Parker

That's because Bergen County is full!

So true. The problem with the internet is that it has has spawned thousands of self-professed "gun experts" who, armed with a video camera, a YouTube account or forum page, expound on their limited knowledge to the masses about everything from tactical use right up to cleaning and disassembly in bad light in their bedroom using the bedspread as their canvas. The internet is an expeditious route to find information. However, if you have read a bit and have some knowledge, you can find some wondrous things because you already know how to separate the wheat from the chaff. Reading is still fundamental. (Makes you wonder how people sufficed for decades manipulating firearms, reloading, etc. without the marvels of the internet.)

That's my favorite about his videos. You can tell he's really enjoying himself. Maybe a little TOO much.

Sorry, I couldn't resist posting this - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y2ChRacaIV8

My friend went to Manitoba for a duck hunt ten years ago. He fly home into Newark and when he went to claim his shotguns, they were nowhere to be found. His Benelli and Beretta grew legs and walked.

You can carry a handgun on your property, just don't do so while bowbunting nor should you give anyone the illusion you may be hunting. You can carry a knife in the woods, just like you can on your person or in your car. Have a good reason for it and don't be doing anything else that may be interpreted as illegal. This is, after all, New Jersey. PS - I would read Title 23 if you have time. It's a good read and chock full of interesting things.

I entertained the idea of the 6.8, and think it has a nice niche in the AR platform. But I never progressed with that thought. I know someone who uses his regularly for whitetail in VA in an AR platform with 115 gr. bullets. I have been on the 6.8forum and read a few exploits, and the 6.8 SPC "taking elk regularly" is at best an ambitious endeavor. No one would put the 6.8 on their list as an "elk" cartridge. The dinky .243 Win. holds more powder and has better energy numbers with comparable bullets than the 6.8 SPC, and no one other than a seasoned rifleman under certain situations would pick the .243 as an elk cartridge. The same should hold true for the 6.8 SPC. It could work, but in limited situations. Comparing the 6.8 SPC to the .270 Win. is like saying the .40 Short&Weak is like its older brother, the 10MM. Just my thoughts. Any game that can weigh 800 lbs. should demand something with some oomph.

I think we all are in agreement that you can't have a firearm, any firearm; while bowhunting. That's as plan as day. Title 23 of the Fish and Game, Wild Birds and Animals regs. states: "Hunting" means the possession of an instrument used to take wildlife in a condition that makes the instrument readily usable, while in a place or in proximity thereto where wildlife may be found; So, after reading this, just having any "instrument" could presume you to be hunting. If you are on private property, and it's in the woods, that's a place "where wildlife may be found." Well then, you just may be hunting. You can't have a handgun, since that is not legal for hunting. Like LEO's, CO's too have discretionary powers, so it depends how this scenario will play out if you are caught. It may only be a summons, but if you've taken game and/or might not be legal in some other aspects of the game, you're rolling the dice. Another area of Title 23 specifically states that only weapons legal for hunting are shoulder-fired arms or bows that are drawn and held at arm's length. That covers crossbows, longbows & compounds, along with shotshell, muzzleloader, rimfire and centerfire longarms. But rules out handguns. (That's a shame too, because I'll bet every trapper in the state wishes for a sidearm instead of a longarm. That would be awfully handy.) Nothing stops CO's from asking to see your hunting license. Sometimes they will check your gun's magazine capacity limit, or check whether you have sights on your shotgun if you are shooting slugs, check your pockets to see if you are carrying slugs or buckshot during small game season, or ask if you've been fortunate to have taken any game that day, etc. On a different note, if you were to stop and think about it, there is no reason why handguns shouldn't be allowed for large game in NJ. This is the perfect environment for that. The political climate changes everything however.

They can and will. The game you hunt is managed by the state, not you. You need a hunting license to hunt, even on private land, so all NJ regulations apply with that.

Nope. From title2c_chapter39 - (2) A person carrying a firearm or knife in the woods or fields or upon the waters of this State for the purpose of hunting, target practice or fishing, provided that the firearm or knife is legal and appropriate for hunting or fishing purposes in this State and he has in his possession a valid hunting license, or, with respect to fresh water fishing, a valid fishing license;

New Jersey Regs. for bowhunting say: It is unlawful to: use or possess a poison arrow or one with an explosive tip use an edged head for taking game birds in flight use a bow one-half hour after sunset until one-half hour before sunrise during any hunting season use a bow and arrow from any vehicle, moving or stationary have both a firearm and bow in possession or under control while hunting transport in a vehicle a crossbow in the cocked position

The state needs to do more. Turkey and deer have become a fee-based product. Annual harvests of deer haven't changed much despite a smaller pool of hunters, although annual harvest numbers have been down for the last five years. Hunters just pay more to harvest them. Pheasant hunting is put and take. Quail are stocked as well and hunting is limited to two WMA tracts. There is little habitat left that would be considered carrying capacity to sustain them. Indigenous game like woodcock and grouse have a hard time staying local in forests that are all too mature. As for the tree-huggers, they balk each time talk comes up of foresting to create new growth. RGS has done volunteer work clear-cutting small lots of land in two areas of the state in an effort to create habitat, but it's not enough. The NJOA has a quail restoration initiative underway. We need more. When there were no turkeys, the state bartered trapped NJ grouse for turkeys from Arkansas back in the 80's and stocked them. Then there were no grouse. (There were always a few turkeys in NJ up north along the Delaware, they would fly over from PA to the NJ side.) Unfortunately, the grouse have all but disappeared since the 90's, and their hunting season has been reduced for a number of years now.

I first noticed coyotes in these mountains in the late 70's. Not as frequent as today but back then I always saw sign when I was in the woods. What was more common then were domesticated dogs running wild in packs. They were creepier. Often folks would dump their unwanted pets by the side of the roads up there and dogs would acclimate like the wild animal they are. The CO's would organize hunts every few years to cull them from the parks as they would get so bad. Back in the late 60's, this was a popular area too for "dog catchers" to go and snatch dogs which were then sold as lab animals.

I wasn't thinking of that. I believe you are right.

Correct. That's the deadline. (Or you convert every item to that abomination titled "this thing.") Registration means you will be the last owner in-state. You cannot will, sell or transfer to a family member when you die. (Planned obsolescence.) Any handguns would need a permit and they will be registered as well. I heard residents from Suffolk County have been told a minimum of 18 mos. now as the wait time for a handgun permit. (And that's just for transport/use/for home, etc.) It remains to be seen how many people will actually register their "assault weapons." Notice that there are no stories, headlines, news bits as to a status of how many have been registered so far since the law was enacted?

Folks have been taken by surprise with this feature since Browning added that function in the early 50's. Earlier A5's didn't have this feature. It is a slick utility when you're careful.

I'm pretty partial to the .444 Marlin. I've been shooting (and hunting) with one for some time now. It's a very versatile round if you reload. The Microgroove barrels can offer good accuracy with jacketed bullets; sub-MOA for three shots @ 100 yds. has been the norm. You can safely push the 265 gr. Hornady FP to more than 2200 fps safely with no pressure signs. I've never tried the newer FTX bullets that offer an improved B.C. I find the original 265 gr. FP works very well on whitetails. I've handloaded lighter pistol bullets just for fun and have gotten good accuracy with reduced loads (<1100fps) using lead bullets as well. Some outside input on the .444 Marlin. http://www.guns.com/2012/01/30/five-underrated-rifle-cartridges/ BTW - .30-30's can be found anywhere. No so the .444. Being the last and only cartridge chambered in a Marlin with their name on the headstamp, this makes it kinda special.

The 20's are sweet field guns. Depending on age, style of wood, buttstock, plain barrel, solid rib or vent-rib; 20 ga. M37's weigh anywhere from 5 3/4 lbs. to just under 7 lbs. The aluminum-receiver Ultra Featherlight's weighed something like 5 1/4 lbs. if I remember. Just remember you'll need a swap for a LH safety if you're a southpaw.

The Citori is a great gun as others have noted, but you might be at a disadvantage with a 20 ga. shooting trap. At the standard distance for trap, you are positioned 16 yds. behind the trap house and break the target as it rises, which is usually another 10 yards or further from the trap house. At this distance, a 20 ga. would suffice, but when shooting any of the handicap distances or handicap doubles you will be at a disadvantage.

The USAMU did well at Camp Perry this year. Their team shot a perfect score in the long range 1000 yard Herrick Trophy shoot. http://bulletin.accurateshooter.com/2013/08/usamu-team-shoots-record-800-57x-at-1000-yards/ They also won at the 52nd Annual Interservice Rifle Championships in July prior to Camp Perry. http://bulletin.accurateshooter.com/2013/07/usamu-shooters-win-team-and-individual-interservice-titles/

http://www.shotgunworld.com/bbs/viewtopic.php?t=75206

The fellow who claims ownership to that shotgun monstrosity has its history penned on the slug shooting forum on ShotgunWorld. Interesting stuff. This is another interesting forum for slugshooters. http://www.slugshooting.com/

+1 Or a Win. 94 Trapper if you can find one.

I stand corrected. Thanks I have grouse on the brain.

Well said. It's one thing when you are at the comfort and convenience of the range, it's another to ensure you have all the stuff necessary in your "possibles bag" when you're off in the woods somewhere a couple miles from your truck.