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jackelope:
you all should try hunting in upstate new york during deer season some time :chuckle: . we have it pretty good here compared to other places.

ICEMAN:
Sadly, occasionally, we pick our hunt areas based more upon other hunters than on game. What I mean is; instead of going to where we believe animals will be, we change our plans to put ourselves in areas where other hunters will not be, let them push out the game during pre-dawn light, into bedding or rugged terrain. You can plan on this happening. Yahoo's will slam the doors, set the alarms, etc.... and spook game to you if you work it right. Even this sucks, as I would rather hunt undisturbed game.

Nothing ruins my vacation more, than being on a hunt, and having it saturated with idiots. I would rather stare blankly into a gameless canyon, than look across and see orange. :dunno:

1371Marine:
These are many of the reasons I went from rifle to archery tag for deer. Less people and deer have died every season.

jae:
I hate confrontation, I love to be in the out doors (out of sight of others), and I love making a stalk on an animal without someone else interupting. This year I was making a stalk on a 6x6 Roosevelt that I had been watching for two months. when I was at forty five yards, an other archer shot all most over my shoulder from 90 yards and hit the bull back and low. When I approached the other man and asked him if he had seen me, he said no. I have a hard time believing that. I helped him track the bull for about 200 yards. At that point we caught up with the bull. I ranged the bull at fifty yards and stepped to the side to let him shoot. The bull stepped out broadside and stopped, giving him a shot much better than the 90 yard shot he had taken. He had twenty seconds and did not shoot. The bull walked off. I was sick to watch this magnificent bull walk away gut shot. within two minutes the rest of the herd started toward us from behind. I knocked an arrow and prepared to shoot. I looked at the other archer and he also was ready to shoot. At that time I said "hay pal you have one bull that is wounded that I could have killed twice. You are not going to shoot at any other elk until you find out if that one is dead or dying". He said "oh ya I was just going to back you up". He stood up, the herd spooked and we parted ways.
Five hours latter that day I stopped at the spot I had last seen blood and followed the trail. The other archers tracks stopped about fifty yards from were I left him. I was sick at what had happened. I cannot believe he would not stay with that animal for the rest of the day. I wish people would think more about the quality of the hunt, other that just the harvest. If the rolls were reverst, and I harvested an animal that someone else was stalking I would not be very proud of it. I hope that goes for the rest of you. Take care and be courteous to other hunters (we are a minority).

ICEMAN:
jae, horrible story. I have found that some guys just "don't get it..." You will never be able to make them understand what they should do, or what they have done is wrong. I am done trying to spend my time "educating" others. I just try to lead by example. Pick up the trash. Take the quality/responsible shot. Track that game. Hell, some guys will take a shot and will not even go to where their target was, to even look for blood. Saw the deer run off, must have missed....

Sorry you had this *censored*ty experience.

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