New Years Resolutions for NY Hunting & Hunters
#41
RE: New Years Resolutions for NY Hunting & Hunters
ORIGINAL: J-bow
5 Weeks, 2 Days and counting till BOW!!!
5 Weeks, 2 Days and counting till BOW!!!
ORIGINAL: J-bow
Adams,NY? Do you do any Steelhead fishing up that way?
Adams,NY? Do you do any Steelhead fishing up that way?
I really like this thread. It is always fun to hear what my brother NY'ers think.
Here is my spin on a few.
Saturday opener. Keep it Saturday.You were willing to take Monday off, so take Friday off instead for traveling. It is so nice to have my young daughter with me at hunting camp instead of at school. Take your kids hunting with before they are 12 or we are going to lose them to young distractions.
Blaze Orange. I wear an orange hat and gloves. That is enough. Anymore and you will have people shooting at anything that is not orange. I have seen IN THE WOODS, hikers, bikers, dog walkers, EnCon Officers, and farmers. Are you going to mandate that an EnCon officer wear blaze orange?
Crossbows. Fight it all you want, but you will not stop it. You are surrounded by crossbow states. I will be a crossbow owner very soon so I can hunt with my friend on Wolfe Island. There is no reason whatsoever that I cannot go in my woods and use a crossbow. I heard all of the same complaints from the ML shooters when they wanted to put scopes on ML's.
Coyotes. No season. Shoot'm all!
Rifles in the southern tier. Sure but I will probably still use my shotgun. I rarely have a shot at a deer over 100 yards where I hunt. Honady makes a 20 ga. slug that drops 6" at 200 yards. What more do you need? But as I said before, "where I hunt".
NY outdoor sportsmen need to all get on the same page. Nobody is better than anyone else. We are all here for the same reason, to hunt.
Grannis. When NYS sportsmans clubs like NYB and others took a neutral stance on the Grannis nomination they basically neutered us as a voice to heard in Albany. The politicians now know that they can do almost anything they want. Grannis is going to come back and bite us on the behind, you mark my words.
#42
Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: queens,new york!!
Posts: 186
RE: New Years Resolutions for NY Hunting & Hunters
no, i personally dont like monday starts because i have school on moday, my father who comes with me to hunt, he says that i cannot miss school for hunting... [:@] i always go on the first days of the season and i think the deeror animals have no clue that were going to come into the woods and try to hunt them downn... its hard to get a big buck in the late seasons because they know somebody is in ther killing deer and so they hide..... i go hunting on weekends and my day offs only so i wouldnt be very pleased if they changed it to monday... that would really suck for me personally
#44
Spike
Join Date: Nov 2007
Posts: 7
RE: New Years Resolutions for NY Hunting & Hunters
I dont want any gunshots in the woods during bow season. I enjoy the quiet woods during bow. It is bad enough you get the gun toters out in the woods, during the last week of bow.THey are out there sighting in, hanging stands, cutting trees(sometimes with chain saws) and so on......
This is all during the peak of the rut sometimes.
I do hunt during the gun season,, with a ml for the challenge. .I dont enjoy seeing all the tiny spikes and doesgettin killed.So as far as the early ml season. You can take the first week of gun season. That may help teach some gun only hunters the importance of shot placement.Not BANG BANG BANG BANG BANG RELOAD BANG.LIKE I HEARD ON OPENING DAY.
This is all during the peak of the rut sometimes.
I do hunt during the gun season,, with a ml for the challenge. .I dont enjoy seeing all the tiny spikes and doesgettin killed.So as far as the early ml season. You can take the first week of gun season. That may help teach some gun only hunters the importance of shot placement.Not BANG BANG BANG BANG BANG RELOAD BANG.LIKE I HEARD ON OPENING DAY.
#45
RE: New Years Resolutions for NY Hunting & Hunters
Yeah I love opening day being on a saturday. Some of us have to work on mondays and would miss it otherwise. Also some of us have to travel over an hour to get to our spots. Saturdays great because my dad, all our buddies, and I meet up friday night and go out. Then we have two whole days work free to be up in the stands.
#46
RE: New Years Resolutions for NY Hunting & Hunters
I would like to see the archery season to start on Oct 1,and go till Nov 25th then,gun season start that next monday and go till Dec 12th then ML/archery till Dec 20th.
We should get 2 buck tags,to be used in either season,bow or gun
I also would be in favor of antler restrictions,buck should be at least 6 pointer.
We should get 3 doe tags per license(not including any doe permits we get)we need to balance out the deer herd,the doe to buck ratio is so far out of whack in NY it's crazy.
We should get 2 buck tags,to be used in either season,bow or gun
I also would be in favor of antler restrictions,buck should be at least 6 pointer.
We should get 3 doe tags per license(not including any doe permits we get)we need to balance out the deer herd,the doe to buck ratio is so far out of whack in NY it's crazy.
#47
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Apr 2004
Posts: 1,149
RE: New Years Resolutions for NY Hunting & Hunters
We need a crossbow season for us old farts, who are falling apart. The season should be during archery season when its fairly warm to keep our old bones going. I believe we need a one buck season and if you get a button buck ,tag it with your buck license. As it stands now about 35% of deer taken with doe permits are button bucks, lets give them a chance to grow. Rich
#48
Join Date: Jun 2005
Location: Dutchess County NY
Posts: 281
RE: New Years Resolutions for NY Hunting & Hunters
ORIGINAL: tmeservey
I would change the rifle opener to Monday again.
I would shorten our rifle season to 1 week.
Longer Bow season...October 1'st would be nice, good weather and can pattern deer based on food sources.
Limit every hunter to one buck tag, you choose your weapon.
This is my ideal season for starters.
I would change the rifle opener to Monday again.
I would shorten our rifle season to 1 week.
Longer Bow season...October 1'st would be nice, good weather and can pattern deer based on food sources.
Limit every hunter to one buck tag, you choose your weapon.
This is my ideal season for starters.
#49
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Moravia NY USA
Posts: 2,164
RE: New Years Resolutions for NY Hunting & Hunters
ORIGINAL: RWK
We need a crossbow season for us old farts, who are falling apart. The season should be during archery season when its fairly warm to keep our old bones going. I believe we need a one buck season and if you get a button buck ,tag it with your buck license. As it stands now about 35% of deer taken with doe permits are button bucks, lets give them a chance to grow. Rich
We need a crossbow season for us old farts, who are falling apart. The season should be during archery season when its fairly warm to keep our old bones going. I believe we need a one buck season and if you get a button buck ,tag it with your buck license. As it stands now about 35% of deer taken with doe permits are button bucks, lets give them a chance to grow. Rich
Steve
#50
RE: New Years Resolutions for NY Hunting & Hunters
If I could wave wands, pull levers and set the hunting seasons, it would go as follows.
Oct.1-15 *all archery, including Xbow
Oct.16-third sunday in Nov *archery, EXcluding Xbow
Third mon. in Nov. - Nov.30th *Reg. season (rifle restrictions lifted statewide!)
All of Dec. *Muzzleloader and archery including Xbow.
(Apologies, if Im reapeating others previous posts on the subject)
Oct.1-15 *all archery, including Xbow
Oct.16-third sunday in Nov *archery, EXcluding Xbow
Third mon. in Nov. - Nov.30th *Reg. season (rifle restrictions lifted statewide!)
All of Dec. *Muzzleloader and archery including Xbow.
(Apologies, if Im reapeating others previous posts on the subject)