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    Question about hunting with licensed tracking dogs in the Northern zone

    in General Hunting

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    On 7/30/2016 at 1:39 PM, NFA-ADK said:

    Simply stated your question has been answered:  "Can I bring my dog with me while hiking to my hunting spot?  Or before I make a bad shot and need him to track because he is much quicker than I can track?   NO simply put you would be braking the law if you go afield with your dog and a firearm!  Now if you call the DEC and have to track for someone then you would be ok.   If you are really going into a remote location you would have to leave the woods just to make a call, did you think of that?   What is the point of leaving your dog in a car if you are hunting for hours back in remote woods?  Do you really plan on needing the dog?  As a hunter you should not need this to track a wounded animal.  This is not the dogs responsibility in remote woods it is all on you! 

    Shame on you if you do leave the dog in the car while hunting, planning on using him to track.  How about you practice shooting more! 

    I understand you want to bring your dog hunting, I think it would be awesome to do it in the ADK but what you are talking about is the need for a good tracker. 

    Otherwise Yes you can hunt with your dog you just can't harass any animals or have any weapons. 

     

    Sounds to me like you got a dog so you can use him to track for you instead of tracking for yourself.  Again hard to call the DEC when you are in real remote woods, cell service is nonexistent so you would have to get out of the woods just to call the DEC and let them know you need help tracking your own wounded deer. 

     

    No gray area, hunting it is illegal to have a dog, tracking FOR SOMEONE ELSE is different that is why the course is set up, not so hunters can take the course and then have the impression that the dog should always come and stay in the truck in case I make a poor shot.  Poor excuse to take the course.  Are you actually planning on tracking for other hunters or did you take the course so you can bring your dog out to track your deer?

    when I was actively tracking, I went and got my dog to track every deer I shot whether or not it was needed...it was good for the dog and putting him on a trail that I knew would end with a recovery was invaluable to him in my opinion......and I also had all my friends call me to track for them whether or not needed if they didn't mind.....but then again I could drive home and get my dog within 20-30 minutes of anywhere I hunted back then.

    Almost ( might still get ) Got In Trouble

    in General Hunting

    Posted

    there's gotta be someone on here with an older bow they're looking to get rid of just to get you started......you should have jumped on the one I got rid of on here last year,it was in great shape and cheap, a lot cheaper then I wanted because the guy never paid and disappeared but that's another story.

    Stands on the line

    in General Hunting

    Posted

    just tell him, hey it's my first year owning the property so until I get to know the land and you better I want it to myself......here's my number if you ever need to come on and retrieve a deer or if there's anything else I can do for you feel free to give me a call........simple enough. If I were you I'd tactfully put up some new posted signs along that line and around the property, I'm sure a lot of guys would just overdo it with signs in that area to send a message, but no need for that at first.....or better yet, knock on his door and ask him to walk the property line with you to show you the area.

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    Stands on the line

    in General Hunting

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    start by"picking his brain" about the deer hunting......tell him you've been scouting the property and casually bring up the area without even mentioning the stand, maybe he'll be the one to touch on the subject......who knows, he may be just as eager to meet you to ask for permission to hunt your land so it'll be an easy conversation.

    Stands on the line

    in General Hunting

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    53 minutes ago, growalot said:

    A couple of big factors....age of neighbor and if you surround his 5 acre to the road frontage does he have  a home or camp? I ask because that could impede your hunting much of your own land for gun season. As for age,well older people are on the road to two things...a move or death. First option to buy in the future can be a stress reliever. If young then you could inadvertently end up in a long hissing match,as it were. Too late now but I'm a firm believer in never signing until meeting the neighbors.

    we had a guy buy next to us after we had already been there for a while, absolute ahole.....it's pretty unpleasant at times because he is just smart enough to keep things annoying enough to us but doesn't break any laws in the process......the property is an absolute dump and we never even thought of buying it when it went up for sale.....oh well.

    Almost ( might still get ) Got In Trouble

    in General Hunting

    Posted

    16 minutes ago, growalot said:

    Rob I liked Paula's post..That said, if you  know you have that monthly pay up in your budget..We keep two cards 1 on line only and a different one for everyday use..both get payed off in full monthly. We average 600 a year in "free" stuff due to points and we pay no interest ever.

    yep, if your smart about it there are benefits....I know a lot of people who buy everything with card for the points, but they pay it off immediately.....and then there's the one's who aren't so good.

    Bears N Birds

    in General Chit Chat

    Posted

    42 minutes ago, Pygmy said:

    You are correct, JJB....It has just been the last few years I have been clean shaven.

    The Mermaid does'nt like whiskers..

    wow, you were a good looking guy back in the day.......

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    Encouraging private land being opened to general hunting

    in General Hunting

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    3 minutes ago, growalot said:

    You put  a lot of thought into that example...Now let me think on that.......if you reversed that scenario you would be dragging your dead buck to the truck were you had to in the first place. Then driving to town to make the call...hey doing a beer,soda.... whatever run..then back to camp.

    jjb That's a good thing on your part...but many of those not reporting are in areas of exceptional signals ...that"s what my post was about. Those that make it a second thought ,that never gets remembered...you know, ones like me with 73acre "fenced back yards" we hunt...Or 68 acre remote camps we own or 70 acre properties we have invites on....lol:wink:

    as odd as may sound to some, it's actually part of the hunt, really no different then standing in line the first day licenses go on sale to see if you get the coveted DMP like some do...I almost enjoy logging into the website and doing that stuff, you can actually even see past reports on there, so it's kind of like keeping a journal of some sort.

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    Bears N Birds

    in General Chit Chat

    Posted

    53 minutes ago, Pygmy said:

    AND the 60s.......Some of those hippie chicks had enough hair in their ARMPITS to weave an army blanket....

    I bet you had the classic porn star mustache to match....

    Encouraging private land being opened to general hunting

    in General Hunting

    Posted

    4 minutes ago, Buckmaster7600 said:

    I wasn't trying to make a joke or an excuse but for me to get cell signal at my camp I have to drive to town 11 miles. So we will use last year as an example. My buck died 3.2 miles from the nearest road and 3.5 miles from my truck. So I would have had to walk 3.5 miles to my truck drive to town call drive back hike another 3 miles back to my deer and start dragging. That is the joke if think anyone would do that.
    Not everyone hunts in their fenced in back yards.

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    we get zero reception where we hunt and have our cabin, so that's not an option for us either, and I'm certainly not about to drive 30-40 minutes trying to get a signal.....but I've always been on top of reporting my game so it's not something I have to do right away or I'll forget anyway.

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    De knocking arrow

    in CrossBow Hunting

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    2 hours ago, fasteddie said:

    Isn't an Oxford shaft a dowel ?  What is the difference ? 

    I have no idea, but I would personally be a little concerned about shooting any run of the mill wood dowel out of a crossbow, they get pretty brittle and snap pretty easy after they dry out.....I don't know if there's a difference, but I would suspect that wood used for arrows is inspected for flaws and what not, you have no idea what Home Depot is selling.

    De knocking arrow

    in CrossBow Hunting

    Posted

    2 minutes ago, fasteddie said:

    I don't own a crossbow but have a question . Instead of spending money on any discharge bolts , couldn't one just cut and modify a wooden dowel to serve the same purpose ? Would something like that work ? It would be pretty inexpensive . 

    I'd be afraid of it splintering or shattering, I'd rather waste a bolt.....would you shoot a dowel out of your compound bow?

    Perfect shotgun for starting kids

    in General Hunting

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    my kids both shot that .410 just for fun and to get the feel of shooting a shotgun.....when it came time to hunt, I bought a youth stock for my 20 gauge 870 and that's what they used......so if I actually had to BUY a gun for a kid to use, it would be a 20 gauge, light skeet loads is a perfect way to introduce them to a low recoil shotgun....when it came time to turkey hunt I just snuck in the 3" hevi shot magnum and they never knew.

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    Perfect shotgun for starting kids

    in General Hunting

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    we didn't have much of a choice when we were kids, you started with whatever was in the gun cabinet that fit you.......the .410 was what fit a young kid, so that was what I used, and to be honest I don't remember doing any worse then my Dad or older brother who were shooting either a 16, 20 or 12 gauge......in fact I liked it so much I stuck with until I totally outgrew it size wise.

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