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Old 11-27-2006 | 08:58 PM
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Default RE: Muzzleoader season almost ruined!!!

Like I said, I trust my uncle and know he wouldn't lie to me. There was definetely an agreement of that sort back when he bought the woods. I honestly think it would be absurd if you were required to stay on your little 2 acre stretch. It would just be a chance that a deer would walk by. If you want to boost the odds, which you need plenty of out there, you have to hunt the good places. Bowhunting's awesome out there, but there's about a 100 gun hunters out in the couple hundred acres of woods. It's crazy and you would have to be hard pressed and have a spot like the one I had in order to hunt without seeing someone else. During gun season the deer do not move naturally. They are forced by other hunters. Last year there was not a single bit of deer sign left after the shotguns went through. This guy obviously thought he would just boosthis odds and screw everyone else over. He was not even the landowner. I don't blame him for getting upset because, like I said, I would too, andI do.
Everyone hunts wherever they want in there. That's the only sensible way to hunt there. I was the only one that I know of who got screwed---twice.

To tell you the truth, I'm just about the only logical hunter out there. I walk to my stand and see 30 hunters leaning on trees. I once saw a hunter sitting on a ridge without camoflauge, toting a shotgun, walking back and forth. He was surrounded by about a dozen scent wicks. He thought he was mister smart guy. I don't think many deer get shot in there, just driven out.

So, I had no idea that I was not supposed to hunt there, I did the only sensible thing a hunter would out there, and I was polite and accepted my losses. I don't think I was wrong in my doing. I just played my cards and lost in the game of deer hunting.
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