Conference vmsnet::hunting$note:hunting

    zzzzzzzz .....

    Training dogs and trying to get them ready for trials.  Shooting
    when I can, which is about once every two months.  Can't wait for
    fall to roll around.
    Jeff

    Picked up an air rifle and doing a lot of practicing in my basement.
    After missing my deer this fall I figured it was the least I could
    do. :-)
    
    Rich

    pheasant hunting at the Hedgerow... :-)
    
    tough day yesterday...we had 3 finds and 2 birds
    
    we still have one more hunt scheduled the last week in March
    
    
    Guy

    
    	Like Guy said... With the help of shooting preserves, the 
    bird season is extended thru the end of March. So its not the
    "off season" yet :-) 
    	Guess its time to start planning this "off season's" training
    curriculum.
   
    dave

    	

    Hey Rich,
      How do get the deer to stay put in your cellar????

    
    Doing a little sturgeon, steelhead and salmon fishing.  Was able
    to get into the cabin last weekend (they logged beyond the cabin,
    so the snow was knocked down), but couldn't get off the main road.
    I did get a fast shot at a coyote.  By the time I got the rifle
    out its case he was a long way out and really moving.  I helped
    him make it over the hill, though.  Saw two lynx in the yard of
    the cabin.  Haven't seen any lynx up there for 20 years.  Didn't
    see any deer or elk, but I couldn't get out on the ridges.  Buried
    the rig three times.  Thank god for winches.  It did get the heart
    started to get out among'm again.  Felt good and therapeutic.

    i've been doing alot of everything. went up to moosehead last weekend
    and limited out on salmon and togue. weekend before that we were
    coyote hunting, missed a good shot at a big coyote then tracked
    him on snow for a while and my buddy shot him. he weighed 47 pounds,
    that should save a few deers lives up here this year!!! other than
    that alot of post season scouting and alot of snowmobiling and three
    wheeling.
                                                            Rick

    I'm still deer hunting.  Don't panic guys, it's with my eyes and
    camera (that is sometimes I remember to take the camera).  Went
    out day before yesterday and saw three deer a couple of partridge
    and what I believe was a fisher cat.  Went out later in the afternoon
    (about 4:00) and really PO'd the wife by not getting out of the
    woods until 6:30.  Couldn't help it!  It was just beautiful and
    I hadn't been able to get out for several weeks.  Besides, even
    after it got dark the sky was so clear and crisp and with the moon
    beginning to rise.....well I guess I just conveniently forgot about
    the time.   Been doing some ice fishing also, but I'm a hunter and
    not so much a fisherman.  Picked up a new .308 for the fall so I'll
    be working up loads for that over the winter.  It's also time to
    restock my supply of 12 GA trap loads so I guess I'll be busy with
    that too.
    
    		Catch you later,
    		 Tom "LL" Davis
    

         I'll be searching for new areas to hunt birds in southern NH. 
         
         There's no Sunday hunting here in Mass and sometimes my
         Saturday errands make it hard to squeeze in even a half day
         of hunting. So this year my partners and I are buying NH
         small-game licenses so that we can open up Sundays to
         hunting. 
                                                    
         I mark interesting places on a topo map and then ask the
         landowners for permission to hunt. Most folks are friendly
         even when they turn me down, but occasionally you meet
         someone like the lady who answered my polite and courteous
         request with a chilling and nasty, "Forget it! I've got cats
         back there and too many of you hunters don't know what you're
         shooting at!". 
         
         On my first outing I got 6 no's and 3 yes's from landowners.
         In the spring I'll let my dog tell me which of these
         properties are good prospects for the fall. 
         
         Doug 

   Reading topo maps to try and find some new "hot" spots, getting my
camo's and gear back together for the spring turkey season in VT.
Soon I'll be back in the woods hunting with the camera and scouting out new 
areas, hopefully before the snow melts.  Besides, I'm awfully busy during the 
winter months with a pistol league.

Mike

    Went with a friend last week to shoot a few rounds in a shooting
    pit on some Weyerhauser land in Washington State.  There were about
    a half dozen of us all together.  I looked at the end of the pit
    (about 150-200 yards long 100 ft deep) and right at the top of the
    pit there's a nice big black tail doe stanfing there.  We were
    making all the noise in the world and she barely seemed to notice
    us.
    
    Since she didn't seem to be in any hurry, one of the guys started
    shooting at his targets, not paying attention to the deer.  After
    about 5 0r 6 mintues, she s-l-o-w-l-y meandered into the pines lining
    the top and out of my sight.
    
    We shot for about an hour, probably close to 500 rounds total, mostly
    .308, when i looked up and saw another one.  She was just standing
    at the top of the pit about 30-40 feet above where the targets were.
    She seemed to be totally oblivious to the sound of the shots.
    
    Boy, I'll tell ya.  Who says they don't read the paper?
    
    Brett.

Maybe they were retarded...  It happens to deer too you know. 

Half a :-).

Rich

    	Raising and training two pups. Obedience trialing a four year
    old GSP and keeping the Weimaraner under 90 lbs. (Our couch patato).
    	Looking forward to March 23rd the day when the Field champion
    bitch drops her pups. I have been saving all year to get the GSP pup.
    Watch her only have males since I want a little girl...My better
    1/2 is about to come unglued as she can see the money for this summers
    coat of stain going for more concrete and chain-link fencing. Breeding
    ---Who me????  Josselyn Kennels --- Who's that?...  Aww! You guys
    know...Right?  Seriously, Dot is lots of help and into our German
    Shorthaired Pointer- fetish-fever-facination-fun-fur and feather
    hobby. When you find your "better half" out scrubbing the "just
    scrubbed" kennels with disinfectant on her hands and knees 
    and complaining that it "keeps freezing to ice". You know you got
    it made right???---{8-) 
    	So far The Beagle has set us up for twenty seven clean shots
    at Snowshoes... We only kill one a year for rabbit dumplings..
    For all I know it may have only been a half dozen different "shoes".
    	I sure an looking forward to the spring migration of "doodles".
    If the grouse population stays as healthy as they seem October will
    be GREAT.
    
    Dreaming!!!
    Jack 
    
	

    
    	A good time of year to strategicaly place a few salt licks in
    the woods.. by rivers.. in spots that can be clearly seen from
    a higher secluded spot, 150 - 300 yards away. 
    
    			Just Kidding :-)
    

      tending 44 holsteins, spreading do-do all over the frozen fields,
    fixing fences, reloading ammo, shooting wild dogs at every opportunity,
    snow-mobiling, scouting, taking pictures, going to muzzleloader
    shoots, ham and turkey shoots, practicing with the bow et. etc.
    we can hunt coyote all year and turkey opens in a few weeks, also
    the ground grizzlys (pasture poodles) are coming out of hibernation
    so there is 22-250 work to be done. still eating bambi burger, fuzzy
    tree rat stew, various roasted birds from the freezer. in the spare
    time i fix a puter or two
    
    
    dick

    Well this is the week we leave for our bear hunt. Knives have been
    sharpened twice more since the base note, gun cleaned and checked.
    I'm ready. Should not have planned this so far in advance, my nerves
    are shot.
    
    Have about 7-10,000 donuts saved up to use as bait. How much coffee
    will I need ? :-)
    
    I'll be thinking about you working souls while I'm out.
    
    Canada here we come !
    
    Mark

    Wow, I'm jealous.  Good luck.
    
    Looks like you may have to clear some of that Moose out of the freezer!
    
    I've been spending a lot of time Salmon Hunting.
    
    I just sent my application in for Antelope in Montana today.
    It is a lottery, but they filled 100% of the Pronghorn
    applications last year.
    
    Is anyone else going for Pronghorn in MT this year?
    
    We've applied for zone 700.  If you look at the map, or if
    you know where you are going like my partner seems to, then 700
    is the logical place.
    
    If you want to go, you can still apply but you have to get your
    application in the mail by June 1.
    
    
    Brett.
                                                       

    I'm not going to Montana, but I am going to Wyoming...for
    Antelope...with the bow. Ought to be fun. If anyone has a map, we'll
    be in zone 28. This area is restricted to bow hunting only. We'll
    be hunting the waterholes from blinds.

    My permit came in last week. Now, if I can only shoot straight! Come
    on September!!
    
    Guy

    I go to Penn. about six times a year for live pigeon shoots. Hope
    to go to Mexico for the Championships. Shooting clays is fun and
    keeps you warmed up for the live birds.
    
    007
    

    A guy I run Labs with does the pigeon shoot route.  He is known
    as "Whitey".  Can't remember his real name.  Real nice guy.  Has
    some great stories about shooting down in Mexico.  God only knows
    where they get guys crazy enough to throw the birds.  I use to go
    to the shoots with my Grandfather.  Lots of fun.  Lots of money
    changed hands too 8*).  Some of those guys can double-pop a bird
    like you read about.  Think they'll ever make it legel in MAss?
    HA HA HA HA HA 
    
    Jeff