ORIGINAL: muzzyman88
Sproulman, I totally agree with you. My father just told me about the days when it was illegal to shoot cubs. Seemed most hunters had more sense and showed a little more sportsmanship in the woods. Now, its a free for all out there. And I'm not just talking about bear, its everything, deer especially. I realize the bear population shows no signs of decline even with being allowed to shoot the cubs. But c'mon, you got to be a real low life individual to knowingly shoot a cub.
you dad is right.. i was out today getting my stand ready for buck hunting..i waited this long so if the hunters i met came in i would not have my stand insame area..i hunted this area for 47 years,same SPOT..
well, i had hunter tell me, SPROUL DIDNT YOU SEE MY ORANGE THINGS FLAPPING IN WIND..I SAID, YES, WELL HE SAID, THAT MEANS THIS IS MY SPOT..he even said he been hunting there for last 3 years..
i could have put my stand up on wednesday but i was being nice..i had my stand up at 1 pm,along comes him at 2PMand says, thats my spot,DIDNT YOU SEE ORANGE RIBBONS ALL OVER WOODS and he put his stand up..i said, if you help me ,i will move mine 100 yds away, remember, this is stateforestland and i was being nice!!
he said,NO.. now we have 2 stands 20 yds apart..THIS IS NEW HUNTER..they take out orange strips, hang them all over woods and then say,THIS IS MY SPOT..
what are some hunters turning into..truthfully, i think there should be law passed that hunter cant INTIMDATE OR HARRASS other hunters..i am getting sick of these hunters who think they own woods, they dont..hell, i dont like a bunch of hunters in my spot that i hunted for 47 years, but sproul knows this is stateforestland and i have no rights to say, YOU ONLY HAVE 3 YEARS HERE , I HAVE 47..
it should not come to that..i see and hear it every year..hunters come in and take over area that local hunter has hunted for 50 years..
its PUBLICLAND and no one has right, including me, to say what what said to me today,SPROUL MOVE YOUR STAND, MY ORANGE RIBBONS WERE HERE FIRST AND YOU KNOW I HAVE BEEN HERE FOR 3 YEARS..