Robhuntandfish

i would be disheartened for sure if I couldnt get a doe permit. I am lucky that all three areas i hunt are all high. 6S, 7J, 7F. and in 7J and 7F they give out more permits later in season for free and still cant give them all away. I usually at most fill 2 but always pick up a couple of extra anyway. Esp if a buddy brings one of his kids and I can sign a permit over to them.

neighbor with a foot fetish....

voodoo?

to put in peoples backyards to freak them out.

use them for rattling in turkeys!

licenses should be avail in a week or so, its coming..... I always have to decide which areas to apply for. I hunt 3 different ones so have to use some strategery. lol But then they always offer second free permits to two of the areas later on anyway. I usually end up with 4.

But if this guy shows up as your guide.,..run! Good movie though

This came from cape fear! Good luckhttp://www.carolinasportsman.com/details.php?id=13599

Maybe left by a dog/cat that stole them from someone in neighborhood....... Maybe your turkey hunting in your sleep again....

maybe its more of a location issue. Seems to be a lot of classes upstate available. Maybe just less people to teach the class downstate. and no they are not paid, it is volunteer. And have to be certified to do so.

im already ok to retrieve a deer. Landowner i have permission with said they are ok with that. They even said they wouldnt say anything if i was out there already. But i would be looking for the sole rights to this other place as well. The family doesnt hunt it at all. And i think they were just probably being nice to let this other guy hunt it. The person i hunt their land is not impressed by this fella out there with a gun near their house at all. Says during season she stays inside in early morn when they know he is hunting - not cool. I can fix that for them .... and have access to another good spot. Will see. I have no problem mentoring another person but am wary on this one. I will put a feeler out there and see where it goes. If it turned out bad i would just walk away as this isnt my main hunting spot by any means.

looks like a good reason to stay in the stand another 15 minutes this season..... he might come out....... Nice buck hope to see a better pick of him with you holding his head up for him !

we say the same for the NYS fair in Syracuse - it ends the summer. We always complain when people start talking fair in early summer - cause it means summer is over cause its during the labor day weekend ... lol The state one I usually go to every few years. Not big on crowds so that keeps me away. And all i do anyway is walk around, look at stuff and eat.

if i am ordering off this menu I am gonna start with Apps of treeguys salmon dip and croghan bologna then followed by Robs stuffed pork tenderloin. (im on the fence with Bizs watermelon and crab but i would cert try it)...... when does this restaurant open......

mine are going up this weekend! Gonna do some stand work too.

its not a battle over hunting rights. Not that big of a deal. He wasnt supposed to be on the 12 acres and was trespassing- he got booted off. I have sole hunting rights to it. Was just gonna check on the place next door to see if they are open to letting me hunt. And the fella that is hunting it has already tresspassed, had a stand that was a HUGE risk, and is gun hunting in a place you wouldnt even believe anyone would think about using a gun. I dont bow hunt the property i have permission for during gun season just cause i dont want to be near this fella in this spot wiht a firearm. will see how it goes. I have backed away from properties other people hunt just cause i dont want to cause a problem or give a hard time to other hunters. But the way this fella operates makes me think he is a safety problem waiting to happen.

Crab legs on a Monday night....someone is living right!

I think best perspective is to first see if he is even around anymore. If he is gone then its a layup to ask. And these folks only own about 26 acres and don't farm it themselves. Think he just does some odd jobs for them.

That seems like a good approach. Thanks. Think I am gonna ask the person I have permission about it first and maybe see if they know if that other fella is still around and then ask.

im the guy that is never afraid to ask the girl to dance. lol But just dont want to mess up a good thing i have. Will prob feel out the person I have permission from and see what they think about asking the neighbors. Dont mind them saying no , just dont want it to be "no and dont ever come over on our land" course i guess with the current landowner knowing they dont care if i recover a deer from there maybe i shouldnt worry too much about that. But was thinking if I offered them a bit of $ might also be a good reason that they dont let the other fella hunt there any more. maybe he has even moved on at this point from last year as well - or got fired.....

That kid though from what they have told me isnt the best of fellas. The landowners said he had to drop out of school because of too many issues, and the way that stand was set up was scary and the fact he gun hunts in this spot is just hard to believe. I think i need to stay clear of this fella. If it was just a local kid etc i would be happy to help set him up and even share a stand. Was just thinking maybe if i made them a better offer it woudl get them out of this situation too and better mine. And yes... im being greedy. lol. I wouldnt ever take away form a kid hunting but this guy not asking permission and just putting up a stand etc... not thinking good character here. I have helped mentor a few people but dunno on this one.

now i should add. Almost every evening that i have hunted the spot with permission , i watch the deer come out of woods into the field next to me. They eventually start making their way over towards me but 75% of the time they dont til its too late to shoot. I have been pinned in there twice last year as i didnt want to get down to go back to truck cause deer are in that field and i didnt want to get busted. They come out into that neighbor field every night and i just hope they come my way by legal shooting light. Most of the time they dont.

my favorite part of the pic is that he made sure he was wearing a blaze orange hat. Dude prob doesnt have shorts on but hes got a blaze orange hat for safety. lol

i have access to a small 12 acre area to hunt since last season. Of the 12 acres 11.5 of it is fenced and has cattle (leased by a farmer). So basically i am hunting a very tiny little area. But this place has a lot of deer. In fact i got a doe my very first time there last season. When i asked owner if i could hunt there they were so overwhelmed to say yes as i have known them a while. They also told me not to worry about if I got a deer to have to go onto neighbors land to get it as they would prob only ask them who was out there and it woudlnt be a problem. So went to check it out and in this little area there was a ladder treestand already. I told them about it and basically they were shocked and upset to know someone was hunting their land without permission. The ladder stand was also put up half assed and very unsafe (didnt use the middle bar, one strap at the very top etc) . But they found out who it was and made them move it cause i am the only one to have permission to hunt there. (they are older and unable to go out and check their land for this sort of thing) . It was the neighbors that have a hired hand - a kid and he was hunting it. I even told them not to bother as i didnt want to cause any problems but they insisted that this stand was gonna be moved and the other person shouldnt be out there. So it was moved and i put up a proper stand and first night - doe down. It went just barely onto neighbor property and i got it and no issues. The neighbor has 2x the size of the land and as I have been hunting there the deer use their land a lot more cause there is no cattle. I would really like to have access to that too. They dont hunt but they let that kid/hand hunt there. Now this kid got a buck i had a trail cam out there during gun season and let me tell you this is no spot ANYONE should be hunting with a gun at all. It should be bow only as it is just two big open fields and houses and a thin treeline to a creek. so the question is.... should i approach the neighbor about hunting there? I would even be willing to offer a bit of $ and def would share my game as i do with any landowner (they get a nice box of any venison i butcher and a 12 pack, even if i also pay) The reason i am afraid to ask is will they say no and "stay off my land" esp since i was the cause of this kid/hand having to move his stand even though he was in the wrong. I would def offer a safer hunt as it would be bow only including during gun season but i want nothing to do with this other fella and his scary stand and gun hunting in this spot. Now it is a sweeeet spot. As i have yet to see less than 8 deer everytime i have gone there out on their property. But i dont want to lose access to recover my deer if need be. I am thinking of asking the person i have permission from right now to see what they think about it and what they think their neighbor would say. What say you ........ any thoughts on this. I have other properties to hunt that are much larger but this is a sweet little spot and a guaranteed freezer filler for does. Not much for big bucks but it is perfect for me to hunt early season and get a doe and wait til rut for my main buck spots. Should i take the chance and ask or just be happy with what i got.....tough call. Whatcha think ......

I always hope when i pull cams to get just one bear pic. Very cool . Dunno how big, but big enough that i wouldnt ask for a wrastle......