Are other hunters a help, or a hindrance?

[hunter399]

I'm ok with other hunters.
I primarily hunt public,so it's just a reality anymore.
If anyone notices,I try to have a back up spot,a lot of backup spots.
Not necessarily to avoid other hunters,there are only so many parking spots at this gate or here or there.

I just drive by,find another spot to park at.
And yes I have used other hunters for advantages, to push animals my way.

[Ridgerunner]

Probably depends on where you are at, I recall a faceboook post from an old timer that had shot a spike in the same rockslide like 30 years straight here in WA.  He knows eventually other hunters will push them through there and its just a matter of time waiting for it to happen.  He's got it figured out.

[elksnout]

A hindrance always.

Isn’t it fair to say that we’re all a hindrance to each other at some point?


elksnout

[huntnnw]

older I get the most important part of hunting is solitude and not worrying about other hunters. Ill hunt units now that have low elk and deer populations knowing that not many venture into those units. One thing I cant stand is racing to spots, seeing people parked on every ridge, hearing gunshots all day...not my thing. Im going on 7 years in ID in my spot and have seen 2 hunters on 1 morning briefly and heard not 1 single gunshot in that timeframe. I am almost 100% confident I shot the only muley outta there in the last decade.