New member- girl from long island

[envo]

Hi everyone, I just signed up, looked like a nice forum to join. I am from eastern long island, but basically raised on a mountain in Delaware county off rt.17. The property is pretty isolated 5 acres with a cabin no running water or electric and I LOVE it. I am a mother of three kids-5yrs,7yrs, and 3rd will be born thiscoming November 2012.

My father is out of the picture, and my husband has some hunting experience but is not into going out crazy early and freezing his ass off anymore but supports my interests. I am basically learning on my own, have had my hunting license for about 9 years, since the kids are not babies anymore I am starting to get into deer hunting past the two years. I also want to get into Turkey hunting. I have a 7yr old English Springer spaniel who I never trained to flush upland, but I have seen him use his natural abilities to flush and sit all on his own. I had once joined a ducks unlimited session with my dog in manorville, ny . It was awesome experience, my dog did great, except they all train use pointing dogs , and I didn't pursue with them because my pup flushed. It was still great to see him in action.

Anyway, I am hoping to keep up at this forum and learn from others as I really don't have others to get experience from!

Edited September 9, 2012 by envo

[Lawdwaz]

Lovely, another chick..................................

Kidding, kidding & kidding!!

Welcome to the HNY.com site. I take it you have been lurking for a bit and finally built up enough courage to sign up? That's pretty much what I did. For the most part I'm a very shy meak kinda guy.

What the hell are you doing up ar 4:30am?

Once again, welcome!

[PWGUNNY]

Welcome. Nice to see another hunter from Long Island on the forum.

[Deerthug]

Welcome! I consider myself a newbie and this will be my 6th year this coming season. I have too taught myself for the most part but I hunt with family members. I have learned a lot from this forum. I've also learned who to ignore on here and so shall you.... Enjoy the ride!

[Paula]

Welcome envo.

Funny guy Law, we are still out numbered.

Hope i am not one of them Deerthug

[Deerthug]

@Paula Of course not! But they know who they are

[Groundpatrol]

Welcome!

[GreeneHunter]

Welcome Aboard the Board LOL ! I joined this board last year and find it a really good experience ! You'll get a lot of good advice from very experienced Hunters . Various war stories (hunting) break out now and again but all in good nature !

[Big Indian]

Welcome fellow long islander ,enjoy !

[New York Hillbilly]

Welcome to the site!

[Elmo]

Welcome aboard.

A 3rd coming this November? Hunting will be tough this season, no?

[envo]

Thanks everyone!

Haha funnnnnnnyyyy law, I don't know why I was up at 430am, but Monday-thru Friday I am up at 5am for work so my body wakes up on weekends around that time sometimes I guess.

Hi paula, yes I know there are few of us around, I am sure I wouldnt be into hunting if I wasn't raised going to our cabin on weekends my whole life. It definitely shaped who I am, and am thankful for that. Luckily my kids love going upstate, my husband I am working on.

And yes elmo, I will be skipping this season out, although a little part of me is wanting to go I am crazy like that. I think its best to skip out, my area is part of the new AR in 4w not that I ever saw any bucks, but maybe it will be even better next year. I found some fresh scrapes on the ground last November and I was so excited to do that on my own. Small steps, I am thinking of buying and playing with a camera next summer.

[growalot]

welcome aboard...Congrats on the little one due ...Time will fly and you'll have the kids joining you in the woods up state.....So what weapons and seasons do you hunt.?

[SplitG2]

welcome to the forum.

[fasteddie]

Welcome to Hunting NY

[envo]

Yep my 7yr old son will probably be joining me alot in the future, my daughter who is 5yrs old is interested too. I want them to be able to understand everything though, and appreciate nature and what it gives us.

I have a Remington .270 Win, it fits me well, I wanted something with not too much kick but that could take down whitetails no problem. I have been shooting the 130grain. Haven't tried the 150 grain yet.

I have two old single shot shotguns (12,20g) that were my fathers but I don't want to use them because they are from about 1940 and 1960 I think.

When I can, my next purchase will

be to buy a camo pump shotgun, something I can do Turkey with. But if I want to try other things, something I can switch a barrel out for etc.

(I was using my mother in laws pump 12 &20g shotguns that were collecting cob webs literally till my brother in law had a fit when he found out we had them after 8yrs of him not using them he randomly wanted them. So to not cause a big fight we just gave them to him, so my husband promised to buy me a shotgun when he can. Stupid family dynamics)

[MountainHunter]

Nice to hear about another woman who enjoys hunting. Best of luck to you! It sounds like you are quite well versed. Nice to see the level of interest you have.

Sorry about the family stuff! We can all relate to that I would expect.

[First-light]

Welcome! Had a place in a mountain in Delaware county off rt 17. Loved it there. My niece just bought her 1st gun and is taking the hunting classes for her license. Good luck, love to help out any way I can.

[pistolp71]

Welcome, nice to see some more female hunters.

[Culvercreek hunt club]

Welcome to the sit eand I have to say I have a sweet spot for Springers. I have owned two and one was a wonderful hunting buddy. Nothing in hunting beats seeing a good dog working.

Good luck