ORIGINAL: southerncross
This past week i spent Thanksgiving with my In-Laws and went hunting as much as i could. The only land accessible to me was public hunting at a lake near by. So me and my brother-in-law decided to go out and try to kill a deer. We were in the woods at about 5 in the morning. We found a wheat field and then we were about to sit down and we saw two guys about twenty yards from us. So we decided to move. We found a spot on top of the hill. when the sun came up, we noticeda dead six point left by some hunters, and decided to tryand relocate again. We found a draw that looked pretty good. We heard something in the distance and it was a guy wearing orange about twenty yards away. So we just decided to call it a day. While leaving we saw three more guys. It was absolutely crazy. I couldn't imagine anyone seeing any deer within 200 miles. I am very appreciative that there is public hunting. It gives everyone an oppurtunity to have a place to hunt. But it is just crazy out there.
I hunt on public lands in California and actually do not see many other hunters since there isn't much game on public lands in California. I think we need to maintain some perspective. We are not subsistence hunting in the Ice Age when coming back to the cave empty handed meant starvation and death for our whole family. I enjoy going into the field and hunting. If I see or get something that is great, but if I don't that is alright to since I still had a great day in the outdoors.
Caldoc