Hunting "Buddy"
 

I'd like your opinion and feedback on this matter.....

I've been hunting this area on and off for a few years and have taken 2 bucks from these woods. I have a favorite tree and terrain feature I like to hunt. My buddy and some of my other Bowhunt camp friends have seen the bucks that I've brought home and always wanted to hunt this area but didn't want to drive that far.

Where they usually hunt they rarely see bucks and take does on a yearly basis...(we're only allowed one deer a year...be it a Whiteail, Muley, or Blacktail..Doe or Buck depending on your GMU)

They finally showed them whereI hunt. Well...I was in Alaska the year before and they hunted the area. My buddy nailed a 4x3 muley....no biggie. I congratulated him like anyone else would.

This last season opener we (4 of us)went over there and hunted this area. What I couldn't believe is thatmy "Buddy"set up between my stand and the bedding area where the cooridor is. To make it worse, he knew where my tree was and set up within eyeshot of me!

I was pissed about this and haven't said anything to him...not sure if I will as we've been friends for 25 years.

I know one thing...I will never let anyone know where I hunt, especially a core area. Iwouldn't mind if you show me a track of woods and let me do the legwork...but setting up knowing that the deer will move to where I've been set up for 5 or so years in a No No in my book......

Thoughts? Opinion? Remember.....Buddy's only half the word
Thanks

RE: Hunting "Buddy"
 

Well, I think it is a certain thing called "Respect." I think that you were being a great guy showing them that spot and it sounds like your friend P***** in your face. I mean I know if I showed one of my friends a spot that I mainly hunt I wouldn't expect them to go where I might expect to have deer come or go from towards me.(ESPECIALLY IF THEY KNEW I WAS THERE!). I mean its another thing if they didn't know you werehunting there, but thats not the case. I would expect them maybe to hunt another place just not in eye distance of me thats all. I overall think he just disrespected you.

RE: Hunting "Buddy"
 

Deleted: I messed up something...dunno what...

RE: Hunting "Buddy"
 

This statement has some significance, I think. Anyways.....I would be ticked off too. Sounds like a pretty selfish friend there.

RE: Hunting "Buddy"
 

Funny what deer hunting will do to a buddy. I'm telling you thefrench slap method works wonders on buddies that loose their focus.

RE: Hunting "Buddy"
 

I think you should be straight up with the guy and let him know how you feel about his dirty deed. The two guys who have brought me into their hunting world and favorite places to hunt are very protective about their spots. They discovered them over 20 years and do not want them to be advertised to the world. I replaced my brother who passed away and then happened to get a deer of a lifetime this year on my first shot as you know. We were the only ones in the area and that may be attributed to the fact that they are so protective about their spots. As much as I would love to share the information, I do not want to violate their code.

RE: Hunting "Buddy"
 

That's no joke. I have a buddy who was cheating on his wife. He claimed it was the only way he could get access to this certain private woods that had HUGE bucks.

mark

RE: Hunting "Buddy"
 

I'm sure there's a pleasant way to put what you have to say so that it doesn't cause any bad feeling's about your hunting spot .Sure maybe he knew what he was doing ,but if you don't say anything then maybe he think's you don't mind .
I'd definately tell him to scout himself out another area so as not to interfere with your hot spot ,If he's been your friend for 25 yrs then he'll understand .

nubo

RE: Hunting "Buddy"
 

Keep your friend. Huntin buudys are hard to come by. I only have one. None of my other friends hunt, and i enjoy every moment in the woods. Even when he is killing the bucks on the property that i got. Enjoy the hunt!

RE: Hunting "Buddy"
 

Hey STUPID, Never give up your honey hole to anyone that you are not
going to be as happy as yourself for killin a deer! PERIOD. LESSON LEARNED,
THE HARD WAY. DUMMY

RE: Hunting "Buddy"
 

You wouldn't understand as you probablyhaven't had a "true" friend for 25 years like I have.

I had seven mature replies before your MOUTH opened up and puked on my thread. Go bash on someone else you imature #$%^! As far as I'm concerned you have 1 less post on this forum...."IDIOT"

RE: Hunting "Buddy"
 

And you just stumbled onto all your hunting/fishing holes all by yourself. Right!

RE: Hunting "Buddy"
 

If you have been good friends for 25 years then even if he gets a little defensive I'm sure he will see the logic when pointed out. He may not think he did anything wrong either, so he needs to be explained your dilemma. There is an unwritten code about not going into each others honey holes that I think most of us follow. Time to be diplomatic but time to act also. Good luck.

RE: Hunting "Buddy"
 

Talk to the guy and see what happens. My grandfather told me that there is no one on earth more jealous, protective , or secretive than a deer hunter. So I'd try to make him understand.

RE: Hunting "Buddy"
 

Ask him to move his stand.....heck, help him find a "better spot".....even if that means making some rubs and scrapes on your own;)...just don't lose a friend over a deer. Life is too short. I got mad at one of my friends one time....my wife told me not too make too many people mad, I'll need pallbearers some day.......:D

RE: Hunting "Buddy"
 

I appreciate all the input folks. I haven't had the chance to chat at him yet. I'll bring it up under some other type of conversation. I can squeeze it in without it being the only topic. I'm sure he'll understand....if not I'll drop the size 12;) Again...I appreciate all the kindinput.

RE: Hunting "Buddy"
 

He's your old friend. Buy him a beer, talk about football, and then tell him he pissed you off. You have probably been friends for so long because your honest with each other. Good Luck.

RE: Hunting "Buddy"
 

I have two good hunting buddies and just so happens I showed both of them where to place their stands... then I made it prefectly clear to them that I don't want to see them hunting near my stand. I also explained the traffic pattern to them and the primary runs... if yu don't know what you are doing one guy can cut off the other two.This is an area I have hunted since 1974... it's 2 miles from where I park the truck. Nobody wanted to walk into this area before...now atv's have made it easy. So my situation is very similar to yours. Part of hunting is just that... HUNTING. And you can't hunt with people all around you.
Both of these guys are great and we hunt well together... mainly because we set parameters we all expect each other to abide by. Don't get me wrong... I'll let either one of them hunt out of my stand and be happy for them if they score... but I don't want them encroaching on me.

By the way... I agree with the other posters who said if he is your friend approach him in a nice way. Tell him... hey Frank(or whatever his name is).. I knowyou are unfamiliar with the runs round here and the traffic pattern but you placed your stand right on my primary run... I'd like you to move it toanother run I'll show you that's just as good... then we both have a chance to score... if he says NO... then write him off as a friend... but I doubt he will. Up here in NY there are places where you can actually hunt within eyesight of others and not be cutting each other off... maybe that's what he's use to??

RE: Hunting "Buddy"
 

I agree help him find another spot in the area ,I'm sure there's got to be another run somewhere near that he'll be happy with .It sound's as though he just want's to be in with all the action .If you explain to him what's happening and that you'll help set him up near by ,I'm sure he'll be O.K. .
No one want's to lose friend's over a hunting spot espeacially when there's other good set up's in the area that could satisfy everyone . Explain to him that you want to find another location on this land ,that you's can actually cut off more deer andincrease your odd's withtaking one ,or even seeing more deer.Who know's he might just take one on this spot .

nubo

RE: Hunting "Buddy"
 

That was by far the most infantile post I have seen on ANY hunting forum. And to think, he's from my part of the country. GROW UP!!!