Stress of suburban hunting

[hickstick]

Well said by everyone above.

Ray, that would only work in a 'no check-in' state.  Up here in mass you have to check in the whole carcass.  I have a friend that shot a beautiful buck some years ago in CT and it ran on to the neighbors land and died behind the house.  The guy went out and hacksawed the antlers off it and refused to let my friend retrieve either the body or the antlers.  When my friend called the conservation officer the guy locked the antlers in his house and refused to cooperate.  The CO wanted to take the guy in for theft and hunter harassment.  My buddy simply said, just get my deer before the meat spoils and i'll be done with it.   Sometimes things escalate before they even start.

[George D. Stout]

Certainly glad I live in the country.  Congratulations on the deer.

[Tioga]

Originally posted by Matt Fowler:
I can't get into hunting in the burbs anymore. I agree with not being apologetic but it just don't seem right. The last time I did it about 4 or 5 years ago, I could hear a high school football game. Back in the day(shooting compounds)we would hunt anywhere. My buddy could see a guy shaving from his treestand. Now, I pretty much only hunt at my cabin upstate. It's a long drive and the deer are few and far between but it's worth it to me. Just seems more like the way hunting should be.

First, congrats on the deer and the handling of the situation the right way.

  My hat's off to you suburban hunters. I don't know how you do it. I'm pretty much with Matt on this one. I may complain about the lack of deer here on state land in the northcentral counties, but I think if I had to go back to hunting Northampton County, I'd give bowhunting up in a heartbeat.

  Again....congrats!  

[oz]

My current deer I am chasing will likely die on the 14th green.  (I hope not)=) I would have to swim the river and ask the next foursome if I can drag through before they hit.  Seriously it's not likely to happen, the 4 deer I have killed there have never crossed the river, but I always fear they will.  If they were smart they would just head for the hospital up on the hill, and find a sympathetic person to fix them up.

oz

[Ray Hammond]

Tioga,

Unfortunately, there are many like you.

We've created this mess- by demanding our game departments work to increase deer numbers over the last 50 years.

Now, our non-hunting citizens have a problem: too many deer, not enough food for them= too many deer/car collisions and flower beds and shrubbery being destroyed.

If some of us don't do this, and help the 80% out who don't hunt but who will vote for whether we get to continue or not- guess what? The 80%, the insurance companies and our ever-wonderful politicians, along with what's left of the free market will perfect that ever elusive high confidence birth control technique for deer in response.

When deer numbers go back down again...and the reintroduction of wolves continues as well as the total maxing out of coyote populations- don't come back here and complain about not having any hunting- please.

Obviously many of you don't live in urban areas- those of you who do, and drive 3 hours to hunt the "wilds" are missing out.

You don't have to sit on someone's deck to hunt urban/suburban.

There's always a 20 acre patch of ground somehwere that's undeveloped. It's guaranteed to be a deer haven- use those spots during the week to get in a quick hunt before or after work- you'll be amazed at the numbers and the quality of deer you have an opportunity to harvest.

If you don't need the venison still participate and donate your harvest through the Hunters for the Hungry program- get involved, before someone takes the opportunity away from you.

If you want to start a program of your own, you don't have to reinvent the wheel- email me and I will send you EVERYTHING you need- forms, procedures, and processes, as well as techniques for getting membership, how to sell landowners on the benefits, and how to get coaches within your state conservation corps to help you attract properties.

[Kingwouldbe]

There's only 33,000,000 people in this pic.

 

 

Lion kill in back yard.
 

If I know that what I am doing is legal and I know bowhunting is a honorable way of procuring my meat, I just keep smiling all the way to the freezer.

[wollelybugger]

I live and hunt in the burbs. Not only did Pa. recognize that deer were a problem in urban areas they set it up for archery hunters to hunt 50 yards from a occupied building. My quietest hunts are right in the neighborhood, no 4 wheelers, target practice, or other hunters. Big bucks but hard to pattern.