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ORIGINAL: bristowboy_20

As long as you let me hunt in one of the episodes! lol...

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ORIGINAL: Champlain Islander

Road trip to hunt the big woods of Northern New England....I'll do it Doc. The only road trip will be yours thoughsince I already live here and hunt those big woods in all 3 states. It is real difficult hunting when you compare it to the TV shows all taped on canned hunting places in the mid west. We have some real slammer bucks but they are wild mountain deer that rarely make a mistake. No food plots with elevated stands here. Just miles upon miles of swamps, ridges and high peaks. Our only advantage comes with snow and the rut. The reason why there aren't any taped shows coming from these parts is that it would take a lifetime for them to get a decent kill on tape.

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ORIGINAL: jamiebuck

ALL HAIL D.D

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ORIGINAL: jf5

Well said, as a NE hunter I know.

The hunting on the Champ islandsseems a little better than most VT per the harvest reports. I hope you aer able to tap some of that.

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ORIGINAL: Champlain Islander

The hunting is really something here in the Champlain Islands but I rarely hunt here even though I do live here year round. I prefer bigger woods and mountains like in the NE Kingdom or maine and Northern NH. The Islands area is comprised of flat farm land with small woods and ag type fields. Lots of posted land and not a place where a hunter who really likes tracking and still hunting can enjoy himself. The deer here are large and well fed due to the feed and milder winters than those areas in the rest of the state, but don't usually see their 3rd birthday due to the pressure.

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ORIGINAL: Phil from Maine

Why would you want to hunt in maine C.I., is it because of the woods that have been cut or the size of some of these monsters...?

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ORIGINAL: Champlain Islander

Probably my biggest reason for hunting Maine and northern NH & Vermont is that it provideds the type of hunting I really enjoy.I love to walk and still hunt and often go for miles all the time wondering what is up just over the ridge. I am not knocking stand or food plot and field hunting because it certainly has a bunch of people who like to hunt that way. Hunting to me involves the chase and pitting my skills against the most warry animal I can access here in New England. It is me against him with the obvious advantage going to him. Occasionally when I am the winner it reminds me about just how pressious hunting is. When I am in good woods it doesn't matter if I don't see any deer. I know they are there and the thought of that fact is what keeps me going back. In my book it is the hunt rather than the kill that keeps me going. Sneaking along a swamp miles from the truck and hoping to catch up with that track that is looking for a bedding spot is what it is all about. The one thing I hate is to be on a decent track and have it lead to some posters. For that reason I stick to the largest public land I can find like in the 3 northern states.

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