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Main Boards => PowWow => Topic started by: Jerry Jeffer on September 18, 2014, 02:24:00 PM
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I couldn't wait to get out of work this morning. My job is about 15 minutes from my favorite hunting area. I got out at 6:00, and was set up by 6:45. The weather has been changing, and it is great to be out again. This was my third time out for NJ early season. I saw a little buck a ways out after about an hour sitting. Hope to get out tomorrow as well. Game on!
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Well......you look ready!!
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seeing a lot of deer in the afternoons !!
good luck jerry!!
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good luck!!
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Good luck Jerry!
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Good luck!
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Good luck!
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Good luck Jerry. What zone are you in ?
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Yes Mike. Seeing more deer in the evening and night going to work than I do during the day. Saw a real beast with velvet dangling around his face the other morning around 4:30
Hey Paul, PA opening soon. Good luck.
Ed, good luck to you.
Zone? Yea, I'm in the zone. :D
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I asked because only certain zones are opened for early season and does only. , Don't get a ticket by the nj game wardens. ! And leave the bucks for oct. just sayin.
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Dan, don't worry. I grew up in NJ, and have hunted Jersey my whole life. I'm in zone 5 and have passed a buck all ready. Don't need a buck, just want some meat in the freezer.
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Good luck Jerry. Hunted zone 5 in back of the hatchery for years. But my go to is in 4. Up top of the wallpac valley. I'll be camping hunting 3rd week of oct in the worthington campgrounds. If you want to do a hunt for those big boys up top. Stop by going to try to get my northstar bloody.
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Glad to see you wear those Team Pink colors proudly....
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Been out a few more mornings after the kids get off to school. Dropping in a spot just across the river, maily been still hunting. Had a couple encounters with some small bucks, but have to let them pass. (Earn a buck in effect). Also had a bear close. Still been pretty warm out. Trying to get some time in before I get stuck in the hospital again. Cancer sucks!
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stay tough jerry
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Good Luck Jerry!
Praying for the best all the way around.
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Originally posted by Cyclic-Rivers:
Good Luck Jerry!
Praying for the best all the way around.
X2
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Rainy day, lots of movement. No shots
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KH9Y6fJGQWs&list=UU5RTRrqrjsmPXKDKa6aVbUg
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Your seeing deer......that's good! :thumbsup:
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Another day of action. Had a very young deer come up behind me while taking a leak. Passed right by and fed away through an oak flat. Sucks not being ready. Oh well, there is always tomorrow.
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10/10
Sent the kids off to school, and thought I would hustle over to my buddy's house for a late morning into early afternoon hunt. On the way, I was passing a place I have been wanting to sit, and there were deer entering the woods!
I passed by and pulled into a turnout just up the road. This area gets a lot of pressure, but I always see deer around this place.
I grabbed some gear from the car and snuck into the woods above where I saw the deer. The excitement must have had me walking too fast. About 75 yards in, I bump 2 deer. :confused:
The deer were not too spooked, so I waited a bit, then continued deeper in the woods.
I come across a slight ridge that tapers off into a thicket with lots of trails and sign. Taking a moment to look over the area, I decide to grab a tree along the edge of some barberry.
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I'm hoping things will settle and some deer will move through the surrounding browse.
I wasn't there more than 30 minutes, and I hear something to my right.
I can see deer through the barberry browsing their way toward me! I'm psyched that things are going so well.
2 small does cut into the brush just to my right, and feed behind me about 5 yards away. They bed down just off my right and behind me so I can see them out of my peripheral vision.
So, I sit. I can't move.
After an hour, they finally get up, but move off behind me never offering a shot. It was way too thick to think of going after them. :banghead:
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Glad your having Action Jerry! :thumbsup: :banghead:
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I detoured a little heading back out. I stopped by this trout stream that usually has a lot more water running. It has been pretty dry here since summer.
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Well, I hope tomorrow is another adventure.
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I am predicting success tomorrow, Jerry. Good luck.
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Rain today. Slept in. Oh well, maybe tomorrow.
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Glad to see you're getting some action Jerry. Looks like a beautiful area. It was raining here too this morning, may get out this evening.
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Pretty area you hunt Jerry! Good luck!
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Delaware WaterGap recreation area. Thousands of acres on both sides of the river. State and Federal land, PA and NJ.
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I thought that looked familiar Is that the trout stream that runs into the little flatbrook? I hunt the same area from the gap to wallpac. Beautiful area. Good luck Jerry . They will be running soon.
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Not that stream Dan, but not far from being it.
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More action this morning. Big doe with two yearlings. Came through some thick birch saplings moving cautiously. They were too far out, so I got up and cut the distance in half. By then they were moving into some heavier cover. One of the young deer ventured my way but wouldn't get past a couple trees blocking me. Finally turned to catch up with the others. Fun stuff.
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Hi Jerry, Enjoying the pics and rememberances of your hunts.....Bob and Nate
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Thanks Bob. Hope you and Nate are having some fun time in the field as well. Feels good to be healthy again and back at it.