Heaven is a good farmer friend

[Pittsburghunter]

Yes I am a public land hunter myself Redwing and posting of land has always made me sad. Luckily most of the land I hunt has had nothing but logging done on it in resent history.

I have no problems finding places to hunt but at the same time have lost hunting grounds I love to posting and developement.

I am a Pittsburg hunter who enjoys over 200 square miles of unposted hunter friendly lands thanks to paper companies. I also live in the center of NH and hunt many places without worry. Of course this is the area seeing the most posting and developement so being squeezed out of good land happens more around my home.

The southern part of the state that borders Mass has become a real challenge to anyone who wishes to hunt. There, almost all open land has been posted and the PC crowd is there to give you crap if they see you.

 

[bigbore442001]

We in New England still have it pretty good. The idea of leasing isn't too popular, so land that is open is free. We don't really think too much about just going onto a peice of unposted land. Can't do that in many places in the US anymore. Massachusetts isn't that bad to hunt with the muzzleloader. I too have lost a lot of places I go but I have found others. You really have to look in out of the way places and keep it a secret.

Mass has a nice season. I use the muzzleloader for the whole month of December. I also have a Christmas vacation that is spent out into the wilds. It is cold and much has been taken, but I see it as a quality time.

Last year I hunted the Granite State for moose and deer. Got my moose but no deer.

 

[Pittsburghunter]

Congrats on the moose What town? How big?

I still see more moose in Pittsburg than any other town. Well except Columbia.

 

[bigbore442001]

I shot my moose on the 1st monday of the season in Columbia Falls. I didn't use a muzzleloader but I did fulfil a dream. I shot a nice moose with my handgun. I used a TC Contender in 45-70. Two shots at 100 and 125 yards put him down for the count.

It was a year and a half old 4 point bull. It was 500 pounds. I saw one bigger but I didn't want to use my dad's rifle. I wanted to take him with the TC.

Maybe next time I will use the M82 Kahnke pistol with a stout load. But I have to wait three years and then who knows how long it will be, if ever, I get another permit.

I did see some nice deer tracks in that area. Wouldn't mind going up there and calling in sick for a long weekend MZ hunt.

 

[smokeblower]

Respect the landowners wants and wishes. As owner of 460 acres of prime turkey and deer lands I know the reality of treaspassers and joy riding ATV/4 wheel drive truck riders. The urban professionals offered more than I thought they were worth to lease the lands. I told them no as they would bring their friends who would bring their friends and so on. I allow the local old families access and their grandchildren as long as they stop by or call first. There is a insurance issue if someone gets hurt or killed on your property. The problem here is the large old farms have been split up and sold as tracts to people fleeing the urban dump called Memphis, TN. They tell the people they work with about all the deer and turkey. there is that small group who have no respect , I had to have one "city slicker" arrested who insisted he could walk and hunt the flowing creeks anywhere in the state. Bottom line is you have a good friend who has trust in you. keep it that way and help manage that "Little piece of heaven".

 

[Tahquamenon]

Right on Roundball!

:thumbsup:

 

[the skrat]

hello pittsburghunter i own a fairly large tract of land in michigan a lot of its been in the family since 1912 and its been leased out since the 1940s we charge what i believe to be a modest fee just to help pay the taxes although it falls short of thata few times we thought forget the leasing and hunt it ourselves wow a hunters paradise over 700 acres of land and only a couple of hunters now we have thought about this because most of the hunters complain not enough deer to small of deer not enough bucks to mutch money etc. well i see a lot of poor hunters who dont have a clue how to hunt put out a big bait pile expect a big buck to stand broadside and wait to get shot if that dont happen blame the landowner well a couple of years ago i had a talk with them straightened most of that out then they asked if there young sons could hunt i said sure now thers 4 or 5 young boys come up and hunt with thier dads and for that reason i am glad to let them hunt i just hope in some small way i help this sport just a word of advice to everyone out there appreciate the landowners out there and i dont just mean the money a little common courtesy goes a long way to keep what you have.

curly maple

 

[shmrck1]

curly maple,
Sorry to see you do not accept PM's.
I have always wanted to hunt Michigan just did'nt know
where to go! 700acres is a lot to hunt IMO. One of the most successful places i hunt in the "Buckeye State" is a
100acre area in Morgan County.
My son has relitives by marrage that live
on the U.P. and he goes up there about every 3months or
so, but they don't own 700 acres or even hunt.
Just wondering what a modest fee is. It
is kind of a relitive term. What's modest to you might
not be so modest to me.

snake-eyes :hmm:

 

[the skrat]

snake eyes bow season $125 rifle season $125 if you hunt both $225 i feel that is very resonable think about it this way buy 40 acres 50 to 75 thousand dollars pay taxes on that way more thn the annual fee i charge and some peaple still complain now if i am out of line tell me but i do not believe that i am. maybe this is why some landowners post there land lack of respect i feel that we as hunters are our own worst enemies some times although like anything else a small percent ruin it for the vast majority. kind of like the posts on slob hunters a few bad peaple make the rest of us look bad :m2c:

curly maple

 

[Lancer]

Hey Roundball,

just got back on this post after a spell. Congrats on the new spot :thumbsup:. Need a hunting partner who's somewhat close by and can be very very quiet :: ::? Seriously though, Congrats :hatsoff:.

Lancer