Few years back I was hunting this nice buck that I had seen twice. Never got a shot during bow season. I had opening week off of work for shotgun. (Use the muzzleloader) Hunted hard morning till night for 4 days. Saw the buck once, not a good shot. Then one morning saw the boys riding around town with the buck in the truck. Said they shot it the morning before at 8:00am, off the field that I was hunting. Well, like I said, I hunted morning till night and I never herd a shot for 4 days. All the sign dried up after that.
Really ticks me off.
Don't think that I'm a frustrated hunter. I have been very blessed with a couple of deer a year for quite a few years now. Just can't tolerate thieves and poachers!
Like golf, we are supposed to govern our own sport and call fouls against ourselves.