New guy from North West CT, Saying Hello!

Hi everyone here on PLBH's! My name is Chris and I'm living in the Northwest corner of CT (I know, I know, could I have possibly picked a worse place, concerning taxes/regulations and general blue blood flowing through my fellow statesmen, to call my home? Dare I say that there aren't to many places around the country that could compete with CT when it comes to useless gun laws aimed at making it as difficult as possible for citizens to exercise their 2nd Amendment rights and tax rates that make you shudder when thoughts of them cross you mind, but something is really surprising about CT and hunting here. There is quite a bit of public hunting land and from experience I can tell you that the last bastion of rational thought in the state agencies is the CT DEEP and the Wildlife devision contained with in it! When I saw this with my own 2 eyes I almost had a heart attack!! Anyway, this is my first season hunting with a bow (PSE Drive LT 70# 30.5inDL) on CTs public hunting areas in the NW corner of the state. Ive been shooting around 150 arrows a week in preparation for the last 4-5months and I can not wait to put a sly, vary mature 9 point (sly 9 as he has been dubbed) that I have been chasing since I laid eyes on him during the first week of state land bow season, Ive got him pretty much nailed down and the area he's in isn't seeing any other pressure than me sneaking in there a couple days a week when the winds right. He just needs to make that one mistake and put himself inside my 35-40 yard comfort zone, up until now either he's got a sixth sense or he is under some sort of divine providence because he has managed to come inside of 20yards twice, and yet offer me no shot -_- Im going after all turkey too and coyote if the opportunity presents it self. I though I'd say high and give a little insight on my battle that has developed over my first bow season on state land. I hope there is going to be a lot I can learn from all of you and that I can, maybe help some others out too. Stay up wind guys sincerely, from the new guy Chris out of NW-CT

Awesome post, welcome!!!

Thank you, and thanks for the welcome!

Welcome aboard, glad you're here!! Thanks for the post on bear thoughts, good thoughts.

Hi Pinch Point, thanks for the welcome! And the bears oh the bears! Theres so many of them here its becoming a really big problem, I was talking with one of our local game wardens (DEEP Wildlife officers) and had quite the conversation about the bears and the talk going on in the DEEP about pushing for a black bear season. Turns out they are so over populated that the bores aren't stopping at infanticide, they are killing the sows too! Needless to say thats not good, and the sows have responded by become ultra-agressive toward bores, raising the likelihood of attacks on hikers/hunters (as they move through brush) due to mistaken identity. I just hope its not going to take a fatal attack for them to get into gear on this. Anyway, thanks for the welcome! I hope I can learn for you guys and help out others too! Good luck out there!

Welcome, I joined the forum not long. These guys have some good topics. Taking deer on public land with a bow is a defiantly rewarding.