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DD TV Show or Not ?
07-19-2007, 10:35 AM
#64
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Allston MA USA
Posts: 533
RE: DD TV Show or Not ?
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.
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.
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.
07-19-2007, 11:16 AM
#66
Dominant Buck
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: On an Island in Vermont
Posts: 22,589
RE: DD TV Show or Not ?
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.
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.
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.
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.
07-19-2007, 11:25 AM
#67
Boone & Crockett
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Maine
Posts: 12,563
RE: DD TV Show or Not ?
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...?
Maine is home to one of the largest of the 30 recognized subspecies of white-tailed deer. After attaining maturity at age five, our bucks can reach record live weights of nearly 400 lbs. Most adult bucks, however will normally range from 200 to 300 lbs live weight, and will stand 36 to 40" at the shoulder. Does are considerably smaller; they normally weigh 120 to 175 lbs live weight. Newborn fawns begin life at 4 to 10 lbs, but grow to approximately 85 lbs live weight in their first 6 months of life.
Maine is home to one of the largest of the 30 recognized subspecies of white-tailed deer. After attaining maturity at age five, our bucks can reach record live weights of nearly 400 lbs. Most adult bucks, however will normally range from 200 to 300 lbs live weight, and will stand 36 to 40" at the shoulder. Does are considerably smaller; they normally weigh 120 to 175 lbs live weight. Newborn fawns begin life at 4 to 10 lbs, but grow to approximately 85 lbs live weight in their first 6 months of life.
07-19-2007, 12:17 PM
#68
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Allston MA USA
Posts: 533
RE: DD TV Show or Not ?
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
As for your desire to hunt the big woods, I completely understand. Here in MA I hunt western hills. Deer density can be very,very low, but I love the fact that I can still hunt for miles and not cut other hunters tracks, and while you work damn hard just to see any deer,we do have mature deer around to hunt.
07-19-2007, 12:56 PM
#69
Dominant Buck
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: On an Island in Vermont
Posts: 22,589
RE: DD TV Show or Not ?
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...?
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...?
07-19-2007, 01:14 PM
#70
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Allston MA USA
Posts: 533
RE: DD TV Show or Not ?
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.
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...?
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...?
Thats what its all about.