Where I hunt in the UP, the private property I have access to has a "no does" rule and the state does not issue antlerless permits for county.  That puts me on state land for the majority of my bow hunting.  With the changes to the combo license for the UP this year...  

I forgot that those are "state owned" animals....  I better start checking with the "state" to see if i can cut down "my' trees for firewood... heck ..maybe they would sell me a license to cut a tree down a day...or maybe even 5 this season.      

Vermonster...I would gladly pay $200 as a resident for ONE buck tag if I could legitimately have a chance on filling that tag with a 150" deer.  My buddy just got back from Iowa, his third trip and they saw 6 150" or better bucks in 6 days and he managed to harvest a 145-150" non-typical all on state land.  Not to mention on his first trip out two years ago he did the same thing.  Michigan has it all wrong...from what I hear about Wisconsin and the earn a buck program and shorter gun seasons I am all for it.

To everyone else... I do not believe for a second that ALL hunters are created equal or all hunters are hunters.  Now I am not saying they are bad people because of the weapon they choose to hunt with..I am not saying they are bad people at all.  I am saying that I have encountered some so called "hunters" that I will never place myself on even ground with.  Go ahead here comes the we all need to band together debate...please save it...everyone should read the article in the Oct/Nov Issue of Traditional Bowhunter by David Sigurslid... I think thats the issue date.  He explains very plainly why hunters are not and should not be equal.

QuoteOriginally posted by IronCreekArcher:
Vermonster...I would gladly pay $200 as a resident for ONE buck tag if I could legitimately have a chance on filling that tag with a 150" deer. ...

Your pockets are deeper then mine.  I won't pass up a nice big rack if I had the opportunity but I'm not a rack hunter.    I hunt for the hunt; any deer is welcome in my freezer.

I hear ya there Mike, I should probably let the wanting to see big deer thing go because I will be the first to loose an arrow at the 1 1/2 olds.  Some may call me a hypocrite but for now I can't beat them so I am joining them.  I have spent the last 5 years trying to manage my property for an older age class of deer but the neighbors are the only ones that have benefitted.  I did manage to take a nice 2 year old in 2006; but man imagine just being able to see a 150" deer on a regular basis and thinking one day you might get a crack at him...for now I will keep on dreamin'...