Be carefull who you tell...............

[TheHunt]

Dang,  We will see what kind of friend he is...

[elkaholic]

Understand your guys frustartions... There are some hunter sleft taht hold true to the word. I have had a great tip on aspot and not told a word. Been there only by myself as I was grateful to have the tip from agreat hunter on this site. Sorry about the bad luck guys. I do have some NE spots and I dare dont share them unless I have alot of trust.

[BLKBEARKLR]

Learned my lesson a long time ago, had an awesome bear baiting station in Alaska, took one person in there, the next year there were at least 30 registered bait stations off that trail.

Now I never tell anyone where I am hunting, most of the time my hunting parnter is my wife and she sleeps there and on the way back so I know she will never tell anyone either

[coop2424]

You guys can tell me the spots and I gaurantee you I will be the only person you will see in there other than yourself...   

[JBar]

I hear ya Gutpile, had the same thing happen to me but with a inlaw!    Never again!

[PolarBear]

Been in the same situation man, it sucks!  That is one of the main reasons that I do not allow people to hunt my land.  I thought I was being a good guy by letting a "friend" take his kid hunting on my land to get his first deer.  All I asked is that they hunted alone, did not shoot any does and didnt make a mess.  Not too much to ask, eh?  Well, I find out that not only did the dad and his son hunt my place but 2 friends of theirs, a grandfather and an uncle.  Out of the 6 they shot 3 does and 2 spikes.  Needless to say I don't have anything to do with them anymore.  I've also stopped giving out specific honey hole info for the same reason.  I tried to help out a couple of guys from another board with spots that used to produce for me.  Both times I later found out that not only did they get nice bucks (one a 150 class whitie) but so did their friends and now they have made these spots a yearly group tradition.  The part that really sucks is after I gave them the detailed information I never heard from them again, not even a thanks for putting them on a good spot or anything.  I had to find out by reading it on another forum.  I love helping folks out but I have been burned too many times and am pretty guarded about my spots now.

[PA BEN]

I thought I had a friend in the N.W.T.F. grope in Colville. I was on the committee for the banquite in Colville. I came to the meeting one night and this so called friend asked hows it going. I said good killed a limit of geese today. He said were? I said ########. Then he said he guides geese around sprage lake. But don't worry I don't hunt around #########. The next thing I know he calls me to say He saw some geese in the area I hunt. "just letting you know about them in the field in case you want to hunt them." Stubed me I said, O that's so and so's field. The next thing I knew he talked to the land owner and was in. GUIDING. I work and he would hunt during the week so no geese on the weekends. I was out scouting and caught him looking at some geese. I called him out on it and he said no I not guiding just hunting myself. I took the next day off of work and watched him and his clients hunt that field. It's to bad these money people screw it for the Joe blow and there kids to hunt. He also locked up land for his guiding.

[CoryTDF]

This sorta crap happens all the time. It pisses me off! I have run into this so many times in my life it's not even funny. To the point where people have followed me to see where i was hunting. The law should state that you get to beat the hell out of people that do this sort of thing. I can't stand the disrespectfull type's who do this and think they own the world. you have every right to be pissed and i think you should make damn sure your "friend" knows how you feel. God knows i always let people like this know there place.

[h2ofowlr]

I used to have a good duck spot in SW Washington, but I took the wrong guy in years back and it spread like wildfire.  Now it is hunted 7 days a week and not worth damn. 
I'm sure this site also has killed a few good sites as well unfortunately.

[Huntbear]

Had the same thing happen to a sweet blacktail honey hole.  A "buddy" went with me, and the next season, 8 trucks parked in there opening weekend.      The "buddy" being one of them.   Then Weyerhauser went in and logged it the next summer, and ruined the spot anyway.

I hate guys who "kiss and tell"   

[PWN Kurt]

Just to one up y'all:
We invited a fellow WTF member (local chapter president?) out to a honey hole one afternoon. He met us at the spot, marked it on his GPS, and said, "I know a better spot!"
He took us there, and without telling us, he sneaks off...went back to our honey hole and took a big tom.

We were fools to invite him out there.  He later took the his whole crew out there.  From now on, I'm sending guys like that on wild goose chases.

Kurt

[alecvg]

Thats why I hunt with family, I ALWAYS have people asking me, "Where is that picture?" or "Where did you get that deer?"  Same answer every time... Secret spot!

[Huntbear]

notellum creek is a popular spot to hunt!   

[h2ofowlr]

A few years back I had taken a retired guy into one of my spots and asked him not to hunt it with out me.  He said no problem.  He would call to see if I was going to hunt it over the weekend as I worked M-F, I said yes.  He couldn't make it out on Sat.  The hunt wasn't that great the birds were acting skitish on the blind, couldn't figure it out.  It normally was a dead ringer for an early limit.  Took the follow Friday off and decided to hunt my spot and I got out there a little earlier than normal.  Saw a flash light walking towards the blind.  Just sat there and let them walk up on the blind.  It was the guy I had shown the spot and two of his friends.  He was hunting it the Friday before the weekend.  I said some kind words and that was the end of me helping him out.  

[Tony 270WSM]

Very few people I'd let know about my spots. Have been bitten... short story is next year the guy came back with three other people and their lazy asses rode a four wheeler around a locked gate, that clearly stated no motorized access. Last time I hunted with him.