GMMAT---I have NO control over the people that hunt around me on the military base I hunt. For that very reason, I look for places that no other fool in the world would venture in order to at least maintain some amount of control. In fact, I just hiked out about 1.5 miles into the woods this morning on a jog/hike in order to find an entrance way for one of the spots I hunt. I am going to be using my kayak to get across a lake to hunt a swamp/creek area that is at least one mile from any known trail. That to me is eliminating as much of the negative risk factor from other hunters as possible.

Here is an example of how people have screwed things up for me this past year. I had a great place pegged that I saw a big 8 point the second to last day of season two years ago. I didn't hunt the bedding area the entire year until the first week of November. I moved in and set up on some large rubs and a scrape. I did not see a thing. I got down and scouted for a bit around the perimeter. Someone had put up about 3 tons of surveying tape to mark their route in and out (probably without gloves). They also left food containers and a can of "buck bomb" lying on the ground. I hunted that place one more time last year and saw nothing again.