Early camp set up

[sakoshooter]

I don't mind people leaving their camps a few days to maybe a week or two before their hunt. My issue is if they get upset if their stuff gets stolen or if someone moved their stuff. I view it as hanging trail cameras. I know that by leaving them out, they are at risk of either being messed with or stolen and that is a risk I accept.

How would you know they aren't still actively camping there? Maybe they are out scouting for the day. If I setup a camp, I shouldn't have to sit there 24/7 cause some jackwagon thinks it is ok to steal or move my stuff should it be left unattended...

Agreed.
If the time limit was adhered to by folks and enforced by LEO, problems like above would not arise. Either way, if it's not yours keep your friggin hands off it.

[bowguy]

So how does one know if someone is there or not? I've read and been following the stupidity of some peoples comments on here. For instance early archery I leave camp an hour before light and stay out all day and usually get back about hour to hour and a half after light is my camp abandoned? To some of you it is. I have my travel trailer setup and I'm gonna spike camp it for a couple days are one of you so called jack wagons gonna tow my truck trailer and quad out to the road and put ur camp in? Come on people if someone's camp is there leave it alone. Who's to judge one persons camp? We've all been thru seasons where all one could afford was a tarp a goodwill tent and a plastic bucket for a chair so why the hell should that guys camp be moved for yours. Maybe he went for ice or home for a shower or maybe had to have a buddy drop him off and will be back in a few days with the truck so he has no ride. LEAVE STUFF ALONE FIND A NEW SPOT!

[ghosthunter]

So how does one know if someone is there or not? I've read and been following the stupidity of some peoples comments on here. For instance early archery I leave camp an hour before light and stay out all day and usually get back about hour to hour and a half after light is my camp abandoned? To some of you it is. I have my travel trailer setup and I'm gonna spike camp it for a couple days are one of you so called jack wagons gonna tow my truck trailer and quad out to the road and put ur camp in? Come on people if someone's camp is there leave it alone. Who's to judge one persons camp? We've all been thru seasons where all one could afford was a tarp a goodwill tent and a plastic bucket for a chair so why the hell should that guys camp be moved for yours. Maybe he went for ice or home for a shower or maybe had to have a buddy drop him off and will be back in a few days with the truck so he has no ride. LEAVE STUFF ALONE FIND A NEW SPOT!

Listen the way I look at it unless you have a badge , hands off.
I set up camp and have left to run home to pick up a grandson, or attend a obligation .  And come right back.Tough if someone doesn't like it.
I come back and you have moved my camp someone will loose their hunt because I will see to it you do not enjoy the camp I had first.
I have had folks beat me to a spot lots of time. I just adapt.
Guys who say they will move camps are just looking to be jack wagons.

Get over yourself geeeez.

[kentrek]

So how does one know if someone is there or not? I've read and been following the stupidity of some peoples comments on here. For instance early archery I leave camp an hour before light and stay out all day and usually get back about hour to hour and a half after light is my camp abandoned? To some of you it is. I have my travel trailer setup and I'm gonna spike camp it for a couple days are one of you so called jack wagons gonna tow my truck trailer and quad out to the road and put ur camp in? Come on people if someone's camp is there leave it alone. Who's to judge one persons camp? We've all been thru seasons where all one could afford was a tarp a goodwill tent and a plastic bucket for a chair so why the hell should that guys camp be moved for yours. Maybe he went for ice or home for a shower or maybe had to have a buddy drop him off and will be back in a few days with the truck so he has no ride. LEAVE STUFF ALONE FIND A NEW SPOT!

Listen the way I look at it unless you have a badge , hands off.
I set up camp and have left to run home to pick up a grandson, or attend a obligation .  And come right back.Tough if someone doesn't like it.
I come back and you have moved my camp someone will loose their hunt because I will see to it you do not enjoy the camp I had first.
I have had folks beat me to a spot lots of time. I just adapt.
Guys who say they will move camps are just looking to be jack wagons.

Get over yourself geeeez.

 

[washelkhunter]

So how does one know if someone is there or not? I've read and been following the stupidity of some peoples comments on here. For instance early archery I leave camp an hour before light and stay out all day and usually get back about hour to hour and a half after light is my camp abandoned? To some of you it is. I have my travel trailer setup and I'm gonna spike camp it for a couple days are one of you so called jack wagons gonna tow my truck trailer and quad out to the road and put ur camp in? Come on people if someone's camp is there leave it alone. Who's to judge one persons camp? We've all been thru seasons where all one could afford was a tarp a goodwill tent and a plastic bucket for a chair so why the hell should that guys camp be moved for yours. Maybe he went for ice or home for a shower or maybe had to have a buddy drop him off and will be back in a few days with the truck so he has no ride. LEAVE STUFF ALONE FIND A NEW SPOT!

Listen the way I look at it unless you have a badge , hands off.
I set up camp and have left to run home to pick up a grandson, or attend a obligation .  And come right back.Tough if someone doesn't like it.
I come back and you have moved my camp someone will loose their hunt because I will see to it you do not enjoy the camp I had first.
I have had folks beat me to a spot lots of time. I just adapt.
Guys who say they will move camps are just looking to be jack wagons.

Get over yourself geeeez.

The issue is with the dummy camps, not a full blown everyone knows you're there setup. Why is this hard to comprehend?   

[huntnnw]

Never in my entire life of camping have I left hell bent that I was going to camp in a specific spot!!

[lee]

So how does one know if someone is there or not? I've read and been following the stupidity of some peoples comments on here. For instance early archery I leave camp an hour before light and stay out all day and usually get back about hour to hour and a half after light is my camp abandoned? To some of you it is. I have my travel trailer setup and I'm gonna spike camp it for a couple days are one of you so called jack wagons gonna tow my truck trailer and quad out to the road and put ur camp in? Come on people if someone's camp is there leave it alone. Who's to judge one persons camp? We've all been thru seasons where all one could afford was a tarp a goodwill tent and a plastic bucket for a chair so why the hell should that guys camp be moved for yours. Maybe he went for ice or home for a shower or maybe had to have a buddy drop him off and will be back in a few days with the truck so he has no ride. LEAVE STUFF ALONE FIND A NEW SPOT!

Listen the way I look at it unless you have a badge , hands off.
I set up camp and have left to run home to pick up a grandson, or attend a obligation .  And come right back.Tough if someone doesn't like it.
I come back and you have moved my camp someone will loose their hunt because I will see to it you do not enjoy the camp I had first.
I have had folks beat me to a spot lots of time. I just adapt.
Guys who say they will move camps are just looking to be jack wagons.

Get over yourself geeeez.

The issue is with the dummy camps, not a full blown everyone knows you're there setup. Why is this hard to comprehend?   

  Thank you!!!!!!!!

[bowguy]

So move your freakin camp 200yds up or down the road. Who in the heck taught you to be a sportsman doing that kind of stuff moving others property to me YOUR NOT. If you go to the park for a BBQ and someone is there saving a bench for their sons bday party later and he just went to the car for stuff are you gonna tell them "sorry I sat here on the third moon of the sixth month for the last two years it's mine." GROW UP AND HAVE SOME RESPECT.

[turkeyfeather]

So how does one know if someone is there or not? I've read and been following the stupidity of some peoples comments on here. For instance early archery I leave camp an hour before light and stay out all day and usually get back about hour to hour and a half after light is my camp abandoned? To some of you it is. I have my travel trailer setup and I'm gonna spike camp it for a couple days are one of you so called jack wagons gonna tow my truck trailer and quad out to the road and put ur camp in? Come on people if someone's camp is there leave it alone. Who's to judge one persons camp? We've all been thru seasons where all one could afford was a tarp a goodwill tent and a plastic bucket for a chair so why the hell should that guys camp be moved for yours. Maybe he went for ice or home for a shower or maybe had to have a buddy drop him off and will be back in a few days with the truck so he has no ride. LEAVE STUFF ALONE FIND A NEW SPOT!

Listen the way I look at it unless you have a badge , hands off.
I set up camp and have left to run home to pick up a grandson, or attend a obligation .  And come right back.Tough if someone doesn't like it.
I come back and you have moved my camp someone will loose their hunt because I will see to it you do not enjoy the camp I had first.
I have had folks beat me to a spot lots of time. I just adapt.
Guys who say they will move camps are just looking to be jack wagons.

Get over yourself geeeez.

The issue is with the dummy camps, not a full blown everyone knows you're there setup. Why is this hard to comprehend?   

Exactly, I think everyone is smart enough to know the difference between a real camp and a dummy camp.

[Jingles]

After reading this entire topic all I can say if a person can't tell the difference between a dummy camp and an active camp they should not be in the woods. If you get to a site and all there is is a cheap tent  no sleeping bags, no chairs, nothing but the tent then IMO it is a dummy camp and someone is " reserving that spot". What jacks my jaw out of shape on this particular sight was they parked a crappy 1 person back pack tent in a spot where I would planned and prepped the area to place my 14 x 17 wall tent. After I went in well in advance and cleared trail to and from removed debris rocks, branches, protruding roots, and  built hitch rail for stock and hung a game pole.
Yes I moved their tent to a spot less than 100 feet away to a tent site that was more appropriate for the size of their tent and put my tent up. along with the cot,, sleeping bag, the kitchen boxes and my dry food boxes, chair and table basically my complete camp; yes it is and was a PITA but I'm also riding in and out still picking rocks out of the trail in the rock slide areas while also continuing to locate an old trail that leads higher up the ridge line where I actually want to camp but being a mere human of 65 years of age and alone, and being treated for a form of Leukemia I can only do so much in so much time. Now by next year, if still physically able, I hope to have this old trail located and cleared of debris and they can have the current site.
This is not an easy site to get to as the first 2 miles are a steady incline from about 1800' to 2500' then the next 2 miles increase in elevation from 2500 to 5300' final mile climbs from 5300 feet to 5965 at camp site.
Hell if someone actually shows up at the Dummy site so be it we might hit it off and then we might not if they are totally Jackwagons screw it I'm 65 suffering from Leukemia and have lived a good life so far, can't think of a better place to end it than the beauty of where I have my camp but I sure won't go alone

[SCRUBS]

What's annoying about this whole dummy camp issue is that the site holders actually believe the rest of us are stupid enough to just buzz off while they're snug in their beds down in jerksville.

Jerksville. Where's that at?

It`s where the Jackwagons live......

[baker5150]

Has this issue ever effected anyone on here? 

I'm just curious if anyone has lost their favorite spot to a dummy camp, or maybe their dummy camp has been removed (if anyones willing to admit to it).

[Broken Arrow]

one of these is a legit camp. 

[h20hunter]

Has this issue ever effected anyone on here? 

I'm just curious if anyone has lost their favorite spot to a dummy camp, or maybe their dummy camp has been removed (if anyones willing to admit to it).

Just last year. Elk camp. We showed up 3 days before season. One lawn chair and a pos tent. The entire site went unused the entire time we were there. No traffic in or out. Next time the tent and chair will get relocated.

[kentrek]

That looks like my September tent and then my October tent 

When not spiked out i sleep in a pretty cheapo tent during september...