New York City hunters
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>At thirteen or so he >bought me for Christmas a lever action falling block 22, was a saddle gun. I >don’t remember if it was an Ithaca though.
That gun was my second .22. It is an Ithaca Model 49 saddle gun. I still have it like all my firearms. I think I got it in 1960 or so. I was just going into my gun cabinet recently and was admiring this firearm and the single shot .22 Marlin glenfield bolt action that I "earned" by selling all occassion greeting cards. I don’t know if you remember them being advertised on the back of comic books or in Boy’s life magazine. Picture this in Brooklyn, NY a kid coming to your apartment door selling greeting cards so he can get a gun. Hey that was before the GCA of 68 and it was delivered to my door. Those firearms are still used by me, my wife and my son. Hopefully, they will be passed down to my heirs. It was interesting me holding these .22’s in my 48 year old hands as I reflected how I held them many years ago with the hands of a 12 year old. As I got older I was able to fulfill my boyhood dreams of hunting and fishing as I was able to escape to more rural areas. When I was a teen, my dad always said that I should have been born on a ranch or a farm. ED Visit the rec.hunting and rec.hunting.dogs FAQ Home Page at: http://sportsmansweb.com/hunting/
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> >I was wondering where you NYC hunters venture to if you do not have access >to >private land? > Suffolk county. Bowhunting (Nov -Dec 31). Pheasant hunting (same time period). > Shotgun /Muzzleloader for deer (first 3 weeks in Jan). > State Land. Access controlled by permit. Contact Region 1 headquarters of DEC > at Stonybrook. > I go 50 miles east and I am in my treestand; I go 50 miles west and I am in the > concrete jungle. 12 feet up and in camo is my choice anyday!
Thanks, how’s the hunting? > ED > Visit the rec.hunting and rec.hunting.dogs FAQ Home Page at: > http://sportsmansweb.com/hunting/
Visit the rec.hunting and rec.hunting.dogs FAQ Home Page at: http://sportsmansweb.com/hunting/
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I was wondering where you NYC hunters venture to if you do not have access to private land? Is there any public hunting land within a few hours that is worth checking out? Thanks. Visit the rec.hunting and rec.hunting.dogs FAQ Home Page at: http://sportsmansweb.com/hunting/
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I was wondering where you NYC hunters venture to if you do not have access to private land? Is there any public hunting land within a few hours that is worth checking out? Thanks. Now you really left this one open.;-) They don’t venture out, they sit in their apartment windows, overlooking central park and shoot the muggers. 
Really though there is state land available above Albany, in the Catskills where they can hunt using rifles. Now it just might get a little crowded there if they all were to go there. Having been raised in Buffalo, there is allot of good hunting in the Catskills and is the southern tier of NY State. Good hunting. Buck Visit the rec.hunting and rec.hunting.dogs FAQ Home Page at: http://sportsmansweb.com/hunting/
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– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – >I was wondering where you NYC hunters venture to if you do not have access >to >private land? Is there any public hunting land within a few hours that is >worth checking out? >Thanks. >Now you really left this one open.;-) >They don’t venture out, they sit in their apartment windows, overlooking >central park and shoot the muggers. >Really though there is state land available above Albany, in the Catskills >where they can hunt using rifles. Now it just might get a little crowded >there if they all were to go there. Having been raised in Buffalo, there is >allot of good hunting in the Catskills and is the southern tier of NY State. >Good hunting. >Buck
Hey Buck, You were raised in Buffalo? Last time I looked the catskills were quite a bit south of Albany. North of Albany is the Adirondack Mountain Park. Quite a bit of difference. The catskills have a lot of deer, but also a lot of hunters. For those who want to get into the deep woods, the Adirondacks offers a quality hunting experience. Low deer populations, but Big Bucks, and real woods. Much of the private managed land is leased to hunting clubs, most of these are looking for members. There is a lot of State land, but most if it is forever wild, meaning that its not cut and you can’t use motorized transportation to get in. You either backpack in, and camp or use one of the outfitters who specialize in using horses and wagons to bring your gear in. every buck you get. Check out the following two web pages for some pictures of Adirondack Bucks. http://www.geocities.com/Yosemite/Trails/3336/ http://www.bowhunting.net/residents/tracker/index2.html/ Ken Karcich Rochester, N.Y. >Visit the rec.hunting and rec.hunting.dogs FAQ Home Page at: > http://sportsmansweb.com/hunting/
Visit the rec.hunting and rec.hunting.dogs FAQ Home Page at: http://sportsmansweb.com/hunting/
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Contact the DEC in New Paltz for locations of dozens of places open to hunting in the Lower Hudson Valley. : I was wondering where you NYC hunters venture to if you do not have access to : private land? Is there any public hunting land within a few hours that is : worth checking out? : : Thanks. : : : : Visit the rec.hunting and rec.hunting.dogs FAQ Home Page at: : http://sportsmansweb.com/hunting/ : Visit the rec.hunting and rec.hunting.dogs FAQ Home Page at: http://sportsmansweb.com/hunting/
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>I was wondering where you NYC hunters venture to if you do not have access >to >private land?
Suffolk county. Bowhunting (Nov -Dec 31). Pheasant hunting (same time period). Shotgun /Muzzleloader for deer (first 3 weeks in Jan). State Land. Access controlled by permit. Contact Region 1 headquarters of DEC at Stonybrook. I go 50 miles east and I am in my treestand; I go 50 miles west and I am in the concrete jungle. 12 feet up and in camo is my choice anyday! ED Visit the rec.hunting and rec.hunting.dogs FAQ Home Page at: http://sportsmansweb.com/hunting/
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Looking back to before being a teenager my dad bought me a 20ga H&R shotgun to hunt dove if I wanted to. Ended up costing Dad a mint to keep me in shotshells. Shot dove, quail, turtles, rattlers et al. At thirteen or so he bought me for Christmas a lever action falling block 22, was a saddle gun. I don’t remember if it was an Ithaca though. He took me into town so I could pick the rifle I wanted. The choice was the Nylon 66 or the saddle gun. Didn’t take time to even think about it. SADDLE GUN. This was around 40 years ago. I was extremely lucky to have being raised out in God’s country, Stonewall County, Texas. Dad still has about 3000 acres of pasture and farm land combined. It is so hard to even try to imagine not being around ranch/farm land. Coyotes, dove, quail, rattlesnake hunting, duck, deer (now we are harvesting 10-14 in racks), rabitts, feral hogs. Not many people has this amount of hunting land. I guess really though it is hard to imagine living in a large town. Had lived in Ft Worth for about 3 years from ‘69′ – 71. It wasn’t that big back then though. Having the mouth slobbers above but wanted to feel how lucky I am. Some times one has lost the ability to see everything in the right prospective. I’ve go to help Dad on fence repairs, driving a tractor, loading hay and sacked cake for the cows in the winter. I was wondering where you NYC hunters venture to if you do not have >Access to private land? Is there any public hunting land within a few hours that is >worth checking out?
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