who wants to be in the small game hunting contest?

3168 Views 54 Replies 13 Participants Last post by mack, Sep 27, 2005

mack

Discussion Starter · Sep 26, 2005

whoever wants in should just notify me by leaving a message on this thread. so far our scoring looks like its gonna be

squirrel/woodchuck= 1pt.
grouse/woodcock=2pts.
pheasant=3pts.
rabbit=3pts.

the points will start being added up when pheasant/rabbit season starts.

once we find out whos in, we can make teams.

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Matty

· #41 · Sep 27, 2005

I dont know yet, when are you closing the sign-up?

JerseyJim

· #42 · Sep 27, 2005

I dont know yet, when are you closing the sign-up?

Mack isn't going to be able to sleep until you give him an answer!!!

mack

Discussion Starter · #43 · Sep 27, 2005

I AM CLOSING IT IN ABOUT 10 DAYS...TAKE YOUR TIME...I ALREADY HAVE TEAMS SET UP...I ALSO HAVE NJ DEER WAITING TO BE PUT ON A TEAM BECAUSE THE TEAMS ARE EVEN RIGHT NOW. SO WHEN THE NEXT PERSON SAYS THEY WANT IN, NJ DEER AND THE OTHER PERSON ARE PUT ON TEAMS...IM TRYING TO KEEP THE TEAMS EVEN (JUST TO SUMMARIZE MY CONFUSING STATEMENT ABOVE LOL)

mack

Discussion Starter · #44 · Sep 27, 2005

NJ DEER, YOUR ON TEAM 1 WITH ME.

JerseyJim

· #45 · Sep 27, 2005

It's looking good Mack![up]

TJC

· #46 · Sep 27, 2005

How about a 3rd team? [up][down]

JerseyJim

· #47 · Sep 27, 2005

How about a 3rd team?

Lets see how many people we get!![up] If we have enough we can make more teams!!![up]

Matty

· #48 · Sep 27, 2005

After thinking it over, bowhunting for deer takes up too much of my time, I wont be able to get out to hunt small game. So I dont think I would help my team at all, Im not gonna join.

Sounds cool though! Good luck all![up]

BobR

· #49 · Sep 27, 2005

Same here remove me from the team. If hide prices are up I'll take over 200 ***** between the ***** & snares. I don't think it's unfair because nobody taking those #'s of pheasants or rabbits. but with this group I could be wrong LOl

Matty

· #50 · Sep 27, 2005

By the way, Im not sure if you guys cleared it up, but you can bowhunt for all the small game. Read the first section under Small game Regulations on page 58 of the Digest.

That light brown shotgun only section is reffering to the coyote & fox nightime season. (as far as I can tell anyway)

If you guys included all the small game species that they list (except turkey) I may be more inclined to join. As for now though, I wont be able to kill most the animals listed while still deer hunting with some degree of seriousness. These seasons all coincide with the rut....so. I just cant bring myself to go out looking for a squirrel when I could be hunting a 160 cl [no swearing please] bruiser.

Hope you understand.
Have a good one---

wojtowicza

· #51 · Sep 27, 2005

Hope you understand.

Matty i don't understand. can you clarify that for me....

[cool]

JerseyJim

· #52 · Sep 27, 2005

Mack....I think we should take raccoons out of the contest and add crows....Raccoon hunting is a whole different game then regular small game animals, I think anyway. Whats everyones thoughts on that??

As far as crows go I will pop one when I get a chance while small game hunting. I think it would be a good addition to the contest. What is everyones thoughts on that?

Another thing is the North zone wood [no swearing please] season ends at the start of the rabbit/pheasant seasons!!!! I know some great wood [no swearing please] spots but I can't hunt them after the start of our contest![sad][down] I guess thats still cool though...I have the option to go south and hunt for them...

BobR

· #53 · Sep 27, 2005

Crows are cl [no swearing please] under "Migratory Birds" doesn't that mean steel shot?
Matty you better check about small game while deer hunting with a bow. Doesn't it read while deer hunting must have only broadheads, etc & small game calls for blunt heads.
Take the ***** off the list. The bears may get you boyz while out there in the dark. LOL

mack

Discussion Starter · #54 · Sep 27, 2005

I HAVE TAKEN RACOON OUT OF THE CONTEST BECAUSE YOU WANTED ME TO. SO HERE IS THE FIXED VERSION.

TEAMS WILL BE MADE WHEN THE AMOUNT OF PARTICIPANTS IS CERTAIN.

alright, i have composed a scoring list for the contest.

squirrel/woodchuck= 1 point
chukars/quail= 2 points
pheasant/rabbit= 3 points
grouse/woodcock= 4 points (POINTS FOR THESE ANIMALS ARE 4 POINTS BECAUSE THEY ARE HARD TO FIND)

RULES: you may hunt private land, but you must only count (for points) only the amount of animals that can be taken on public land. Example: you hunt on private land and shoot 5 pheasants. you can only count 2 pheasants.

any weapon (that is legal to use for the game you are hunting) can be used. Example: you can hunt for squirrel with either muzzleloader or shotgun.

the contest starts when pheasant/quail/rabbit season opens. game shot before then cannot be counted. the contest also ends when pheasant/quail/rabbit season ends.

IF YOU ARE UNSATISFIED WITH THE RULES, POST ON THIS THREAD EXPLAINING YOUR REASON.

THOSE ARE THE RULES FOR THE 2005 SMALL GAME HUNTING CONTEST! IF YOU WOULD LIKE ME TO EXPLAIN ANYTHING, PLEASE POST ON THIS THREAD! DO NOT POST ON THIS THREAD IF YOU ARE NOT IN THIS CONTEST!

THESE RULES ARE FINAL.

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mack

Discussion Starter · #55 · Sep 27, 2005

DOES EVERYONE AGREE WITH THE SLIGHTLY CHANGED RULES?

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