Taking advantage of where you live?

[Wannabe1]

How many take advantage of all the hunting opportunities where you live? Here in Oregon we have a plethora of game to hunt and I can never seem to manage anything but blacktail deer. On occasion, I get to go on an elk hunt but, the last one was in 2010.
 
My biggest problem is knowing where to go, and affording fuel and costs to get there.    :rolleyes:

I really would like to take advantage of some small game animals and need to look more into that. I think small game hunting is the perfect practice to get in before the large game hunts come into season.   :D

[shreffler]

Unfortunately in PA the only options outside of deer season are gobblers for a month in the spring, then woodchucks, coyotes, and crows all summer. Everything else (all small game, fall turkey, etc.) is all only open during deer season.

Makes for a longggg break from November to October when there's nothing to hunt    :(

[Jack Skinner]

You two make me feel Blessed!

1Apr-15May Spring Turkey (weather makes it tough here especially at 7500 feet where I hunt them)

Long Summer with lots of shoots... then

15Aug till rifle season opens in area Antelope

1Sep-30Sep in most of the state (archery only) Archery Elk and Deer. In a lot of areas you can hunt both at same time, if you are hunting elk and run into deer then why not. During archery season it is almost always either sex. There are also a lot of late seasons through Dec that alot of rifle hunters dont go out for but you have to wear orange.

O and dont forget Spring bear, fall bear if tags left, mountain lion (winter/spring), and in the fall turkey again. All of these are either weapon seasons. Whitetails if you get the tag and permission to hunt they are mostly on private lands but then you can hunt through Nov.

Small game starts in Sep with grouse and squirrel and bunnys till March.

Start all over again with spring turkey.

I know I missed several.

[V I Archer]

When I lived on Vancouver Island I primarily hunted blacktails, but nearly always got out at least a couple days for spring bear.  

Since moving to northern BC I have pursued mountain goat, sheep, caribou, moose, deer, black bear.  

Next spring I hope to try for a grizzly and I am thinking that for my 40th birthday, (still 6 years away) I'd like to plan a fly in to Cold Fish Lake and walk the footsteps of Papa Bear!

[Cavscout9753]

I always say Georgia is a sportsman's paradise. The deer are plentiful; small, but my tag allows for 10 doe and 2 buck. Ft Benning has a great wildlife management program that I enjoy. My job has me walking the woods often and I keep an eye out for certain habitats for what I'm after. Pigs are of course my favorite game to hunt, but anything with fur is right in my wheelhouse. About the only thing I wont chase are birds, to include turkey. I don't know why, birds just don't do anything for me. However I cant think of anything found in the east that is not found in plenty on post aside from bear and moose. Deer, squirrel, coon, turkey, coyote, pig, bobcat; if you've got the time we've got the land. Theres drawbacks, but if you're a bowhunter theres not many. About the only time I don't hunt is during turkey season or the dog days of summer but thats tine to work on my kit.

[Jon Stewart]

We can hunt most anything mentioned above but wolves.  Bear and elk are on a point draw.

[Wannabe1]

The deer are plentiful; small, but my tag allows for 10 doe and 2 buck.

Man, I need to move to Alabama!   :D

[Sam McMichael]

We can hunt a lot of stuff here in Georgia, but my main interest is still whitetail deer.

[arrow flynn]

A lot of bear here in humbolt especially on timber co property and they want bowhunters deer hunting is only fair on public property . when the blackberries are ripe they are not hard to run into.they outlawed houndhunting for bear so greendiamond timber co. came to 3d shoot a couple years ago and recruited bowhunters.If you killa tree eatin bear you get to deer hunt on their land which is better than public.Afriend put up a camera and there are some monster bear in them thar woods lol.i just need to  recover from surgery so I can walk up to within 20 yrds .

[Wannabe1]

Maybe I should drive down and help with some of that  bear problem!  

[old_goat2]

I don't do it all, tags are too hard to get for the rarer species like mountain goat, sheep, moose etc. I do put in for points though on moose and sheep. Generally hunt turkey, elk and deer although I never made it out for turkey because of bad weather when I had time. We should draw out favorite elk tag this year so next year it will be rebuilding points there so I might actually try for a cow moose tag instead of just a preference point since we won't have a good elk trad. I usually go snowshoe rabbit hunting a few times but it doesn't open till after elk season so I can only go so many times before there is too much snow. If there are decent numbers of pheasants I'll pheasant hunt.

[Cavscout9753]

I actually live in Alabama on the Georgia/Alabama line and the only time I hunt Alabama is on post, (a portion of Ft Benning is in Alabama.) Much of where I live in Alabama is privately owned lock-out. 10 generations of friends and family all pile onto a farmers land and go nuts. I've driven around for hours asking, and since I have no roots here the deck is stacked against me. Georgia has some good Wildlife Managment areas (or GMA's) that do very well for nice game, including white tail. I don't want to put him on the spot, but Terry Green I think would know quite a bit more than me on that subject. I've lived in Georgia for 13 years, both at Ft Stewart and Ft Benning (I've had a blessed career thus far to have remained in the same state my entire time, even more so because I love Georgia so much), but all my hunting has been on post. However I fully believe Georgia is an overlooked model in game managment and a sportsmans paradise - both in laws and game opportunities.

**I should clarify that for the last 5 years Ive lived in Phenix City, Alabama, which while is in Alabama its mainly because the homes are cheaper to buy than in Columbus Georgia, right across the river. We don't even use Central Time although thats our zone, preferring eastern time since everyone works, shops, etc across the river. And since I'm assigned to Ft Benning Georgia I have a sort of "dual citizenship" thing going on for all lisences and such. Plus... I prefer GA to AL.

[Thumper Dunker]

Deer are few and far between in the zones I hunt. But deer hunting is boring . Ground squirrels all summer along with jack rabbits. Bunny season is July to Feb. Start chasing coyotes in September to March. Then there's fox ,badger and bob cat in the fall and winter. Need to start chasing pigs. Still trying to get a dove in the air. Did I mention coyotes.

[Trond]

Yeah, right... What hunting opportunities?  

[Michael Arnette]

Mmm, definately feeling to for you brother in Norway. Norway needs a man like Fred Bear I think? Having so dense a population doesn't help I am sure.

[Paul/KS]

Rabbit and coyote is all year in Kansas. Turkey goes from early April, bow, till the end of May (gun or bow). Squirrel season starts June 1st.
And then you'll have to "wait" till mid-September for deer season to start...  

[Whitetail Addict]

Originally posted by Trond:
Yeah, right... What hunting opportunities?      

I didn't know that there was no hunting where you are, til you posted it in another thread. What's the reasoning behind it, if you don't mind me asking?

You'd think they'd at least let the archery folks throw some sticks at the critters there.   :rolleyes:    

Bob

[maxwell]

I tend to fish a lot when game is out of season.

[**DONOTDELETE**]

Hey TW,  Are you going to go to that 3D shoot up in Sisters on the 5th,6th, & 7th? If so you should look me up bro.... I'll have my White trailer with the Big Foot Bows sign on both sides. I'll be pulling it with a powder blue Ford van.....Would be good to meet you, and go fling some arrows.

here's the flyer...   http://www.taoregon.com/ssflyer15.pdf  

There are a lot of opportunities for small game here in Oregon  that i rarely take advantage of. Rabbits, grouse, geese, and tons of good bow fishing places. We've got mule deer on the east side of the mountains along with Rocky mountain elk, and blacktail deer on the west side with the Roosevelt  elk. The turkey populations have come up significantly the last few years too, but i haven't hunted them much. I usually hunt at least 15 days in september for elk & deer, and get a few trips out for black tail in the late season.... I think i'm getting lazy in my old age...

Think i'm going to go east side for elk this year. The steep jungles of the coast range are kicking my butt.....

[Trond]

Originally posted by Whitetail Addict:
 

Originally posted by Trond:
Yeah, right... What hunting opportunities?        

I didn't know that there was no hunting where you are, til you posted it in another thread. What's the reasoning behind it, if you don't mind me asking?

You'd think they'd at least let the archery folks throw some sticks at the critters there.    :rolleyes:    

Bob [/b]

As I have said i other threads, as long as you hunt with a gun there is no problem. We have plenty of critters to hunt, but guns only. Go figure... I dont ask for much, let me hunt grouse or hare... danged it I would take whatever I can get. Just let me bow hunt!