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others just like it can be found on the NH Fish & Game Department Website!
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It was brought to my attention that game tagging stations are loosing money,
because of on-line sales. Why??? Well, these licensing agents, also sell
licenses, and they are loosing 10% or more of their Licensing sales profits.
One might say, well 10% is not a huge issue, but the simple fact
is not only are these small sporting goods stores loosing 10% on license
sales, but they are also loosing 10% of sporting goods sales, because sportsman
and women are not walking into their establishment to make the license
purchase and also to pick up gear for the upcoming hunt. Yes, they still
get the $2 tagging fee allowed by the State for tagging the game, but they
are loosing a lot more than 10% due to internet sales of licenses.
The answer is not.. Do away with purchasing licenses online!.. Or Charge additional fees to the sportsman. The answer is... let's look at how much the licensing sales have increased since the State started selling licenses online, and take most of those profits and kick it back to the small sporting good stores, that TAG our game! The State needs to reward these tagging agents and keep them happy, without making the sportsman foot the bill! We have to, according to State law, register at the closest game registration station on your route home! We don't have a choice but to go to these establishments. I really don't want my ass chewed at tagging stations, because my license is printed off my computer! Which is exactly what happens to me "every time" I tag my game since I started buying my license online! I get the same ear full in Maine too! It is not just one tagging station or person either. It is all tagging stations, I have been too with online printed licenses, spring and fall! The owners of these establishments all make comments about this issue! A select few are candid and nice about it, leaving it as a conversation open for discussion, like the agent I dealt with today tagging a turkey was! While others in my past experiences have been very rude to me about this issue! Frankly, I pay enough to each of the States F&W Departments, I hunt in and buy enough gear for two hunters each year at sporting good stores. (Just ask my wife!) I should not have to have my ear chewed off at tagging stations about what the State has done to them. I simply want to tag my legally harvested animal and pay my tagging fee and go on my merry way. Hunters are on a natural high from having just harvested their animal, there is nothing worse than getting the feeling you are not welcome in an establishment! (Well yes maybe there is... It's similar to loosing a h#@#on when your 10 year old walks in on you and your wife's bedroom, unannounced! That sucks too!) Where my license was purchased should be of no concern at all to the tagging station owners, this is something ALL States Fish & Game Departments needs to repair and FAST!! Also..why does Wal-Mart sell Licenses ANYWAY!! They don't tag Animals for the State, they are not tagging stations..WHY do they sell licenses? I think the next time I shoot a turkey or better yet a deer or moose, I will drag it down an isle in Wal-Mart to ask them if they can tag it for me! They Sell Licenses.. they should tag our game! Maybe if we all did it, the State would get my point on this issue! Don't get me wrong! I love the State of New Hampshire and their Fish & Game Department does an outstanding job managing their wildlife, they simply need to stop and think about what they are doing, by taking profits away from the small businesses that do all their dirty work of tagging, record keeping, filing forms and selling licenses. Not to mention the relationship between the sportsman and the tagging agent! Which I personally think is more important! Steve Beckwith-
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Youth Opener Saturday 19 lb, spurs 3/4", beard 9", date shot 4/29/06 SWEET Mimi! Congratulations! |
Youth Day Opener - Sunday April 30th, 2006 17.5 lb spurs 3/4", beard 9" date shot 4/30/06. |
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Ian Bothwick from Alton N.H., his brother Harold Bothwick behind him and a buddy Keith Henner on the left. 16 pound Jake, 4" beard shot at 12 yards with a 20 remington Youth model 870 pump, 3" Remington Hevi shot. Two Jakes came running in. He missed a really nice tom an hour before, he was comming in full strut and he shot to early. He was bummed out but he rebounded well. Congratulations Ian... Nice comeback! |
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Got this one one opening day in N.H. in Alton at 7:45 in the rain. 18.5 pounds, 9" beard, .75 spur, two year old. shot at 40 yards with browning gold 3" Winchester supreme elite. |
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At fly down 5:30 A.M., I had at least 7 birds gobbling a long way off this morning, I called the first group to the field edge within minutes of fly down, but there was 200 yards between us and they refused to enter to the two hen decoys I had set up, at "0" "Dark Thirty" this morning on the field edge. They could be heard gobbling straight away from my setup. So I decided to, move my location to another field, that was actually further away but, it seemed like the right thing to do, the plan was to hang there until they naturally fed their way to my territory or my calling periodically. This field was only 40 yards wide and 75 yards long. I knew I could reach anything that hit the field with my 3 1/2" Ulti-mag. Well ... At 6:30 I started calling again, and within minutes,
a doe and a fawn entered the field and they walked right over to my decoys,
they didn't even notice me against my tree. I decided to keep hen yelping
to see what the deer would do, and their response was simply to eat more
clover next to the decoys. When I called, I heard a Tom Gobble about 200
yards away, so I waited five minutes and called again, the Tom gobbled
closer and was coming towards my calling. So I stopped calling, the deer
still remained at the decoys. This Tom, came to the field edge, about
40 yards but inside the woods over a stonewall, and looked out at my decoys
and the two deer feeding and he never made a sound, then broke into a run
along the stonewall until he disappeared. I had not moved and the deer
were still at the decoys feeding, (at 15 yards) so I did a gentle hen yelp
and three Jake's sounded off, where the Tom was originally when I first
heard him. These three came in gobbling, as Jake's do, all the way in!
When they hit the field they went full strut, drumming and hissing at the
deer and decoys. The birds came right to the deer all fanned out displaying,
Then they made the fatal error of moving fifteen feet to the right of the
deer and encircled my decoys, when I let this Jake have a full load to
the head.
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May 5th, 2006 7:05 A.M. 14 1/2 lbs 5 1/4" beard 3/8 Spurs 3 1/2" Mossberg Ulti-Mag |
I wish someone could have been there with me this morning... The things we hunters see when we are in the field, are something anti-hunters only see if we film it for them on their TV Screens! And many times, like my experience today, they will never have the chance to witness what I saw! Take A Kid Hunting! Protect Our Heritage! |
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May 9th, 2006 - Harvested in Merrimack County Mossberg 12 gauge #6 Winchester high velocity 3 inch turkey loads. 18.5 lbs and a 10 inch beard When birds were still dry in 2006! Nice bird! Congratulations! |
May 12th, 2006 23 pound, 10" beard, 1" spurs, shot in Southern NH Wet Birds Are In Season This year! Sweet Bird Frank! |
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May 21, 2006 19 lbs. - 9 inch beard-1 inch spurs Shot in Merrimack county NH at 6:40 AM Charles daly 12 gauge 3 inch #5 Winchester high velocity turkey loads. Shot was at about 15 yards Congratulations Bob, on your First N.H. Gobbler! |
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David Thayer - Caller (Center) Great Job David on getting these two their first turkeys! Congratulations to all of you!!! May 20th. On the left is Harold Bothwick, he shot a 17 pound Jake with a 4" beard, with half inch spurs, that bird was shot in Alton, N.H. the guy on the right is Ben Lovejoy he shot a 14 pound jake with a 4" beard, in New Durham, N.H |
With David Thayer - Farmington, NH 20 pounds 9.5 inch beard, 1 inch spur shot in Alton N.H. Browning Gold 3" Remington Hevi-shot # 5's |
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This bird is my most special bird of the season ! My 6 year old Tyler
Fenderson wanted to try turkey hunting so in NH is allowed to get a license
and hunt with an adult. I set him up with a Tomwacker muzzle loader from
MDM. The reason for using the muzzle loader was so I could make the load
size fit my son with out scaring him off from wanting to shoot the gun.
The load size I came up with for him was 70 grains of powder three fiber
wads 1oz of #6 lead shot followed but two more fiber wads. (Effective range
for this load 33 yds on paper target.) The aid of shooting sticks were
a must to help with him balancing the gun and being able for him to move
in any direction on his own. I had a red dot on the gun " put the red on
the head pull the trigger and he should be dead " !
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22 lb 10 inch beard 1 inch spur and 7/8 spur taken with a MDM muzzle loader shotgun ! "OMG is this awesome or what!!!" This is what I call starting those kids into hunting at a young age! New Hampshire Game Laws certainly have the edge on Maine and other neighboring States. What a thrill for this young boy to be a part of his family heritage. The Fenderson's come from a long line of hunting tradition. 
Nathan Fenderson one of the owners of the Northwoods Adventures TV Series, that is nationally televised, on the Sportsman Channel. Nathan is also part owner of Outdoor Adventure Company Guide Service. He is a registered Master Maine Guide. Congratulations Tyler and Nathan!
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Harvested In N.H. - May 25, 2005 21 lbs 9.75 inch beard 1 inch spurs I took out a great friend in the morning and we harvested a huge Tom in Maine. (See Mike Horning's bird at MaineTurkey.com ) With the hunt over by 7:00 am, and I still had a NH tag, I headed over to see if some action was to be had. It took about 1 hour to call this one in along with three of his other, long beard buddies. He seemed to be the dominate one. Always Gobbling while the others stayed in strut 40 yds he presented a shot and it was over |
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Peter Scala, Jeff Gilpatrick and David Thayer All Jakes It was alot harder than you would think but we got three birds. all jakes, We enjoyed it very much and look forward to next years fall hunt |
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We are looking for sporting goods stores, outfitters, guides, camps, real estate and any related businesses wanting to advertise with our website. From the amount of photos we receive every year, it is obvious we have an audience of sportsman to view advertising. If you know any shop owners, mention to them what great advertising they would get from the hundreds of web pages MaineHunters.com offers! This site has been paid for and maintained for over Five years with no advertising from outside sources, with over 15 networked website domains. Be the first on the block to advertise with us and rake in the advertising wealth! We will not call upon you and waist "our time" or "yours", unless you request our time, and then we will bend over backwards to assist you! (Well maybe not over backwards, I value my back!) We will be creating a page very soon for advertisers to purchase direct from. To Our viewers: As one might imagine, a lot of work and expense has been endured in creating this vast resource for New England Area Sportsman! The time has come to open up our website to Paid advertising, it's simply too much work to continue doing all this for the love of the sport! For advertising information contact: Advertising Department NHturkey.com Maineturkey.com |
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