Got my deer licenses!
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Topic: Got my deer licenses!
Posted By: Bear43
Subject: Got my deer licenses!
Date Posted: June 26 2020 at 11:32am
Found out the results of the draw on my deer applications today. For East River Deer I scored an Any Deer license and for West River Deer I scored an Any Whitetail license. I am excited about this as I have not gotten a buck license in years. Now I just got to figure out which rifle to use for deer season this fall. I used my M1917 last year but I think I will use a No 4 this year. Since I still need to sight it in for me I was thinking of using the Maltby No 4 that I got from A Square. Decisions, decisions 
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Posted By: Stumpkiller
Date Posted: June 26 2020 at 7:24pm
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Good luck! Who knew NY was more lenient to hunters than South Dakota? We get the basic firearm buck licenses by default (well, at the basic license price) and have to use a lottery system by unit for the antlerless category. Bow and Muzzleloader licenses are either sex.
------------- Charlie P. Life is not about how fast you run, or how high you climb, but how well you bounce. |
Posted By: A square 10
Date Posted: June 26 2020 at 7:50pm
| good for you , go get em , im happy for you , ive often wondered at this lottery system , seems there are plenty of deer and a limited number of hunters that get them every year , i think more are killed by cars than harvested in the season , the cost of that should allow for a few more licences , but then im just one that harvested with my car - and paid a lot for that encounter , shoot straight and take what they allow - i always live within the law |
Posted By: Goosic
Date Posted: June 26 2020 at 8:12pm
| We can put in for six different unit areas but do not get two different hunt licenses when drawn. I put in for the same unit six times but two separate hunt dates and will find out if I got drawn in about three more weeks.. |
Posted By: hoadie
Date Posted: June 27 2020 at 6:33am
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For rifle we have a 2 week hunt.(1 week rifle for moose). We have to apply for antlerless in our various WMU (wildlife management unit) I can find out on 1 July if I was successful with an antlerless or not. With elk they define an area WEST of hwy # 127 within WMU # 57 as a "no tag" area. West side of hwy#127 (where we are) there are tags available.(But try to get one!!  )------------- Loose wimmen tightened here |
Posted By: Honkytonk
Date Posted: June 27 2020 at 6:53am
| In my part of the country for the last 7 years it's been one tag. Prior to last year it was bucks only. Before that we could theoretically buy a archery, black powder, rifle, and antlerless (use any season) for a total of four. We had a couple of harsh winter's, so animal numbers declined but have come roaring back! I'm not sure what will be available for this upcoming season. |
Posted By: hoadie
Date Posted: June 27 2020 at 11:24am
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I just bought an Excaliber crossbow (just to get better odds) ------------- Loose wimmen tightened here |
Posted By: Bear43
Date Posted: June 28 2020 at 2:24am
| I just found out that my dad also got his licenses, same type and units as mine. So after a long hiatus on doing this we will be doing the father-son deer hunt thing again. I'm more excited about that. I don't get to spend as much time with my dad as I used to so this should be a fun hunt this fall. |
Posted By: 303 Hunter
Date Posted: June 28 2020 at 11:27am
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I won’t get draw results until July 5 or 7. But I do intend to buy a whitetail tag. Good luck to all! ------------- The Lee Enfield is to the Canadian north what the Winchester repeater was to the American west. Cal Bablitz |
Posted By: Honkytonk
Date Posted: June 28 2020 at 3:20pm
| In Manitoba, Canada, the earliest you can hunt whitetails starts with bow hunting, mid August. This is a long season that if you want to use a bow and arrow, is valid until rifle season ends in late November. Mind you, once black powder season starts in mid October, archery hunters must don orange. Usually the second week of November following black powder season, rifle season starts. Me and my buddies got three nice whitetails last year and I'm down to about 5 lbs of homemade sausage left. Can't wait! |
Posted By: 303 Hunter
Date Posted: July 10 2020 at 2:26pm
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The draw results were released on July 7th and I drew a bull elk tag and a bull moose tag so I'm really excited for this hunting season. Question; are woodleigh 174 grain bullets good enough for them or should I go heaver? ------------- The Lee Enfield is to the Canadian north what the Winchester repeater was to the American west. Cal Bablitz |
Posted By: Honkytonk
Date Posted: July 10 2020 at 3:06pm
| There is not a beast that roams North America (including Polar Bears) that the combination you mention would be considered under-gunned. Shot placement and knowing the limits in regards to distance for the combination will ensure a clean, ethical kill. |
Posted By: Goosic
Date Posted: July 10 2020 at 3:07pm
| As far as, will a 174grn projectile take down an elk or moose? Certainly, with a very well placed heart/lung shot or an outright head shot. 174/180 grn 30-31 caliber projectiles will do what they were intended to do. If you have any doubts about your shooting capabilities and need a backup contingency, use a 215grn Woodleigh RN for those hard to reach places. |
Posted By: hoadie
Date Posted: July 11 2020 at 5:58am
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I've shot moose with 180. No problem there at all. ------------- Loose wimmen tightened here |
Posted By: Bear43
Date Posted: July 11 2020 at 12:11pm
| I can't even imagine bagging a moose. That is one big critter! |
Posted By: A square 10
Date Posted: July 11 2020 at 5:54pm
| dont see many moose here less you go a good deal north of here , but every so often one strays south , thats a big target and a lot of meat |
Posted By: Stumpkiller
Date Posted: July 11 2020 at 6:40pm
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Moose might be the one animal I would travel far to hunt. Always thought that would be a good quarry. By all accounts they taste great. I have taken many whitetail deer, and one fallow deer on my NY property that was a truly astronomical chance. A farmer five miles away had illegally imported some and when he was about to be closed down had a "fence mishap" and a dozen escaped. Mine was one of two that were ever reported killed (one of the local game wardens is a neighbor). I called him immediately upon killing the one on my land - while grouse hunting. Nothing sporting about it. After being tested for tuberculosis, rabies, CWD and other introduced species issues the meat was released back to me. ALL the meat tasted of liver. We ate it; but didn't really enjoy it. ------------- Charlie P. Life is not about how fast you run, or how high you climb, but how well you bounce. |
Posted By: A square 10
Date Posted: July 12 2020 at 7:45pm
| you got one without traveling to new zealand - good on you , life is good |
Posted By: englishman_ca
Date Posted: July 13 2020 at 4:09am
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One tip given to me by an old moose hunter was not to drop the moose in the swamp. I didn't understand exactly what he meant because swamps are where moose like to hang out..... I understood very well when I had to get the moose home. ------------- . . Look to your front, mark your target when it comes! |
Posted By: yumastepside
Date Posted: July 14 2020 at 12:08pm
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Here in Tasmania at the moment we have an excess of Fallow deer, so its no tags on does 'til November......time to fill the freezer! Roger ------------- roger |