sons first deer

[wrenchman]

My son got his first deer tonight i think i got more excited then he did watching it was one on the best days i have had.
I will post pic and story first chance i get.
He is 14 it is his first year deer hunting the youth seasen.

[LoneWolf]

Congrats Wrenchman!
I wanted to get my son out for the youth season. He's 12, and so he could only hunt on private property yet. I'll be damned if I could find someone to let us hunt their land. Really disappointed me, not to mention him.

[wrenchman]

I no what you mean if it wouldnt be fore my freind i dont know if he would of been doing it.
I am still working on getting a lease for the fall.

[rickjordan]

Makes me VERY happy to live in Maine where you can find good hunting within a mile of your house. I knew there was a reason I didn't move out of the state when I graduated college, even though the first few years were a struggle. Besides the fact that all the people I care about are here.

[LoneWolf]

There is still alot of good hunting around here also. Just harder to get permission to hunt private land.
This summer, our legal hunting age for firearm deer was lowered from 14 to 12. But the only way the legislature could get our great governor to sign it was to limit the age reduction to private land only. To me, that is just wrong. My hunting monies have helped pay for the state lands. It just makes the landowners and clubs even more exclusive.
I could have asked my brother in law to hunt his 5 acre woods, and he wouldn't have turned me down. But its the only spot him and his son will be hunting starting next weekend, and I didn't want to screw it up for him.
This last weekend was our youth hunt. Children from 12 to 16 were allowed to hunt deer with firearms. The regular season for firearms doesn't start until Nov 15. I really believe that this hunt should have been open to all lands ... was supposed to be to get more kids hunting right?

Sorry, I'll get off my soapbox now. Just really disappointed for my son. He was really looking forward to getting to possibly go this year.

[wrenchman]

I dont think you are on a soap box the seasen is supposed to be about the kids but they screwed it up now its about the kids that can get to hunt private land.
my other son turns 12 this dec i am thinking about buying so i dont have to go threw this net year.

[skeeter@ccia.com]

Posting property around here is getting worse too...What I have found out from a lot of posted farms is they get an insurance cut if they post their land....humm...now that makes one think...another anti plot?....They still most of them anyhow let ya on it to hunt if ask...yep, we also have the ones that are high on 'its all mine, keep out'.....one guy even named his driveway...'my lane'....ok...Airline pilots with a good amount of cash are buying up the farms and even go as far as try to get the other farms to stop spreading fertalizer....so the real farmers tell me....don't give up on the son...things will work out...maybe pass the word more in the local coffee shops etc about places to take son...a safe farm...it does work ...know that...by all means, keep cool about it...I ran into antis this year already in the local parks they opened up 2 yrs ago to thin the deer...so I try to avoid them as much as can...My last words to one old buzzard was, ' thank you, have a nice day'...even after what he said to me....and assure and make good hunting impressions on some others I have ran into there that didn't know we could archery hunt the parks...(I keep in the woods till end of day and easier to walk out on the trails).and with reasonable concern of walking their dogs...But there are a ton of speed beef in those woods..I see over 10/11 deer every time there....just pass on the doe for now cause I know about the huge buck living in those woods..whew!