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When people that I don't know ask me where I shot that one, I tell them, Right in the heart! I've actually had people try to follow me to my spot then ask permission as well for the same spot! It takes all kinds.

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LOL Greg I can't blame them with all the nice bucks you take !

dd

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I'll have to try that one. I've got a friend that is always begging me to take him out scouting and show him where I kill my deer on public land. I don't simply because of the type of person he is. He is a very unethical hunter, doesn't practice any type of scent control, will take any shot under any circumstances, and will be following me into the woods and hunting right beside me everyday if he knew where I was going.

One person knows where my stands are and that is just because it's a pain carrying a bunch of stands up really big hill so I recruit help from my dad. (Which he showed me where most the spots were anyways, but doesn't bowhunt to much anymore).

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As i indicated in a previous posting, I have minimal experience at hunting on public land. However, some of the posts on this topic indicate that it might be helpful if there was some sort of system to assign hunting spots by a lottery system. I know that the Army Corps of Engineers does this in regard to duck hunting blinds in some areas. Obviously, therecan be a big difference between assigning a spot for a blind and doing it for deer stands.Would it make sense to develop some sort of grid system where folks are assigned a spot within which they have at least a couple hundred square yards to set up a blind? It might be a royal pain to do the initial survey work, and you will always get folks who don't like their assignment. But it might help to avoid a lot of problems inthe future. Just my two cents worth.

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Thanks DD. I definately learned a lesson here! Next year my lips will have super glue on them if I get lucky enough to get another one!

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It's very sad. Whats even worse is I though the guy was a friend and was more considerate then that.

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i'll go one step futher, don't give specifics to anyone that you hunt with or fish against;), you take them they take a friend, then that person takes a friend, well you get the idea, i've even been burnt by family[:@], "loose lips sink ships", so now i just always use generalaties(sp), best of luck, and like DD mentioned you probably just learned a very valueable lesson, now just remember to apply it;), it sucks but some people deserve to be treated the way they act, like butts, oh!!! BTW it is ok to devuldge(sp) others hunting/fishing spots, just not your own;)J/K

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You can buy 'em books and they just eat the covers. Tell 'em and tell 'em and they'll never learn.

Like most everything else in deer hunt'n, most young'ns just got to see it for them selves. Now if you learned something, just consider it the cost of an education and watch yer lips from now on.

There's a good reason the good lord gave ya TWO ears and only ONE mouth.

He was try'n to do ya a favor.

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+1

We used to allowfamily andfriendsto hunt for free, but allowing them to hunt became allowing their friends to hunt, and then the friends start bringing friends. Try to be nice and people walk all over ya![:@]

I have hunting spots in every pasture, and if I died today, the good Lord would be the only one that knows anything about them.

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I guess I have a different view on this! I hunt with people that share hunting spots instead of hiding them! I my self would rather have a friend or family member hunt in my area than a total stranger! But I really don't care if someone hunts in a tree I hunt. More power to them. I like to see others be successful! I have made alot of friends on public land and we now hunt together! My father taught me to enjoy the hunt no matter the outcome and share the experience! The guys I hunt with spend all year preparing their land as I do mine, they enjoy for my son and myself to hunt their stands! On public land as well! I guess I don't see the point in hiding your hunting spot especially on public land, you can only hunt one stand at a time! If someone wants to hunt your tree you must of done your homework! I also take pride in that! :) I try to treat others like the way I would like to be treated! JMO!