davehc130 Report post Posted September 17, 2018 Thoughts? States around us are establishing a shed season. Efffect on AZ is people from those states now hit AZ. DEER AND ELK are pressured from August - April through hunting and shed hunting. Just when bulls and bucks need to recover from rut and winter people are then in looking for browns. It would be nice to give them a break a maybe have a shed season open in may or jun. thoughts? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
brent Report post Posted September 17, 2018 I always thought a good idea would be to attach shed hunting to your hunting licence. To remove sheds from forest you would need a hunting licence. This would increase sales, and provide a bigger incentive to not break the rules. If you are caught driving vehicles cross country, on closed roads, or harassing game, then you could lose your licence. Having a "season" would be very difficult to enforce in my opinion. There would always be the people who clean up all the sheds before the season starts. I think applying stricter penalties for breaking laws already in place would be better than making new laws. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GJMauro12 Report post Posted September 17, 2018 NO! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
muley224 Report post Posted September 17, 2018 I myself go up to the Kaibab shed hunting when 90% of the deer are off winter range and back up top. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
lancetkenyon Report post Posted September 17, 2018 Yay! More laws....that people will blatantly break and get away with. 6 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Zeke-BE Report post Posted September 17, 2018 No more laws. Most units have from 300-1000 tags in that units just for deer let alone on the elk hunts. After hunting season and sheds drop I don't think those units even have a fraction of that amount of people going in there looking for sheds. Pressure is minimal. Just my 2 cents though 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
muledeerarea33? Report post Posted September 17, 2018 Let’s make it a draw too 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Non-Typical Solutions Report post Posted September 17, 2018 Ask the local rez shed hunters how that seasonal shed hunting works out???? I just wanna be able to go out in the woods and enjoy what is there and if I find an antler and have the kahones to pack it out then I don't want the law looking over my back....if I wanna let it lay then I can let it lay!!!! 8 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
huntingfool Report post Posted September 28, 2018 The last thing we need is more rules 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bucks N Bulls Report post Posted September 28, 2018 F no Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ctafoya Report post Posted September 28, 2018 Are you from California? 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kwp Report post Posted September 28, 2018 In more northern states the deer and elk are much more stressed from winter and pressure can be detrimental. Our animals in AZ live a pretty leisurely winter and are able to recover just fine, so pressure isn't that big a deal. Pressure in the fall is way worse with the absurd number of tags given out. 7 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Apache7mm Report post Posted September 30, 2018 Regardless of antler prices, the shed season on San Carlos has more ppl out earlier pushing and moving the elk around, our earliest drops are late January and you can bet there's ppl out there hiking around already for 2 solid months before the season opens, once the season opens those ppl just go out and collect their stash piles if they already haven't brought them out. The days of finding a couple sets in a bedding area are long gone, sets are harder to match up and like other places you can usually pick up more trash than antlers. There have been non-members and tribal caught out of season but the court doesn't help our LE much in those situations, basically walk free. Can't speak for the other side of the River but with at least 4x the elk we have I'm sure it's just as much a circus and I've seen the 9am truckloads of antlers on April 1st up there with my own eyes. DAN Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
idgaf Report post Posted October 1, 2018 I think it would be better to enforce the laws that keep people from driving off the roads at that time. I've gone into wilderness zones miles from a road and seen side-by-sides. 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mathews Report post Posted October 1, 2018 May or June? Have you ever been outside in Arizona in June? 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
