Trad Gang

A few Trad Gangers and myself were discussing. Any of you Good Folks from the Area interested?   :readit:    :archer:  Bring your cameras!    :biglaugh:

I hope you guys get this rolling again. It was a great thread to follow..

  :archer:    :archer:    :shaka:

How does it work?  I'm across the bridge in Philly, but would be interested depending on the date(s).

Anyone have a link to the older thread so I can educate myself?

jebeckjr most of the Guy's live in Sussex, Morris, Passaic County. We will probably be hunting in Sussex County. It might be a haul for you unless you want to spend the night some where up there. Sandyston Township Google Earth it. From The Delaware Water Gap Bridge to the Milford Bridge. Big piece of land Federal and State. Go into The Archives and type in New Jersey Winter Bow Threads by Jerry Jeffer, myself, Joe Skipp, Recurve 50 LBS, Bamboo, Southpawshooter.

We Need some new Young Bucks to get involved!Drives are gettin' tuff for us old farts.!   :biglaugh:    :laughing:

Thanks bentpole!  Depending on the date, I'd be interested.  I grew up in Morris County and have plenty of family in the area still.  I'll do some searching of the old threads.

A photo from a couple years back....

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If you could only form a hunt in the middle of the state, some of us southern Jersey boys could come.

How does the licensing work....I wouldn't mind meeting you'all that I don't know already!!

Curt, A non resident bow license is $135.50 all you need to do is take a license from NY to a NJ license sales agent(walmart ect.)and they will give you one.You can read up on it below.

http://www.njfishandwildlife.com/hntlicfe.htm

long haul for me..

Curt, you buy a non resident bow license in New Jersey it's good until Dec. 31st. Early season bow starts the 2nd Sat in Sept. You have to take a doe before you take a buck [earn a buck]. Reg season starts after 2 weeks Buck or Doe doesn't matter. Here's how Jersey gets you during permit you have to buy a Zone permit where you want to hunt. You can buy as many Zone tags as you want.You have to buy a Buck tag to shoot a buck permit season. Your only allowed 1 buck no matter how many zone tags you have 1 buck that's it. So Winter Bow you can shoot a buck and unlimited does in the majority of zones in all seasons too.

Crossing the Jersey state line it says Welcome To New Jersey Please bend over ! But feel good knowing your hunting license fees will go to the general fund for road repair.

 For the price of the out of state license you would think we had deer like Kansas.

:saywhat:

new jersey doesn't seem out of line to me-and I have 20-30,000ac within 40 minutes drive from me!
joe skip and I were on a 5000ac piece Thursday!ran into 2 shotgunners by the truck-seemed pretty roomy!!
Northeast
CT
135.00
Mid-Atlantic
DE
155.00
ME
74.00
MD
155.00
MA
104.60
NJ
135.50
NH
73.00
PA
127.00
NY
140.00
VA
183.00
RI
96.00
WV
152.00
VT
115.00
Average
151.25
Average
105.37
Mid-West
IL
473.25
Southeast
AL
275.00
IN
150.00
AR
150.00*
IA
551.00
FL
156.50
KS
394.30
GA
295.00
KY
190.00
LA
326.00
MI
138.00
MS
382.70
MN
140.00
NC
120.00
MO
225.00
SC
225.00
NE
229.00
TN
175.50**
ND
215.00
Average
233.97
OH
149.00
SD
195.00

I will say the Northern Jersey around the delaware water gap areas have a nice bit of land, I live in the south part and land is not as plentiful. WMA's and state forest are around but in the state forest every year they close off large areas for cedar tree restoration, and military use by the bombing ranges.

$135.00 for our tinny deer in the south is a bit much IMO. What do you get with the other states more buck? more does?.

Sorry if it got off the topic of the thread.

For all those interested.   :readit:    :archer:

we shoot some nice deer up here--you can't judge the whole state by the deer in the pines!
here's a dandy a buddy shot on the piece joe and I were on Thursday--
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above average! yup---but I saw a buck in this age class this last Halloween [he saw me too!!]while hunting a respectable 3-1/2 year old 8 --
point is don't write off NJ!!

Very Nice!(I will accept my foot in mouth on that pic)

 How far is it from the place you guys are going to hunt from Atlantic City area?

Bent pole .  Were are you guys hunting?  The cow corn fields , or the flats along the river.  It's rough driving them up on the mountain   . There down low now maby. Along the flat brook ?  I was up by blue mountain lakes area and it is pretty sparse  I would love to join  you guys but have to work  they do have big bucks. And does in that area . After shotgun season they seem  to disperse  to parts unknown.  I started to look in the trees for them  lol.    Good luck

Bamboo that's what I'm talking about . Nice was he alone or with his girls ?

What I like about Jersey...1 hr away, stay with Bamboo, see deer, see bear....and the non res tags are fairly cheap. There is plenty of land to hunt on.

This Saturday is basically the last chance. How about all meet at JumboLand Sat morning nice and early, just to simplify things.

Sounds good to me !, count me in.

Folks, I was in Wantage Bow Hunting today.    :biglaugh:  We have to come up with a serious plan to have some action. I'm open for all ideas.

Bent pole  hunt behind the walpac inn .if you see nothing  go have a nice dinner and a few drinks   Lol.

How the heck are you doin' Tom?

Well, I'd love to see all you guys if you're gonna meet at Jumboland but I'm afraid I won't be able to hunt... You see there was this very brief but attention grabbing incident invoving a log splitter backer plate, a log, and the index finger on my string hand right before Thanksgiving.  :readit:

Somebody let me know where to be and when.

Ron

Hey Ron!   :wavey:   Great to hear from you Bud!   :pray:    :biglaugh:    :archer2:

Folks lets start a List! Whose going? Is JUMBOLAND a good meeting place for all?    :readit:

Jumboland is a good meeting place for all!--fixed it for you TOM!!

Now that it's winter bow and I have a 2014 all around. I don't need a zone for that area correct?  If so, it might be a possibility to meet you all. What time do you start? Coming from Burlington county. Thanks

Sorry, won't be able to make Saturday, I have to work, I'm off during the week, tomorrow and Thursday.

Best of luck to all of you.

Lineman72, No zone permits are needed until PERMIT BOW SEASON. Mikey Bamboo what time should we transpire upon Jumboland? njloco sorry you can't make it.

hows about here @6:30am--inside over on the right--they are very hunter friendly
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dress seasonaly--its gonna be winter!with snow cover  

Jumboland


438 U.S. 206 Branchville, NJ 07826

(973) 948-6802

QuoteOriginally posted by bentpole:
We Need some new Young Bucks to get involved!Drives are gettin' tuff for us old farts.!    :biglaugh:      :laughing:  

where you young bucks?!?!

It is worth going to get one of those Jumboland Jumbo hot dogs with chili, raw onions and mustard! It ain't Johnny and Hanges but it is great!

I wish I could join you guys but my boys have their cub scout pinewood derby saturday morning. Have fun and shoot straight. Skippy

I'll be there. 6:30? you guys are old.     :archer:

I am going to Stokes on Monday if I can get off. Still hunting Stokes in the snow, with my '59 Bear Kodiak. I have been waiting all year for this.

Gil,hope not for breakfast!      :goldtooth:    Jerry 6:30. is good for me. 25 is way better than 0 or minus temps. Alex B. will be there too.

Sorry for the hi jack. Any of you guys goin to targeteers next week to meet Fred Eichler?

I may have to do Stokes on Friday instead of Monday. I can't do Saturday.

I look forward to still hunting and stalking in the snow in Stokes every year during winter bow. I only wish they had the Leantos open during January. I would spend a few days up there every winter bow season.

I will send a picture of my dinner on the way home from Jumboland - a giant Jumboland Hot Dog with chilli, onions and mustard with cheese fries! I am going to have to workout a little harder for Colorado elk in September after that meal.

imskippy, no sir.    :thumbsup:

I wanna hit there steak special.

  :D    :D

Well come on east and hunt with us this Saturday Mitch! There's still time ya know...

Ron

it was -19 this morning!  we were making plans /organizing our next push and a state trooper stopped alongside of us on the road-rolled down his window and called us bleepin crazy!!then started cacackling and took off down the road!!
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Don't forget the TRAD Archers of NJ shoot next month feb23 at Black Knights. You can push/drive some 3D deer  :campfire:

Looks like we have about 10 so far.many like to talk about it, few will brave the wilds of NJ.

Mikey , I should have had my proboscis covered! I remember getting dressed in JUMBOLAND's parking lot that morning. I told Steve the chicken chaser my hands were burning.Took me a long time to get them back to normal. I think i was on the verge of frostbite! Alex B. called me last night. He's psyched and ready!

Tell Vaughn mahantango says hi. Try not to lose any extremities to frostbite.  Paul

here's a snapshot of tommy setting up one of the pushes!!
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don't worry this is one of the easier ones!!!

QuoteOriginally posted by bamboo:
here's a snapshot of tommy setting up one of the pushes!!
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don't worry this is one of the easier ones!!!

Thats some funny S%^t right there

:scared:     :eek:    :scared:     :biglaugh:

The Leantos are open all year. I thought they were closed until April. I will be heading up tonight and staying in a leanto.

I will make sure to leave you guys some deer for Saturday!

Ha hah  ha! That's funny, deer drive math.
This should be a fun one.

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:archer:

Good luck guys. I am heading out now for the Leanto in Stokes.

Surprises me as tommy can only count up 20

And that's with no shoes or gloves...

  :laughing:    :laughing:

Who the heck is that good looking guy in ASAT in the back row...second from left? Ask yourself...if you were a deer wouldn't you run like he** from this bunch of bowhunters?    :laughing:    :dunno:    :nono:

There is only one Gentleman that I know who is fit as a fiddle, and can wear that ASAT Proud...   :notworthy:  

Good Luck you guys.....

Clear


Temperature  5.4 °F

Feels Like 5 °F

Wind(mph)  0.0

Sunrise / Set----7:17 AM/5:06 PM


Moon---5:06 PM/Waning gibbeous

Today---Clear/18 °F





Tonight--
Mostly Cloudy/9 °F


Tomorrow------


Snow
25 | 2 °F
Snow
60% chance of precipitation
----------------------------------------------------seems like a heat wave fella's!!

Down right Balmy Mikey     :saywhat:  I just hope the snow isn't crunchy when we walk.   :nono:

powder now!!
by the way I had an opportunity to interrogate sharpster!!and with his intel and google earth--we have another plan jn place!![a dandy too!]

Happy Days! BOO!    :clapper:  I'll google earth the table top.

Snow not starting until afternoon. Snow on ground now is powder.
Great job MIke! How bad bad did you have to torture Ron? I have a place or two we can hit that I haven't been to since High school. Usually hold deer in winter.
Saw 8 deer laying out in the open oak flat this morning around 06:50, of course each deer facing a different direction in order to see everything around them.
Still seems like only 10 guys....    :dunno:

From NOAA:

Tonight- Mostly cloudy, with a low around 9. Wind chill values as low as -5. Southwest wind 8 to 13 mph.

Saturday- Snow. High near 26. Wind chill values as low as -4. Southwest wind 10 to 15 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New snow accumulation of 1 to 3 inches possible.

Have fun boys! I,m going with a friend to a place he has. We'll be in our Heater Body Suits doing a all day sit.

Good Luck and Shoot Straight BUCKY!    :saywhat:

warmer than it has been boys!!
weather @7:29pm--gonna be great!!!

Clear


Temperature

9.0 °F

Feels Like -2 °F

bonafied HEATWAVE!!!fellas dress accordingly!!


Clear


Temperature

11.0 °F

Feels Like 11 °F


Wind(mph)

Just had breakfast with the guys and they're off.  :thumbsup:   It's cold but they have the warmest day in the last two weeks. Mikey has a handful of pictures (maps) with circles and arrows on the front and a paragraph on the back of each one explaining the strategy for each. They've got a thoroughly rehearsed plan as to precisely who's to go where and when and how each deer will meet its immanent demise. (any attempt to avoid/evade will obviously be futile).   ;)

Now we just wait for the report...
 :campfire:  

Ron

:coffee:

Ron

Thanks for the update... I think your a wise man get a cup of joe and a warm blanket....   :coffee:    :coffee:    :shaka:

Hey Bentpole sorry I didn't get back to you. Going through some B.S. and don't quiet feel up to going the way I feel.

What a great day!!! Thanks Bentpole for putting that buck in my lap. Epic end to a season.

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What a great day to be out in the Jersey Woods! It was a pleasure meeting and hunting with The Young Hungarians! Great to meet 2 Guy's as passionate as yourself about hunting! The best was  that we actually pushed deer on the drives. On the 2nd drive I pushed a Buck and doe to Jerry Jeffer. Limb deflection negated the shot. It happens. Best drive of the day was the hardwoods to cornfield push. I went in started up the ridge. I had a set of fresh Buck tracks [huge prints] going into an overgrown weed field. SMART went opposite way of the other does. Kept going following 3 fresh tracks, These deer had a snowball effect. Mike  Bamboo and I ended pushing out 9 doe to the standers. Zolton, one of The Young Hungarians had a shot. Too bad he hit a tree with his arrow. Great day to be out! This time of year you have to put drives on to get these deer moving. They lived threw all the seasons. Very smart! Any unnatural sounds and their gone. Car doors, climbing stands going up and their in the next County! An enjoyable day all around with great friends! Only thing that could have made it better was if Joe Skipp, BUCKY and Recurve50Lbs would have been there too.

Fantastic day! Compared to the weather we have been having lately it felt like I was on a tropical vacation. Thanks to Tom, Mike, and Scott for sharing there extensive knowledge of the areas they hunt. I couldn't ask for a better way to end my season.

great day boys!!and to get deer within bow range of standers in the most heavily[gun] driven public land anywhere is an accomplishment for sure!![nice work tommy!]
remember at the end of the season in jersey all the dumb ones are in some ones freezer!!
the crew will be that much better next winter!!

Thanks again Tom, Mike, and Scott. Your intimate knowledge of those places really helped us out. That had to be the best winter bow drives ever. I think everyone of us actually saw deer, and getting a 15 yard shot was great! Too bad for my arrow getting deflected, but it was an exciting day. I'm still riding the high.

The Buck would have been standing in the bottom right of this pic just beyond the stone row. So, you can see all the brush I had to deal with.

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Vaughn, Mikey, and Jerry it was my pleasure. Transcending into Sussex Co. to Transverse the hardwoods, pines and thickets carrying a Traditional bow with my Traditional Archery Buds is pure pleasure in my book.    :wavey:    We had a great group that performed like a well oiled machine. We will hone our drive methods to further enhance our ability of success.     :goldtooth:

Forgot to mention our Bud KME Ron The Sharpster!    :knothead:    Great seeing you again too Bud!   :wavey:   Great to chew the fat with you this AM as well!   :thumbsup:

Folks if you click on Jerry's photos you will see more pics from the day.

Looks like a typical winter deer hunt in Jersey. Like yesterday, here at work checking out your pics and thread. You don't know how bad I wanted to be there. That ACME mapper site Mikey uses and put me on is a fabulous way to scout out new areas. Glad he turned me on to that site.

missed you skipper!!
you still have 4 days down here-- if you get the time give me a call--Monday predicted the warmest

the satellite scouting really pulls the boots on ground scouting together!!and visa-versa

yesterday -the most productive drives were heavy cover closest to corn

Mike, let me know if you and Skipper want to do another Hunt!

This is the one event that could make me make a trip back to NJ.  Maybe one day I will make it up to sling arrows with you folks.

you know where jumboland is pat!!!
[rut can be good too!]
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