Who listens to it?

Seems like I usually hear more folks 3 ridges over than near me - weird how the radio waves travel.

We use the radios to confirm where we take stand. Guys come in late - and others move at times. So with limited acrage - its helpful to know when a person is passing by - I feel safer anyhow.

Tonight I heard a guy say he shot a doe - and later he an another confirmed it was dead. I heard the shots - and they were not too close - maybe 1 mile - or a little less. Anyhow - there are no doe permits at all in 7M. The son said he hung it on the swingset - next to "the other one" -
Hate to hear chatter like this!

FH

i love to listen to it sometimes lol.. last year on the opener thats all i did...we use them while doing our drives to stay in touch..when driving we change channels to a less used one.....channel 1 is nuts lol...ill listen to that tomarrows opener...very commonly used channel here...i pick up guys that are farm away too when hunting the farm land thats pretty flat and open...i love listening to some of them guys.....can get down right funny....the opener is tomarrow...we will sit till 11 or 12...but im in radio range of atleast one of our guys in our group..ill keep in touch with him..cant wait...i thought i was the only idiot that liked to listen to these yahoos....

I use an ear bud for silent listening. Lots of other hunters on the farm I hunt useradios and I listen to find out who is seeing deer, who is going to lunch, etc. When you have ten other hunters, that you don't know, hunting the same ground it is a real advantage to know where they are and what they are up to.

FarmHunter, the conversation that you heard sounds very enlightening. Sounds like the game wardens might want to keep a radio on too, to see who they might want to stop in and visit!

Our whole group uses radios. It's great to hear who's seen what, who's going where, and just shoot the breeze when the action slows down. They're also very handy in the evening if somebody needs help tracking one. Makes us wonder how we even survived in the "old days" before they were affordable!

Yes, we use them as well. We have anywhere from 4-9 hunters on our property and its a nice way to keep in contact. Its amazing, I'm on one end of the property and can't hear the guy on the opposite end of the property, but I can hear yahoos from who knows how far away.

I'd bed 100$ the DEC has these in their vehicles

Our group uses them as well for the basics...no assistance in taking game. We have been using them since the late '90s. Back then we were the only ones in our area. Then about 4 or 5 years ago it seems that everybody had one and they all used it..legally or illegally. I actually enjoyed leaving my unit on scan just to hear what else was going on in our area. Nowadays it seems everyone else has caught on to the scanning trick and now you almost never hear anyone on the radios anymore though I still see alot of guys with them in their hands or strapped to their jacket.

It is an interesting way to pass them time on stand while not really taking away from your ability to keep an eye out for game.