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Originally Posted by George Davis
Bruce,
I understand about your thoughts on Lewiston as that is how us Arizona Mearn's Quail hunters feel about Sonita and Patagonia. I can't believe the invasion of out-of-states hunters hitting Sonita/Patagonia in January. I hunted that area for 25 years before I ever saw a out of state hunter, oh well I guess it's called progress.
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I fully understand and commiserate with you about more and more hunters invading our favorite areas. When I first started hunting a little section of Vermont's Northeast Kingdom in the late 50's and early 60's we were "outastaters" or "flatlanders" but after hunting there for the last almost sixty years I am considered 'one of the community or fraternity' of local hunters and I truly enjoy and cherish the trust and friendship of those good folks.
I hunted my home state of Massachusetts in my teens but when the pheasant population disappeared I had to find someplace where I could satisfy my lust for bird hunting and deer hunting so I became an "out o' stater". I had no choice - there were no longer any places to hunt in eastern MA and no real game or gamebirds to hunt. I went to Vermont where my Dad and I were invited and welcomed. A lot of folks just need to hunt other states if they want to hunt at all.
Now, more and more people are "invading" our special places in VT too... I can't really blame them.
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