Re: fishing during hunting season
Bow season and the early muzzleloader seasons are going on at preasent..as well as the early small game season I believe the Traditional Rifle season kicks in after Thanksgiving..Not sure as I did not get a hunting license this year....Been a few years now since I've bought em...Hopefully next season...Then their are all the reopenings of each season after Christmas....I do not stop fishing during any of them...
It was a Tradition for the bro in-law and I to hit the Susquehana for Walleyes on the opening day of Rifle season..enjoyed 100+ fish days many times...Miss those trips...
Wear that Orange Hat!!!!
Don't know about other states...But I do know that unless one is in possesion of a Hunting License with a Valid buck tag...One is NOT permitted to enter the woods, During Hunting season!!!! But I never let that stop me from fishing if I get the Jones up,To do so... :lol:
I've also been known to wade and flyfish a stream with the .06 on my shoulder during the Rifle season,As I've always seen more deer while fishing...Weather this was or is a leagal activity, Is beyond me..But I had all the requried gear and License's to do both activities on my person... :D
Re: fishing during hunting season
We duck hunt just a short distance from some really good trout waters and have been known to run the boat up on a gravel bar and get out the fly rods through the late morning and afternoon hours while the ducks were sitting still then just hunt the mornings and late afternoon and evening hours.
As far as deer hunting goes I had a shot hit the water in front of me about 30ft. a couple years ago while taking a break from the stand about noon, so I no longer will fish during deer season. The only thing I had on theat was not orange was the clothes under my orange coveralls, and my boots so that doesn't even help some times.
Steve
Re: fishing during hunting season
I hunt as well as fish. But if I want to fish during hunting season,....well, I've paid for my Fishing License, Trout Stamp and Forest Pass same as everyone else, and I have every right to use it. And I do not 'spook' game. Many times, I walk right up on deer drinking and crossing the streams. I am quiet in the woods and I doubt if I 'spook' anything any more than the hunters do going to and from their stands. I usually just stop and watch the deer, or bears or whatever. When they've finished and moved on, I continue upstream.
I've never had any conflicts with hunters, and in fact, have shared information about deer I have sighted with them. I have traded trout for deer meat on many occasions. I don't worry about the blaze orange or being shot at because most of the people here on the mountain have been hunting since they could walk, and have enough sense not to shoot at something unless they are 100% sure of what it is, and where the bullet is going. So around here, you're pretty safe, unless you're hunting with Dick Cheney!
Semper Fi!
Re: fishing during hunting season
I have talked to many hunters in this area. It is just short of uanimous that they leave the fieldls and forests by 10:00am. They do not go back in until 2:00 pm the earliest. I am not sure if the animals are not mvoing much then or if the hunters are tired needing a nap or just plain hungry. I do any fishing I am going to get done during those hours.
There can be some fabulous days of fishing at this time of year.
Rick
Re: fishing during hunting season
The best show in town, fishwise around here about the time hunting season starts up is whites and wipers. which puts me out there with deer hunters, turkey hunters and duck hunters. My tactic is to go either where they don't because it's the wrong kind of terrain for the game they seek, or where they can't because hunting is prohibited in those areas. I stick to the bigger lakes at this time because I can always find a bridge, dam face or rocky point that lets me fish in safety without intruding on the areas where the hunters are pursuing their quarry. When the whites and wipers start to slow down (usually about the time the hunting is really starting to heat up) that's my signal to stay home where it's warm and start filling the fly boxes for Spring.
Re: fishing during hunting season
I fish out on the big lake during hunting season. My pontoon is bright red.
That is a very good tip about not wearing white.
In future I will seek to cover the fly patch. It looks very much like a whitetail rump. I had not thought about that before this post. Plus it is right over your chest. I believe I will try to dye it a dull color.
Probably it doesn't help that my fishing vest is doe colored to start with.
Re: fishing during hunting season
The seasons don't overlap here, at all :( That being said, for those who enjoy nature and don't enjoy killing things, we have a rule that there is to be no hunting on Sundays. It's a relict rule from when our government was denominational and observed all religious practices (Sabbath day) but has since been embraced by naturalists and bemoaned by hunters. It's been re-pealed(sp?) in the last couple of years for a limited portion of the hunting season.......whoah...I think I just hi-jacked this post....sorry, man. :?
Re: fishing during hunting season
I have heard gossip that Tennessee hsa recently rendered an opinion that if a moron hunter mistakes you for a a deer and takes a shot at you, you are NOT allowed to shoot back (wrong sort of "blaze orange"?). You're supposed to wave your arms and scream.
I figure I would probably get out of jail sooner than a coffin... ...and then I heard about the woman who raised tan goats. She allegedly paints "GOAT", in orange food coloring or RIT dye, on each side of each goat during the deer season.
Now that's sad.
Ed
Re: fishing during hunting season
EdD
"...and then I heard about the woman who raised tan goats. She allegedly paints "GOAT", in orange food coloring or RIT dye, on each side of each goat during the deer season."
I just feel sorry for her neighbor raising "PERUVIAN ALPACAS"...
peregrines
Re: fishing during hunting season
Fellows, I don't know about most states but in NC we have some very good Trout and Small Mouth fishing in several of our state parks. In ther State Parks fishing is allowed and deer hunting is not. So it is quite pleasant to flyfish any day of the week without any fear of being shot at.
Of course my game warden buddy did tell me about getting shot at a few weeks back while trying to apprehend some poachers seining the creek for the recently stocked trout.
tom