Re: hunting camp dilemma
[Re: nvwrangler]
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09/27/18 05:16 PM
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My vacation time is precious and I would not take a week off to do what I live for and be miserable. If you can’t have a great time with your wife and son in this camp go elsewhere.
"The more people I meet the more I love my dog!"
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Re: hunting camp dilemma
[Re: nvwrangler]
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09/27/18 05:19 PM
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Never an easy decision concerning hunting camp with friends and family. IMO do your best this year to make it an enjoyable hunt for all. Next year, early in the process, hold a mandatory meeting with all those planning on hunting as a group again and lay it all on the line. Concrete answers with rules/guidelines all can and will adhere too! Best of luck this year and make the most of the situation!
Chris
>>In God we trust<<
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Re: hunting camp dilemma
[Re: nvwrangler]
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09/27/18 06:18 PM
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Go it alone,leave the BS behind.Never could understand why anyone wanted to go to the bush with a crowd.
Forget that fear of gravity-get a little savagery in your life.
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Re: hunting camp dilemma
[Re: nvwrangler]
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09/27/18 06:39 PM
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Been there in a similar situation,man up.You will deal with this sooner or later.I put it off too and it got way out of hand.I was being used as a doormat,it got to the point where I dreaded my favorite time of year,Fall.After a few years of it I'd had enough and made it known.That was around 10 yrs. ago and I haven't talked tp him since and we had been friends since high school.Have another friend who was part of our group who's made himself scarce since,the only thing left to say is,they'll get over it,they have no choice.Guys who come into a camp expecting other people to wait on them and do them favors are leeches,pure and simple.It'll go on for as long as you let it'
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Re: hunting camp dilemma
[Re: nvwrangler]
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09/27/18 06:54 PM
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Not to hijack this thread, but on the same subject, I have "friends" who I never hear from all year except when hunting season rolls around? Then they call and want to go hunting with me. I'll bet I'm not alone in this.
Last edited by waggler; 09/27/18 06:56 PM.
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Re: hunting camp dilemma
[Re: nvwrangler]
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09/27/18 07:21 PM
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Plus one is a killer, a plus one when 9 guys have tags is just stupid!
Was born in a Big City Will die in the Country OK with that!
Jerry Herbst
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Re: hunting camp dilemma
[Re: Boco]
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09/27/18 07:37 PM
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Go it alone,leave the BS behind.Never could understand why anyone wanted to go to the bush with a crowd. Couldn't pay me enough to babysit grown men in the bush. This guy is right. Twice on one thread!
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Re: hunting camp dilemma
[Re: waggler]
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09/27/18 07:38 PM
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Not to hijack this thread, but on the same subject, I have "friends" who I never hear from all year except when hunting season rolls around? Then they call and want to go hunting with me. I'll bet I'm not alone in this. That was part of the problem in my situation.And all camp duties and responsibities were left to me.I got told,"they were on vacation".Never,ever again.
Buck(formely known as Zandra)
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Re: hunting camp dilemma
[Re: nvwrangler]
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09/27/18 08:18 PM
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......tell the group thanks but we'll go to another area by ourselves? The sooner the better.
Last edited by bobsheedy; 09/27/18 08:21 PM.
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Re: hunting camp dilemma
[Re: nvwrangler]
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09/27/18 09:07 PM
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Wanna Be
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Never been in a situation like this really, but as far as tags go (not elk) we get whoever has never harvested what we’re after theirs, then we go after ours. As far as babysitting grown men or kids, that would be a no for me. My time and family come first. Yes, I am an beep hole, but I’m going home with what I went for. I come prepared...not as a daycare or clothing store. If someone needs coddling that same horse they rode in on they can ride back out on. I would just make of obviously clear of my intentions on the hunt long before you leave out. If I was a betting man, the fact that your wife drew a tag, they now think it’s all good for them because a woman is in camp.
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Re: hunting camp dilemma
[Re: nvwrangler]
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09/27/18 09:24 PM
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You seem like the serious hunter of the group and the rest are tag alongs . I'd go with the original plan and camp members but venture off with your wife and son during hunting hours . You can see how things go and make new decisions for next year . I've been in circus camps and it's not worth it . Time in the woods is suppose to be special and medicine for the mind . Sharing these moments with a few like minded people makes it even better. But a circus camp full of Jack holes makes for crappy memories .
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Re: hunting camp dilemma
[Re: Hodagtrapper]
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09/27/18 09:28 PM
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Never an easy decision concerning hunting camp with friends and family. IMO do your best this year to make it an enjoyable hunt for all. Next year, early in the process, hold a mandatory meeting with all those planning on hunting as a group again and lay it all on the line. Concrete answers with rules/guidelines all can and will adhere too! Best of luck this year and make the most of the situation!
Chris This sounds like good, commonsense advice to me.
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