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Hello Everyone,

Hunting Widow here.  I hunt the woods of northern Wisconsin.  I am new to bow hunting but love it and can't wait for fall.

Hello Everyone,

Matt Eastman here from Wisconsin.  I hunt were ever and when ever I can.  Because of my job as a outdoor writer I am fortunate enough to be able to hunt all over the country but I prefer the hardwoods of the Midwest during the Bow Season of September and October for big whitetail deer.

I look forward to meeting you all!

Regards,

Matt Eastman

I'm Russ and I hunt TN whhitetail and turkey, as well as the big whitetail of casey count, KY.

Hi, my name is Marty. I live and hunt in the western Maine mountains. There's everything here. Turkey, Moose, Deer, Ducks, and Pheasants. There are almost too many Turkeys around. They almost need crosswalks around here. I stay at Evergreen Valley Inn evergreenevtoa.com. It's a great spot, and not that many hunters come here, mostly locals. I used to live in Southern Maine, and it's so overcrowded with hunters, it's almost a hazard to go into the woods.

Hey Moose, welcome to the site! You do live in a sportsman's paradise, but it sure gets cold& snowy up your way

Marty, welcome to the forum.  It is great to have someone in your part of the country to give us your perspective on things.  I don't think we have anyone from Maine on the board so welcome again.  Is the majority of people that come into your area from the more metropolitan areas to the South or natives to the area?

Happy, welcome on board!  It's nice to have you around.  It's a pretty nice group around here and the topics are nice and broad.  I'm looking forward to hearing you post on all of the topics here.  I've already learned a lot about how things are handled on the other side of the pond and I'm looking forward to learning more.

I was up that way several years ago on a family vacation, talk about a place to hunt moose, they were everywhere.  I was drooling

big buck, I am lucky enough to shoot just about everything going, I love to stalk deer , shoot geese, decoy wood pigeon, shoot foxes and rabbits at night with the lamp, decoy crows etc. I have just came back from hunting in sweden, shooting moose and bear, great experiance and I hope to go back next year.

In feburary I have some friends coming over from portugal to film and shoot the woodpigeons, we have to wait until then  because we shoot over keepered land and the gamekeepers don't wont any disturdance to the pheasents, should be good fun though.

it can be  as expensive or inexpensive as you like,if you want to shoot driven red grouse on the upland moors in the uk it can cost you tens of thousands of pounds for just one day, this is the top end of the market and not for your normal working man where as a walked up day on the grouse with the keeper for maybe 2 or 3 brace over pointers could set you back about £200 a day, each. I am in a small snydicate where we rear our own pheasants and release them on approx 2000 leased acres , this costs each gun approx £550 pound for the season which isn't bad, we shoot every sat from 1 nov until feb 1.

If you control vermin on private land you usually don't pay for it, such as rabbits, fox, pigeon, crow etc.

deer stalking can set you back about £80-100 for a stalk on roe bucks, a red stag can set you back minium £250, more if its a twelve pointer or above,its best to try to get into a deer sydicate as it makes it a lot cheaper,you only pay a yearly rent as opposed to each animal.

the trip to sweden was via a danish friend who is part of a hunting lodge out there so it only cost me the price of a couple of airfares which from glasgow airport to stockholm only cost me £70 return, as a return favour I will take him hunting here in the uk which will cost him the price of a couple of plane tickets only,......... good eh

Prices may be similar, but access to land and firearms sound much more difficult and complicated.  Happy, what does a box of shells go for?  Say, 12ga #6's or such, something generic not exotic.  Or do you have to shoot non-toxic shot over there?

getting land is the single biggest problem for hunters starting out. no public land in the uk so permission must be sought off the land owner.

12 ga #6 28g lead will set you back about £5-6 ($8-9 dollars) @25 for nothing special,average load,cheaper if you can buy in bulk say 5000 plus,

we must use non toxic for all wildfowl regardless whether your on the coast or over an inland flight pond, cheapest is steel about £5-6 a box @25, if you want hevishot or similar you are looking at about £25-30 for @10, very expensive , if you want something heavy for the geese you need to take out a second mortage,although the price of lead ,copper,tin,steel has dropped quite a lot so we may see cartridge prices falling.

the prices probably won't affect me for a while has I had a gun shop here in the uk, and when I closed it I kept all the ammo so I such be alright for a couple of years.

if you have a shotgun licence then you can go in to any gunshop and buy any shotgun you like and walk out with it there and then ,s/a are restricted to 3 shot unless you have a firearm licence,

rifles are the same but you must have a space on your licence to aquire certain calibre,an example would be when I applied for my firearm renewal I already had 1@.243,1@.22 c/f, 1@.17 c/f, 1@.22 rimfire on my licence so therefore I could not increase the amount of these calibre rifles. i wanted a .270 for the larger deer so when my renewal came up I added this on as well ,as soon as my licence arrived through the post I was then allowed to go and purchase 1@ .270 rifle.

note that you can only have what is exactly stated on your firearms licence, you even have to state the amount of ammo you can buy and store at any one time, all gun transactions must be done face to face where you  can check each others paperwork.you must also apply for a sound moderater if you want one,this must be included in the licence when applied for.

basically anyone can apply for both licences but you must give a good reason for owning each particular gun and be of sound mind, and no criminal record,the police have access to medical and crime records and they do check.

thats why the uk as the lowest incident rate concerning  sporting firearms...... they don't just let anybody have them, you are rigouresly checked out.I know you guys over there have it written that you have the right to bear arms ,but some people in society such never be allowed to own/use them.

the ammo amounts are not much of an issue ,its what we've always had to deal with from the begining when you apply for a licence you make sure you put down the right amount before you send it off.

I'm John Simeone, outdoor writer from Louisiana. I'm one of those rare all round deer hunters that hunt all the seasons and then attempt to see what I screwed up. I am a firm beleiver that there are good hunters, lucky hunters and rich and famous hunters, but there are no pro hunters. If there were pro hunters, them and used car salesmen would be in the same catigory...Pass it on.

Uncle John

John, welcome to our little corner of the internet.  Those are some strong opinions.  Personally, I think you're giving used car salesman too much credit!

Honestly though, can you help me to understand the "no pro hunter" stance?  Not trying to be difficult, just understand.  Thanks.