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Hi from North NJ

Welcome from NJ! I hope to get out for bear one last time this weekend up your way in bear zone 1.
 
Shed84 said:
Welcome from NJ! I hope to get out for bear one last time this weekend up your way in bear zone 1.
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good luck! We are right on the edge of the populations. We have seen a couple since we moved here in sept 2019 and in the spring they are all around but this time of year not too much. A little further north or west though and it’s a different story.
 
casts_by_fly said:
Hi All,

Long time lurker for the past 2 seasons but already recognize this as one of the best forums on the net- so much good helpful advice. I've been hunting from a saddle for the past two seasons, this year pretty much exclusively aside from one sit and love the system. It was a quick learning curve about what a saddle offers, where you can set up, and how to approach deer vs an old treestand mentality and I love it. I started deer hunting about 30 years ago and bow hunting not far from that, but living internationally for 12 years put the kibosh on that. I've gotten back into the the past 3 seasons. Last season was a rough one for me, hitting two deer and recovering zero. But I know my mistakes and have worked some things out now.

I'm in north-ish NJ (between I78 and I80) and mostly hunt public land (WMA and township lands), though I have about 3 acres of my own behind the house that is available to me (and draws the bucks when the rut starts kicking off). I'd love to meet up with other NNJ saddle hunters and compare setups. I'm using 4x full length Heliums and a predator XL platform. Its a good setup, but I'm glad I'm not hiking in miles like some of you.

thanks
rick
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Im in Monmouth/ocean county. Seems like we have a couple NJ guys here spread throughout the state. Might have to set a meet-up in the spring!
 
casts_by_fly said:
good luck! We are right on the edge of the populations. We have seen a couple since we moved here in sept 2019 and in the spring they are all around but this time of year not too much. A little further north or west though and it’s a different story.
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Thanks! Last week I had 1 day to hunt them and took me most of the day to find them. Torn up fresh sign and more bear crap then I've seen in a long time so at least I'm in the ballpark now and can devote a whole day to that area if I can get out.
 
casts_by_fly said:
Hi All,

Long time lurker for the past 2 seasons but already recognize this as one of the best forums on the net- so much good helpful advice. I've been hunting from a saddle for the past two seasons, this year pretty much exclusively aside from one sit and love the system. It was a quick learning curve about what a saddle offers, where you can set up, and how to approach deer vs an old treestand mentality and I love it. I started deer hunting about 30 years ago and bow hunting not far from that, but living internationally for 12 years put the kibosh on that. I've gotten back into the the past 3 seasons. Last season was a rough one for me, hitting two deer and recovering zero. But I know my mistakes and have worked some things out now.

I'm in north-ish NJ (between I78 and I80) and mostly hunt public land (WMA and township lands), though I have about 3 acres of my own behind the house that is available to me (and draws the bucks when the rut starts kicking off). I'd love to meet up with other NNJ saddle hunters and compare setups. I'm using 4x full length Heliums and a predator XL platform. Its a good setup, but I'm glad I'm not hiking in miles like some of you.

thanks
rick
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Welcome to the site Rick!
I'm located in Morris county so looks like we are pretty close as well.
 
casts_by_fly said:
nice. Do you hunt the reservation? We are in Chester and drive through there all the time for various reasons.
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ttaillon said:
I have not. I hike through there as it is extremely close to me. But my understanding is I do not have access (to hunting) being that Watchung is in Somerset County and the reservation is a Union County park.
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I have hiked it and briefly looked into it. You have to hunt preset stands over bait piles so I lost interest at that point. Its unfortunate because I work 5 minutes from there.
 
redsquirrel said:
I have hiked it and briefly looked into it. You have to hunt preset stands over bait piles so I lost interest at that point. Its unfortunate because I work 5 minutes from there.
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That sucks. That would be really convenient for you, but that's not my style of hunting either.

Since they are close and I work from home, Black river and the chester parks are my main areas. We've only been here a couple years and I keep meaning to branch out and explore more, but there are plenty of good deer right here to worry about first.
 
casts_by_fly said:
That sucks. That would be really convenient for you, but that's not my style of hunting either.

Since they are close and I work from home, Black river and the chester parks are my main areas. We've only been here a couple years and I keep meaning to branch out and explore more, but there are plenty of good deer right here to worry about first.
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I was at the black river trap range the other day and saw 2 big does coming out of that no entry section they have right there haha!
 
Welcome from another NJ hunter; I live in Edison.

David

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redsquirrel said:
I was at the black river trap range the other day and saw 2 big does coming out of that no entry section they have right there haha!
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That's one bit of the WMA that I haven't walked but plan to over the next two months. There is a lot of swamp in there and a lot of thick stuff that I suspect a lot of guys aren't using.
 
casts_by_fly said:
That's one bit of the WMA that I haven't walked but plan to over the next two months. There is a lot of swamp in there and a lot of thick stuff that I suspect a lot of guys aren't using.
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It's one of the few WMA's close to home that I haven't spent much time on. I agree, I'm sure there are some good ones hiding in there. Definitely some thick spots.
 
I feel ya there. Spent 30 years in the Navy with most of that in San Diego….not exactly a white tail Mecca for sure. Welcome from Virginia Beach!
 
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