Makes too much sense. More fun to argue

Would make a great premise for a hunting show....”gay European transvestite bird hunters traverse the woods and waters in search of game or any willing male.”

Of course the whole world would know it’s fake reality tv bs....it’s common knowledge folks from Belgium like any long object they can stick in an inappropriate place while wearing the gayest boots Texans have ever seen...

Would make a great premise for a hunting show....”gay Italian transvestite bow hunters traverse the woods and waters in search of game”

Of course the whole world would know it’s fake reality tv bs....it’s common knowledge Italians don’t bowhunt

2 the reason it won't happen is income. In a post up a few someone mentioned that there were seven hundred thousand Bowhunters in Texas, multiply that by a $7 stamp and doesn't that come up to 4.9 million dollars in income to the state? Not to mention all the extra taxes that people pay for bows, arrows, broadheads, targets, Etc. That is why the state will not do away with bow season, and another reason we may not want it done away with. If bow season was done away with the state is going to have to make up that income somehow, probably by raising fees on all licenses.

TPWD surveys indicate 10 percent to 15 percent of the state's 730,000 deer hunters participate in the archery-only season, which requires bowhunters hold a valid archery endorsement on their hunting license and hunt only with a long bow, compound bow or crossbow.

"So we're looking at between 75,000 and as many as 100,000 bowhunters in Texas," Cain said.

Different challenge

Those bowhunters have a much lower success rate than hunters using firearms, a function of bowhunting requiring the hunter get much closer to the quarry. Bowhunter success rates in Texas traditionally are about 10 percent, while those using firearms have a 40 percent to 50 percent success rate.

You might want to re-check your math. There are only 730,000 total deer hunters in Texas.

I wonder if TPWD estimate is based off archery tag sales? If it is that number is even lower since a lot of people buy super combos just to get hunting/fishing in one license.

I wonder if TPWD estimate is based off archery tag sales? If it is that number is even lower since a lot of people buy super combos just to get hunting/fishing in one license.

there's a special stamp or tag to hunt archery?

Never thought about that before, but my brother, wife, SIL, and many other relatives and friends that I know buy a super combo do not bow hunt.

You might want to re-check your math. There are only 730,000 total deer hunters in Texas.