Suburban Bow hunting
#1
Thread Starter
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Taylorsville Ky USA
Posts: 7
Suburban Bow hunting
These are the bucks I've been lucky enough to harvest over the past 7 years, all of them came out of heavily populated subdivisions in louisville Ky. There is no gun hunting allowed so I decided years ago that I was putting up the gun for good and bought a bow. It's been fun. We are only allowed 1 buck per year and I've kicked myself for tagging out early more than once, because it never fails to shoot a good buck and the next time I see a boone and crockett contender.
Edited by - G2 on 02/25/2002 11:09:05
Edited by - G2 on 02/25/2002 11:09:05
#4
Typical Buck
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: OLD TAPPAN NJ USA
Posts: 533
RE: Suburban Bow hunting
That's what no hunting and lots of food can do. It's like a forced QDM! In NJ, there are loads of suburban areas but most are strictly off-limits. However, we are starting to see some big boys coming from the large estates and "stealth" hunters as we call them.
#5
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Edmonton AB CANADA
Posts: 72
RE: Suburban Bow hunting
Those are some pretty nice bucks. And I know what your talking about when you say you hunt in the suburban areas. The deer around here grow so big feasting on crops, flowers, shrubs, and any other vitamin rich plants they get get their teeth on. They are around all the time and are o the verge of becoming a problem ifit weren't for people that hunt with a bow in these areas. Good luck in the future.
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#7
Thread Starter
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Taylorsville Ky USA
Posts: 7
RE: Suburban Bow hunting
Everson, the picture with all the racks was taken at the taxidermist,the day after I shot that deer. Yes I do shoot does we have unlimited doe tags $10.00 per tag and usually if I tag out, I start shooting does to thin out the crowd. I have one hunting spot that is so over run with deer that the does will bed right in the guy's driveway and yard. I'm in the landscape buisness and have some people begging me to bowhunt their property but at the same time there are deer lovers who hate seeing hunters anywhere near their house,so I've become very careful about how I enter and exit the properties I hunt and I definately don't strap the deer to my hood when I leave the neighborhood.
#8
RE: Suburban Bow hunting
Great bucks, congrats, G2!
Subburban hunting was my point in another thread, about the New Jersy city that hired deer exterminators. They could have charged a special licence fee and made money for the city, instead they called in hired guns! They denied hunters the chance at some good bow hunting and PAID to do it at that!
As I said, congrats on some great hunting!
Subburban hunting was my point in another thread, about the New Jersy city that hired deer exterminators. They could have charged a special licence fee and made money for the city, instead they called in hired guns! They denied hunters the chance at some good bow hunting and PAID to do it at that!
As I said, congrats on some great hunting!
#9
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Alexandria, Minnesota, USA
Posts: 1,079
RE: Suburban Bow hunting
I am with you Frank. Here it is a problem in MN. Just recently they were going to take deer out of this park that is surrounded with houses. They were going to do it with shotguns. Right up to the day they had to cancel because of neighboring houses concerns of flying lead. They were not to aganist the idea of taking some deer out. The solution is so easy. Have bowhunters apply for special permits. These hunters would have to pass an archery accuracy test to obtain these permits. Have the DNR find landowners that want deer taken out. The hunters can setup on this land so Anti's and the general public don't have to see anything. And basically do what G2 is doing. Simple and they make it complicated.