Bowhunting in Halton area

Hey Guys, So I haven't been on here a whole lot, in fact hardly at all... I'm really not sure how many archery guys there are on here and how many are in the GTA..... I started shooting about 20 yrs ago, back when Brampton Archery was still around, I got out for a few years of hunting but never with any real success.
I moved away from archery for several years and am now getting back into it, but all of the people I used to know I've lost touch with over the years and I'm kind of starting fresh again. I joined a local club but I barely ever run into to anyone there, due to the times I'm able to get out. I am self sufficient, I belong to a club and shoot at least once a week, more if I have the time. I've gotten a press and am slowly amassing tools, (I hate driving 45 minutes each way to the nearest competent shop to do something as simple as straighten my peep out). Although I have no place of my own to hunt I plan to get out to the halton regional forests this fall for as many days as I can, not the best but it whats available to me and I'm good with that.
I'm just looking for some other people to get out and fling some arrows and do some hunting with at this point. I'm not interested in poaching anyones spots or anything like that, if someone wants to come out to the regional forest and find other people already set up where we want to hunt (because thats public land lol ). then that's fine with me I am just looking to do some networking and meet some people. If anyone's interested, send me a message and we can make arrangements. Oh my handle is stick shooter because I used to shoot longbows, I've gone back to the training wheels now and shoot a compound these days.

cheers
Kevin

welcome to the forum

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Got it thanks!

welcome to the forum. fellow archer here.

Im hunting the halton tracts, lots of dogs ,people, horses and had my stand stolen yesterday. There are deer, just go deeeeeep

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Originally Posted by pdhenderson

Im hunting the halton tracts, lots of dogs ,people, horses and had my stand stolen yesterday. There are deer, just go deeeeeep

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I have hunted most of those tracts since the early 90's. You are not the first to lose a stand out of those tracts, theres also a local who will tell you he owns part of the public land until a map (pm me if you need a copy) and GPS is produced to prove otherwise.

Haven't been back here for a bit, thanks for the replies! I used to always hunt on the ground, this year I was going to get a tree stand but was told not to bother, they are too much work to set up every time and people steal them if you leave them out. At least this is the advise i was given. I was in one of the smaller tracts yesterday and saw 2 well brushed in pop up blinds that looked like they had been there for a while, so I may get a cheap tree stand and see what happens. Anyone had any luck so far?

Get a climber. You will be more mobile, and don't have to worry about it going missing. A lot of public forests tracts implement a policy of temporary use stands anyway. Should you leave one out there I'm not certain, but, I do believe the authorities have the right to confiscate it. In addition to that, you never have to worry about going to YOUR stand and finding someone else already in it and dealing with that confrontation.

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Originally Posted by ride.lift.shoot

Get a climber. You will be more mobile, and don't have to worry about it going missing. A lot of public forests tracts implement a policy of temporary use stands anyway. Should you leave one out there I'm not certain, but, I do believe the authorities have the right to confiscate it. In addition to that, you never have to worry about going to YOUR stand and finding someone else already in it and dealing with that confrontation.

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Correct , the Halton tracts require a temporary stand. If it is left up it must be taken down a week ( 7-10days) after the season ends. There’s a no cut policy, cutting shooting lanes is frowned upon and can get your hand slapped.

I’m seeing more tracks no physical deer thus far in Halton, a lot of cute and fuzzy porcupines though.

After having mine stolen in Halton I’m going to use climbers for public and hang on for private!
Your ability of playing the wind or relocating with a climber is a no brainer

Forgot
Good luck
Please post photos if you fill your tag there!

people cant leave other peoples stuff alone eh, sad

Old thread I know, but, this is my 1st year hunting the regional forests in the 35 years I've lived around them. These old reports are correct, very hard to find a spot, as there's tree stands everywhere. I've been tried 6 times so far, so hopefully I'll see one or connect sooner or later.

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Originally Posted by ride.lift.shoot

Get a climber. You will be more mobile, and don't have to worry about it going missing. A lot of public forests tracts implement a policy of temporary use stands anyway. Should you leave one out there I'm not certain, but, I do believe the authorities have the right to confiscate it. In addition to that, you never have to worry about going to YOUR stand and finding someone else already in it and dealing with that confrontation.

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X2 on the climber.......Summit Viper. I agree you never need to worry about it going missing if you take it out with you when you leave. But I did leave mine out for 2 weeks and when I went back to use it one afternoon the squirrels chewed the crap out of my seat - had to stand for that hunt. New seat was $100 - lesson learned.

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Originally Posted by 410001661

X2 on the climber.......Summit Viper. I agree you never need to worry about it going missing if you take it out with you when you leave. But I did leave mine out for 2 weeks and when I went back to use it one afternoon the squirrels chewed the crap out of my seat - had to stand for that hunt. New seat was $100 - lesson learned.

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X3 on the summit viper climber. Most comfortable and safe stand out there. I believe many people are very limited with ladder stands, even on private land they regularly hunt. The use of ladder stands limits you to one spot unless you have multiple stands. This means you're limited to sitting on the ground if you have bad wind. Not only that but whenever I leave stands I notice animals ALWAYS look at the stand first. I've noticed it from 2 year old bucks that move around them to avoid them and from young bears before they hit the bait. Whenever I sit in a climber/temporary stand they never look my way unless I give them a reason to.

I've been living in Halton Hills for 30 years too, though now I spend most of my time up north. Always looking for a new location to hunt, new people to hunt with. Also bow season lasts 2 weeks longer down here. I know a few local farmers, I should talk to them and see if they'll let me hunt their land. One has 300 ac, bordering the Credit River.

Am from toronto, i just started hunting this year, I still have buck tag , am trying to fill it up before Dec 29, until now am still solo but willing to get a partner, BTY am hunting with a crossbow