I wouldn't give out the list to anyone else but your members. Guys will be sitting at the WMA's waiting and hoping for you to drive. Good luck!

 

Thanks for the advice. Our plan was to publish a list just to get some last minute people that are undecided so they will know where to meet up with us. Not sure yet.

If anyone has any advice or suggestions we would love to hear them.

 

Stay in pa. We don't like drivers here in nj. [lol]

 

Troll

 

I'm sure most of you would agree that there is no more fun hunting than a well executed deer drive

 

T yeah x3 not a fan of the whole drive thing

 

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What the????????????

 

So im just curious, I don't shotgun hunt only bow, but lets say your doing a drive at a WMA and you start approaching a stand not part of your party and they shoot a driven deer, a nice buck perhaps. How would you handle that ? Personally I feel drives can be a nuisance to other hunters not involved that are just trying to sit in their stand and peacefully wait for a nice opportunity .

 

I would have no problem with you taking that deer. After all, you shot it.

 

My advice..............if u drive deer, shoot slugs!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Too many wounded deer by drivers w buckshot. In PA you drive w a single projectile (Rifle). Here in NJ.......MANY NOT ALL, drive w buskshot, hit deer unknowingly and leave deer all over. Too many guys taking shots 80 yds w buckshot. Make the "Deer Drivers" use slugs. Good luck.

 

every day is something new on this site lol

 

I hope you stay in PA & S. Jersey. There is nothing worse than to pattern deer, get in the stand early , only to have drivers blow the place out just before prime time. To me doing this on public land is being inconsiderate to other hunters!

 

i love drives, and iam sure this post was only ment to stir the pot! i would suggest anyone hunting during the firearm seasons plan on people doing drives , scout the groups known to do drives , pattern them just as you would the deer. i cant tell you how many deer i have shot because of someone else is driving the valley below, or the next ridge over, even a few as the group has just pushed the same ridge iam on that tried to come sneaking back! no matter how you like to hunt BE SAFE !

 

Nothing bugs me more then having a great spot set up and at 8AM on Opening Day, twenty guys come walking through.

 

This is why i bowhunt and hunt early muzzleloader.

 

I think you posted to the wrong site. This is NewJerseyHUNTERS not NewJerseySHOOTERS. Pretty crummy to have 25 guys come stomping through your spot first thing in the morning.

 

I know driving is not for everyone, but we all have our own ideas about hunting. State says it's legal and from the amount of messages I've received so far a lot of guys are interested. I'm guessing we will probably have a lot more guys than we expected by the time six day gets here.

Good luck in the woods!

 

Drives are a blast pun intended.



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I call 20 pages

 

If anyone has any advice or suggestions we would love to hear them

Here's some advice...has anyone told you today??? ten pages easy!:026:

 

BS.

 

i like to do drives with 3 or 4 friends that know the woods and dont shoot the first doe that runs into them it is some fun. i do most of the pushing to the older guys but i poped a few being the pusher also. a good change of pace for a few days but its not my thing GOODLUCK[up]

 

We occasionally do a push on 1 certain piece of woods in private land. Its also never been more than 4 guys (2 shooters, 2 walkers tops). It is almost always a last ditch effort to get a deer for one of our friends/brothers that are in school or now live elsewhere and only have a few days to hunt. I would hate to be in a stand and have an orange army come trudging by though.

 

Ok, just for fun - Why not start right now, with crossbows? Never mind the rut and the other hunters, push it off, shoot em up.

 

I can't stand drivers. Us REAL hunters, scout from early on, put in countless hours studying properties, deer, their patterns ect. We set up stands, move stands, and cameras, all while practicing with our bows. We study the wind and practice scent control. We wake up early, come in late, do all day sits, all to hopefully have a good buck come by within bow range.

Drivers don't dust off their blaze orange until opening morning, grab their gun and a few boxes of shells, and turn the woods into a damn shooting range once first light hits. Anyone can walk around the woods with a loaded gun shouting and shooting anything with a bone on its head. IMO it should be illegal. But that won't happen until we have a few more idiots shooting each other and a few more housing developments established. The state doesn't care about driving, all they want it's reduced deer population, and your money from license fees.

 

:rofl2: thats the funniest thing I have read today! why do people think the way they hunt is the only way of hunting !so sitting in a tree all day waiting for a deer to walk buy is the only way of hunting? FYI several states allow deer drives and some allow you to run them with dogs [eek] guess what its all hunting and as long as it is legal people need to mind there own business and worry about how you hunt.the most important thing is we can hunt and put food on the table and we are happy hunting the way we like.

 

the most i hate about drivers is because when they are in numbers they dont care if they r on someone elses farm and love to tresspass[wallmad]

 

ill drive with you as long as i get to walk under some of these guys stands that are bitching about it. [lol]blah blah blah i put in the time and the effort sit in my stand i bought the corn from walmart carried it out have my feeder set im a real hunter....[wallmad] this site sucks because off all the bitching. leave the guy alone let him hunt and others how they want

 

I'm not looking to bash other hunters or cause problems in the woods. Like I said before, people have different ideas about what is or isn't hunting. I respect their opinion and I hope they give us that same respect and courtesy.

 

A lot of hypocrites on this site.
Do the drive with slugs, too many wounded deer with buck shot. Seriously, look at all of the posts of lost and wounded deer for archery, maybe the only bow one should hunt with is a crossbow. As with any legal weapon it is up to the hunter to be proficient with the weapon of choice, no his/her and the weapon's limitation and take ethical shots.
Worse thing is after I patterned my buck, having 25 guys lined up come walking through and messing my hunt up. By the time 6 day comes along you have had over 2 months to pattern and kill your buck.
In this state, pattern deer typically means, put bait out, corn, apples, sweet potatoes, pumpkins etc, put a camera on it and have pictures showing the target buck is there in the morning or night so that is to hunt.
I hate being up in my tree and having drivers come walking through. Well if you aren't hunting on private ground they (drivers) have just as much a right to the woods as you do.
Deer drives are legal. Most deer clubs are driving clubs that have been around a long time with a lot of history. To come on here and constantly bash how everyone else hunts, i.e uses bait, does deer drives, uses a crossbow, doesn't use a longbow or recurve, uses an inline instead of a flintlock or caplock etc does not do our sport any favors.

NJDeerDrivers good luck with the deer drives.

 

I don't hunt public land but I personally don't think drives on public land should be legal.

 

Why shouldn't it be legal? It's public land. Whether your a gun hunter sitting in a stand, bow hunter or with 24 other guys pushing the woods. The license on your back gives you the opportunity to do so. It's legal.

 

We need to mind our own business and worry about the way WE hunt. Correct, hence the reason I am so strongly against deer drives in this state. When it is 8am on opening morning and I'm tucked in my stand since before day break and a bunch of drivers come bashing through the woods, I am worrying about the way I hunt, and I'm also worrying about the way they are screwing up my hunt. In this state it is rather easy to kill a deer. There is no need for deer drives. I hunt maine as well and drives are popular there as well. But I have hunted days without even seeing a single deer up there in the big woods, and we would usually push a few peices the last day of the season to put meat in the freezer. Not opening morning.