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| Posted: 29 Apr 2010 4:49 AM | ||
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Well me and a good friend went up yestersay to chase mounatin gobblers. Sorry to say BUT there arn't any turkeys in Stokes, at least the area we were hunting! We must have put at least 6 miles walking with NO luck. 10 years ago ALL ya had to do was give a call and turkeys would answer from ALL over! But yesterday was a huge disapointment to me. Talked to MANY hunters on their way out and they ALL said the same stuff, TO MANY COYOTES! Now I'm starting to think they are right? We must have drove well over 20 miles checking fields as well, NOTHING not even a hen bird cruseing? Don't get me wrong, if ya live and hunt these areas, I'm sure you get on birds, BUT nothing like the past...But then again, what is the same?? Anyways, we still had a good time. And I learned something I really already knew, MAN am I out of shape! Them hills kicked my butt! O' and I did find a great bear spot to hunt. Found this rock cave where you couldn't walk 3 steps with out stepping in bear crap! Some as big as my boot!! Guess it will be another 10 years till I go back? Good luck zone 1 hunters, YOU'LL need it!!
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| Posted: 29 Apr 2010 6:04 AM | ||
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nice. love the photos __________________ Take your video camera with you, make the hunt last forever.
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| Posted: 29 Apr 2010 6:17 AM | ||
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When you're atop sunrise mountain, it's hard to believe that it's N.J.
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| Posted: 29 Apr 2010 6:18 AM | ||
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You can thank the bears and the hard winter for the population decline at stokes. It's still a beautiful place to hunt even if their isn't as many turkeys as years ago. __________________ No matter what happens, whether you succeed or not, if you stand up and do it right and pay attention, hunting will always give you what you need. It may not be what you were looking for, but it will absolutely be important enough to justify whatever you did to get it.”
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| Posted: 29 Apr 2010 6:56 AM | ||
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You can thank the bears and the hard winter for the population decline at stokes. For sure. I lived across the street from Stokes for five years and hunted it often. Tough hunting but beautiful woods and scenery. |
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| Posted: 29 Apr 2010 6:59 AM | ||
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Nice pics you are in heaven
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| Posted: 29 Apr 2010 6:59 AM | ||
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The population is way down from years ago. The ice storm we had here about 4-5 years ago crushed them and then a couple of wet springs and were just starting to see a small rebound. It will take another 3-4 years of good nesting to hear birds all over the mountain. There are pockets of birds here and there but I don't see them roaming around like they used too. Zone 4 was dead yesterday. Did find a chewed on turkey wing with four feathers and further up a pair of yote tracks. The further east and south you go the more birds you find.
It used to be you could drive down Rt 80 and see a dozen in the various fields. Not now 
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| Posted: 29 Apr 2010 11:50 AM | ||
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are you talking about the cave across the street from stokes entance? that climb will test you thats my bear spot__________________ There's room for all gods creatures right next to the mashed potatoes! lobomike62@yahoo.com
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| Posted: 29 Apr 2010 12:20 PM | ||
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julio, you look good up here in the highlands! i have noticed the numbers seem to be way down all over north jersey. that last big snow put a hurt on them __________________ NO JOB IS SO URGENT,AND NO SERVICE IS SO IMPORTANT, THAT WE CANNOT TAKE OVERTIME TO PREFORM OUR TASK SAFELY.
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| Posted: 29 Apr 2010 2:09 PM | ||
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| Posted: 29 Apr 2010 2:21 PM | ||
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TO MANY COYOTES Exactly. Both me and my brother in law have been charged by coyotes while turkey hunting in zone 2. __________________ NRA Life Member
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| Posted: 29 Apr 2010 2:40 PM | ||
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| Posted: 29 Apr 2010 7:09 PM | ||
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Your ALL right! We had a great time, nothing a hand full of pain killer can't fix! LOL! I've hunted and fished in that area for well over 20 years. Still love it and the sites, just a real shame how thing have changed with the wildlife? Don't get me wrong, I'll be back if not to hunt, maybe fish, or just sit on top of the world and wonder???? __________________ www.outdoorsaddiction.com
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| Posted: 29 Apr 2010 8:19 PM | ||
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The hunters that you talked to were right...TOO MANY COYOTES ! Also Fox, Coon, and other predators, combined with very wet Springs the past few years. Our Turkey numbers are way down from 10 or even 5 years ago ! __________________ <- <- <- <- ~ <- <- <- <-
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| Posted: 29 Apr 2010 9:34 PM | ||
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| Posted: 29 Apr 2010 9:58 PM | ||
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| still beats a day at work,some pretty country up there but too bad about the turkey population. | ||
| Posted: 29 Apr 2010 10:17 PM | ||
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The hunters that you talked to were right...TOO MANY COYOTES ! ... Our Turkey numbers are way down from 10 or even 5 years ago ! Same situation on my property in NC. We bought our spread in the mountains of northwestern NC five years ago, and you couldn't visit the property without seeing birds. Now, five years later, I had a trail cam out in the same area all winter long and not one picture of a turkey! Coyotes moved in & the turkey disappeared. 
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| Posted: 30 Apr 2010 9:17 AM | ||
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theres plenty of birds up here, you just gotta find em __________________ You can do a lot more for the environment by carrying a rifle then carrying a sign.
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| Posted: 30 Apr 2010 9:20 AM | ||
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was up at stokes 2 nights ago and called from below the pavillion, heard quite a few different birds facong the branchville side down towards mattison, been doing that since hs , i get a kick out of hearing them like that and listening from above them __________________ You can do a lot more for the environment by carrying a rifle then carrying a sign.
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