Comments on: Oklahoma Bear Hunting Rules http://oklahomahuntingtoday.com/blog/index.php/2009/03/30/oklahoma-bear-hunting-rules/ Online Hunting Magazine Fri, 01 Apr 2011 22:40:06 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Tom Heatherington http://oklahomahuntingtoday.com/blog/index.php/2009/03/30/oklahoma-bear-hunting-rules/comment-page-1/#comment-4339 Tom Heatherington Thu, 06 May 2010 21:36:43 +0000 http://oklahomahuntingtoday.com/blog/?p=19#comment-4339 Excellent article. I believe that if more people tried bow hunting, they would be surprised how much fun this can be. I invite you and your readers to visit my new site, Silent Draw Outdoors. This is a new breed of hunting and outdoor adventure. Watch <a href="http://www.silentdrawoutdoors.com/" rel="nofollow">bow archery hunting videos</a> of big game in North America. Excellent article. I believe that if more people tried bow hunting, they would be surprised how much fun this can be. I invite you and your readers to visit my new site, Silent Draw Outdoors. This is a new breed of hunting and outdoor adventure. Watch bow archery hunting videos of big game in North America.

]]> By: Tom Remington http://oklahomahuntingtoday.com/blog/index.php/2009/03/30/oklahoma-bear-hunting-rules/comment-page-1/#comment-3213 Tom Remington Wed, 06 May 2009 22:01:45 +0000 http://oklahomahuntingtoday.com/blog/?p=19#comment-3213 B.J. - Thanks. I never could muster a response from Oklahoma Wildlife Conservation. Some states are eager to answer questions and others refuse unless you are a resident......go figure. I appreciate you taking the time out to offer your take on this, which isn't too far from some of my speculations. I can respect that perspective and I do hope, as you said, the majority of sportsmen agree with how this is being done. I can say this wouldn't be the case everywhere and that's the basis for my questioning. Thanks again. B.J. – Thanks. I never could muster a response from Oklahoma Wildlife Conservation. Some states are eager to answer questions and others refuse unless you are a resident……go figure.

I appreciate you taking the time out to offer your take on this, which isn’t too far from some of my speculations. I can respect that perspective and I do hope, as you said, the majority of sportsmen agree with how this is being done. I can say this wouldn’t be the case everywhere and that’s the basis for my questioning.

Thanks again.

]]> By: B. J. Womack http://oklahomahuntingtoday.com/blog/index.php/2009/03/30/oklahoma-bear-hunting-rules/comment-page-1/#comment-3212 B. J. Womack Wed, 06 May 2009 21:45:26 +0000 http://oklahomahuntingtoday.com/blog/?p=19#comment-3212 Tom, I can probably shed some light on your question about the archery season on bear in SE Oklahoma. I have lived and hunted in SE Oklahoma now for almost 30 years. I know where we have been, where we are now and where we would like to be. I commend the wildlife dept on this new bear season, it has been well thought out and many years of research and study have gone into it. This is the final analaysis. The wildlife department decided the best time for a bear season in SE OK. would be a fall versus a spring season. In the spring, the adult boar bears are thin, their hair is not usually as good as in the fall and the young are small and may not be as apt to be seen by a hunter with their mother as they may be trailing behind. Now if you are going to have a fall season, you do not want it to cause conflicts with the deer season which is the most popular game animal to hunt in SE Ok. SE OKlahoma has had a long history of illegal hunting especially of deer poaching. In the counties where the bear season is proposed there is a lot of land available for public hunting and the wildlife department has their arms full trying to enforce the laws. If it was legal for people to be out there with a high powered rifle (hunting bear) from Oct. 1 on it would make it a lot harder to enforce laws against deer poaching. Consequently they made it an archery hunt during the same time it is also legal to be archery deer hunting, so as to reduce poaching and not cause conflict with the deer hunters. This was a wise move and most local sportsmen support this. Now why does bear season end when it does and not go into deer rifle season? Usually the bears disappear into their dens right after most of the acorns are gone which usually is right after the muzzleloading season. They do den up even here in SE Okla. even though our winters are pretty mild. Many of the laws passed here may seem odd to someone that is not local, but make sense when you know the whole story. As far as the 20 limit goes, this was based on the estimated population in the area. I am sure they will probably be able to meet the quota, even though it is primarily archery as there are a lot of archers in SE OK. I hope this answers your questions. The wildlife department will probably have a little different version because they may be hesitant to talk about the poaching problem in SE Ok. Tom, I can probably shed some light on your question about the archery season on bear in SE Oklahoma. I have lived and hunted in SE Oklahoma now for almost 30 years. I know where we have been, where we are now and where we would like to be. I commend the wildlife dept on this new bear season, it has been well thought out and many years of research and study have gone into it. This is the final analaysis. The wildlife department decided the best time for a bear season in SE OK. would be a fall versus a spring season. In the spring, the adult boar bears are thin, their hair is not usually as good as in the fall and the young are small and may not be as apt to be seen by a hunter with their mother as they may be trailing behind. Now if you are going to have a fall season, you do not want it to cause conflicts with the deer season which is the most popular game animal to hunt in SE Ok. SE OKlahoma has had a long history of illegal hunting especially of deer poaching. In the counties where the bear season is proposed there is a lot of land available for public hunting and the wildlife department has their arms full trying to enforce the laws. If it was legal for people to be out there with a high powered rifle (hunting bear) from Oct. 1 on it would make it a lot harder to enforce laws against deer poaching. Consequently they made it an archery hunt during the same time it is also legal to be archery deer hunting, so as to reduce poaching and not cause conflict with the deer hunters. This was a wise move and most local sportsmen support this. Now why does bear season end when it does and not go into deer rifle season? Usually the bears disappear into their dens right after most of the acorns are gone which usually is right after the muzzleloading season. They do den up even here in SE Okla. even though our winters are pretty mild. Many of the laws passed here may seem odd to someone that is not local, but make sense when you know the whole story. As far as the 20 limit goes, this was based on the estimated population in the area. I am sure they will probably be able to meet the quota, even though it is primarily archery as there are a lot of archers in SE OK. I hope this answers your questions. The wildlife department will probably have a little different version because they may be hesitant to talk about the poaching problem in SE Ok.

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