Very Upset!

[Brad Harshman]

That's terrible.  I'm sorry that is your experience coming back into the sport.  It's not like that everywhere.  Chaulk it up to dipsh!ts, who need an a$$ whooping.  Keep hunting you'll remember how much you loved it pretty quickly.

God bless, and Happy New Year.

[ST42]

Hi Gents,
Sorry for the delay in getting back to your replies. Thanks to the Moderators for cleaning up my post title. I broke the first rule of posting.....Try not to do it while angry.

Skillet & KFhunter,
I suppose that it could be baiting. I actually am a very experienced predator hunter, between that and running a trapline, I paid for two spring quarters of College at the University of Minnesota. I had found that the only productive bait stands were winter kills and / or kills that weren't recovered. About the only thing that I had ever seen hit this kind of baiting, if that's what it is, is crows and magpies.

stickerbush,
Yep. Drahthaar. There's a huge debate as to the difference between German Wirehaired Pointers and Drahthaars. I'll leave that to you. Emmitt is a great dog and he is really coming along for a 10 month old pup. I made a big mistake in waiting too long after I lost Zack, my first Drahthaar. I should have manned up and got a pup ASAP. It cost me 5 years of field time and I will never be without a dog again.

FishnFowler,
After I have spent sometime thinking about those chukar, and your post. The only thing that I can think of is maybe they inadvertently shot more than their limits during a covey rise.... I'm just guessing. Had it happened to me, I would have taken them home. I would think that if approached by F&G, that the chance of a ticket after explanation, would be rather slim. Just makes me angry to think of them just wasting away.

[mossy8352]

Sad but I fear we are only going to see more of this as the attitude of gimmie gimmie for free takes over. Farmers will only put up with this for so long and then they will lock down the land again!

[pens fan]

Think possibly someones freezer or cooler failed and iy was spoiled?

[Elkrunner]

That irks me as well. 

As far as the TV and other garbage that entire area all the way over to quincy is loaded with peoples crap that they dumped back there.  Take a drive all the way over BAIRDS springs road and you will see what I mean.  It's absolutely disgusting.  TV's, mattresses, couches, etc. 

[AspenBud]

The quail and the chukar...it kind of tells you where small game ranks with people in this state.

Sights like this really shine a light on why so many logging roads have wound up being gated off from the public most of the year. There are a bunch of irresponsible slobs out there.

My favorite this season was a nice grouse hunting spot that someone had ditched the remains of a few deer, a bear hide, a dead coyote, and a fairly large rib cage in front of the gate. My assumption is it was people dumping the remains of their kills. If any of you have a dog that likes to roll in dead stuff you see the problem. Not a good way to start a hunt!

[bracer40]

The quail and the chukar...it kind of tells you where small game ranks with people in this state.

Sights like this really shine a light on why so many logging roads have wound up being gated off from the public most of the year. There are a bunch of irresponsible slobs out there.

My favorite this season was a nice grouse hunting spot that someone had ditched the remains of a few deer, a bear hide, a dead coyote, and a fairly large rib cage in front of the gate. My assumption is it was people dumping the remains of their kills. If any of you have a dog that likes to roll in dead stuff you see the problem. Not a good way to start a hunt!

Nothing like making the long drive back with a dog that smells like he visited "Pet Cemetery."