To the Hardcore 2 Kayakers Duck Hunting Todays Snow Storm

[duckmen1]

If you think that chits bad trying elk hunting on public land 😆

Right!

So there I was, sitting on MY RIDGE and calling with my bugle and cow call, every once in a while like a pro, you know, locator bugles and cow in estrus calls only. When suddenly some jerk off comes walking out of the forest in front of me! And he's got a hoochie mama tied to the bottom of his boot! Just hitting that thing over and over in step. I can tell by the way he's walking he has no idea this is my ridge. I mean, what is he doing hunting on my ridge? And why is he walking around looking for elk doing challenge bugles? He should be setup waiting for one to come in to his blind! Everyone's an idiot but me... Lol poor guy

I guess based off this response you are ok with individuals not obeying the rule book. So I guess if I was on a ridge hunting elk and I was in a 3 point minimum area, "not open to cows" and another hunter approached and I saw shoot a cow and talked about it here and called that individual an idiot for breaking the law you would say I am the idiot. Gotcha those responses are always said by ones that act just like I witnessed today.

Again if laws were obeyed and inexperience was at play I wouldn't have said anything here. See it all year every year. I myself make mistakes like in elk hunting as we all do. Maybe one blows a stalk, calls at the wrong time, miss a shot. Lots of things happen. But we as hunters learn from our mistakes.

[brew]

you hunt on public land and that's what you deal with---public...yeah it sometimes sux but if someone is doing something "illegal" call the fish cops and let them deal with it and get some bonus points.  frustrating ?  YES---bitching about the public being public on this site is useless 

[MADMAX]

you hunt on public land and that's what you deal with---public...yeah it sometimes sux but if someone is doing something "illegal" call the fish cops and let them deal with it and get some bonus points.  frustrating ?  YES---bitching about the public being public on this site is useless 

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Anymore I’m just happy to get back to where I parked and nobody messed with my rig

[LDennis24]

Really just messing with you about your rant. I get so mad sometimes I say the wrong thing and that's kind of how you sound. I understand the illegal parts but your also going off about how often they call and using a white sheet instead of...  a northern flight box with blind door decoys? Your mad that they don't hit every bird, etc... Why didn't you approach them? Cuz they had guns? I'll bet they drive a white Ford huh?! Maybe leave them a note on their vehicle and see if they are receptive to your frustrations? Then turn them in to the game dept.  I've never ate a snipe either. Why even shoot them?

[duckmen1]

you hunt on public land and that's what you deal with---public...yeah it sometimes sux but if someone is doing something "illegal" call the fish cops and let them deal with it and get some bonus points.  frustrating ?  YES---bitching about the public being public on this site is useless

Had I had service I would have called them in. Sure a certain someone on this site will bad mouth me for saying that. My point of bringing it up here was in hopes that maybe the individual would see this post and understand the necessity of the rule book. Following the rules is respectful to the animal as well as the other hunters in the public. But future this is a good point. I will learn from this post. I learned that some people on this site are here to stand up for someone breaking the law and calling the person that sees this activity an idiot for bringing it up. Guess we all have different morals. For the ones that want to break the law. Go ahead. Have fun.

[duckmen1]

Really just messing with you about your rant. I get so mad sometimes I say the wrong thing and that's kind of how you sound. I understand the illegal parts but your also going off about how often they call and using a white sheet instead of...  a northern flight box with blind door decoys? Your mad that they don't hit every bird, etc... Why didn't you approach them? Cuz they had guns? I'll bet they drive a white Ford huh?! Maybe leave them a note on their vehicle and see if they are receptive to your frustrations? Then turn them in to the game dept.  I've never ate a snipe either. Why even shoot them?

I was on shore. No boat. I was gonna approach them and politely have a discussion about things. I am not one to make a big confrontation that gets out of control with others like some people may see out at the rivers salmon fishing. They took off to the other side of the bay in the kayaks. I was trying to get first flight of birds before approaching. Later I went around surrounding roads and never saw a vehicle. Although they were across. Not sure how they accessed other than getting dropped off and picked up later. I have seen that a few times during the same day of the week. I wanted to talk or leave a note as that is why I went around looking for the vehicle.

As far as the white sheet in the snow goes. I thought that was a killer idea. Wasn't bad mouthing that. Just used that as a reference as to who it was. Again so if they read this they would have a more clear understanding as it to be them.

We all miss our share of birds. No one is 100% on birds. But as far as comments I said on shots go. With ammo prices, effective range, ammo availability, educating birds, wounding birds, etc. Keeping shots at reasonable distances will help a greater success in the end for all hunters throughout the season. 
I mix all waterfowl in a batch of ground with 50% elk and make pepperoni with the duck and such that I don't do home cooked meals with. So shooting snipe goes into pepperoni. They are a fun species to target. Almost seems like upland bird hunting quail along tall grass edges but snipe bust out. A lot of fun.

[LDennis24]

Just wait until they "improve" public access by paving the entry way and putting in a vault bathroom for you AND the people who just want to see the birds swim around, and they get pissed that your SHOOTING them! Isn't public land great! It's for everyone to use how they see fit and if another person doesnt like it, oh well! I say just turn them in next time. You have no idea how much I HATE dealing with pheasant hunters on the neighboring property who suck at pheasant hunting. It's just not worth my time ranting on here about it.

[LDennis24]

Have you ever ate the snipe by itself just to try it?

[brew]

are you in an area now to call it in ?  maybe give the authorities some information about what you saw, where it was and a description of the vehicle you suspect it may have been (if they were that close to you it would make sense they may have parked where you were ?}.  The authorities may contact them with your concerns and that may be enough to dissuade them from doing it again.  we don't know and nobody on this particular thread has promoted any illegal activity.  I have not seen anyone here advocating battery powered decoys and skybusting is not "illegal"...yes it is unethical but i have not seen anyone saying that is ok either

[duckmen1]

Like I said. I was hopeful they were a member and my rant would help educate rules and ethical purposes. But I know we see a lot of these posts. And they get old for everyone.

I have eaten snipe over an open camp fire wrapped in bacon. Tasted fine. But probably because bacon makes everything taste good. Already put this batch into the grind so next time I get one I will do a solo taste test and make a post about that.

[Special T]

I got rid of every *censored* because they couldnt figure out thenice flows. Had most of the bay to myself. Horrible weather makes great hunting on the bay!

[duckmen1]

are you in an area now to call it in ?  maybe give the authorities some information about what you saw, where it was and a description of the vehicle you suspect it may have been (if they were that close to you it would make sense they may have parked where you were ?}.  The authorities may contact them with your concerns and that may be enough to dissuade them from doing it again.  we don't know and nobody on this particular thread has promoted any illegal activity.  I have not seen anyone here advocating battery powered decoys and skybusting is not "illegal"...yes it is unethical but i have not seen anyone saying that is ok either

are you in an area now to call it in ?  maybe give the authorities some information about what you saw, where it was and a description of the vehicle you suspect it may have been (if they were that close to you it would make sense they may have parked where you were ?}.  The authorities may contact them with your concerns and that may be enough to dissuade them from doing it again.  we don't know and nobody on this particular thread has promoted any illegal activity.  I have not seen anyone here advocating battery powered decoys and skybusting is not "illegal"...yes it is unethical but i have not seen anyone saying that is ok either

I am in an area now yes. But like I said I drove around when relocating to end the hunt in a better location away from the action and saw no vehicle parked. I believe they were dropped off. I could report but don't have a lot of info other than what I said here. I will watch on next outings and then based off what I see try to have a polite discussion with them and see where that goes. I think they are a local and hunt it often so probably will encounter in the future. And hope to see a good outcome and learning experience.

[LDennis24]

Yeah and unfortunately nothing will happen if you can't give them a vehicle description and description of the people, you know that. That's why I said white Ford. I deal with jerks near my house like this every day during the season. It sucks.

[builtfordtough]

Why the dig on a white Ford? I have 1 and its sexy!!!

[LDennis24]

Cuz I have one too... Lol   Just a joke about giving the warden a generic vehicle description. I deal with these kind of people who hunt public land near me all the time. Just imagine the phone call. Yeah it was two guys hunting in a white Ford pickup. They had camo on. And they were carrying guns with bent barrels cuz they couldn't hit anything! The game dept is spread so thin they won't get anything done. I try calling while things are taking place and the guy has to cover 1000 square miles so he's never in the area. Our state is pathetic.