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    Yotes

    in Small Game and Predator Hunting

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    It really depends on where you are. Lately the closer you are to houses the more you'll find. At least by me. They have learned there is a lot of food in the housing tracks. They like to pick off the cats and small dogs plus nothing else is in there hunting the rodents. I kicked at least 6 out from behind the farmers barn last night when I cut the dog loose. I know they were in there hunting the hundreds of cats that live there. They are getting bad enough that some of the officers I've spoken to say there has been consideration of opening the season to year round. The problem is where they're bad they're very bad. But they're not bad everywhere yet. 

     

    Ut Oh ...... possible females only in some WMU's in the future? 

     

    Yotes

    in Small Game and Predator Hunting

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    Kinda what I was figuring. Rough winters seem to produce more yotes with calls.... I believe when finding food is hard they like the call, with no snow and moderate temps I don't think they care too much about a screaming rabbit when they already have full belly's. Ah well, I'll hopefully get a few hunts in before season ends. New house, 6mo old, 2 year old and a wife seem to consume my hunting hours nowadays....

     

    You ain't the first ...... but sure hear ya. :drinks:

    ANYONE SEE THE NEW NY OUTDOOR NEWS

    in Deer Hunting

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    I'm not asking you to cozy up with me. If it doesn't make you all warm and fuzzy inside then we should not by accepting a five year plan that does not allow the system to come up with innovative approaches to solve whatever problem you have it. Idling a tractor is wasted money to a farmer. We need to come up with solutions that offset that economic loss and make it beneficial for them. Like maybe an app they can just press a button and someone from the local food pantry shows up and takes care of the deer. Or a program that allows youth to come out and fill the tags. In return the farmer gets some kind of write-off.

     

    And for those of you that don't realize it (I didn't until I started) they are allowed to shoot from any motorized vehicle as long as it is not road registered i.e. tractor. They are also allowed to shoot deer until 11 PM and can use spotlights. And for those that haven't done it shooting Deer in July is no picnic. The mosquito's will eat you alive! You can't manage scent you have to hunt in a manner where it doesn't matter. 90 degrees at high noon and you'll be sweating. You also can't shoot from a tree stand that is mounted on the hedgerow. You have to actually be in the field the permit is good for. That means a tower stand or laying on the ground. Again all "rules" that could be changed in an agile system.

     

    I was pretty sure you weren't asking me to cozy up to you .... thanks for clarifying though. My frustration is hunting in direct proximity to vineyard properties with nuisance permits where they will not allow anyone in to hunt. I've watched the quality and quantity of the local deer herd go steadily down for the last however many yrs. I can understand that anyone who is allowed to hunt in those situations wouldn't feel the same way.

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