An Open Letter to New Hampshire Fish and Game

New Hampshire Deer

To Whom it May Concern, Something has been eating at me all season, and I have to get it off my chest. Here’s the deal – I live in Vermont but hunt both sides of the river as much as possible. I like your long seasons and how you allow hunters to choose what to…

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2018 Hunting Season Update 7 – The Joy of Watching Deer!

Deer, Deer Hunting, Vermont

I rarely have the opportunity to sit and observe deer. Since I hunt mostly wooded areas, the majority of the deer I see are passing quickly by me. They are either en route to some unknown destination, or someone scared them (me). It’s not very often I just get to enjoy their company for a…

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2018 Hunting Season Update 6 – New Hampshire Rifle Doe

Hunting Season, Deer Season, Rifle Hunt, New Hampshire

“You have three more chances to bring a deer home. If you don’t shoot anything by then, you’re done.” She said. Challenge accepted. My wife, bless her heart, has grown weary of me spending time in the woods while watching our venison stores in the freezer continue to deplete. She’s had trouble comprehending that I…

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2018 Hunting Season Update 5 – Right Place, Wrong Time.

Muzzleloader hunting; Deer hunting; Deer

The deer have got me discombobulated, there is no doubt. My time lugging the ol’ smokepole around the New Hampshire woods has yielded zero pounds of venison for the fridge, though I did have a chip shot opportunity at a lone doe. I decided to pass on her since it was the first day and…

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2018 Hunting Season Update #4 – The Dreaded October Lull

Archery Hunting, food plot

I recently saw an article disputing the idea of the October lull. I don’t know the specifics of what it said because I only read article titles these days, but presumably, the writer gave some bogus information supporting the claim in the title that the idea of an October lull is a myth. That’s the…

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