Hey folks,
The Maine hunting season has started today.... yes, it is only expanded archery but I just want to remind everyone to be a little more cautious from here on out...
Team Teebow 1 ;)
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Hey folks,
The Maine hunting season has started today.... yes, it is only expanded archery but I just want to remind everyone to be a little more cautious from here on out...
Team Teebow 1 ;)
Thanks for the reminder that some are hunting for more than caches!
I am just 3 weeks from Maine (Yeehaw!!) and would not have thought about hunting season in my quest to see the leaves, hunt a few caches and enjoy the wilderness.
Funny you should bring this up. I was just thinking today that I should put my beautiful orange vest in my car soon!
Oh the new season of orange. The trees turn colors and so do we. We have a fall outfit, not to be outdone with the new fall fashions. Orange is Maines safe color until hunting season is over. Yea travelers think I am odd wearing the orange vest and matching knit hat through Newark Air Port, They know your from Maine When!
LOL! Very good! :D :D :DQuote:
Originally Posted by agingelm
Thanks for the reminder. Picked up two inexpensive lightweight vests at LL Bean's outlet today along with one cap. We have heavy blaze orange coats but would swelter in them this year. It's staying warm/hot very late. We shoot trap/skeet and already have good shooting vests but will admit to being very tempted by the blaze orange vest. Being now retired sure does cut back on the extra purchases <G>
Here's a link to the full hunting season schedule.
http://www.state.me.us/ifw/hunttrap/...easonchart.htm
Anne
Is it just archery? We saw a P/U today in Bangor, heading south on I95, with a very dead bear in the truck bed. Do they hunt bears with bows and arrows?
Its bear and deer season right now.
Yes, it is also bear season and the 1st week of moose season starts Sept.26th.
Team Teebow
Went out for a short evening hike around Celestial Navigation. About 3/4 way around the loop, I saw a bow hunter! Fortunately, there was a lot of trees between me and him. At first, he did not see me and I just stood as still as posible. All the time wishing and wishing I'd worn something orange instead of white!!
After what seemed like eternatity he saw me and quietly walked up to me. Turns out, he was lost! I got him straightened out and appologized for not wearing orange. He said it was ok since it's not required during bow season.
The irony is that I voted to allow hunting on the Kittery Town Farm land. It's a great place to get a deer.
This is why I don't worry too much about bow hunters . . . I mean when is the last time you've heard of a bow hunter accidentally shooting themself or another person? I realize it may be a statistical numbers-thing as there are a lot more hunters who shoot with a rifle or shotgun, but when you have to be quite a bit closer to the quarry and you basically only have one really good shot to drop the deer or risk injuring the animal and/or losing an arrow it seems as though bow hunters are a lot more careful about ID-ing their target.Quote:
Originally Posted by tat
And with a bowhunter, you'll NEVER see/hear them fire 5-6 shots at once! LOL!Quote:
Originally Posted by firefighterjake
I bow hunt and most all the bow hunters I know and talk with (online forums) adhere to the same rule of thumb as military snipers........"One shot, one kill"Quote:
And with a bowhunter, you'll NEVER see/hear them fire 5-6 shots at once! LOL!
It still pays to wear that orange though because you just never know just how much experience that bowhunter has and he may just show that inexperience by sending an arrow flying your way. Better safe than sorry!!
The danger of being injured by a bow or firearm hunter in Me. is grossly exagerated in my opinion. Having said that, I argee wholeheartedly that it is prudent to wear blaze orange during hunting season.
People get shot in Maine nearly every year. While this is an anti-hunting website, it gives you some information on how frequent hunting accidents are. :eek: :eek: :eek:Quote:
Originally Posted by Nuffer
I'm gonna wear BLAZE orange! :D :D
Who decided this is an "anti-hunting" website?
Why not look at the data and express an opinion in light of this information rather than on emotion?
Without taking sides I would say that it was against hunting since the name of the web page is Committee against sport Hunting, While I support hunting in Maine I no longer do it and beleive that doing it is only for sport and not survival. I beleive that you can't beat the quality of meat that comes from hunting. I also think that it is cheaper to go to a supermarket and purchase meat than to hunt for it. So is it sport or necessity???
I think Whererwe was not referring to the geocachingmaine.org website, but rather the website that was linked in the text which as Dave1976 pointed out is Committee Against Sports Hunting which seems to be an anti-hunting site.Quote:
Originally Posted by Nuffer
I think it would be safe to say that geocachingmaine.org doesn't take a stand on hunting . . . unless it's hunting for caches.
More people get killed (and injured) each year with snowmobiles and ATVs than hunting. I don't hear anyone wanting to ban those activies. They are also a waste of the now precious gasoline.
The world would be a different place if we had to produce our own food (i.e. hunt and garden), travel without gasoline, and hold on to all our waste for a year.
No matter what you do, you have to kill something in order to eat and live. Even gasoline comes from once living organisms
People get shot daily. The issue isn't the gun its the person behind the gun. Hunters in general are far safer than drivers as negligent drivers cause more injuries than any 3 or 4 combined activities that I can think of. Its always good to wear "Orange" during hunting season and a seatbelt while driving but if I had to decide on one safety/preventative measure to use I would choose the seatbelt every time and take my chances walking in the woods without "orange".Quote:
Originally Posted by WhereRWe?
I haven't researched it but what is the ratio of car accidents with injury to hunting accidents with injury?
I agree with wearing hunters orange and seatbelts but an accident is not negligence. Negligent people are the ones to watch out for, either in the woods or behind the wheel.
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Originally Posted by Team Nirvana
Ut oh . . . you've mentioned snowmobiling and Rick is an avid sledder! :)
Actually you are partially correct in the fact that more folks in Maine die from crashes involving ATVs and snowmobiles, but incorrect in the assertion that no one wants to ban these activities. There are a number of folks that would in fact love to ban these recreational vehicles.
I am an avid ATVer and sledder (have to be up front here) and I pay dearly for the fuel (especially since I try to only use the super unleaded in small engines) . . . but just like driving to geo-caches I believe it's a personal choice and not a "waste" of fuel to be involved in these activities.
I mean who's to say that driving 50 miles in a car to go geo-caching isn't a "waste" of fuel or whether a person drives a Geo versus a Hummer (personally I prefer driving my Toyota beater car for the daily commute, but use my 4Runner SUV when hauling stuff, camping, etc.).
It's all about making choices and what works for one person and may seem wasteful to one person isn't wasteful to another (i.e. an ATVer who uses $5 in gas for a 100+mile all-day ride may view a geo-cacher driving 50 miles and spending $10 in gas to do a cache in three hours as "wasteful" and a person driving a full-sized pick-up to a job site could view a person driving an econo-car to the Mall or on a vacation as "wasteful.") It's all in the perspective and in making choices.
So you're saying I shouldn't continue to eat my Big Mac while talking on the cell phone and slipping in my Godsmack CD into the CD player while attempting to merge on I-95 at the same time in rush hour traffic . . . I would also add in something about applying eye shadow, but I don't want to give any of you folks the wrong idea about me? :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Trezurs*-R-*Fun
Excellent points were made here. Hunting accidents I've responded to as a Firefighter/EMT in the past five years: 1 (guy fell out of a tree stand) although I know the squad also responded to one accidental shooting and another guy who fell out of a tree stand. Sledding accidents I've responded to: 1 (head on with two sledders). ATV accidents: 0. Car accidents: Way too many to count . . . some with minor injuries and some involving multiple fatalities.
As you said it's the negligent person behind the wheel, behind the gun, behind the handlebars, etc. and not the activity itself.
huh? where?Quote:
Originally Posted by firefighterjake
Uh . . . Bangor? It's wicked I tell ya . . . just th' other day I was tryin' to get on the I and there was this Dodge Dart, Ford Fairmount station wagon and a logging truck bearin' right down on me . . . but that wouldn't have been a problem Chummy if it wasn't for that ol' Chevy pick-up haulin' half of a mobile home that was right smack dab in front of me keepin' me from pickin' up speed . . . 'bout near ran into that trailer. Traffic's something wicked up here I tell ya. :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Wudeater and Wife
Sorry to appear to be anti ATV. I'm not. I well realize about choice and being accountable for your actions. " It's not the choices you make - its the reason you make the choice." I'm glad most people like to live elsewhere and not in rural Maine. I'm glad others do activities I'm not interested in. If I go fishing and I get checked by a warden, I decide there are too many other fishermen around and start fishing somewhere else. People that get negative about hunting just touches a raw nerve with me. Sorry about the soapbox / diatribe.
(Don't get me started about the time and energy lost on moving lawns!)
Man I go off on a whole diatribe about ATVing and snowmobiling and then you have to "ruin" things by saying you're actually not anti-ATV or anti-snowmobile . . . and here I thought we were in for quite a rowdy row! :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Team Nirvana
I assume you mean "mowing" and not "moving" lawns . . . although I suppose some folks might move them from place to place. I've got to agree with you some on that point . . . I have a lawn, but I also use the lawn and don't feel compelled to spend every other day mowing 3 acres of lawn and then fertilizing it . . . you should see my lawn in the Spring . . . I've got a pile of dandelions and it sure won't be gracing any Home and Garden magazine covers, but it's natural, Maine grass and I know there's no fertilizer run-off.
When I clean out my chicken coop should I bag it and trash it?;) And I mow almost 3 acres of lawn BUT I don't own a four wheeler. I hope that makes up for my larger lawn? But we do have something in common in that its an all natural lawn with dandelions and weeds and I think I saw a patch of grass in it but the deer may have gotten it.Quote:
Originally Posted by firefighterjake
Here is a negative and not against hunting as I really enjoy the sport but what about the lack of respect for private property or property in general. Between my father and my self we own almost 500 acres. For not posting it and gating it we got 9 couches, 3 TVs 15 tires, a bunch of old roof shingles and umpteen bags of trash containing various stuff.Quote:
Originally Posted by Team Nirvana
Bear in mind that I believe most hunter do respect other peoples property. I can't imagine grandma driving through a back road and saying to herself, "sheesh, this look like a great place to get rid of that old couch that the trash man won't take." It could be kids but I'm apt to believe they don't have couches to throw out. I'm inclined to believe this trash comes from someone who would want to travel down that old back road in the middle of nowhere and that someone is an unscrupulous hunter. Coincidentally we get most of our trash 2 weeks before November deer season and after the second week of November deer season and of course Spring time is alway good for a wheeler load.
The negative here is we hunter are losing access fast and the State of Maine or any Hunting Organizations known to me have done much to alleviate the problem. Yeah, the State has instituted a "Get Permission" ideology but it isn't working in my opinion.
I'm pretty passionate about the above if you haven't guessed. Posting our property isn't an attempt to keep people from enjoying the outdoors its a waning attempt to keep the property pristine.
Hey FireFighterJake, maybe this will get some hackles to stand on end!!!!! :D
I personally have no problems with hunters and actually think it's a very good thing for Maine's economy and to keep the population in check (in addition to the fact that there's a long standing tradition of hunting in Maine.)Quote:
Originally Posted by Trezurs*-R-*Fun
However, my Uncle and Father posted their land a couple of years ago . . . after my Uncle was assaulted (bad enough to give him a concussion) by some out-of-state hunters. They realize that not all hunters are like this, but sad to say it was the actions of a few who ruined it for the many.
We have ours at the ready in our truck...now where the h--- are we!? :DQuote:
Originally Posted by Beach Comber
I've been sorely tempted to post our land many times - the arrogance of out-of-state hunters really gets me. They abuse your property, leave litter in your woods, and get down-right uppity if you complain about their illegal deer drive.Quote:
Originally Posted by firefighterjake
If they don't like hunting the MAINE way, they can stay home.
:D :D :D
They're not all bad though . . . once again it's a very small minority. In fact, following this incident it was an out-of-state hunter asking permission to hunt on my Uncle's property (he was denied) who clued my Uncle into who the perpetrators were and where there camp was located. A number of other hunters -- both in-state and out-of-state -- even sent my Uncle money to help offset the cost of the ER visit.Quote:
Originally Posted by WhereRWe?
[QUOTE=firefighterjake] In fact, following this incident it was an out-of-state hunter asking permission to hunt on my Uncle's property (/QUOTE]
I see hunters on my property nearly every day during hunting season. Since nobody else lives within 1/2 mile of me, you'd think that anyone wanting to hunt there would ask the nearest resident.
Nope.
The only people who have EVER asked permission to hunt on my property are a couple of locals - who are friends and wouldn't need to ask anyway - and who have never hunted on my property (that I know of) anyway.
Seems like the out-of-staters seem to think thast buying a Maine hunting license give them the right to hunt ANYWHERE.
IMHO...
Hey Bruce,
If they are from Solon they are more than likely hunting after Dark
LOL:D
Sheesh! You must know Solon pretty well! LOL!Quote:
Originally Posted by dave1976
There's definitely a lot of truth in what you say, but, sadly, a lot of the more notorious "subsistence hunters" have passed away. Not like the "old days"...