RE: NJ DEER ZONE # 4
WELL I NEVER WENT HUNTING TODAY, COULDN'T GET OFF WORK...3 FRIENDS WENT, 1 FRIEND GOT INTO HIS STAND AROUND 5 AM, AT 8:30 AM 10 DEER CAME FROM THE ACROSS THE ROAD AT A FULL RUN, BUT STILL OUT OF RANGE SO HE SAYS!!!!! HE THEN GOT DOWN, CAUSE OF RAIN/WIND, WHILE LOADING HIS CAR, 2 OTHER FRIENDS SHOWED UP, BUT NEVER WENT HUNTING. GAME WARDEN SHOWED UP, ASKED FOR LICENSES, THEN MY 1 FRIEND ASKED HIM A QUESTION ABOUT HOW A FEW OF US ARENT SEE THE DEER LIKE WE HAVE A FEW YEARS AGO, HIS REPLY WAS THE SAME AS WHAT I THOUGHT I WOULD HERE "ASK THE EXPERTS IN TRENTON" HE ALSO SAYED NUMEROUS OTHER HUNTERS HAVE BEEN ASKING THAT SAME QUESTION NOT ONLY THIS YEAR BUT LAST YEAR AS WELL. 1O MINS LATER A WOODCOCK HUNTER PULLED UP AND TOLD MY 3 FRIENDS THAT A DEER JUST RAN INTO THE CORN FEILD WITH AN ARROW IN HER, WELL THEY WAITED FOR 45 MINS OR SO, TO SEE IF THE HUNTER WAS TRACKING IT. THEY WENT LOOKING FOR IT, THEY FOUND IT, DRESSED WEIGHT 100 lb. DOE, THEY TAGGED IT, GUTTED IT, CHECKED IT IN, THAT WAS THE RIGHT THING TO DO. WELL THIS TUESDAY/WEDNESDAY ARE MY DAYS OFF WEATHER WILL BE SUNNY HIGHS IN LOWER 50'S!!!! HOPEFULLY NO WIND.