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Thanks i misread it, i thought it was the shotgun, bow, and rifle. ill just go and get what i can now. i think im going to try small game hunting first to get my feet wet. i was looking at the digest and if i read it right it looks like squirrel and rabit season are another month away and i think i might pick up an air rifle for that, but woodchuck season seems to still be going on now. I hope this isnt to much for a first time hunter, im willing to try anything as long as i can eat it... and by that i mean it has to taste good.

Well im back from my hunter education course and i now have my shotgun and rifle/muzzle-loader education card! I went alone as my brother mr. reliable backed out at the last minute and I didnt go for the bow since my little sister seemed to have interested in the bow license so i decided to wait for her. it wasnt terrible but it took fooooooreeeeeeevoooooor. if i knew what i know now i would have paid for the online course and skipped the little walk around lesson in the beginning and it sounded like the multiple choice test at the end too. i would have saved alot of time but i was being my usual cheap self. anyway my next step i guess is buying the actual license, I was going to just go ahead and buy what i got now or should i wait till i get the bow part in a few weeks and get the big all around package? im pumped, i cant wait to actually be bringing home the bacon!

yea I know a cop who recently retired after 36 years...... he has nooooo clue about nj gun laws. i think most cops know the laws best that they use the most usually a basic handgun possession charges and lots of drug laws. its the lawyers and prosecutors who know the laws, their the ones that read the report and try to screw you with the little stuff they find in their.

I probably will, I assume selling a shotgun would be even easier right? Im getting my first hunting license and i dont think my home defense shotgun is going to cut it out there in the woods.....

True, I think ill try that. probably try armslist too i dont really know what other sites have a classifieds section for guns.thanks for the help everybody.

im definitely going to, ill probably go for a couple hours on both saturday and sunday. but then i have finals next week and cant really practice again till next weekend but ill have time after work every day leading up to the class. 3 our of 5 in a tend inch target from 15 yards doesnt sound too bad

Me and my brother switched our classes to the 18th of august for all three licenses! My sister has a bow i can screw around with and i think i can get accurate enough to get the license, but i think ill wait till i can get my own and become proficient with that before i try to actually go bow hunting. Anyway im doing some slow shopping for some basic hunting stuff. for instance i bought a Mora 612 knife, i heard some great stuff about mora and thought for the price i figured i cant lose. i also bought a kershaw skyline, same thing here i heard great stuff and figured i could use a good pocket knife. Next up though is where im having trouble deciding, i own a mossberg 500 self defense shot gun ( 18.5" barrel, pistol grip etc...) i was going to just buy a 28" barrel with the accuset chokes for about 160 and a new stock. but im wondering if maybe i should buy just a whole new shotgun ive seen mossberg's where you get two barrels the 28" and the rifled barrel for about 360ish. i feel i might be better off doing that and selling the self defense shotgun and buying the shorter barrel for 80 bucks. please let me know what you think, im getting more and more excited as i get closer to actually going through with this!

I havent even put it up for sale yet im just looking into it now before i try. Just to make sure, no background checks or anything right? Does anybody have any experience with these auction sites? is it any better than just putting it in a classified section?

Thanks, Any rules for shipping though like marking the box a certain way? Or no usps or no ups?

I'm looking to sell a handgun for the first time. Could somebody give me a quick run down of my responsibilities during and after the sale. Would I be better using an auction website and selling out of state? And what are the laws for selling and shipping out of state? I'm terrified of braking some dopey NJ law, any help is appreciated.

so how long do you think it would take say I go back next month and take the test for the bow and rifle? 30 min? Or like still like an hour?

I see on the website that in mid August they'll have weekend classes for all three. When they come out I think I'll switch to that and get all three out of the way for now. Food plots I assume are kind of like spots you called shotgun on? I guess I have a lot of you tubing to do.

no shotgun only but I'm keeping an eye out for new class postings. If I take just the shotgun class and go back later for the rifle, do I have to do the whole class again or do I get a shorter class for that second class?

@so dank: Geez so many things to buy! What's wrong with hunting deer with a shotgun? I'm 25 I live in the Sayreville/old bridge area I don't think there's much hunting around here lol I'm willing to travel though to learn how to do this stuff. Thats why I was leaning towards birds, Idk what I'm doing and saw their were guides for them but couldn't find any for deer.

Thanks VTEC I'll look into those tomorrow morning I hope you were serious about that offer, I might take you up on it. You're only 25 min away from my job in Edison.yea I dont expect it to be cheaper I just know if I buy a prebuilt rifle I'd end up replacing every part in a year anyway haha.I'll take a look through armslist I feel like it would be fun to build one head to toe from scratch. I just dont want it blowing up in my face.... Literally