Conference vmsnet::hunting$note:hunting

    
    
       I'll be sighting in my daughters and my own rifles checking all 
    the gear, buying what I need this week, as deer season opens for 
    Maine residents on Nov. 2nd. 
    
     I can't wait !!!! (But I guess I'll have to.)

    Already finished mule deer hunting in Eastern Oregon.  Too dry for much
    success.  Permits only, but we landowners got ours.  I went mostly to
    check for fires.  Did see a nice 4-point cross the road in front of me. 
    I would have had to shoot with one foot on the yellow line to get him,
    so....
    
    Elk hunting out of Durango Colo. this year for the first time.  Season
    starts Nov. 2nd.  Reports from the landowner (an old buddy) is that the
    deer and elk are thick on his property.  I'm excited to say the least. 
    I'll be back for two days work then back to the cabin for the second
    season.  I spotted 7 bulls around the cabin during deer season, but
    success for that second hunt depends on the weather.  Hopefully we'll
    start getting our winter weather soon.
    
    
    
    Ken 

    Anyone know what I should expect in eastern Wyoming this year. I`ll be 
    leaving in a couple of weeks. I`ll be there hunting for seven days. Are 
    the conditions real dry there too. 
    
     I`ll be looking for my 3rd buck in 3 years. I`m still looking for that 
    wall hanger though. Maybe this year. I can`t wait. 
    
    				jeff b. 
    

    
    
    
    
	Its dark...every sense is alive...the time has come...

	A heavy frost starts to glisten as the morning sun starts to
	peer over the horizon...

	Cold, fresh air with a smell of fall enters your lungs with every
	breath...

	Birds start to chirp as they start their day...

	A chipmunk skampers past, sounding very much like a freight 
	train barely audible above your pounding heart!

	Your completely still, thouroughly encompassed in the waking forest.
	You feel part of nature...

	You turn your head slowly with razor sharp senses alert...

			.. *SNAP* ..


					Sorry, no buck fever here -;)

					/ Andrew /


	Nov 4th here in Ontario seems like an eternity away!

    
    RE:4
    "You turn your head, Snap"!
    
    Oh It's another hunter, hours pass, days pass, your up in the dark
    on your stand before light. Nothing, nothing, where are the deer?
    
    You lose your alertness through slow boreing hours afield, you get
    careless, you hear snap,crunch...you say, Not another hunter, or red
    squirel....you quickly turn....and there he is....only he sees you
    first....bye,bye.......
    
    ha,ha,.....this has happened so many times......oh well, I raring to
    get out there this saturday...26-Oct with the thunder-stick....
    
    Rick
     

    
    Oh sure Rick! ... burst my bubble!
    
    I must admit though, your story does sound a little more like
    reality...I think I'll stick to mine though until opening day.
    
    Makes you wonder though doesn't it. As you say, days in forest..
    mornings so cold, you wonder if you'll ever regain feeling again...
    Damp forests...blowing snow.... or that constant rain...days of 'was
    that a deer!!'...After a week, you come out of the bush...ripe enough
    to turn the bravest of noses...tired...sore...sounds like fun huh?
    
    ....see you there -;)		/ Andrew /

    
    
    Just back a few days ago from a week in the woods, its really great. 
    Clean country air, quiet.  Saw foxes galore, you know its quite when
    one can hear a lizard running on the leafs.  Will be heading up to camp
    this Friday afternoon.  
    
    Ending up paying some dues because of a sudden drop in tempature. 
    Usually the morning and evening tempature ranges around 45+ in the AM
    and 74+ in the afternoon, well the temp dropped to about 36 degrees,
    and yes that little drop coupled with a breeze does make a difference. 
    Wish I had brought some warmer clothing.
    
    However the overall outting was a great yearly experience
    
    Leonard.

    
    	I'll assume, because of the relative close proximity of eastern
    	Wyoming to Colorado, that their weather is the same as ours.
    
    	I went the first 4 days of 2cd rifle season here in Colorado.
    	It started on 10-19.  The weather was dry and hot.  You couldn't
    	take a step without making noise.  
    
    	However, the snows hit the high country Wednesday and that
    	should help you out.  What rotten timing for me.........
    
    	Clay

    I went out yesterday to do some scouting, but sorry to say really don't
    know the area, so still looking for a good place to hunt.
      
         Does anyone know any good area's around the Mason N.H., alittle
    west of rte. 31, as I'm only able to hunt with a 30-30.
    
         Looking for a quite area with a lot of deer!!!
    
                         Any idea's????
    
                                                   thanks
                                                    dan

    re: looking for a quiet area with a lot of deer!!!
    
    isn't everyone!!!!  ;^)
    
    Fra

>ain't no deer in Mason...

 Liar. :-)

 My cousin lives in Brookline, near the Mason border, and there are plenty of 
people that get deer right behind his house. He's got a buddy in Mason that
has deer that walk through his yard.

 Get a topo map- there's plenty of stuff to hunt in that area. I got my deer in
Wilton last year, just a short drive from Mason and rifle country. :-)

 You might try the Pratt Pond area.

    shhhhh....  don't tell everyone all my secret hideouts... ;^)
    
    lots of deer in that area, see them occasionally when i'm cycling past
    the Poor Farm... just before you hit rt 31.
    
    Fra

 Whoops! Um, aw... Fra is right. Ain't no deah 'round theah... :-)

    four more weeks before rifle season thats in alabama i have been
    scouting around but know real tall signs of deers yet. starts nov. 23
    and ends jan. 31,92