| Title: | The Hunting Notesfile |
| Notice: | Registry #7, For Sale #15, Success #270 |
| Moderator: | SALEM::PAPPALARDO |
| Created: | Wed Sep 02 1987 |
| Last Modified: | Tue Jun 03 1997 |
| Last Successful Update: | Fri Jun 06 1997 |
| Number of topics: | 1561 |
| Total number of notes: | 17784 |
I'm interested in how your hunting went during blackpowder season on
Fort Devens this year.
I hunted the full three days all in area 8. Never saw one but knew they
were around us. We would work the piece in the morning with no fresh
sign and do the same thing 2 hours later and they had been in there.
Most of shooting was coming from area 7, very hard hunting, swampy.
Last year, I saw more deer in 3 days than I have in the past 7 years
total outside of Devens.
Oh well, let here it.
Fred
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| 1237.1 | BP on Devens was good for us | NODEX::ESIELIONIS | Tue Dec 29 1992 15:03 | 22 | |
Fred,
My family had pretty good luck this year during the BP season on
Fort Devens. My dad shot a 115 lb. doe, and I got a 130 lb. doe. Both
of my brothers got shots, but didn't take deer. We were in area 9 the
first day (not by design - we normally hunt 7 - but we got there late
and that was the only area left that could accomodate all of us). Both
my dad and I took our deer on the first day. I was only able to hunt
the first day (I'd shot a buck during shotgun season), but I saw alot
of deer in the morning. In fact, I jumped three deer into area 8 when
I got up after shooting my doe - I started walking over to it, looked
up, and saw the deer running. Never knew they were there, or how long
they had been there.
My dad and brothers hunted area 7 on the second day, and they all
saw/shot at deer.
From what I hear, they took 31 deer during the BP season on Devens. 18
the first day, 9 the second, and 4 the last. I'm not sure that those
figures are 100% accurate, and I don't know the area by area breakdown.
-John
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| 1237.2 | congratulations | DELNI::HYDE | Tue Dec 29 1992 15:53 | 8 | |
Hi John,
I'm glad you did well this year. Congratulations are in order for your
first deer. Its a good feeling. I also heard the figure of 31 deer out
of Devens too.
Fred
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| 1237.3 | Thanks! | NODEX::ESIELIONIS | Tue Dec 29 1992 16:48 | 9 | |
Hi Fred,
Thanks for the congratulations. That first one was a long time
coming - seems like it took forever! But you're right - it's a really
good feeling. And to have gotten two deer this year (a spike during
shotgun, and the doe during BP), well, I may not stop smiling 'til
next season!
-John
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| 1237.4 | how do you get permission???? | MSBCS::MCNULTY | Thu Dec 31 1992 12:25 | 10 | |
Can someone tell me how you go about getting permission to hunt at Fort
Devens??? I'm mosting interested in BP and bow hunting... Seeing I just
moved to Lunenburg, Fort Devens would be ideal for hunting and
scouting.. Any help with this would be greatly appreciated....
thanks in advance.
Mike McNulty
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| 1237.5 | Call the range control | NODEX::ESIELIONIS | Thu Dec 31 1992 13:13 | 15 | |
Hi Mike,
Your best bet would be to call the range control office. I don't
have the number handy, but perhaps someone else in here does. I'll try
to get it over the weekend, and post it on Monday if nobody else does
so beforehand. They'll tell you everything you need to know.
One thing you should know - you have to have proof that you
completed a hunter safety course in order to hunt Fort Devens. Also,
they are not always open for every season. This year they weren't open
for shotgun, but they were open for BP. I've been told that all of
that is dependant upon if they need to use the hunting areas for
drills.
-John
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