Originally Posted by Tracker II (Post 3733100)

Public hunting falls into the same category as public fishing. How many times have you been fishing and another boat comes speeding right by your boat, making no effort to slow down and circle around at a polite distance even though they can see you are fishing?

In both hunting and fishing, there are X number of people who are informed and courteous, X number of people who don't have a clue, and X number of people who have a clue but just don't care about showing courtesy to other hunters/fishers.

I'm in my 50's, and it seems to me that the number of people who show no courtesy to others has risen dramatically over the years. Maybe it's my imagination but I don't think so.

Originally Posted by DeerandbearhoG (Post 3731833)

Couple things Ive learned about deer hunting on public land.

1st, sleep late and drive around at 1st light and see where guys ARENT parking, thats where you wanna go if you dont wanna bump or get bumped, I dont worry much about getting in early these days cause I almost never see deer at 1st light, its always an hour or 2 after 1st light, heck I see as many deer mid day as I do early.

2nd, other hunters get the deer up and moving, I love the guys who walk back to the truck in squads with their rifles slung over their shoulders, as if theyre convinced no deer could possible be hiding in the woods they picked to sit in that day:rolleye0011:, alot of times deer are bedded close by and those guys kick them right to me, I love it:happy0001:

You dont have to hike a mile or even more than a few hundered yrds from your car to find deer, in fact I find deer like hanging out closer than farther to the road, its the hunters that seem to like treking deep in the woods.