connecticut
03-24-2006, 08:42 PM
#11
Member
Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: Milford, CT
Posts: 78
RE: connecticut
ORIGINAL: artie97
It would be awesome if we get to bow hunt on sundays[8D]Keep us posted if you hear anything.
It would be awesome if we get to bow hunt on sundays[8D]Keep us posted if you hear anything.
Bill Number: S.B. 605
Bill Sponsor(s): Joint Committee on Environment
Last Action: 3/20/06: Reported favorably from the Joint Committee on Environment.
Specifies that the commissioner of environmental protection may allow Sunday hunting with a bow and arrow on private property in areas designated by the commissioner to require additional management to control game species overpopulation.
http://search.cga.state.ct.us/2006/TOB/S/2006SB-00605-R00-SB.htm
http://www.cga.ct.gov/asp/cgabillstatus/cgabillstatus.asp?selBillType=Bill&bill_num=60 5&which_year=2006
03-25-2006, 07:19 AM
#12
Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: CT
Posts: 110
RE: connecticut
ORIGINAL: DJBAD
hey artie my parents have a place in colchester and i am goin to be hunting there this coming year, how is the hunting in colchester. they got 23 acres mixed wetlands and dry.... i would like some info on the area if you know any
hey artie my parents have a place in colchester and i am goin to be hunting there this coming year, how is the hunting in colchester. they got 23 acres mixed wetlands and dry.... i would like some info on the area if you know any
Collchester is a great town and pretty much any private land that you can get in CT is great.If your parents never let anyone hunt on that land,it could be loaded.
Thanks for the info CTBuckkilla
03-26-2006, 07:12 AM
#13
Join Date: Mar 2006
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RE: connecticut
Hey guys, New guy here.
I'm from Seymour and hunt State and private land in Zones 7 and 11 mostly.
As far as Sunday hunting goes, it's not official yet. The bill made it outof the environmental commitee and now heads to the Senate. We still need to communicate with out Senators and House Reps to voice our approval of this bill. Check out the United Bowhunters of CT and Coalition of CT Sportsmen websites for more info and info on how you can help.
This is the closest we've ever been. It would suck to loose it now.
www.ctsportsmen.com- Coalition of CT Sportsmen
www.bowsite.com/ubc/- United Bowhunters of CT
I'm from Seymour and hunt State and private land in Zones 7 and 11 mostly.
As far as Sunday hunting goes, it's not official yet. The bill made it outof the environmental commitee and now heads to the Senate. We still need to communicate with out Senators and House Reps to voice our approval of this bill. Check out the United Bowhunters of CT and Coalition of CT Sportsmen websites for more info and info on how you can help.
This is the closest we've ever been. It would suck to loose it now.
www.ctsportsmen.com- Coalition of CT Sportsmen
www.bowsite.com/ubc/- United Bowhunters of CT
03-26-2006, 07:29 AM
#14
Spike
Join Date: Jan 2005
Posts: 98
RE: connecticut
Hi,
I hunt eastern Litchfield county - Goshen, Harwinton, Burlington, etc. and occasionally get up to the Canaan area. .
Usually get a few deer (private land) and do well on birds, pheasant, woodcock, and the odd grouse. I also try to take an annual trip to Maine (birds) or Canada (been to Anticosti a few times).
I don't see much of a future for huinting in this state. Open land is getting scarce and the number of hunters is going down.
I hunt eastern Litchfield county - Goshen, Harwinton, Burlington, etc. and occasionally get up to the Canaan area. .
Usually get a few deer (private land) and do well on birds, pheasant, woodcock, and the odd grouse. I also try to take an annual trip to Maine (birds) or Canada (been to Anticosti a few times).
I don't see much of a future for huinting in this state. Open land is getting scarce and the number of hunters is going down.
03-26-2006, 08:35 PM
#15
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Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: Milford, CT
Posts: 78
RE: connecticut
ORIGINAL: CT-Hunter
Open land is getting scarce
Open land is getting scarce
I see major overbuilding all over the place and with the increased property rates and the taxes to go with it. Who the hell can afford open land anymore. [
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03-29-2006, 01:20 PM
#17
Fork Horn
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: Staten Island, NY
Posts: 361
RE: connecticut
I do a lot of hunting in NJ where there is no sunday hunting. Of all the things which affect young hunters going into the woods, I think that this ridiculous restriction is second right behind age restrictions. Prospective hunters are still in school when the make or break time comes which will pretty much decide whether or not they take up our great sport. The weekends are crucial towards bringing kids out into the field.
Good luck up there, I hope you guys get Sunday hunting and the benefits it will certainly bring!
Good luck up there, I hope you guys get Sunday hunting and the benefits it will certainly bring!
04-12-2006, 09:40 PM
#19
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Location: Milford, CT
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RE: connecticut
Senate scales back ban on Sunday hunting
http://www.wtnh.com/Global/story.asp?S=4758078&nav=3YeX
(Hartford-AP, Apr. 11, 2006 7:30 PM) _ The state moved closer today to scaling back its long-time ban on Sunday hunting.
The Senate voted 27-to-8 in favor of legislation that would allow limited bow and arrow hunting of deer on private lands on Sundays.
The bill awaits action in the House of Representatives.
Supporters say it's a conservation measure to address a serious environmental impact because of overpopulation of deer.
Some senators say they have safety concerns about providing hunters another day in the woods.
The ban on Sunday hunting dates back to colonial times. But the Department of Environmental Protection claims an extra day of hunting is needed as a wildlife management tool to help cull the increasing numbers of deer that are flourishing in some parts of the state.
The bill allows the DEP commissioner to designate bow hunting on Sundays on private lands, with permission of the landowners, where there is an overpopulation of certain wildlife.
http://www.wtnh.com/Global/story.asp?S=4758078&nav=3YeX
(Hartford-AP, Apr. 11, 2006 7:30 PM) _ The state moved closer today to scaling back its long-time ban on Sunday hunting.
The Senate voted 27-to-8 in favor of legislation that would allow limited bow and arrow hunting of deer on private lands on Sundays.
The bill awaits action in the House of Representatives.
Supporters say it's a conservation measure to address a serious environmental impact because of overpopulation of deer.
Some senators say they have safety concerns about providing hunters another day in the woods.
The ban on Sunday hunting dates back to colonial times. But the Department of Environmental Protection claims an extra day of hunting is needed as a wildlife management tool to help cull the increasing numbers of deer that are flourishing in some parts of the state.
The bill allows the DEP commissioner to designate bow hunting on Sundays on private lands, with permission of the landowners, where there is an overpopulation of certain wildlife.