Looking for Info

[dean.f]

Here is just a few examples
Attachment 41020Attachment 41021Attachment 41019
I figure it’s between 7-10 square kms
spanning at least 3 access roads and numerous atv trails

That seems like it could be taken from a few different perspectives. ATV and offroad clubs often post signs similar to promote their volunteer activity in the area on trails through Crown. Maybe this could be the case? I guess you won't know until you know.

[firedeptlt]

[I guess you won't know until you know.[/QUOTE]

Exactly. And that’s all I wanted was info from the get go. That’s why I asked in the group.
I couldn’t find any information on the web and I thought it couldn’t hurt to ask ( boy was I wrong ).

[SongDog]

Orange signs with a buck picture saying 1936 is defintely a hunting group. You sure they don't lease this spot? (I'm guessing not since doesnt say no trespassing)

but I'm guessing they are using hounds and thats why they stake off that much land. You would think they would post a date of when they hunt at least if they don't "own" it.

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[firedeptlt]

I figured they were. “My” spots are a long ways away from them.
If they are running dogs do you think they’d do it every day of rifle season ?
Would the deer move to a different area ie) could there be an increase in activity in my area due to the deers avoidance ?

[rf2]

I figured they were. “My” spots are a long ways away from them.
If they are running dogs do you think they’d do it every day of rifle season ?
Would the deer move to a different area ie) could there be an increase in activity in my area due to the deers avoidance ?

On the days during the rifle season that I have hunted in the Marlborough forest, there have been dogs running pretty much every day, especially in the first week. Sometimes it is quieter during the second week. The deer will congregate in certain areas to avoid the hunting pressure, but I have yet to find those areas. You mentioned that you are pretty deep in the bush, so maybe you will see increased activity. In the areas that I have hunted, it's very clear that the deer are only active at night, which was obvious due to the heavy snow during the last 2 rifle seasons. I gave an example earlier in this thread where a guy set up on the ground right near my treestand, causing me to hunt a different stand. There was a lot of snow on the ground at that time. I went back to the treestand on the following morning, and the amount of buck sign around there was unbelievable - this was all left between the time when the other hunter left and when I showed up the following morning. I followed the tracks back, and located where the buck came to dry ground from a large swamp, but I have not set up a stand in that spot this year for various reasons.

You might find this interesting:
https://www.oodmag.com/community/sho...18-Ottawa-area

By the way, if you have been hunting the forest for the last 3 years, have you not already noticed the dogs running constantly?

[heronk]

A couple of years ago I was driving through Marlborough Forest scouting some ponds on my way home from scouting for geese when I came to a roadblock set up by the police. The officer checked my licenses and my vehicle for game and then questioned me for several minutes. (Apparently, he was checking for deer poachers and was very suspicious because I was scouting for waterfowl without a shotgun!) Although I am not a deer hunter, the officer suggested that I not think of deer hunting in that particular area (N of Roger Stevens, E of Dwyer Hill). Apparently, a group of hunters (he didn't say who) treated that particular area as their private hunting preserve and had vandalized other hunter's and police vehicles in past seasons. Don't know if this is the same group, just passing on the warning I received.

[rf2]

^ That's the area where I hunt. I've never had any issues like that (vandalism). Last year though during the rifle season, there were some guys who decided to drive around in their Argo after the end of legal shooting time with their guns uncased, no trigger locks, going from field to field. They were acting pretty strange too, talking about lots of MNRF presence in the area (I think they were fishing for info). There were a couple of us who witnessed this. A couple of weeks later during the muzzleloader season I got checked by a CO on my way out of the forest. I was happy to see them checking people.

[firedeptlt]

By the way, if you have been hunting the forest for the last 3 years, have you not already noticed the dogs running constantly?[/QUOTE]


I, fortunately, I have never seen any one running dogs in there. I have had a bird dog come through once when I was set up.
I have heard the stories of the vandalism too. I really don’t want to be in there but it’s close to home and I haven’t been pursuing private land lately.

[smitty55]

Here is just a few examples
Attachment 41020Attachment 41021Attachment 41019
I figure it’s between 7-10 square kms
spanning at least 3 access roads and numerous atv trails

Just curious. Have you reported these signs to the MNR and whatever authority the forest falls under.

[Artic Blue]

Little late on this thread,

Dont know how finding posted signs on public land a few weeks before deer season means someone doesnt want to put work into their own spot.