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08-24-2002 | 07:55 AM

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NJ_Bowhntr

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RE: Permanent Stands on NJ's WMA's

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From what you said, it is perfectly exceptable for people to place stands and claim public land for themselves only. They have effectively done this in your case since you stated "When I see another hunter's stand, I look for a place elswhere" In theory, if i put up enough stands on 'X' amount of land, i could effective keep all people with your feelings off the property. This is not exceptable and it blows my mind that people feel it is.
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Here is what I said: when hunting public land you need to be more considerate of other hunters. That means moving away from an area that someone else is hunting, just like when hunting private land where others also hunt. It's just called being considerate of another hunter's set-up and giving him/her some breathing room. If you do not want to do this, and want to claim that it's just as much your spot as it is the guy who put the stand up, well, go ahead, you have that right. However, you will spend a good portion of your hunting season in confrontations. If you really want to hunt that spot so badly, be prepared to accept the ramifications, which will be the type of experience you described earlier. In my opinion, the better course of action is to find a place elsewhere. Unless the public land you are hunting is less than 100 acres, it's unlikely that every spot is taken by a guy who "put up enough stands on 'X' amount of land,".

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Just because they spend some time and money to buy/make a stand and put it up, they have 1st rights to the area. This is not so. Your stand has now become public property for the public to do with as it sees fit.
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I don't understand how you can actually subscribe to this line of thinking. When you park your car in the public parking area, on public hunting land, does it become public property for the public to do with as they wish? Do you think we should expect other hunters to use our car to go to breakfast, or sit in to keep warm or dry, just because it is now on public land and they can do with our car as they wish? How about the comment about realizing the stand could be missing because it was left on public land. Do you think we should accept the fact that just because we park our cars in a public parking space, they are fair game to be stolen, or "now become public property for the public to do with as it sees fit" <img src=icon_smile_question.gif border=0 align=middle>

Edited by - NJ_Bowhntr on 08/24/2002 09:04:12

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