds make great shed hunters. I had a male years ago that loved to play this game where I would hide his eyes and throw his toy somewhere in the room behind some furniture. I would tell him, "Go get it!" and he would take off like a shot. If he couldn't see it immediately he would freeze and stick his nose in the air and then you would hear all kinds of sniffing and snorting and it usually took him only a matter of seconds to follow the scent in the air to where the toy ended up. It was neat to watch. Best dog I ever had.

[WesinND]

Dachshunds are used extensively for blood tracking, especially the wire haired variety. If you want to read more about it,  a good resource is Deer Search, Inc.   There are volunteers on standby during deer season for finding wounded animals.  There is also a book written by the founder of Deer Search on how to train tracking dogs.  Here's a link to http://deersearch.org/ and https://www.amazon.ca/Tracking-Dogs-Finding-Wounded-Deer/dp/0972508929.

[wissahickon]

There's no hunting on Sundays in Pennsylvania and that frequently makes me want to pull what's left of my hair out.  I'd change that in a heartbeat.  I'd also make it illegal to fish within fifty yards of another fisherman if the stream isn't packed.   

[wissahickon]

Yeoman, I'm mostly with you on that except I like fly fishing for both trout and bass.  I propose invisible fence collars be placed on all bass for a healthy zap when they wander into trout territory. 

[Yeoman]

Hahaha, if only...


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