2 weeks early, or all day hunting..

[Lawdwaz]

Good Lord I wouldn't want to hunt them ALL day.  Are you nuts?

 

[Pygmy]

Good Lord I wouldn't want to hunt them ALL day.  Are you nuts?

 

Yeah...By noon, I am ready for a sandwich, a couple of beers and a nap...

 

I have hunted 4 states that allow all day hunting...I have heard gobblers in the afternoon, but have never been able to do much with them..The only one I killed, I was sitting, watching a field, much like deer hunting..Two gobbelrs came out 2 feed and made the mistake of coming within shotgun range of me.

[Lawdwaz]

Yeah...By noon, I am ready for a sandwich, a couple of beers and a nap...

 

I have hunted 4 states that allow all day hunting...I have heard gobblers in the afternoon, but have never been able to do much with them..The only one I killed, I was sitting, watching a field, much like deer hunting..Two gobbelrs came out 2 feed and made the mistake of coming within shotgun range of me.

 

Have you hunted afternoon in PA since they started all day hunting? I know it's not the entire season, just the 2nd half I think.

 

My buddy Dave (who you've met) killed one there the first year they allowed it but it was more of an ambush than a hunt.

[Skillet]

I'd like to see a one bird limit in the spring as well as fall seasons. Taking a week off of the spring season would be cool, too.

Edited May 10, 2015 by Skillet

[reeltime]

d.  along with a 1 bird limit in the fall in area's that can support a fall hunt, in the area's where numbers have decreased close the fall season.

 

Pa. going to all day the second half of the season was a terrible move. probably 85-90% of the birds shot after 3pm are ambushed or sniped from the limb.  most of the local people around our camp just road hunt, drive around find a bird and maybe get out of the vehicle and hunt it or just shoot it out of the vehicle.  different mentalities in different regions of the country but from talking to different folks that are residents of all day states the most common complaint is roost shooting and road hunting. 

 

 

[Pygmy]

That's what I experienced in Georgia, Lee...

Most of the shooting I heard was at just about roost time..Of course, I was hunting in the area where "Deliverance" was filmed...

In Ontario it's not so bad..they end shooting hours at 7:00 PM to help discourage the roost shooters.. I think it is a good thing, too, because suitable roost areas are much more limited and predictable up there, at least in the area I hunt.

[fishuntrapper]

no change.

[G-Man]

D, cant.move up.the season as thats prime breeding.which is the reason it.starts in may. I could see shorting the season, or allowing all day for last week or two