I hunt on public land so I have to expect the worst from stupid "hunters." For the past couple years, a group of 6-12 "hunters" show up sometime in October and begin doing drives each and every weekend. I absolutely hate drives because it makes the deer much more difficult to hunt since it makes them even more nocturnal. Yesterday, these so-called bowhunters did another one of their drives. Once the deer get pushed, they bed down for the rest of the day, and don’t move until after dark…I’ve seen it happen many times already.

Without going into much detail, I know most of you guys would be ashamed to call these people “bowhunters.” They are the people that ONLY hunt (bow and rifle) by doing drives. They don’t get to the woods until midday and are gone by about 3 pm. No sitting on stand for these people. They wonder why they don’t see any big deer. I want to so very badly ask these people why they think they must do a drive in order to kill a deer, and enlighten them on how they are making a difficult sport even more difficult.

It turns out that I know one of the individuals doing the drives. I know talking to this individual is my best opportunity (albeit not a very good one) to maybe change their methods. But I’m not sure it will be wise of me to say anything. It is public land and everyone is entitled to hunt how they want.

It is so frustrating, I spend a lot of time in the woods learning everything I can about the deer movement in these woods…but it all gets thrown out the window this time of year because the deer are constantly being chased and have no patterns. Rifle season hasn’t even opened yet and they are already very spooky.

I guess I’d like everyone’s opinion as to what you would do in this situation. Say something or keep quiet? Sorry for the long post, I just needed to vent a little.