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October 28th, 2008, 09:15 PM #1
Going out this season but we need a new spot
I will finally after 10 years be going hunting this season but I got some bad news. The family spot has been posted(no more hunting). This spot has been used by my grandfather, my father, my uncles and me. We are all in shock as we always used that area and now we look like a bunch of dummies.
This spot was awesome, here is the layout.......
First off, if anyone has ever been to Gettysburg it looks like little round top flowing into devils den. There is a field about 300 yards long and about 200 yards wide thats is also a valley full of puddles, low grass and man size boulders everywhere but from our spot we can see everything in, around and behind these boulders. We have a nice hill side about 200 yards tall but not steep at all and right smack in the middle of the top there is a group of rocks perfect for a full day of watching.
The rocks are perfect height to put a folding chair behind and set your rifle on top off the rocks. We once had six guys in that spot and 4 of us (one being me) fell asleep for half the day, we finally woke up when my uncles buddy got a buck.
Well I guess its time to find a new spot fast, I guess all good things must come to an end.
Thanks for reading,
Enfield shooter 303
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October 28th, 2008, 11:17 PM #2
Re: Going out this season but we need a new spot
thats definately the trend across the state. I never heard whether the land owner liability protection piece got passed but after what happened to the land owner a few years ago I wouldn't be surprised to see a LOT more land being posted in the near future.
Also land leasing is finally making its way to PA, its been held at bay for a long time by high taxes however long time land owners are starting to see the value in it, they can enroll their land in "clean and green" and pay like 10.00 taxes a year and get a good chunk of income by leasing it out to people who will patrol it for them. Its a good move for land owners, not so much for those who have been here a long time and have hunted it for generations.
Its only a matter of time until all the land in PA will either be public land or leased out private land.The first vehicles normally on the scene of a crime are ambulances and police cruisers. If you are armed you have a chance to decide who gets transported in which vehicle, if you are not armed then that decision is made for you.
Be prepared, because someone else already is and no one knows their intent except them.
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October 29th, 2008, 08:21 AM #3Senior Member
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Re: Going out this season but we need a new spot
Have you thought of asking the owners for permission to hunt there?
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October 29th, 2008, 09:02 AM #4
Re: Going out this season but we need a new spot
Samething happened to us about 11 years ago. My dad and his buddies bought an acre in Huntingdon County (town of New Grenanda to be exact) as he wanted to get out of the camp he was in when my brother and I started hunting. We hunted the same grounds as he always did though. Then our favorite spot was posted. We did have permission until one day while archery hunting my cousin and I were stopped by two guys on a quad. They said they are the grandsons of the owner and this is our last season being able to hunt there.
Well, the following 4 years we hunted state game lands, which yes, was scary. I went out of my way to walk until my feet were numb just to get out of the "populated" areas. I've crawled thru my share of clear cuts and walked up and down my share of mountains in those four years and I only ever got one shot at a doe. My dad's buddy did get a spike one year (prior to the point rules).
Now my dad and his buddies bought 60+ acres in the NE and posted it.
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October 29th, 2008, 12:22 PM #5
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October 29th, 2008, 01:52 PM #6
Re: Going out this season but we need a new spot
The first vehicles normally on the scene of a crime are ambulances and police cruisers. If you are armed you have a chance to decide who gets transported in which vehicle, if you are not armed then that decision is made for you.
Be prepared, because someone else already is and no one knows their intent except them.
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October 29th, 2008, 02:44 PM #7Grand Member
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Re: Going out this season but we need a new spot
My big issue is that many people today have little respect for private land. Many don't ask permission, litter, tear it up with 4-wheelers, act like they own it and then get pissed when it gets posted. It just happens to be a sad fact of life these days.
FUCK BIDEN
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October 29th, 2008, 03:56 PM #8
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October 29th, 2008, 04:49 PM #9
Re: Going out this season but we need a new spot
The first vehicles normally on the scene of a crime are ambulances and police cruisers. If you are armed you have a chance to decide who gets transported in which vehicle, if you are not armed then that decision is made for you.
Be prepared, because someone else already is and no one knows their intent except them.
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October 29th, 2008, 06:04 PM #10
Re: Going out this season but we need a new spot
I own several chunks of land around Erie county. The only signs I'd even consider putting up are ones that say 'hunting by permission only' and that would only be on the land I want to introduce my son to hunting on. I want others to hunt my land. I can't get the deer moving around all by myself and still stay in my stand. That said if I catch someone in my new stand and they refuse to leave then the hunting by permission only will likely come to pass.
"When the winds of change blow hard enough, the most trivial of things can become deadly projectiles." - Unknown.
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