Shed hunting.

Quote:
Didn't mean to come across harsh. It's just I have pics on my cam of a guy(propably shed hunting) on one of my posted private pieces looking at my cam. He is in camo pants with a gray hooded sweatshirt and a backpack on. This property is well posted and no one should be in there. On a good note he dinn't take anything.

Posted: 26 Feb 2006 8:52 PM
	Registered User Currently Offline	Posts: 5313 Addicted to NJH: Join Date: Feb 2006
I hunt Colliers Mills on the 539 side...I saw a ton of turkeys in there this season. First day of 6-day I must have had 50-75 of them run by me on a drive. __________________ "Democracy is two wolves and a lamb voting on what to have for dinner. Liberty is a well armed lamb contesting the vote" - Benjamin Franklin

Posted: 26 Feb 2006 9:04 PM
	Registered User Currently Offline	Posts: 578 Typical: Join Date: Feb 2006
I was out most of the day also. no sheds "yet" (thinking positive) I did find a dead doe and grey fox. I also found two stands in the same tree, with a trail cam close by. the cam wasn't even locked to the tree, just tied with rope(what were they thinking) other than that it was a slow day in the woods.

Posted: 26 Feb 2006 9:09 PM Last Edited By: BowhunterNJ
	Registered User Currently Offline	Posts: 7664 Addicted to NJH: Join Date: Dec 2005
Mike...you found a grey fox? Dead? I walked up on one sleeping in the snow back in December I believe. Boy did he turn inside out when I made a cough at 10 yards from him! Not sure what that guy was thinking not locking his cam. Not very smart...even when you lock them, its keep honest guys honest. Glad you stayed honest without the lock! Funny my buddy said he found two stands in the same tree in that wayyyyy back spot. Looked set up to film or something, he said guys got there in winter bow or late December because he was back there in mid December. Didn't mention a trailcam though. Hang in there, you'll find a shed...they are few and far between but if you put enough miles on, you'll eventually walk right up on one. I always mean to take a picture of them as I find them...but as soon as I see them its like I just found $100 bill laying on the ground in the woods and snatch it up instantly! Actually, now that I think about it...I saw your parked off Hawkin today Mike. Believe it was your truck...red/burgundy ford with a cap?

Posted: 26 Feb 2006 9:09 PM
	Registered User Currently Offline	Posts: 578 Typical: Join Date: Feb 2006
Matt, WOW that is a great picture. this whole area has really taken off with the turkeys. I go up to the Gap every year, but I should hunt here around the house. save a lot of time and money!!!

Posted: 26 Feb 2006 9:23 PM
	Registered User Currently Offline	Posts: 578 Typical: Join Date: Feb 2006
Matt, the fox was curled up like it was sleeping, but it was dead as dead gets. Sound like your buddy is in the same spot I am. that was the first thing I thought when I saw the two stands(filming) I've been back in that spot for 8 or 9 years now. always lots of deer after small game season opens up.

Posted: 26 Feb 2006 10:18 PM
	Registered User Currently Offline	Posts: 1593 Non Typical: Join Date: Apr 2005
you guys ever feel like showing someone turkey signs let me know. I've been looking all over the place and either I'm missing something or unlucky.

Posted: 26 Feb 2006 10:42 PM
	Registered User Currently Offline	Posts: 578 Typical: Join Date: Feb 2006
drome, dont confine yourself to just your private ground, turkeys cover a lot of ground. cover as much ground as you can, and you will find what you are looking for.

Posted: 26 Feb 2006 10:43 PM
	Registered User Currently Offline	Posts: 7664 Addicted to NJH: Join Date: Dec 2005
Yeah, check out the oaks...alot of turkeys scratching in the oaks right now. Someone mentioned breeding grounds and whatnot, I have not clue how to identify them.

Posted: 27 Feb 2006 6:22 AM Last Edited By: NJBowman
	Registered User, Sponsor Currently Offline	Posts: 1238 Non Typical: Join Date: Dec 2005
The 2 stand set up is a father/child most of the time. I have a 2 stand set up like that with a cam, but it is on private property! Hope you guys realize that shed hunting does not give you the right to tresspass. You can be ticketed the same as if you were hunting on someone elses property. __________________ PSE X Force Baby! UBNJ Ocean County Rep. AC Super Slim 340/Blazers G5 Tekan 11 extra cut blades There is a fine line between "hobby" and "mental illness" Ah Bowhunting!

Posted: 27 Feb 2006 7:30 AM
	Registered User, Sponsor Currently Offline	Posts: 1238 Non Typical: Join Date: Dec 2005
Didn't mean to come across harsh. It's just I have pics on my cam of a guy(propably shed hunting) on one of my posted private pieces looking at my cam. He is in camo pants with a gray hooded sweatshirt and a backpack on. This property is well posted and no one should be in there. On a good note he dinn't take anything. __________________ PSE X Force Baby! UBNJ Ocean County Rep. AC Super Slim 340/Blazers G5 Tekan 11 extra cut blades There is a fine line between "hobby" and "mental illness" Ah Bowhunting!

Posted: 27 Feb 2006 12:59 PM
	Registered User Currently Offline	Posts: 1593 Non Typical: Join Date: Apr 2005
Quote: Didn't mean to come across harsh. It's just I have pics on my cam of a guy(propably shed hunting) on one of my posted private pieces looking at my cam. He is in camo pants with a gray hooded sweatshirt and a backpack on. This property is well posted and no one should be in there. On a good note he dinn't take anything. not harsh words at all, I have private property and I feel the same way. Its not that I dont want people hunting on the land, I just want a safe place for my little guys to hunt as they grow older.

Posted: 27 Feb 2006 1:04 PM
	Registered User Currently Offline	Posts: 7664 Addicted to NJH: Join Date: Dec 2005
John, I hear ya...it did sound like you might have thought we were on your piece though. This obviously isn't the case, the area Mike and I are talking about is on public land, we both know the section of the public land where these stands are. But yes, people clearly should not be trespassing for anything, including shed hunting.

Posted: 27 Feb 2006 6:49 PM
	Registered User Currently Offline	Posts: 578 Typical: Join Date: Feb 2006

Posted: 28 Feb 2006 7:04 PM
	Registered User Currently Offline	Posts: 1593 Non Typical: Join Date: Apr 2005
any turkey updates? I cant wait to go out scouting saturday... anyone else going out?

Posted: 28 Feb 2006 7:23 PM
	Registered User Currently Offline	Posts: 7664 Addicted to NJH: Join Date: Dec 2005
drome, I'll be out shed hunting and scouting for deer season next year

Posted: 28 Feb 2006 8:14 PM
	Registered User Currently Offline	Posts: 1593 Non Typical: Join Date: Apr 2005
well i do the turkey scouting at the same time, I'm looking to find my first shed.

Posted: 04 Mar 2006 10:28 PM
	Registered User Currently Offline	Posts: 578 Typical: Join Date: Feb 2006
Out again today shed hunting/scouting. Didn't find any sheds or turkey sign. very slow day in the woods.

Posted: 05 Mar 2006 10:22 PM
	Registered User Currently Offline	Posts: 795 Typical: Join Date: Mar 2005
bowhunterNJ - where do youhunt - and where was the cam that had the guy on it tresspassing? I know of a couple of guys that cover lots and lots of ground shed hunting (and scouting)and they pretty much go where ever they want - they start the day deer season ends - and are out almost every sat and sunday through april - they use it tofigure out what made t through the year - and where they might want to go next year - posted or not.

Posted: 05 Mar 2006 11:03 PM
	Registered User Currently Offline	Posts: 7664 Addicted to NJH: Join Date: Dec 2005
kah1993: Which trespassing issue are you referring to? The only one I had issues with was on the only private piece I hunt right now, and that is in Zone 16.

Posted: 18 Mar 2006 6:57 PM
	Registered User Currently Offline	Posts: 578 Typical: Join Date: Feb 2006
Anybody still looking in zone 18 ? I was out looking today, with no luck as usual.

Posted: 18 Mar 2006 7:15 PM
	Registered User Currently Offline	Posts: 1593 Non Typical: Join Date: Apr 2005
yes I was in zone 18 and zone 16, no sheds

Posted: 18 Mar 2006 7:17 PM
	Registered User Currently Offline	Posts: 7664 Addicted to NJH: Join Date: Dec 2005
I was out today, nothing. Mike I was all over the other side of that piece, I found literally 9 portable and ladder stands, one feeder and several other bait sites. Unreal.

Posted: 18 Mar 2006 7:27 PM
	Registered User Currently Offline	Posts: 578 Typical: Join Date: Feb 2006
Matt, I was all over the side You and I scouted. went to the little lake in the middle, looks good. found a dead buck (bones) probably from last year.

Posted: 18 Mar 2006 7:34 PM
	Registered User Currently Offline	Posts: 7664 Addicted to NJH: Join Date: Dec 2005
Mike that is where I was, coming in from the other side/way/"main road". I wasn't far from those lakes, the feeder was just south of them. Prob why it looked good Stands were all on the backside, mainly all off a gun club cut (old one).

Posted: 18 Mar 2006 7:44 PM
	Registered User Currently Offline	Posts: 578 Typical: Join Date: Feb 2006
Matt, Going out tomorrow?

Posted: 18 Mar 2006 7:50 PM
	Registered User Currently Offline	Posts: 7664 Addicted to NJH: Join Date: Dec 2005
Debating, to be honest I'm pretty discouraged at this point. Feel like I've been all over the woods there and just keep running into stands and bait piles and feeders. I was literally 1.4 miles (of trail) in when I found the feeder, but about 0.75 miles from the way you came in (way we came in last weekend). Feeder guy is coming in from the other road that leads back from the northeast. I'm pretty shocked honestly, never seen so many guys or so much sign of guys. It looked OK back there, but nothing really blew me away. The "oaks" were disappointing, alot of scrub oaks and sawtooth, not so many whites...and a ton of pine. Very thick though. I'll drop you a line if I'm in the area, again not sure what I'm doing.

Posted: 18 Mar 2006 8:02 PM
	Registered User Currently Offline	Posts: 578 Typical: Join Date: Feb 2006
I'm really discouraged too. BUT I'm still looking you can't find the sheds or good spots from home.

Posted: 18 Mar 2006 8:06 PM
	Registered User Currently Offline	Posts: 7664 Addicted to NJH: Join Date: Dec 2005
I am going to the tax office this week to get names and maps of the areas around here. Will be knocking on doors next week/weekend. Been scouting them out with aerials and topos for a couple weeks now, today was pretty much my last major scouting effort at the mill. If I find signs of guys 1.25 miles of walking in and everywhere along the way, its time to go elsewhere! I may still hunt there next year, but right now I'll exploring other options. I can always fall back on my old spots and just bear it out if other guys wind up in them. Just a matter of time, I really expect next season to be even worse in respect to number of hunters and bait piles.

Posted: 18 Mar 2006 8:21 PM
	Registered User Currently Offline	Posts: 578 Typical: Join Date: Feb 2006
Good Luck, keep in touch.

Posted: 30 Jun 2006 3:43 PM
	Registered User Currently Offline	Posts: 604 Typical: Join Date: Jun 2006
I haven't found any sheds in 18 yet this year.....walked in the mill, Mercer park and Washington park and no sheds....... __________________ http://www.spftaxidermy.com/