RE: NJ Firearm Opener
If you can, stay on your stand all day andeverday. Maybe, break up the
day with two different stand on the same property or area to break-
upthe day. Plus, a change of scenery helps out. This is hard it's what
mygrand pop made me do when I was a kid.Yes, I did shoot quite a few
deer by doing exactly that, just sitting.
I remember my grandfather shoot at around 9:15am. Man it was like
thethirdday of the season. I waited for about 20 or 30 minutes. The
frustation and curiousity was killing me. So, I got down and started
walking over toward his stand. Not really paying to much attention. Then
BOOM! BOOM! about 75 yards to my right. It seems that my grandfather
has shot a smallsevenpointer. He and another hunter are tracking it now
and were comingin my direction. They were thinking, "We will pushthe
seven pointerto Ryan." (me) Well what ended up happening was I
pushing a big buck to them. I don't know how big it was, just 207 lbs., 11
point buck.That was coming straight for my stand and they would have
pushed it right to me, had a followed the rules. My grandfathers buddy
shot it at 30 yards with buckshot. Man was my grandfather pissed at
me. So, stay on your stand, boy!!! You, too,could shoot a buck of a
lifetime. This happened in 1982,I have learned a lot about this sport and
I still stay on my stand all day during the NJsix-dayshotgun season.