vt; our season opens for bow Oct 1, rifle is the first week of Nov. and black powder the first week of Dec. It' s a 3 month season with 1 tag. The deer start yarding in November.

I' m next door to a Provincial Wildlife Management area. We breed the ducks/geese that you get to shoot so I don' t think Ducks Unlimited or the government would be too thrilled with draining it. As a result I can get full bag limits for geese/ducks anytime the season is open.

I' ve still got over 50 high and dry acres out of my 100. The deer and bear use the wet areas as if it was dry land. The proposed quarry owner owns the 400 acres to the north (the highlighted quarry area is only 100 acres with the actual quarry 25) and it' s definitely no hunting. My 35 high and dry acres at the back has a 15 acre refuge of cedars and Spruce, about 10 acres of wild apples/forbs, and 10 acres open pasture (now with planted trees). The front 15 acres is alfalfa/clover and my new apple orchard as well as 2,000 new tree seedlings to provide more security for wildlife.

The toughest part to deal with when deer hunting the property is that the deer do become nocurnal very easily. They just bed all day in the swamp (with hundreds of small islands) and walk less than a 100 yards at night to their food source.

I can drive hunt but not with dogs. You only get one drive before the deer change their habits so it' s a last resort thing during rifle hunting week.

Dan O.