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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

584.0. "Let's Talk Hunting!" by WJOUSM::PAPPALARDO () Fri Jan 05 1990 11:11

    
    Whats everyone up to ? This file has sure slowed down!
    
    Come on people whats on your minds ? Whats wrong, to cold for you
    to go out in the woods ?
    
    Anyone going hunting for Jacks ?
    
    Whats your thoughts on the Quabbin opening to hunt deer for the first
    time in 50 years.
    
    Sportsman shows should be up-coming anyone going ?
    
    Whats happening in Maine these days?
    
    Did anyone hunt deer during the Mass muzzle season ?
    
    I can't believe the seasons are over, it seems they just got here and
    now got to wait for next year. 
    
    Anyone going for Spring Bear or Turkeys ? 
    
    Rick (who wished the seasons were still opened)
    
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584.1Lonesome or what??WFOVX5::KEYWORTHFri Jan 05 1990 12:0732
    No, it's not to cold to go out in the woods. Actually it's
    been pretty good weather considering what we had all Dec.
    
    I do plan on getting out at least a couple of times for some
    Snow shoes.
    
    You know what would be a good idea for the Quabin is to do something
    like what I saw in a Wildlife video. Open the area to two man teams,
    adult plus child in the 14 year age range. One gun between them,
    held buy the child. The idea being to get the child their first
    deer. Sounded pretty good to me.
    
    I do plan on going to the Expo in West-Springfield in February.
    
    Haven't been to Maine in over a year, but a guy I know got a 
    650 pound moose there this year(1989).
    
    I did hunt muzzle loader in mass. this year and saw deer on two
    of the days but didn't have a good shot.
    
    I can't believe everythings about over either. But you've got to
    keep your SO happy some of the time by doing odd jobs around the
    house right?? I said RIGHT??? Nobody ever answers me when I ask
    that. :^)
    
    I'm sending in my turkey permit, deer permit and Bear permit requests
    today. WAIT WAIT... back up. Spring bear hunt???????? Are we talking
    Mass. hear or what??????
    
    How's that Rick??..... NEXT
    John
    
584.2what's still open in NH?CHRLIE::HUSTONFri Jan 05 1990 13:517
    
    what's still open in NH? I didn't get one of those reg. books this year
    and can't find last years. Interested in rabbits and partridge, so 
    what's open and when does it close?
    
    --Bob
    
584.3rabbits,coyoteSALEM::MACGREGORI'm the NRA/GONH/NAHCSat Jan 06 1990 09:0916
    The only seasons open I believe in N.H. are rabbits (snoshoes and
    cottontail) and I believe fisher is open. Crow? not sure. But I
    think just about everything else is closed. Coyote has no closed
    season in N.H. Tough animal to even get a glimpse at. There might
    be a couple other scavenger type animals that don't have a closed
    season either, canb't remember which ones. I think porcupine might
    be one. No Bobcat season season at all this year in N.H. Usually
    they wait until 30 are taken before they close the season for them.
    No spring Bear season in N.H. although I wish there were. MAybe
    sometime in the future as the bear population seems to be growing
    at a good rate. Maine has a spring season for bruins as does Quebec.
    At this tiome I have no other plans than to hunt good old N.H. this
    year. I can't wait already. Got some new white camo gear to try
    next year. Wish I had it for the last day of N.H. up in the mountains.
    We got 9 inches of fresh snow the night before the last day of deer.
    							Bret
584.4OinkersPARITY::KSBROWNMon Jan 08 1990 12:215
    
    Wild boar in the western part of NH is always open, it has been
    mentioned before in this file.
    
    -Kendall
584.5MuzzleLoading/CoyotesWJOUSM::PAPPALARDOMon Jan 08 1990 12:5518
    
    RE:1
    
    I was refering to Spring Bear in Maine.
    
    How about this for a challenge. The Coyote season is open year round in
    N.H.. You must have a current hunting lic. 
    So get your whites on, a good call and hunt them with the
    muzzle-loader. Call'em in real close!! What do ya think ? I took one
    with my T/C 54cal renegade right down the throat at 35yds. After the
    smoke cleared there he lay, only thru him back about 5 yds but did'nt
    damage him to much. With them crude iron sights and such a small
    target, I felt real good about myself after the wait, the shot
    placement, the whole hunt was something to experience and with a
    muzzle-loader to boot. Talk about keeping in tune for deer season, try
    hunting these guys, its easier to get a deer.
    
    Rick
584.6PARITY::KSBROWNWed Jan 10 1990 12:574
    
    How big is the Coyote population in NH and what areas do they dominate?
    
    -Kendall
584.7open season update...DISCVR::FERRAROWed Jan 10 1990 22:3010
    re: .3
    
    Fisher is closed as of 12/15....  or there abouts....
    
    Fox is still open until 2/15
    
    Spring crow runs from 3/1 to 3/15
    
    
    Greg
584.8WJOUSM::PAPPALARDOThu Jan 11 1990 15:467
    
    RE:6
    
    The coyote population is very large.  The southwestern part of N.H. is
    a good place to start.
    
    Rick
584.9What's open 'till when in NH.....DISCVR::FERRAROThu Jan 18 1990 22:2529
    Well, I finally remembered to bring in that little orange book
    to insert what is still open in NH.
    
    	Cottontail  10/1 to  2/1/90   
       	Snowshoe    10/1 to 3/15/90 
    	Crow	     3/1 to 3/31/90
    	Fox	    10/1 to 3/15/90
    	Mink and
    	Muskrat      Carroll Cty:  10/20 to 3/20
    		     Coos Cty:     * 3/1 to 3/31  Certian towns close early
    		     Grafton Cty:  10/20 to 4/10
    	      Remainder of State:   11/1 to 4/10
    
       
    	
    No Closed Season:
    
    	Coyote   Weasel   Porcupine    Wild Boar    Skunk    Woodchuck
    
    
    Unprotected Birds:
    
    	European Starlings    Feral Pigeons    English Sparrows
    
    
    I for one will be out there reguarly 'till early spring....
    
    
    Greg
584.10NHL::PAPPALARDOFri Jan 19 1990 13:3412
    
    Greg,
    
    For Coyote in N.H. does the book say something of you can hunt 1 hour
    into darkness, or something like that ? I think i read or heard of
    that someplace.
    
    Thanks,
    
    Rick
    
    
584.11� hour before,... � hour afterDISCVR::FERRAROFri Jan 19 1990 14:3816
    Rick,
    
    It is the usual hunting hours...   � hour before sunrise and � after
    sunset.
    
    Usually all of the exceptions are clearly printed...    ie: no time 
    restrictions on racoon, maximum 7 cell flashlight...
    
    How far from Londonderry would I have to travel to hunt coyote.????
    I've not gone for those critters yet and wouldn't mind teaming up
    to learn a few pointers....
    
    
    Thanks,
    Greg
    
584.12XCUSME::NEWSHAMI'm the NRASat Jan 20 1990 16:466
    Re. -1
    
    	I live in Goffstown, and saw one on the side of 114 one night
    going to work. Their around..
    
                         Red
584.13There all aroundCUERVO::GATHMon Jan 22 1990 09:597
    I know of one guy who shoots a 1/2 dozen or so a year in
    Merrimack , N.H. 
    
    Merrimack is pretty well built up up there around.
    
    There may be better places to hunt but the point is you can
    find them anywhere in N.H.
584.14Where.... Anywhere....DISCVR::FERRAROTue Jan 23 1990 23:529
    As a general rule, is one type of area better than others;
    
    	Open fields, brushy areas, heavy woods.....
    
    		Or is this animal truely adaptable to all habitats....
    
    
    Thanks,
    Greg
584.15WJOUSM::PAPPALARDOThu Jan 25 1990 11:209
    
    The animal is truely adaptable to all habitats.
    
    The better areas to hunt are the Low-Land Farm areas. Remember when
    hunting any game usally the best places to do so is where two different
    types of terrain meet, such as fields and forest or cuttings and
    forest, swamps and fields and so on and so forth.
    
    Rick