ct archery

[cthunter125]

who bow hunts connecticut?

[Western MA Hunter]

I hunt the Canaan area... Not as often as I used to. Not as many deer around and losing permission all over the place. I need to find a new spot down there.

[swampyankee]

eastern ct here

[gmil6184]

I go to school in Springfield, MA and work in Hartford, CT and was thinking about trying to find a place, in CT to bowhunt...don't really know where to start?

[Horizontal Hunter]

ORIGINAL: gmil6184

I go to school in Springfield, MA and work in Hartford, CT and was thinking about trying to find a place, in CT to bowhunt...don't really know where to start?

gmil,

I have hunted Conecticut the last couple of years. It is great to get a jump on the season and start hunting in the middle of September.

This will give you some ideas:

http://www.ct.gov/dep/lib/dep/wildlife/pdf_files/outreach/connecticut_wildlife_magazine/cwmj07.pdf#page=3

http://www.depdata.ct.gov/wildlife/hunting/hntareas.asp?depNav=|

Bob

[gmil6184]

Hey Bob, thanks for the help I really appreciate it. I'm going to check it out now

[gmil6184]

hey Bob, I was also wondering if you do much hunting in and around Chicopee? I usually go back to NY to hunt on weekends, but if i could find some place closer to school it would save me some driving, not to mention all the gas i'd save haha. Also is there one WMA in CT that you would recommend? You don't have to give away your honey hole but any guidence would surely be appreciated haha.

[Horizontal Hunter]

gmil,

Here are some similar sites for MA. I don't do much hunting in the Chicopee area actually. Most of my hunting in MA is done in zone 8 on WMA's in the Southbridge and Sturbridge area.

http://www.mass.gov/dfwele/dfw/habitat/maps/wma/wma_maps.htm

http://www.mass.gov/dfwele/dfw/recreation/hunting/hunting_opportunities.htm

As far as CT goes I have found the hunting to be terrific. Seldom do I go out and not see deer. I don't have a specific "honey hole" Connecticut has a lot of bowhunting only land that you can bowhunt from September 15th right thru the end of the year. I just got my September copy of New England Game and Fish and they have a great article about bowhunting in CT. This should give many more ideas than I could. It seems that they hit just about every area that I hunt, from Scantic riverin Enfield to Bennet's pond in Ridgefield. Both are bowhunting areas only and get a lot of pressure. My experience has been that in the early season many of the bowhunting only areas get and abundance of pressure while the state forests that are open to gun hunting seem to get less. So don't focus on just the bowhunting areas.

Also you will find that the further south from the border you go the less pressure you will generally see. There are a lot of Massachusetts hunters that hunt just over the border. I am fortunate that my old Nissan 4X4 still gets good mileage.

Keep in mind that if you want to hunt private land in Connecticut it is by written permission only, whether it is posted or not.There is a form on their website. This differs greatly frommost of Massachusetts which you can hunt with out permission if it is not posted. I always ask anyway. but be aware that some towns have some funky rules. You can find them are listed here at the Massachusetts Sportsman's Council web page:

http://macouncil.tripod.com/id28.htm

What are you going to scool for, and where??

Bob

[gmil6184]

hey bob, thanks again for all the info. You can hunt private land in mass without permission if its not posted? I've never heard that before, i was looking on the website at the bowhunting only places but maybe i will look into some of the state forrests. As for me, I got to Western New England College School of Law, and obviously i'm studying to be a lawyer. I'm in my third and final year now so i'm pretty excited.

[CTBuckKilla]

Checking in here. Have to admit havent done much of any scouting or setup this year. Probably just going to stick to a few spots in Middlebury I have access to.