RE: Bowhunters - do you root against the gunners?
 

Well, Quik, ya better start sharing the love with others of us as well. I've actually let members of this sitethat i didn't know hunt my land when they needed a spot.

RE: Bowhunters - do you root against the gunners?
 

Jeff, seriously, I hunt with others, and I am glad when they score .... don't get me wrong .... last year was a dry one for me and when they scored and I didn't, the pill seemed so much bigger and harder to swallow for some reason;)But this year the tables were turned ... they scored .... just not as well as I did ..... I hunt all seasons though and I also am not a part of a BBM program, so what others take will not stop me from filling my freezer ....... as with everything else .... it's all subjective :)

RE: Bowhunters - do you root against the gunners?
 

Quick

Ask TFox when his buddy needed a place to hunt in KY, I sent him the GPS coordinates where i hunted. Another buddy in MI wanted to hunt in KY, I sent him all the info I had, including GPS coordinates.

Reading through this today, to me it seems to be more about not having access to land of your own.
So a guy like me has no say in "Hey I support all hunters" as I sit in my paradise;) Correct?
If I was in your shoes my views my be differnent.

Since I tell those to hunt my land to "go pound sand" I am rooting against them sort off in a differnet way, is this your point?

RE: Bowhunters - do you root against the gunners?
 

Funny how the guys posting in the beginning of this thread have all the sudden clammed up - now that we're asking for directions to their stand sites. LOL

What happened to the team player attitude?

To me it looks like "I root for everyone else to do well, just so long as they're not eating my lunch."

Jeff - I don't really discriminate between gun or bow hunters either. It's not that I hope that just thegunners eat their tags... It's more that I hope everyone hunting the same herd as me (gun or bow) is unsuccessful. It stings a little less when it's a dedicated bowhunter, b/c I can at least appreciate his success. But, it really stings when you hear about some one-day-wonder gun hunter going onto one of my go-to farms for an hour on opening day andlucking intoa big buck running for its lifeoff a deer drive.

RE: Bowhunters - do you root against the gunners?
 

Thanks! There has been plenty of people offering there best spots to others on this site! TeeJay has invited me to his place countless times, with Gun or Bow and he doesn't Gun hunt!;) I just can't get it together on my end! I hoping for next year if the offer still stands!

So I think I'm part of a bigger majority than you know of or care to see! Just my opinion!

RE: Bowhunters - do you root against the gunners?
 

Fran if you want to hunt your own land, buy some;) The land down the street went for 12,000-15,000 an acre. Make me an offer:D

RE: Bowhunters - do you root against the gunners?
 

Yes, since you're telling the neighbors and public to stay out - you're saying (with your actions) - that these deer are mine, and I intend to horde them for myself. I want no outside pressure disrupting my hunts.

...and those guys were your FRIENDS. You'd have to be a major-league jerk not to help out a buddy in need of a good place to hunt. I'm sure there are a few guys reading this right now who know that I'm not afraid to sharequality info with a homeboy in need.

We're talking about the rest of the world... Not your friends/family. Anyone would help out a friend.

RE: Bowhunters - do you root against the gunners?
 

That is what comes with ownership Fran, the owners right to invite who they want. That is why some pay for a lease or buy land. Even when a hunters owns land, we still deal with neighbors.

There are +/- to owning land.

RE: Bowhunters - do you root against the gunners?
 

Again, people don't have to invite the worldto their hunting spots to justify supporting gun hunters. That'snot even a rational argument. My comments about bowhunters cooking meth makes more sense.

RE: Bowhunters - do you root against the gunners?
 

Yes you do, Lanse. If you are SINCERELY hoping and wanting everyone around you to enjoy as much success as possible - you should be doing everything possible to help them score. Even if that means opening up your own land to people you've never even met.

You just can't go off saying "I hope everybody does well" in one breath- andthen you turn around andwallpaperyour property with POSTED signs, hording the deer into your private sanctuary forjust yourself and your buddies' enjoyment-without SOME level of hypocrisy.

I'm just saying - lots of you guys are SAYING one thing, but DOING another. That's all.