youth hunt

[RobC]

I just heard the first gun shot this morning.

[RobC]

Sounds like a spine shot

[SteveB]

Unless it was one of those pesky small game hunters.

[HOUNDS77]

Unless it was one of those pesky small game hunters.

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[SteveB]

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What's your question?

[HOUNDS77]

Pesky small game hunters?

[SteveB]

Sarcasm - been hearing them all week shooting with no one shot.

Will be more of them out then youths.

And they are the ones that could be upset for 200,000 bowhunters out this year in what has been their season.

[16. ga hunter]

could be upset? lol now i have bow hunters in the woods the whole early season. luckily most are nice and friendly when i do happen upon the even though i try and avoid hunting woods where i see vehicles.honestly we all have the right to pursue our chosen game on any given state parcel but i like to give space. and as long as i don't have another bow hunter draw down on my dog ever again i will be happy.

[tughillhunter]

i took my buddies boy out tonight. passsed on a few doe and one fork horn. gettin back at it tomorrow. I think its a god deal to get these kids motivated into the outdoors. hunting/fishing or what the hell ever.

[growalot]

Well there were 6-8 shots today...then the gun club took over......wasn't expecting to hear the 12ga's though...thought the kids would be using 20'sor 16's...I was out with my BO bandana on...lol

Edited October 7, 2012 by growalot

[tughillhunter]

im confused..... what are you guys crying about?

[WNYBuckHunter]

I hunted near state land yesterday and didnt hear a single shot, and there was one car parked there.

The kid I was going to go with was taken out by his step father and he got a nice doe.

[bubba]

well if those phantom shots were close enough to me that I could tell it was a 12 gauge or a spine shot, I would be concerned. I gotta call BS as another thread to stir up crap.

[bubba]

feel free to string me up and burn me at the stake, but all this whining is getting old.

[Fanaddict]

I heard a shot a 6:07 am this morning!! I'm sure it was just a GREAT MENTOR who was showing the kid to shot them early before dawn because it's your best chance to kill a deer!!

[Doc]

I hunted near state land yesterday and didnt hear a single shot, and there was one car parked there.

That's kind of how things were on the state land that I hunt. And the two cars that were parked in the parking lot could have been bowhunters or small game hunters, or even hikers or bikers. So I don't know whether anyone was there because of the youth hunt. That is all pretty much as I had predicted. I'm beginning to wonder if the DEC estimate of 8000 statewide might have been badly mis-judged. Of course I will admit that the rain at the beginning of the day sure didn't help a lot.

[bubba]

I heard a shot a 6:07 am this morning!! I'm sure it was just a GREAT MENTOR who was showing the kid to shot them early before dawn because it's your best chance to kill a deer!!

keep posting you are simply proving my point. What caliber was the gun and where did they hit the illegal deer? Details please

[GaryMik]

Took my boy out after the rain stopped, didn't see a darn thing. only saw two other hunters that were on their way out. Woods are thick, hard to see anything.

[bubba]

I heard a shot a 6:07 am this morning!! I'm sure it was just a GREAT MENTOR who was showing the kid to shot them early before dawn because it's your best chance to kill a deer!!

If you go back and look through threads, you will see a lot who think that daylight to dark is ok. So why not for the youth?

[TreeGuy]

U be nice bubba.

[bubba]

nice as it gets lol. Simply tired of the new angles to complain is all.

[SteveB]

I heard a shot a 6:07 am this morning!! I'm sure it was just a GREAT MENTOR who was showing the kid to shot them early before dawn because it's your best chance to kill a deer!!

Sure? How?

If you where positive, why not turn them in?

I'm betting the DEC would love to put the hammer down on the few who might try to take advantage and discredit the program.

[WNYBuckHunter]

Or maybe they were shooting coyotes, they are in season and I know of some guys that have been after them since the 1st

[tughillhunter]

just got back in. didnt see anything. heard alot of shots, but it was coming from sandy pond. duck hunters. Didnt hear any of those pesky spine shots. What do those sound like? haha

[growalot]

Well I wasn't whining...just stating kids were out hunting..and If you can't tell the difference in the sound of a 12ga going off and a 20ga...you need a hearing aid...they make a distinct different sound...I've been able to tell the difference for many many a year...Here's another one you can claim erroneously as being BS...I can and have...actually for a ECO...pinpointed exactly where a person was when shooting a 12ga gun and I was a 1/2 mile down the hill ...Took him to the property line and said walk in there...he found the shells and foot prints where the guy was standing 10yrds in...then found where they dragged an ungutted deer to a car and drove off...I back tracked and found the poplar tree that saved the neighbors life....They had nearly shot my neighbor as she was screaming stop shooting...I was listening for her shot ...because she called to say she was going out and asked if I would take care of the deer if she got one...headed out when I heard the 12 and not her 20 ga shoot 3 times...got to her before John Hill did and took him up.... she was so upset she didn't know where the shots where coming from..just heard the tree get hit and the other two whizz by

Edited October 7, 2012 by growalot