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How would you handle this? #8013527 12/06/23 07:21 PM 12/06/23 07:21 PM
Joined: Dec 2017 Pennsylvania B BW55 OP trapper
BW55 OP trapper B Joined: Dec 2017 Pennsylvania	Last Saturday my youngest grandson and I went hunting for the last several hours of the day. My plan was to hunt to a point of terrain where I had seen deer feeding on acorns many times over the years. I thought maybe we would make a loop and circle both sides of the forest road that we drove in on. While helping him with his tangled orange vest,I saw a truck approaching like they were late for work. The fellow stopped and asked me if we were just coming out or leaving to which I said, just starting. He then asked me which side of the road that we planned on hunting. I asked why? He said he would hunt the side of the road that we were not going to be on. I responded that we may make a loop and hunt both sides,and wondered why on such a long road in the middle of a public land forest that he needed to hunt there. He was irritated and took off down the road. We walked up the road to clear some heavy beech brush and he passed us coming the other way. I could see his stop lights come on and him pullover 150 yards up the road-(he was parked there when we left at quitting time.) We abandoned our plan to make a loop and just headed to the "point" that I wanted to get to. I was more concerned about my 12 year old grandson seeing me as a hypocrite as I always say that "this is supposed to be fun"

Re: How would you handle this? [Re: BW55] #8013534 12/06/23 07:25 PM 12/06/23 07:25 PM
Joined: Feb 2014 NWT Ryan McLeod trapper
Ryan McLeod trapper Joined: Feb 2014 NWT	If its public land then theres not much you can do id imagine. Fight the guy or move on If you take care of the land the land will take care of you

Re: How would you handle this? [Re: BW55] #8013536 12/06/23 07:27 PM 12/06/23 07:27 PM
Joined: Mar 2023 WI WI Outdoors trapper
WI Outdoors trapper Joined: Mar 2023 WI	Well it's public land. He may have scouted the area and found it to be a good spot. He was courteous in asking where you were going so he wouldn't interrupt your hunt. He would hunt the opposite side that you were going. He must have assumed you were going into the woods to sit rather than walk around. How I would have handled it would have been to stay to one side of the road if he wanted to sit.

Re: How would you handle this? [Re: BW55] #8013539 12/06/23 07:29 PM 12/06/23 07:29 PM
Joined: May 2018 SW Georgia W Wanna Be trapper
Wanna Be trapper W Joined: May 2018 SW Georgia	Just another plug for private land. I rarely deer hunt public, but I do turkey hunt public. Believe it or not, I only ran into one jerk. They pulled up as my wife and I had just started walking. Luckily we were at a dead end. They asked which direction we were going and I said whichever way the turkey gobbled. He told me to pick a direction and I politely pointed to the way they came in and said it ain’t that way. He told me they’d just go whichever way we didn’t. I told him that was fine but I had tons of land to hunt and is make sure they didn’t kill a bird that day. They mumbled something and turned around and left. I’d already passed my first 3 spots because trucks were parked at the gate. This was spot #4 and I wasn’t giving it up. Common courtesy is to just move on if someone is already there. The fact you supposedly roosted a gobbler, I was there the evening before and they weren’t, doesn’t entitle you to a spot. You handled it correctly and they didn’t.

Re: How would you handle this? [Re: BW55] #8013548 12/06/23 07:35 PM 12/06/23 07:35 PM
Joined: Sep 2020 Georgia G GARY M. trapper
GARY M. trapper G Joined: Sep 2020 Georgia	Public land can be real aggravating to hunt, around here they will walk past the tree you are climbed in and climbed just past you, I try to avoid must public land hunting anymore.

Re: How would you handle this? [Re: BW55] #8013551 12/06/23 07:36 PM 12/06/23 07:36 PM
Joined: Apr 2009 South Ga - Almost Florida Swamp Wolf trapper
Swamp Wolf trapper Joined: Apr 2009 South Ga - Almost Florida	Ahh...public land. Thank God For Your Blessings! Never Half-Arse Anything! Resource Protection Service

Re: How would you handle this? [Re: BW55] #8013554 12/06/23 07:38 PM 12/06/23 07:38 PM
Joined: Feb 2020 Indiana P Providence Farm trapper
Providence Farm trapper P Joined: Feb 2020 Indiana	Had a guy do similar but walking up on foot behing my boys and I.. it was obvious we were looking in the direction we were going and slowly walking hunt twords the area. Now this was squirrel season mind you and I found out he was heading to " his tree" instead of getting mad and letting my boys whom had picked this spot out of several others see me get rude I told the boys com on let's go somewhere else. We walked back out and drove down the road to a new area and walked in. Now it was early season and they only move well in the morning for an hour and half or so and it burn up 60 mins of out hinting time and I was frustrated but public ground and dealing with the public. What got me was I would not have said a word and went somewhere else when I saw kids hunting or even told them where to go to hunt my spot so they would be successful. Instead this guy in his 50s was worried about a couple kids getting his spot.

Re: How would you handle this? [Re: BW55] #8013561 12/06/23 07:44 PM 12/06/23 07:44 PM
Joined: Dec 2006 Very SE Nebraska G Gary Benson trapper
Gary Benson trapper G Joined: Dec 2006 Very SE Nebraska	Takes all kinds. Life ain't supposed to be easy.

Re: How would you handle this? [Re: Swamp Wolf] #8013562 12/06/23 07:44 PM 12/06/23 07:44 PM
Joined: Dec 2006 Minnesota 330-Trapper trapper
330-Trapper trapper Joined: Dec 2006 Minnesota	Originally Posted by Swamp Wolf Ahh...public land. That's what I say... I don't hunt it in Minnesota NRA and NTA Life Member www.BackroadsRevised@etsy.com

Re: How would you handle this? [Re: BW55] #8013581 12/06/23 07:54 PM 12/06/23 07:54 PM
Joined: Dec 2009 The Hill Country of Texas Leftlane "HOSS"
Leftlane "HOSS" Joined: Dec 2009 The Hill Country of Texas	It's irritating but I agree not much you could do without setting a poor example for a young hunter. A buddy and I pulled up to a flooded low water crossing and started pitching lures about day light. We were hammering the bass, big little and in between. Some dweeb parked behind us boxing us in and then proceeded to set up between us. The water way might have been 25 ft wide. I accidentally cast over his line about every 3rd try. ï¿½Whatï¿½s good for me may not be good for the weak minded.ï¿½ Captain Gus McCrae- Texas Rangers

Re: How would you handle this? [Re: BW55] #8013609 12/06/23 08:20 PM 12/06/23 08:20 PM
Joined: Aug 2008 ny U upstateNY trapper
upstateNY trapper U Joined: Aug 2008 ny	Originally Posted by BW55 Last Saturday my youngest grandson and I went hunting for the last several hours of the day. My plan was to hunt to a point of terrain where I had seen deer feeding on acorns many times over the years. I thought maybe we would make a loop and circle both sides of the forest road that we drove in on. While helping him with his tangled orange vest,I saw a truck approaching like they were late for work. The fellow stopped and asked me if we were just coming out or leaving to which I said, just starting. He then asked me which side of the road that we planned on hunting. I asked why? He said he would hunt the side of the road that we were not going to be on. I responded that we may make a loop and hunt both sides,and wondered why on such a long road in the middle of a public land forest that he needed to hunt there. He was irritated and took off down the road. We walked up the road to clear some heavy beech brush and he passed us coming the other way. I could see his stop lights come on and him pullover 150 yards up the road-(he was parked there when we left at quitting time.) We abandoned our plan to make a loop and just headed to the "point" that I wanted to get to. I was more concerned about my 12 year old grandson seeing me as a hypocrite as I always say that "this is supposed to be fun" Honestly,,,if its public or we call it State Land here,,,I think he was being courteous offering to hunt whatever side you guys were not hunting on. Last edited by upstateNY; 12/06/23 08:20 PM. the wheels of the gods turn very slowly

Re: How would you handle this? [Re: upstateNY] #8013625 12/06/23 08:29 PM 12/06/23 08:29 PM
Joined: Dec 2006 SEPA L Lugnut trapper
Lugnut trapper L Joined: Dec 2006 SEPA	Originally Posted by Mando Well it's public land. He may have scouted the area and found it to be a good spot. He was courteous in asking where you were going so he wouldn't interrupt your hunt. He would hunt the opposite side that you were going. He must have assumed you were going into the woods to sit rather than walk around. How I would have handled it would have been to stay to one side of the road if he wanted to sit. Originally Posted by upstateNY Honestly,,,if its public or we call it State Land here,,,I think he was being courteous offering to hunt whatever side you guys were not hunting on. It stinks that your plans were ruined by another guy looking to hunt the same area but I agree with the two guys above. It’s happened to me while turkey and deer hunting. We usually ask each other what area each of us are heading to and one of us heads in another direction. It’s just common courtesy and the way it should be handled. Eh...wot?

Re: How would you handle this? [Re: BW55] #8013639 12/06/23 08:41 PM 12/06/23 08:41 PM
Joined: Jan 2014 North East Kansas Marty trapper
Marty trapper Joined: Jan 2014 North East Kansas	live and let live, he probably had his reasons..which were valid reasons to him. Rise and Rise Again Until Lambs Become Lions

Re: How would you handle this? [Re: BW55] #8013641 12/06/23 08:43 PM 12/06/23 08:43 PM
Joined: Dec 2006 St. Louis Co, Mo B BigBob trapper
BigBob trapper B Joined: Dec 2006 St. Louis Co, Mo	That was nothing...I once was sitting in my blind on Gov land, and some bunghole with an ATV comes roaring along thru the woods, parks that stinking Piece 'O Crap about 100 ft away from me and starts walking further into the woods. I'm dressed in orange, and I know he saw me, 'cause I saw him look, at me. I complained to him and he acted all put out about it,. but got back on and rode it back the way he came. About 20 min later here he comes, walking back in to his stand. Didn't say squat. Another guy was in my ground blind when I got to it, Had the nerve to claim he'd fluffed up the camo some, I guess to have some kind of claim on it. So I just went a 100 yds or so further down the ridge, and made a quick brush blind. I shot a Buck that, wouldn't you know it, dropped dead right in front of that blind. But the guy was gone, so I gutted my Deer right in front of the blind, and even threw scraps in the brush of the blind. LOL Every kid needs a Dog and a Curmudgeon. Remember Bowe Bergdahl, the traitor. Beware! Jill Pudlewski, Ron Oates and Keven Begesse are liars and thiefs!

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