Thread: Any locals willing take a couple guys hunting?

Originally Posted by Sideshow

Where you guys from in the states? What do you hunt there?
Do you have a few pics? If so would love to see them. I’m sure someone here will help you out and if they head your way latter I’m sure you would reciprocate

We’re from New Hampshire in the far northeast. I hunt wild turkeys and whitetail deer there almost exclusively on public accessible lands. The turkeys are the most opportunistic as they are in good numbers and are highly responsive to calling in the month of May. Whitetails are in poor numbers and are best hunted from treestands, as they’re extremely skittish in our dense forests while remaining almost completely silent. There are decent numbers of black bears about 3 hours north of where I live, but I’ve never hunted them as baiting is the recommended method which requires a thorough permitting system and a steady supply of replenishment. We also have a ballot system for moose, but due to severely declining numbers resulting from a disease called brainworm as well as insects called ticks we’re down to 51 permits total issued yearly among an average of over 13,000 applicants annually. A couple times over the past 3 years I’ve made the 5,000km or so trip west for the September wapiti bugle in the Rocky Mountain region. It’s an extremely tough do-it-yourself hunt due to competition from fair amounts of other hunters as well as natural predators like wolves and mountain lions, not to mention the steep terrain. I’ve been fortunate to have taken 1 bull with a bow in 3 hunts spanning a total of 5 weeks. We’re allowed 1 turkey each May season and they’re relatively easy, and I’ve taken several whitetails with both a rifle and bow. The really good hunting is likely best found elsewhere, such as the Midwest for whitetails. Some areas of the US can have great public land access like NZ, but they don’t always produce game. A strong majority of the best hunting is on privately owned property or found among the many ballotted areas.