Weapon or technology restrictions?

[DFS]

Curious, how much people like to hunt or just shoot stuff.

 

[Forkyfinder]

Curious, how much people like to hunt or just shoot stuff.

Do you mean rifle technology restrictions?

 

[DFS]

Do you mean rifle technology restrictions?

Sure would you hunt with open sights?

 

[Wyhunter]

I like Idahos approach where you can only get the tag for a specific weapon. Archery, rifle, muzzleloader, or short range. Pick your poison. Not sure if that's what you're asking, though.

 

[BuzzH]

Maybe if it's across the board for archery, rifle, and muzzleloader.

But I strongly disagree with just putting restrictions on rifle hunters while ML's and Archery are unfettered.

 

[Southern Elk]

Yes

 

[Forkyfinder]

Sure would you hunt with open sights?

Sure. But im keeping my compound.

 

[DFS]

Maybe if it's across the board for archery, rifle, and muzzleloader.

But I strongly disagree with just putting restrictions on rifle hunters while ML's and Archery are unfettered.

I wish I would have said technology or weapon restrictions.

 

[Nick87]

Yes. Not only would i support it. I would encourage it. More opportunities and likely better age structures.

 

[MTTW]

I would like to see electricity banned for hunting other than a flashlight/headlamp. That is what I grew up with and it wasn't the slightest bit of a hardship. To answer your question. Absolutely.

 

[Buffs35]

Recurve only, muzzleloader only, over-unders or side-by-side only.

 

[gouch]

I absolutely would like to see restrictions on technology and have always enforced heavy restrictions on myself. To me there is a big difference between hunting and killing. Shooting an animal a quarter of a mile away is just killing, not much hunting involved.

I think pretty much everybody is in favor of restrictions. I'll go out on a limb and say that not too many hunters think a time on target air burst from 175 Howitzers on a herd of elk is a good idea. So, the real question is exactly where those restrictions shood be. My current restrictions on myself are sidelock muzzleloader and long bow, but I can see how that might be a little too much to impose on everyone.

 

[Hem]

I'd roll with anything to improve quality/ opportunity.
I'd also be okay with NR restricted to slingshots.

 

[Mallardsx2]

I 100% support the restrictions.

Nothing makes me more disappointed in my fellow "hunters" than when I see a video pop up on YouTube of some idiot shooting at an animal a half a dozen times at 1000 yards. Same could be said for guys who shoot at long ranges with a bow.

 

[Nameless Range]

Some of the best diamonds in the rough I have found are weapon restrictions areas. It's kind of amazing the amount of pressure a place can take - particularly whitetail - when folks don't have centerfire rifles. That said, some of the modern rifled/scope slug guns make me wonder, and I think in those weapon restriction areas they account for a disproportionate amount of the take.

 

[jimh406]

It depends.

 

[brymoore]

IDFG did a survey on this topic last year as it considers making technology changes.

https://idfg.idaho.gov/sites/default/files/proj_idfg_2024_hunting_technology_topline_v02.pdf

Here are the major results.

 

[Nick87]

That said, some of the modern rifled/scope slug guns make me wonder,

They're not what they used to be. A poke with a slug gun used to be 100 yards.

 

[nrpate05]

I would support something, but I'm not sure what that would be. Definitely no scopes on muzzleloaders. But what about mapping software like OnX, Gohunt, etc. I'm not a very good long range rifleman, but before using maps with images of the terrain I blew way more stalks on animals and was way more cautious around property boundaries. I can remember one of Randy's early episodes of a mule deer hunt in Montana that was (I think) pre OnX. They didn't shoot a monster deer because they weren't sure of the boundary. Turned out the deer was on public. I gotta imagine that is having some sort of impact.

 

[quarterhorse]

The IDFG table above seems to indicate that people are accepting of a lot of technological advances.

Interesting that while IDFG's technology task force is working on this the legislature is pushing a bill through to limit IDFG's ability to restrict muzzleloaders. H128 for anyone that is interested.