Drew waited until after duck season was over to show up. I couldn't resist taking a picture for scale... but now it looks like the goose is whispering in his ear. [/QUOTE] Awesome and congrats. This pic will spark a few smiles 30 years down the road I'm sure!
Wondering if there is a state that issues hunting licenses without the NRA safe hunter education. I got mine 45 years ago and by not renewing my hunting license in CT for over 5 years (I went six) I can't get the license again without going to class again and they are near impossible to get into here. Limited and not offered often. I have old licenses from CT but they are older than 5 years. Same with bowhunting, I have those too, but I have to take the course again. I think if I have a license from another state, I can get the CT license again.
Check Indiana. Our license laws has a grandfather provision regarding age before a defined date. I can't remember what that date is but I'm 53 and I am not required by the statute to take a hunter safety course. I want to say the cut off date was 1968 or 1970? Good luck
That's pretty ridiculous. Wouldn't you have to have a resident license from another state then sorta make believe you just moved to CT and want to get your res. license there? Been a few years but I believe PA will sell you non-resident license without proof of a hunter safety course, I think maybe I had to sign something that I had passed a HS course. Always brought my NJ license along but don't recall ever being asked for it. Good luck
AWESOME. My little girl now 19 still talks about when I took her hunting and having to tell her to be quiet and not talk . Very cool pic.
thanks BigEasy and Crawdad. I'm 59 so the cut-off should be good. My sister lives in PA, so I may check when I go next time.
That's funny. I just moved to CT from NY and they accepted my NY license as proof at the town clerk's office, even though the state web site says they don't. The clerk called the state people and they said it was OK. Go figure. I had an undated bow hunter safety certificate, and the clerk was all over it looking for a date, but finally took it too, and put that in the computer for the future. Being a geezer, everything was free, including a fishing permit (I didn't take the bow tag which would have cost).
She runs with me. She gets about 15 miles in, each time. The JRT, runs the same. I am training him to find horns. He is picking it up, slowly Home, after a hard day
not a thing very few tracks, not even any droppings found. used to be an active area, Utah has a 50$ bounty per dog this year- may have taken its toll A good day nevertheless I did off a jackrabbit on the way back to the truck
I am glad somebody is having some luck, it has been a rough and humbling season for me, missed one 2 weeks ago, no big deal, i did not call him up, just happened to be where him and his hens were going. A week ago i was hunting at a nearby lake sitting in a boat hunting looking at a gobbler with his hens on a hillside and all of a sudden they decided to fly over, missed him too, today i finally called a good one in, he peeped his head out from behind a big tree 25 yards away and turned around and left before i could get a shot. For years i have been very successful, usually get 3, sometimes 4, one year i got 2 with one shot, oh well, as grandma used to say " the sun dont shine on the same hog all the time"
I have modified my schedule since last season: 3 on, 1 off, 3 on, 7 off. Nights. The freezer is empty and I'm about to load a crap-ton of shotgun ammo. I just added the CO waterfowl dates (5 areas for duck alone, all within 3 hours of me) to the Google calendar along with the pheasant seasons for ND and SD and my plains whitetail tag (deer and ducks). Can't wait for Sunday... well, Wednesday afternoon when I wake up from my stretch. Grouse first, but definitely a dove trip soon. I have a very good feeling that the new pup will be ready for our October duck opener at 5 months, but we'll be visiting a trainer first to make sure I've done my job with her. Happy nearly September, everyone!
