In case you haven’t heard, the Big Game Committee for North Carolina has proposed some radical changes in an effort to increase overall deer harvest.

Among the ideas the committee discussed were:

• a uniform deer season across the state that allows hunters to hunt with a legal weapon of choice on private properties while maintaining traditional muzzleloader and bowhunting seasons on game lands;

The recent tentative proposals have sparked an uproar from groups such as the NCBA (North Carolina Bowhunters Association) and much press has been devoted to the issue, just check out another Skinny Mooser’s blog post at Moose Droppings.

In response to the proposal, I will spell my own response below.