Bad experience on public lands (IDIOTS) redeemed by 9-pointer
11-19-2009, 01:41 PM
#21
Spike
Join Date: Nov 2009
Posts: 35
First off ...........CONGRATS.............thats a darn nice buck in my opinion !!
Secondly...........THANKS...........i WAS considering hunting on public ground at a local lake for gun season this year................it would have been my first time hunting on public ground for deer during the gun season...........after hearing what you went through with the crowds and the IDIOTS i think i will stay put on the PRIVATE farms that i always hunt on. I was considering hunting on the public land because i had seen a big buck twice while squirrel hunting with my son out there but i had heard the horror stories from other guys about how stupid some guys can be on the public ground...........im sure glad i read your post it will save me the frustration of dealing with the IDIOTS !!! THANKS AGAIN and CONGRATS on a nice buck
Secondly...........THANKS...........i WAS considering hunting on public ground at a local lake for gun season this year................it would have been my first time hunting on public ground for deer during the gun season...........after hearing what you went through with the crowds and the IDIOTS i think i will stay put on the PRIVATE farms that i always hunt on. I was considering hunting on the public land because i had seen a big buck twice while squirrel hunting with my son out there but i had heard the horror stories from other guys about how stupid some guys can be on the public ground...........im sure glad i read your post it will save me the frustration of dealing with the IDIOTS !!! THANKS AGAIN and CONGRATS on a nice buck
11-19-2009, 05:53 PM
#23
Fork Horn
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: moore oklahoma USA,right now in Korea
Posts: 335
i also walk back as far as i can about 1 and a 1/2 miles but people have lease land around some of it and the lake is right there so some come by boat. but i rarely see any one but its bow only all season long. thats why i like it during gun season.
nice buck but just wondering why the doe wasnt yours you put the kill shot on it doesnt really matter both of you were happy, just wondering why you didnt take it home.
nice buck but just wondering why the doe wasnt yours you put the kill shot on it doesnt really matter both of you were happy, just wondering why you didnt take it home.
11-19-2009, 06:51 PM
#25
Nontypical Buck
Thread Starter
Join Date: Nov 2009
Location: Virginia
Posts: 1,473
To clarify, my experience was only bad on opening day, and I would likely have a similar experience on any Saturday (Sunday hunting is not permitted in VA). When I went back the following Wednesday, the only gunshots I heard were mere pulses in the distance (completely unlike Saturday).
buck-i, I didn't take the doe because she was a faun and not worth the trouble IMO (and I didn't want to waste a tag on her). Had he not come around, of course I would have taken her. I was so pissed though that my hands were shaking for 10 minutes afterward. Pissed at the guy's idiocy, but also pissed that I had to shoot her after I had decided to let her go. It's not every day you have a deer making eye contact with you from 10 feet and not be the least bit alarmed. It was kinda a special moment. I know that might sound crazy to most of you. For me, though I thoroughly enjoy hunting, I have a love/hate relationship with the kill itself.
buck-i, I didn't take the doe because she was a faun and not worth the trouble IMO (and I didn't want to waste a tag on her). Had he not come around, of course I would have taken her. I was so pissed though that my hands were shaking for 10 minutes afterward. Pissed at the guy's idiocy, but also pissed that I had to shoot her after I had decided to let her go. It's not every day you have a deer making eye contact with you from 10 feet and not be the least bit alarmed. It was kinda a special moment. I know that might sound crazy to most of you. For me, though I thoroughly enjoy hunting, I have a love/hate relationship with the kill itself.
11-19-2009, 07:55 PM
#26
Fork Horn
Join Date: Sep 2007
Location: kc mo
Posts: 101
If you have kids steal their plastic sled. Im only five foot four AND 118 JUST PULLED A BIG DOE 600 YARDS BY MYSELF. had to take a couple short breathers but the sled helps tremendously try it.
11-19-2009, 08:19 PM
#27
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Nov 2008
Location: Poconos, PA
Posts: 1,712
Congrats on the buck! certainly a nice one. And unfortunate about the troubles of state land but there are always so many guys in the woods on saturdays. Now you learned it might just be best to stay out of there until week days. But congrats again
