wildlife councilmarch2013
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Open House Locations Attendees
District 1 37 (58)District 2 46 (58)District 3 127 (93)District 4 70 (112)District 5 70 (77)O.W.C. 24 (NA)Fairport F.U. 25 (NA)
Total: 399* (398)
Division of Wildlife Open HousesSaturday March 2, 12:00 – 3:00 PM
WILDLIFE RULE CHANGES:
A SUMMARY OF PARTICIPATION & COMMENTS
Major Comment Areas Totals
Deer Regulations 329Furbearers & Trapping 41Waterfowl 29Wild Turkey 27Small Game Seasons 21
Division of Wildlife Open HousesSaturday March 2, 12:00 – 3:00 PM
WILDLIFE RULE CHANGES:
A SUMMARY OF PARTICIPATION & COMMENTS
WRITTEN COMMENTS
DEER REGULATIONS
ISSUE: Allowing the Use of Rifles and/or Pistol-caliber Long Guns
197 – Support (67%)80 – Oppose (27%)15 – No opinion (6%)
Division of Wildlife Open HousesSaturday March 2, 12:00 – 3:00 PM
WRITTEN COMMENTS
DEER REGULATIONSISSUE: Create a 2-day Statewide Antlerless-only Muzzleloader Season on second weekend of October
32 – Support12 – Support if the season was either-sex35 – Oppose
Division of Wildlife Open HousesSaturday March 2, 12:00 – 3:00 PM
WRITTEN COMMENTS
DEER REGULATIONS• 31 – Deer gun season hours: ½-hr after sunset (4
opposed)• 13 – Eliminate Extra Deer Gun weekend (13 opposed)• 6 – Opposed Eliminating Urban Zones • 3 – Opposed to Eliminating Special Early ML Season
*Wolf Creek Cap Snapper Muzzleloader Club • 1 – Keep Zones instead of County Bag Limits
Division of Wildlife Open HousesSaturday March 2, 12:00 – 3:00 PM
Division of Wildlife Open HousesSaturday March 2, 12:00 – 3:00 PM
WRITTEN COMMENTS
WILD TURKEY HUNTING• 7 – Allow unused Spring permits to be
used in the Fall
ISSUE: Allowing the Use of Rifles and/or Pistol-caliber Long Guns
577 – Support (81%)119 – Oppose (17%)14 – No opinion (2%)
Website Comments – 824 total e-mailsOver 2 months for small game 1 month deer
Website Comments
DEER REGULATIONS• 134 – Support proposed Statewide Early Muzzleloader
season second week of October• 249 – Oppose the Statewide Early Muzzleloader season
second week of October• 107 – Deer gun season hours: ½-hr after sunset (26
opposed)• 69 – Eliminate Extra Deer Gun weekend (70 opposed)• 8 – Support Eliminating Urban Zones (19 opposed)• 1 – opposed to Eliminating Special Early ML Season
*Wolf Creek Cap Snapper Muzzleloader Club • 76 – Support Zones County Bag Limits instead of Zones
(24 opposed)
From Our Constituents:
• Ohio Farm Bureau- APPROVES the proposed deer changes; Opposes the decrease in overall bag limits and the cut-off date for use of antlerless tags
• Buckeye Buckmasters- APPROVES of the proposed deer changes
• East Central Ohio QDMA- APPROVES of the proposed deer changes.
Proportion of Hunters who would CONSIDER supporting an early-muzzleloader, antlerless-only season (5,770 total surveyed in 2012 via Internet, Mail, Open House)
• Overall, 63% of hunters support the idea• Support (74%) is greatest among firearm-only
hunters ( 23% of all licensed hunters)• Those who hunt exclusively with a bow (13% of all
hunters) represent the greatest opposition. Still, 43% of this group supports the idea.
• Among our largest group of hunters – those that hunt with bow and firearm (64%), 62% support the idea
Adopt all wildlife rules as proposed except:
• Move Youth Deer Gun Season to November 23- 24
• Make quail season end Sunday after Thanksgiving
• Eliminate the aggregate bag limit for 2-deer. 3-deer, and 4-deer counties.