It's called respect

[runamuk]

If I am within a mile of a road I consider myself to be road hunting. I don't expect everyone to hold the same opinion. If people driving down the road have an impact on my hunt I am road hunting.

The units I usually hunt in Western WA have little if any area that is more than a mile from a logging road.  I guess we are all road hunters. lol

Exactly if you can't escape the roads you are still sort of road hunting so use it to your advantage.

I have little sympathy, I have lots of weird stuff that has happened to me because I hunt alone and am female and people try to intimidate me. I tried to be super ethical then realized in some areas there us zero escape so change how I react, change my tactics.

I probably should shut up like I was told to do in the past because I have never killed anything so my opinion was not only unwanted but pointless.  That's the sort of stuff I have had to deal with.

And yet here I am still trying ALONE with lots of strikes against me. I will kill something other than skunks some day.  And the ethics of other hunters won't have anything to do with it

[davk]

I find it funny that blocking roads is acceptable to some people on here.  As if there is simply one area to hunt off dead end roads.  Maybe Ill block the road out ... dont want you driving by and disrupting my hunt. 

[ruttnbuck]

I find it funny that blocking roads is acceptable to some people on here.  As if there is simply one area to hunt off dead end roads.  Maybe Ill block the road out ... dont want you driving by and disrupting my hunt. 

Im not saying to block the damn road i'm saying if I park  (not blocking )there wouldn't it be considerate thing to do to keep going rather then drive down a road that someone is already walking down??? I'd  like to say yes but what I've been gathering is nope people are gonna do what they want so pretty much get over it and deal with it.  Whatever im done, delete this damn post Its pointless anymore. 

[Crunchy]

How would anyone know what direction you walked from your parked truck?

[bobcat]

I kind of understand why some people aren't getting it. He's talking about hunting on Weyerhaeuser land. If you haven't hunted Weyerhaeuser tree farms it might be difficult to understand. But basically, there is no where that you can walk, that you can't also drive. All the roads are drive-able and well maintained. Sure you might be able to find a patch of timber here and there where you can get 1/4 mile from the road and hunt. But if you're hunting the clearcuts, like 99% of the people do, and for good reason, because that's where the deer are, then you pretty much have to either walk, or drive on roads when you're hunting. And he's  talking a short spur road that goes out onto a landing where you can get a good look at the clearcut. I don't know how long this particular road in this instance was, but sometimes they're only 100 yards long, if that. There's no reason to drive down to the end of it and scare any deer that might be around. So most people park and walk out. If you park and walk, it doesn't help when someone else decides to just drive on out there. It's happened to me before and I totally understand what he's talking about.

[shootingblanks]

If I drove up on someone parked on a short road to a clear cut and saw them out there hunting. I would definitely go elsewhere. I don't want to be there anyway if someone else is. If I don't see anyone around I may keep going.
Someone blocking a road that keeps going aways though is not cool.

[cryder]

JONI MITCHELL COULD HELP YAUL ,, as she so ozmic ally put it ,, Put up a parking lot , public lands are no fun or very successfully for any lazy Doritos crunch , beer drinking , truck seat hunters , who forgot to work out a little before the season comes along instead of sitting around goof juice in and planning there drive ,r , I mean hunt , but anyways ,,,, get out there ! And take a look g hike away from the slacked jawed yokel collecting parking fees and selling googler connect , then your hunting

[lord grizzly]

I kind of understand why some people aren't getting it. He's talking about hunting on Weyerhaeuser land. If you haven't hunted Weyerhaeuser tree farms it might be difficult to understand. But basically, there is no where that you can walk, that you can't also drive. All the roads are drive-able and well maintained. Sure you might be able to find a patch of timber here and there where you can get 1/4 mile from the road and hunt. But if you're hunting the clearcuts, like 99% of the people do, and for good reason, because that's where the deer are, then you pretty much have to either walk, or drive on roads when you're hunting. And he's  talking a short spur road that goes out onto a landing where you can get a good look at the clearcut. I don't know how long this particular road in this instance was, but sometimes they're only 100 yards long, if that. There's no reason to drive down to the end of it and scare any deer that might be around. So most people park and walk out. If you park and walk, it doesn't help when someone else decides to just drive on out there. It's happened to me before and I totally understand what he's talking about.

I've hunted a ton of blacktail for years on miles and miles of timber company land back when I lived west of the mountains. I think what the OP isn't getting is that to get as upset as he is and throw a post up about how its "called respect" obviously shows he doesn't know the deal out there when hunting this type of land. you parked on an open road, you were hunting an open road and the guy that drove by you was doing the same thing, short landing or not. for all he knew you stopped there and went off the other side through the timber. if you don't like that id suggest finding a new way/place to hunt. that's usually how guys get into backpacking. I have killed some smoker blacktails back in the day and they were all taken form areas like this post is talking about, biggest one I ever killed I actually watched a crew cab ford with an ass in every seat drive right by at 20 mph. I pulled over and dumped him, that buck was pushing 140, couldn't believe those guys didn't see him

[MADMAX]

 

shot both my biggest blacktails and a cougar (which I called in) on state land full of shotgun shells and broken glass close to roads
gated now
I hate the lack of respect to the land more than a guy in a truck

[2MANY]

Some hunters hunt excuses.
Some hunters work hard avoiding them.

Any guess which hunters are more successful??

[bigmacc]

JONI MITCHELL COULD HELP YAUL ,, as she so ozmic ally put it ,, Put up a parking lot , public lands are no fun or very successfully for any lazy Doritos crunch , beer drinking , truck seat hunters , who forgot to work out a little before the season comes along instead of sitting around goof juice in and planning there drive ,r , I mean hunt , but anyways ,,,, get out there ! And take a look g hike away from the slacked jawed yokel collecting parking fees and selling googler connect , then your hunting

Finally, the voice of reason ...thankyou cryder

[Angry Perch]

You can't try to make a public road private by parking your vehicle in the middle of it.

I'm not trying to make it private all I'm saying is if the rd is less then a mile (and the majority of hunters know how far back it goes  but I know there are  times u get a newbie in the area. ) then I would expect someone to give a guy some room or at least come in contact if possible and be a good steward . I know myself I'm not going to waist my time if I see someone parked at the beginning of a dead end road, ill keep going and go to plan B .

A mile? If I'm driving to my chosen clearcut for a morning hunt, and I see an orange vest strolling down the road a mile out, I'm supposed to turn around?

[Elkcollector82]

You can't try to make a public road private by parking your vehicle in the middle of it.

I'm not trying to make it private all I'm saying is if the rd is less then a mile (and the majority of hunters know how far back it goes  but I know there are  times u get a newbie in the area. ) then I would expect someone to give a guy some room or at least come in contact if possible and be a good steward . I know myself I'm not going to waist my time if I see someone parked at the beginning of a dead end road, ill keep going and go to plan B .

A mile? If I'm driving to my chosen clearcut for a morning hunt, and I see an orange vest strolling down the road a mile out, I'm supposed to turn around?

If you see me leave the gas station with an orange vest and take a right down Main Street. You better respect my hunting and you go left on Main Street. 

[Crunchy]

If you see my rig parked at a gated road, just keep moving on, cause obviously I am hunting the mile strech of road behind the gate.

[jagermiester]

I just read this whole thread for the first time. What in the world??
If you are complaining about this change your own habits. You'll probably find something new that you can truly enjoy.