I Have a CHALLENGE !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Reel Doc]

Pete,

I've heard that tactic for early or late season....with rut about to come on that buck's hormones will get him roaming unless he has his own private doe harem laying in bed with him

[on the lam]

Pete,

I've heard that tactic for early or late season....with rut about to come on that buck's hormones will get him roaming unless he has his own private doe harem laying in bed with him

I agree totally

[Reel Doc]

Pete,

Was just talking with a client this morning about hunting and he heard Northern Jersey has a bear problem but no hunting allowed. Is that your neck of the woods? Do any bear interfere with deer activity?

Greg

[on the lam]

Yes we have a bear problem for sure. All over north Jersey but some pocket areas are worse than others. The deer dont like heavy bear activity. Some days you will see more bears than deer. A season is on for this year but it runs the same 6 days as the shotgun deer season the first week of December. It should be in the spring IMO.

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[reeltime]

Jerry,

I just watched the video, it looks like in video # 2 about 1/4 of the

way through the video he snorts once. I have been using camera's

since the old 35mm days, probably 7-8 years. probably have over

a thousand pics of deer. like quite a few of my pictures your deer is

keyed on that camera.

They know something is up, most times I set a camera the best

series of pics is the first week on a good travel route, as time

goes on the buck pictures decrease, especially on mature deer. I

pulled all of my cameras for 2 reasons, #1 I don't want them to

walk away with a trespasser & #2 I don't want to spook any of

the bucks I know are there through summer scouting.

It gets very tempting to keep the camera's out because its nice to

see the pictures BUT it may be doing more harm than good. if you

are going in to check pictures more than once a week that is going

to leave a LOT of extra human scent around, and that is something

mature bucks especially ones that have escaped a few close calls

will generally not tolerate.

my plan would be this;

-at this point I would not hunt that spot till the conditions are perfect

for that spot. little to no wind, if there is any wind make sure its a

sustained wind direction ( you certainly don't want to hunt it on a

swirling wind day)

- I would set a stand where you have a decent high percentage shot.

- make sure you have good background cover, don't rely on leaves

as they will be gone soon. multiple trunk trees, multiple trees close

together, trees covered with grapevines, multifloral rose etc. are a

good place to set up, hemlocks are another good one.

-do not clear shooting lanes, remember you are IN their house! cutting

a bunch of shooting lanes to a deer is like me coming in your livingroom

and moving your couch and tv and me expecting you not to notice it!!

-be VERY scent conscious! while you can never become 100% scent free

you can cut down the scent level that will be far more tolerable to deer.

- always take a shower with some type of scent free soap.

- I used unscented hunters specialties deoderant.

- your camo should be washed in scent free laundry soap and air dried.

- I never wear a camo suit more than 1 set without rewashing it.

- use scent killer spray on yourself, your bow handle, boots, pack.

- I keep all my suits in big plastic bins, EVERYTHING is washed in scent

free soap, from socks to coveralls. I have sweatpants, teeshirts, camo

shirts, camo chamois shirts all in containers. When I drive somewhere I

wear regular clothes and once there I spray down and change into all

the scent free stuff and then spray down again.

- only dress enough to be comfortable for the walk into the stand, nothing

will kill a spot faster than being all dressed to hunt and by the time you

reach your stand your sweating like crazy. once you reach your spot and

cool down you can put on the rest of your stuff.

- IF you lay a scent trail be sure to end it where you have a shot, and

always where you put him in your favor to the wind. until the rut kicks in

heavy I would use a "roam" scent, once the big boys are gooned up I also

lay a trail with silvertop. I also keep all my deer scent stuff separate from

each other, ( scent bottles in a ziplock bag, scent wicks in a different bag,

and drag rope in another bag)

starting next week is a good time to do all day sets, I have seen and killed

more bucks from 11-2 than morning or evening once the chasing starts. it

takes willpower to set like that or what I do is take the climber and hunt a

bottom in the morning and then at 9/10 am get down walk a couple hundred

yards to a ridge and set up again for the rest of the day.

wow, didn't mean to ramble on, and don't mean to bore ya with redundant

info. But if it helped you out any and you have any questions shoot me a PM

or give me a hollar, I have been at this game a long time..

later & good luck.

[on the lam]

Yes we have a bear problem for sure. All over north Jersey but some pocket areas are worse than others. The deer dont like heavy bear activity. Some days you will see more bears than deer. A season is on for this year but it runs the same 6 days as the shotgun deer season the first week of December. It should be in the spring IMO.

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Greg, not long ago I was at a Dunkin Donuts dive thru and this guy walks out in the middle of the day to dumpster dive for lunch. The guy at the drive thru says this is a daily occurance with at least 5 bears raiding the dumpster daily. This is along a major highway in a residential/commercial area.

[Reel Doc]

Wow To think, bears in Jersey! Great photos

[ray koziatek]

well hes got manners with the plate and all..let the cops find out hes raiding their donut shop and its all over for him..

[Gill-T]

Are you sure it wasn't one of those dark italians from the show "Jersey Shore"?

[GAMBLER]

Are you sure it wasn't one of those dark italians from the show "Jersey Shore"?

[ray koziatek]

HEADLINE;;

5 bears killed in shootout over turf wars ...After 4 years of carefull investagation by nj,s finest it was determined that bears were taking all the "safty payments" left in a secret pickup location for local police .

Tho the bears having providing security to the donut shop without a high profile robbery to the coffee stash in the last 4 years the donuts were dissapearing BEFORE the cops showed up ,thus causing the investagation.

One policeman who will only go by the name "PETE" spent many nights dumpster diving to catch rare photos of the perks.

After many crumb trails gone stale pete hit paydirt with these photos..

thats when things went bad ..........many young officers showed up early and hit the stash before the bears and had to be rollod to the local hospital for bloating.Not refering to the handbook givin to thm in training ..Section 4 Page 6 Subtitle z--Always perge after eating 2 dozen donuts on a shift.

The raids became personal then and thats what caused the shoo out..

In a interview after the shoo out "Pete" admited soiling his pant on more than one ocasion when confronting the perks in the dumpster, Petes wife confirmed the "soiled story" with several empty bleach bottles of proof ,costing taxpayers for extra laundry bills..

Opps time to go do my stack out on some deer....may finish report when returing home tonight ...

UNLESS I SEE A BEAR THEN ILL FINISH AFTER I DO LAUNDRY..

[Reel Doc]

Pete,

After those comments I'm sorry I brought up the bear thing.....well, maybe not.

Greg

[on the lam]

That's ok. I know where he lives.........

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[Steelman]

Ok how did this thread turn into a bear deal? Any updates on one eye?

[ray koziatek]

Gregs fault....jerry went after him yesterday so my guess is he is healthier than ever.,

As is the trophy I've been hunting, the 8 and 10 pt ive let go might be camp meat nnnnnnnnnnnaaaaaaaaaaaa go big or go home empty,,it will happen today i will set up the closest to the bedding area of 5 decent does ...............

[on the lam]

Ok how did this thread turn into a bear deal? Any updates on one eye?

My bad!! I conspired with Greg to hijack the thread and promote killin bears (and a few ANTI'S) in NJ. I hope jerry wacks "one eye" soon.... Keep us posted Jerry.... oh and BTW, these guys were raiding a field in Lafayette in the middle of the day next to the road. They think they own the place

[Reel Doc]

Must be they had their fill of doughnuts!

By the way, why is it you're always following the bears around?

Greg

[RUNNIN REBEL]

PLEASE keep the bear post going on here, it is very amusing!!!! No problem. I will post ONE EYE update later on new thread.

HINT: "ONE EYE" JACK 2

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JERRY