TRASH IN WOODS
 

ill probably get no responses but everyone who looks at this thread

PLEASE, NEXT TIME YOU GO TO THE WOODS, TAKE YOUR TRASH OUT WITH YOU ( INCLUDING SHELL CASINGS OR HULLS).

AND NOT ONLY YOUR TRASH, PICK UP OTHERS AS WELL.

remember,

discipline is what you do when no one else is watching.

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always try to......the only thing im guilty of leaving is shotgun hulls fired from the semi once in a while that fling to who knows where.....and 22casings when squirrel hunting occassionally....to many people leave stuff in the woods....why not carry out your wrappers and bottles out after they are empty....you carried them in full

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I'm with ya cpltessaz. It drives me crazy to see junk in the woods. Although I think the worst offenders are on the banks of rivers & streams. Styrofoam worm containers, hook packages and beer cans. I'm always filling my pockets taking stuff out of the woods.

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Good idea,but around here you would need a front end loader for the furniture ,wash machines and refregerators and a tow truck for the autos

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yes I always try to, I always pick up shells and cartridges..... any paper or bags come out with me!

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I have a real pet peeve about litterers. I can't count how many times I've sneaked into a good place to set up for turkey hunting and, once it got light enough to see, saw that someone else must've thought the same thing a day or two earlier. Used coffee cups, candy wrappers, etc all over the place.

For those of you who litter: As was already said, this stuff was full on the way in and you managed to get it there. Now that it's empty, crumple it all up, stuff it in your pocket and get it out of there. THE WOODS AREN'T YOUR TRASHCAN.

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After I shoot the litter-bugs I always pick up my shells.....

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Nothing worse than finding wrappers, empty chew cans and stuff at the base of a tree stand - you carry it in you should carry it out -

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I agree will all of you. I hate to see the woods littered with junk, but I am guilty of one thing, during mushroom season I sometimes leave a can or bottle to mark a good spot. However, after I am no longer finding mushrooms in the area, I remove it from the woods. All of you keep up the good work. Its nice to know that some people still respect the land.

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I'm with you 100% on this. My truck ends up full of other peoples trash by the end of the season. What really makes me mad is watching some hunting show where the host keeps ejecting shells without looking or even mentioning one should carry out spent shells. This gives the non-hunting public the impression we don't really care about the outdoors.

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I hear where all you guys are coming from. My father and I hunt on private land and we find all sorts of garbage and junk out in the woods.

The worse part is that nobody else is supposed to be out there besides my father and I.:eek::eek::eek:

I guess this just shows that ifsomeone is dumb enough to disrespect posted property by crossing its boundries, then theyalso could be dumb enough to disrespect it by littering on it too. [&o][&o][&o]

I wish I could catch these people.

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thank you all for the replies, i think my cargo pockets on my pants were made for picking up trash!

i dont expect everyone to do a full on military "police call" but see a bottle pick it up, see a can get your nickel! if you smoke "field strip" them at least but respect the land, the land will give back

again thank you all for your response

if you carry in 3 things bring out 6

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I always bring out my own trash, although I'll admit that I don't pick up other people's stuff. I will definately try to keep that in the back of my mind from now on though, just to grab a few things and do my part.

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Great thread, too bad most don't adhere to these standards.

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I just can understand why people will not pack out the trash. I try to grab trash as I come a across it. My fly fishing vest, and hip quiverhas cigarette butts in it from the last fewouttings( I always seem to forget to empty my pockets).
If people would just try to make the outdoors a little better then they found them we would all be better off. It takes what, about 2 seconds to stop and pick up an old soda can. That is pop for all the folks west of altoona,:D

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This is a bigger problem than most of us realize. Not only are people leaving their crap in the woods, I see kids and some adults come out of convenience stores open their cigarette wrappers or candy bars and throw the packaging onto the ground. THERE WAS A TRASH CAN 2 FEET AWAY. I'm seeing more items thrown out of car windows too. What good are our littering laws if we don't once in a while fine some folks to get the word out that this is wrong. Maybe we needto bring back the Indian crying over polluted rivers commercials and put up "GIVE A HOOT, DON'T POLUTE" posters again like when we were younger. I' don't know it just irkes me when people toss their crap 2 feet away from a garbage can.

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Yeah I have to agree with you folks but here the problem is far bigger than that. Here it is becoming very common to go down a dirt road and find anything you can think of, sofas,chairs,tv sets,frigerators,etc. All because these bums do not want to pay the disposal fee. One place I went to bait trap I found an old freezer on the road in so I loaded it on the truck to use it to store bait fish in. It will be sadder when the roads are gated because of these bums. But, I couldn't find enough room to load all the crap being left out in the woods. Let alone the expense to hall it all to the dump for these bums.

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I always pick up anything that shouldn't be there if I can carry it out in a game pouch, fanny pack or back pack. I do the same with ice fishing trash. It is hard to understand how someone can go out on the ice, enjoy a wonderful day of fishing and then leave beer/ pop bottles and sandwich wrappers on the ice. I keep a bucket in the back of the truck for picked up trash and it fills up in 2 or 3 days.

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My new fishing spot is so bad that I am thinking about actually spending a day there cleaning it up. I am just afraid it would be a waste of time. As soon as I see a ranger there, I am going to talk to him about it.

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Same hear!!! I hunt public land and I'm dealing with all the Baltimore,Dumbdalk, and Essex low lifes in mmy woods[:@]

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awsome responses! okay im going turkey hunting in 3 weeks! if i dont get a turkey ill know ill get some crap picked up. i smoke myself and butts dont break down so easily, years! soda cans and food wrappers are my pet peeve!

cargo pockets everyone thats what they are for

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Your post inspired me to bring a garbage bag with me when scouting for turkey the last few days. I made a small dent in the amount of trash in the woods, hopefully others will join in and clean up all of the crap people have dropped over the years in an otherwise beautiful hunting area

-Rick C.