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Post by larryhagmansliver on Apr 29, 2008 10:16:30 GMT -5
I was hunting on my aunts property (she does not live on it) and had my blind set up in a open field. At about 9:00 am, me and my partner decided to move in on a gobbler that was about 150 yards from the blind and hung up. I was calling from about 50 yards behind my partner when two young guys came out of some thick cover and saw my blind then saw me. They decided to sit about 20 yards from me and work the same bird. They had no idea that my partner was directly between them and the bird. Luckily my hunting buddy would have shot the bird first if he came into range. I would assume if you see someone legally working a turkey that the polite thing to do would be to back out the way you came. I don't know if these kids even had permission. They took off after the turkey spooked. What would you do?
Larry
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Post by HuntMeister on Apr 29, 2008 11:09:51 GMT -5
Pretty rude behavior IMO. The few times in my life that I have happened upon someone else I have always eased back out of the area so not to disturb them. Seems like this rude behavior is becoming more commonplace the older I get. Luckily I have never experienced this behavior myself but have heard from many who have.
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Post by turkeyscout on Apr 29, 2008 12:11:45 GMT -5
...larry ,i say you are right, but i feel your partner could be in line of fire , so knowing that, i would have spoken to the intruders,also there could of been a silent gobbler in the area and got pass your partner, which is not good for your partner...a gobbler is not worth a tradegy, alway play it safe.they (young guys) needed to be educated on being too close and backing out.. just my two cents...good luck next time....turkey scout
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Post by hornharvester on Apr 29, 2008 13:12:32 GMT -5
You should have ended your hunt and went over to talk to them. h.h.
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Post by Sasquatch on Apr 29, 2008 13:19:19 GMT -5
Sheesh. A friend of mine took me to Crosley once and we heard a gobble. He said, "You work him," and went on ahead. After about fifteen minutes of gobbling, I heard another hunter a few ridges over start yelping away, obviously throwing his hat in the ring. He was close enough that he could hear me working the bird, and we were on public ground. Jerk!
Some people think hunting is a "may the best man win" kind of competetion. A sport where if you can call the bird off another hunter, or tag a previously shot buck before the hunter that you know is coming can find it, or you have to walk through another hunter's spot to get to your own, etc. then that's the way it is. "If it's legal it's ok."
I think that kind of behavior makes you selfish.
To me the two youths were insufferably rude. It's no different to me than cutting in line at a busy resturant or zipping into a parking spot that you can see someone else is almost pulling into, with the one exception being that someone could have been shot in your case.
I may not get as many big bucks or turkeys as some folks because I try to behave legally AND respectfully, but that's ok. The animals I have taken have been legal, and nobody's hunt was ruined to get them.
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Post by gobblerstopper on Apr 29, 2008 18:56:22 GMT -5
I would assume if you see someone legally working a turkey that the polite thing to do would be to back out the way you came. I walked up on a guy the other day that wasn't working a bird and I still backed out and went to a different woods. If it were me, I would have definitely said something to them. Especially if they were only 20 yards from you.  |
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Post by oggie on Apr 29, 2008 19:12:21 GMT -5
They were completely out of line and I would definitely introduced myself and found out if they had permission. Then I would have explained to them the correct way to do things if you come up on someone hunting.
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Post by hp on Apr 29, 2008 20:31:10 GMT -5
Myself and my buddy were out Friday morning, we had gotten there early so we got dressed and went to the top of the road(its in a field that leads to the woods) we get there and i'm listening to the woods come to life, (My buddy can't hear) was enjoying the early morning when this truck starts up the hill,guy gets out and procedes to walk up the hilltop road. The guy walks up and says" you guys don't have permission to hunt here", we said well, then we've been hunting here for 30yrs and this is new news to us.(he's the farmers NEW neighbor). We didn't care if he hunted but he procedes to ask us "where are you guys hunting", I say wherever their gobbling,he say "well i'm gonna be right up here" I tell him wait just one second we were here first and he's sh** outta luck this morn. He said whatta you want me to do "go home and not hunt" I say thats up to you but you ain't screwin up our hunt. He then wants to go talk to the landowner,I tell him you go talk with the man we're huntin I'll talk with him later,If he(landowner) wants us he knows who we are and where we can be found. Long story short he tells the guy he's outta luck.
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Post by 76chevy on May 2, 2008 7:49:33 GMT -5
You should have ended your hunt and went over to talk to them. h.h.  |
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