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[cornfeed]

 Why must they call from there truck? stupid people...

[cornfeed]

and they cant call for *censored*

[adam.WI]

Why must they call from there truck? stupid people...

Who says they're new hunters. I've seen some old crusty guys that are lazy. How about stupid people period.

[cornfeed]

 

[cornfeed]

 thats why they dont kill anything.

[heavy hauler]

    i do it sometimes just to embarrass  my hunting buddies.   pull  off a mainline   at about noontime, everybody hops out to take a leak   and whammo!   there i go with my  primos bugle as loud as possible.   never  get a good reaction to that, but i enjoy  pissing my friends off

[MoleyMolson]

First off, i'm not saying it's the right thing to do and I wouldn't normally do it.
However...last year muzzy hunting with my dad, ok more like driving around just seeing what we can see (Dad doesn't get around like he used to), we pulled up to an old clear cut.  The cut was in a valley spanning both sides, but in the bottom there was a good chunk of timber left.  We sat there for about 10min and were getting ready to leave when just for the heck of it I let out a "chuckle" from the bugle.  Immediately we heard a response from that timber.  I made a whiny spike sounding bugle and this elk went absolutely bizerk tearing up something in that timber.  I stayed quiet until the "thrashing" stopped.  Made another bugle and this guy was heading right for us.  Out of the timber he comes in full view...truck sitting on the landing in plain view.  I let out another chuckle and he's still coming, gruntin and huffin and puffin.   To make this short, he stopped about 90yds from the landing and never presented a shot.

So...all I'm saying is, just because you call from/near the truck doesn't mean you'll scare everything off.  And like I said, I don't necessarily agree with it, but it CAN be effective in the right area.

[Raul Duke]

ROAD HUNTERS, thats what they are. 

My 1st time in Spokane, I seen a truck with 4 men in it. 2 in the back with there rifles just calling and driving.   

[GoldTip]

This is not something I EVER do or have ever done.  But I met a guy in N. Idaho who drives up and down the same chunk of 5 miles of hiway every morning before work.  Drives a mile, parks and bugles, repeat.  When he get's a bugle he calls work on his cell phone and says he won't be in, I've seen all three bulls he's killed the last three years and I'd have killed every one of them if I had the chance.  I know several people who know him as well, and they all say that's how he does it.

But yes, in general it does peeve me to be driving down the road to hit another draiange to come around a corner and see someone sitting at the head of a drainage bugling out the window of their truck.

[cornfeed]

 i guess it works for some people...

[Little Fish]

Moley...I don't see anything wrong with you calling this way. Elk are used to hearing cars/trucks running up and down logging roads so when you stopped and sat for awhile from the elk's perspective you were probably just another truck that drove on by and was gone 10 minutes ago. Then when you ripped out a bugle he thought you were a legitimate elk.

[GregE]

Keeping Dad out in the woods is a great thing-    At 65 I'm not too far from that challenge myself but my kids don't hunt and my hunting buddy is older than I.  

I did have a bull respond to the squeeky door on my Ford Ranger once...  I was trying to slip out quietly to check out an area and SQUEEEEEK    Bugle

Did again just to verify and it worked.  They weren't within stalking distance at last light but my buddy found them in the morning ( without the truck door)   

[MoleyMolson]

Thanks Littlefish.
Like I said, it's not something I would normally do.  I was just trying to point out that maybe we don't always understand the circumstances when we see this happening.

GregE - You should of seen the smile and twinkle in the old guy's eyes.  I could tell it made his entire year right then and there.  Really miss not being able to beat the brush with dad.
Just driving around and talking about the past/present though...I'll never forget these times either.  If we luck into something, so be it. 

[Elkpiss]

Piggy backin on a post above, at about noon headin back in for lunch we pull over to take a piss i rip off a bugle from the landing and got one rippin in the draw... we drove around to the otherside to get closer dove off the hill called him in about 10 minutes.. done deal.. Got that whole kill on film..  It dont matter where you call from or anything as long as the bull is hot, you can be $hitty caller call from you truck, drinkin a beer, what ever... Hunting is Hunting Dude... If you dont like how other people hunt dont hunt public land.. and im not a new hunter or a road hunter but that particular time we called that bull in from the truck with a big chew in and a beer between my legs... 

[jjdavis2222]

For those "Stupid" people out there. There is spelled thier.  

[SkookumHntr]

-This one has all of you beat, Night before the Archery opener last year my cousin was gathering his gear after dark at his house. He was standing on his front porch checkin his calls and wanted to make sure the bugle still sounded good so he cracked one off, and way up on the hill above his house a bull responded, he was thinking no f'n way, so for *censored*s and giggles he cracked another one off and the bull responded again and closed the distance in half, my cousin was telling himself this cant be happining I'm not even hunting around here, He calls again and he hears the elk coming through the field across the street, hes *censored*tin and calls again and the bull comes screaming in all the way to the fence right across his driveway!! It damn near jumped the fence till it figured out what was going on but he called that bull in from his house!! When there hot there hot!

[bowhunter851]

go to hancock all u got their is road hunters...

[bonkellekter]

If your going to correct someones spelling you may want to use spellcheck.... it's spelled "their"  

For those "Stupid" people out there. There is spelled thier. 

[seth30]

go to hancock all u got their is road hunters...

where is hancock  I dont want to go near there if thats the case.

[DoubleJ]

Cornfeed, check your PM's please.

[DoubleJ]

For those "Stupid" people out there. There is spelled thier.  

Holy *censored*!!!  I can't stop laughing!!

[quadrafire]

For those "Stupid" people out there. There is spelled thier.  

Holy *censored*!!!  I can't stop laughing!!

Now that's funny right THIER!!!

[DoubleJ]

Stop it!!!!!

[bonkellekter]

For those "Stupid" people out there. There is spelled thier.  

Holy *censored*!!!  I can't stop laughing!!

Now that's funny right THIER!!!

Just got it.... I guess I am one a them THIER "stupid" people

[cornfeed]

I dont hunt public land anymore. less road hunters.

[jmoyer2]

I like areas with lots of road hunters. Would you rather see your competition in his truck, or in an awesome saddle you found 2 miles off the road. It just is more area for me 

[lokidog]

I heard a guy calling (poorly) from his truck below me once (where I had been sitting for about twenty minutes next to my truck listening), so I bugled back.  He answered so I kept working him.  He hiked up the hill, when I could see him sneaking up below me, I stood up, waved, and drove away.  I guess I was kind of a jerk that day but maybe it spurred him to practice his calling more....   

[Skyvalhunter]

Karma

[runningboard]

been on both sides of that fence, in Idaho 2 years ago, was driving up to our parking site to start our hike in and saw a group of cows so pulled over and told my wife "there's got to be a bull with 'em." sat there at about 500 yards looking 'em over with binos and out he comes. I bugled from inside my still running rig and he answers right back. we park and walk up bugling, cows watching us the whole time and bugle him in to 80-90 yards and my wife misses him but it worked!
another time in Idaho I was walking along the edge of a cut and these guys pull up at the bottom of the cut, get out, slamming doors, talking, and then blow on their bugle, I consider answering them just to be a wiseguy but am afraid they may try to shoot to"jump" the bull out of the brush so I didn't, but it was tempting.

[jmoyer2]

I heard a guy calling (poorly) from his truck below me once (where I had been sitting for about twenty minutes next to my truck listening), so I bugled back.  He answered so I kept working him.  He hiked up the hill, when I could see him sneaking up below me, I stood up, waved, and drove away.  I guess I was kind of a jerk that day but maybe it spurred him to practice his calling more....   

 

[MtnMuley]

.. and im not a new hunter or a road hunter but that particular time we called that bull in from the truck with a big chew in and a beer between my legs... 

 

[chrisb]

Why do we constantly bash other hunters for hunting within the confines of the law but for not doing it "our" way. I'm guilty of doing it myself from time to time, but we have to remember that if it's not illegal then:

1. They aren't doing anything wrong and the bickering back and forth is just segregating the hunting community from itself and..
2. If road hunters supposedly don't kill anything them let them stay on the road and leave more animals in the field for those who do get out of the truck.

No I wasn't the guy calling from the truck, i don't even elk hunt. I hear on this forum so many times how the gov't is taking away this or taking away that from us as hunters but then we get on here and flame each other for they way some chose to hunt? Geez i wonder why it's so easy for the WDFW to keep taking from us, we can't even stick together amongst ourselves.

Off my soapbox now thanks for reading.

[blk_tmbr_archery]

Isn't this why we all attempt to find hunting partners that hunt the same way.  Matching style and strategy.  I'm not a road hunter myself but I imagine there wouldn't be any if it didn't work out often enough.

[rasbo]

go to hancock all u got their is road hunters...

really!!!! Been hunting there since forever it seems,I cant remember road hunting once..Yes there is some road hunters there..But many do hunt by bike and ankle express..Most the road hunters so far this year have been archers,its funny....There is 1200 permitees in there and a lot of road to travel just to get to some areas.If the road hunters are bothering you might need to get off the road

[woodman]

go to hancock all u got their is road hunters...

where is hancock  I dont want to go near there if thats the case.

I wish they were all road hunters. That would leave all of the woods for me.

I hate setting up in an area in the woods and running into someone there. Does not happen very often. I have watched many animals just out of sight from the roads and not get spooked if they think that the people in the vehicles can not see them.

[GregE]

Visited this entertaining thread again.   

[link]

Hey Cornfed. Do you know Billbo? This is hilarious. Who the hell do people think they are, to tell someone how to hunt? I know I have posted on this subject before, and I'll say the same. I personally don't enjoy road hunting. It seems to "cheapen" the experience, at least for ME. That being said, I have killed a few animals via 'road hunting'. Either coming or going to a hunting spot, or just by taking a drive in the woods during a downpour. Oh, and some people don't have a choice. Should those people stay home and not hunt?
Another thing. These same people are the ones that think that you have to get 10 miles off of a road to see game. Yea right! I killed a 180+ inch buck riding down an old two track on my atv on my way to a hunting spot. Some of the biggest bulls and bucks i've seen have been from, or near a road.
How the hell do these people see so many road hunters, when they're out in the brush five miles?  How would this affect their hunting? Do we have some closet road hunters on here? Don't be afraid, come on out you roadhuntaphobes! Happy hunting. Happy road hunting too!

[Turner89]

Hey Cornfed. Do you know Billbo? This is hilarious. Who the hell do people think they are, to tell someone how to hunt? I know I have posted on this subject before, and I'll say the same. I personally don't enjoy road hunting. It seems to "cheapen" the experience, at least for ME. That being said, I have killed a few animals via 'road hunting'. Either coming or going to a hunting spot, or just by taking a drive in the woods during a downpour. Oh, and some people don't have a choice. Should those people stay home and not hunt?
Another thing. These same people are the ones that think that you have to get 10 miles off of a road to see game. Yea right! I killed a 180+ inch buck riding down an old two track on my atv on my way to a hunting spot. Some of the biggest bulls and bucks i've seen have been from, or near a road.
How the hell do these people see so many road hunters, when they're out in the brush five miles?  How would this affect their hunting? Do we have some closet road hunters on here? Don't be afraid, come on out you roadhuntaphobes! Happy hunting. Happy road hunting too!

At some point In the future I will have to become a roadhunter.

[HUNTINCOUPLE]

Had to coment on this one. You killem were you killem! Hiked probly 15 plus miles one day hit the main line to meet up with the wife and rig. I here crunch crunch above road so i stop to look and listen more and a rag horn bull is standing 5 yards away gettin ready to cross road. I draw and shoot. Eaisest bull i ever killed!!

[Heredoggydoggy]

As I've gotten older, my love of the outdoors hasn't changed, but my methods of enjoying it have.  I look at hills I used to run up and down and think "No Way!"  Just because you can get 10 miles off a road doesn't guarantee success.  Years ago I walked 6 miles hunting Chukars, and never saw one bird.  I got back to the truck and bumped the horn button as I was getting in, and 50 or 60 Chukars erupted from the brush in front of my truck! 

[PlateauNDN]

Hey Cornfed. Do you know Billbo? This is hilarious. Who the hell do people think they are, to tell someone how to hunt? I know I have posted on this subject before, and I'll say the same. I personally don't enjoy road hunting. It seems to "cheapen" the experience, at least for ME. That being said, I have killed a few animals via 'road hunting'. Either coming or going to a hunting spot, or just by taking a drive in the woods during a downpour. Oh, and some people don't have a choice. Should those people stay home and not hunt?
Another thing. These same people are the ones that think that you have to get 10 miles off of a road to see game. Yea right! I killed a 180+ inch buck riding down an old two track on my atv on my way to a hunting spot. Some of the biggest bulls and bucks i've seen have been from, or near a road.
How the hell do these people see so many road hunters, when they're out in the brush five miles?  How would this affect their hunting? Do we have some closet road hunters on here? Don't be afraid, come on out you roadhuntaphobes! Happy hunting. Happy road hunting too!

At some point In the future I will have to become a roadhunter.

   X's 2, I hate to say it but yes I'm probably going to end up taking up roadhunting years down the road but I'm going to hike in for as long as I can.

Had to coment on this one. You killem were you killem! Hiked probly 15 plus miles one day hit the main line to meet up with the wife and rig. I here crunch crunch above road so i stop to look and listen more and a rag horn bull is standing 5 yards away gettin ready to cross road. I draw and shoot. Eaisest bull i ever killed!!

I've gotten lucky like this a time or two as well.

Ok, carry on everybody.

[Huntbear]

Why do we constantly bash other hunters for hunting within the confines of the law but for not doing it "our" way. I'm guilty of doing it myself from time to time, but we have to remember that if it's not illegal then:

1. They aren't doing anything wrong and the bickering back and forth is just segregating the hunting community from itself and..
2. If road hunters supposedly don't kill anything them let them stay on the road and leave more animals in the field for those who do get out of the truck.

No I wasn't the guy calling from the truck, i don't even elk hunt. I hear on this forum so many times how the gov't is taking away this or taking away that from us as hunters but then we get on here and flame each other for they way some chose to hunt? Geez i wonder why it's so easy for the WDFW to keep taking from us, we can't even stick together amongst ourselves.

Off my soapbox now thanks for reading.