Post by: Bmcox86 on October 14, 2013, 11:17:08 AM
I'll start with 3 on Saturday morning.
Good,
Wdfw was there ticketing the duck hunters that snuck in early
Bad
Father and son were deer hunting in Stillwater about 930 with rifles, told them that shotguns only and they kept walking in? Who deer hunts on a release site with 30+ other hunters and dogs.
Get back to my truck around 10, see a duck hunter getting his gun out of his truck, point it right at my car with my wife in it and shuck 3 live rounds out of it?
We had words, didn't seem like he knew any laws?
Post by: ctwiggs1 on October 14, 2013, 11:40:44 AM
Post by: AspenBud on October 14, 2013, 01:06:41 PM
Post by: Special T on October 14, 2013, 04:53:20 PM
Post by: Stilly bay on October 14, 2013, 05:43:34 PM
A good one was last year, around 8:00 am on saturday some schmuck drove his truck into one of the irrigation ditches while most likely trying to road kill a pheasant. Everyone started hunting and he was begging for help from anyone within earshot, but everyone ignored him.
I once saw a duck hunter jump out of his blind at 7:45 am and throw on a blaze orange vest. He took two steps and ground sluiced a rooster, took off his blaze orange and got back into his duck blind. WTF?
I started with everyone else at 8:00 am once, I wanted to keep an eye on the hunters that were on either side of me as we started, I lost track of the guy on my left so I turned around and there he was taking a crap right out in the open. I guess if you got to go you got to go.
The biggest one that makes me laugh every time is when someone gets butt hurt about having pellets rained on them from across the field. Do the math, you knew what you were getting into when you showed up at circus time. it would be like getting pissed at cigarettes for giving you lung cancer.
Getting blasted by a low shot is a completely different matter not to be taken lightly.
Another time I saw this guy who had a couple liver and white dogs that looked like skinny little pit bulls. He must have been releasing them back to the wild because once he let them out of his truck he never saw them again. I think he said they were English Pointers.
the shenanigans go on and on. The greed and lengths people will go to to kill a nasty pen raised pheasant will always amaze and sadden me.
Post by: merkelman on October 14, 2013, 06:24:02 PM
Post by: ctwiggs1 on October 14, 2013, 06:25:17 PM
Post by: Bmcox86 on October 14, 2013, 06:26:35 PM
Post by: Stilly bay on October 14, 2013, 06:30:02 PM
Moral of the story. Quit being lazy and go hunt wild birds.
Its not about being lazy, its about having to drive half a day, having the time, and the gas money just to get into wild birds.
Post by: Bmcox86 on October 14, 2013, 06:43:54 PM
Post by: ctwiggs1 on October 14, 2013, 06:44:50 PM
Post by: CP on October 14, 2013, 06:48:48 PM
Post by: Stilly bay on October 14, 2013, 06:50:21 PM
Moral of the story. Quit being lazy and go hunt wild birds.
amen. Merkleman has found out :).
Im glad its that simple for you. It is not that simple for me or hundreds of other people that buy a WesternWa pheasant permit because work, family, or finances keeps them from traveling to hunt. I guess if it were that simple we wouldn't have release sites to begin with now would we?
and for the record, I am not bitching about release sites, I am bitching about the PEOPLE and the stupid chit they do AT RELEASE SITES. Huge difference.
The release sites themselves are a great resource for hunters that don't have the time or money to just drive across the state and get into wild pheasants - wild pheasants that are being supplemented by pen raised birds because there aren't enough of them.
Its when people get greedy, stupid, and careless that the release sites get a bad name.
Post by: jackelope on October 14, 2013, 07:21:35 PM
Post by: bracer40 on October 14, 2013, 07:33:07 PM
Whether I'm after wild birds or box chickens, for me it's all about being in the fields with my dog. Yes the first hour at the release site is a circus, and sometimes I enjoy "being part of the action." More often I enjoy the later times so I can allow my dog to open up his run.
I'm glad I can drop the $ on the west side tag for those days when I don't have the time to head over the mtns. Plus I like knowing there are birds to be found (rarely go birdless on the release sites)
Post by: Sportfury on October 14, 2013, 07:34:19 PM
Post by: sled on October 14, 2013, 07:41:29 PM
I Have Not Hunted A Release Sight Again. It Hurt Like Hell! If You Hunt The Sights Always Take Safety glasses :tup:
Other Than That It Was A Good Time Close To home.
Post by: Stilly bay on October 14, 2013, 08:01:27 PM
Is it a conversation really worth crapping on people for hunting the release sites? Let me answer that. No. It is not. The release sites are good for numerous reasons from simple to complex Get out and stretch your legs, work and train dogs on days when there's not enough time to drive to e-wa, get the kids out....the list goes on. You guys blasting people for hunting the release sites should back down and quit causing more division among hunters. That's my .02. I live smack in the middle or release site central on east king county. They are a great asset, during season and off season.
:yeah:
well said.
Post by: singleshot12 on October 14, 2013, 08:01:54 PM
Is it a conversation really worth crapping on people for hunting the release sites? Let me answer that. No. It is not. The release sites are good for numerous reasons from simple to complex Get out and stretch your legs, work and train dogs on days when there's not enough time to drive to e-wa, get the kids out....the list goes on. You guys blasting people for hunting the release sites should back down and quit causing more division among hunters. That's my .02. I live smack in the middle or release site central on east king county. They are a great asset, during season and off season.:yeah: well said
Sure wish there were a few more release sites around to help distribute the hunters tho. Most complaints are due to overcrowding :twocents:
Post by: jackelope on October 14, 2013, 08:27:26 PM
Post by: wildweeds on October 14, 2013, 08:37:32 PM
Post by: Special T on October 15, 2013, 07:44:28 AM
Sure wish there were a few more release sites around to help distribute the hunters tho. Most complaints are due to overcrowding :twocents:
The rub is that release sites are around BECAUSE they are close to the population to provide more opportunity. Since land is at a premium more efforts need to be made to utilize the land as much as possible through out the year. I am hunting the release sites AND E WA. I use it as a tool to get my chessy on as many birds as possible because he has primarily been a duck dog.
Post by: AspenBud on October 15, 2013, 11:00:51 AM
Sure wish there were a few more release sites around to help distribute the hunters tho. Most complaints are due to overcrowding :twocents:
:yeah:
I walked around Shillapoo about six years ago, everyone was literally following each other hoping the guy ahead of him was missing birds. A friggen hawk took to wing and everyone just started shooting, dogs started going ape, handlers went ape, and it was generally chaos.
On a separate occasion I was out with a friend of mine, later in the day, but the crowd was still there. I still remember ducking as I heard another hunter's gun go off on the other side of some black berries and the rooster he shot literally falling next to me. Gotta love the sounds of pellets whizzing overhead like angry hornets.
I like the idea of release sites. But they are so few and so packed with hunters they really are an accident waiting to happen at certain times of day.
Post by: ctwiggs1 on October 15, 2013, 11:03:43 AM
Post by: Sportfury on October 16, 2013, 05:24:40 PM
They actually should make it reservations only and have an x number of spots. that way you west side guys that are not fortunate enough to hunt the east side don't get stepped on and have a good time imo.
That could be interesting. Do something like they do on JBLM and give each group a two hour time slot and put out birds for each group that goes out.
Post by: Bullkllr on October 16, 2013, 05:39:00 PM
They actually should make it reservations only and have an x number of spots. that way you west side guys that are not fortunate enough to hunt the east side don't get stepped on and have a good time imo.
That could be interesting. Do something like they do on JBLM and give each group a two hour time slot and put out birds for each group that goes out.
And maybe allow reservations for more than 1 day ahead - say dates for a month at a time or something- so you don't have to spend an hour on the phone every time you want to go out.
Post by: wildweeds on October 16, 2013, 06:08:06 PM
They actually should make it reservations only and have an x number of spots. that way you west side guys that are not fortunate enough to hunt the east side don't get stepped on and have a good time imo.
That could be interesting. Do something like they do on JBLM and give each group a two hour time slot and put out birds for each group that goes out.
And maybe allow reservations for more than 1 day ahead - say dates for a month at a time or something- so you don't have to spend an hour on the phone every time you want to go out.
Post by: Bullkllr on October 16, 2013, 06:11:43 PM
Post by: bracer40 on October 16, 2013, 07:04:35 PM
They allready have things just like y'all are wanting,they are called preserves,you call,buy a bird package and with that package you get the exclusive rights to a field full of birds.They actually should make it reservations only and have an x number of spots. that way you west side guys that are not fortunate enough to hunt the east side don't get stepped on and have a good time imo.
That could be interesting. Do something like they do on JBLM and give each group a two hour time slot and put out birds for each group that goes out.
And maybe allow reservations for more than 1 day ahead - say dates for a month at a time or something- so you don't have to spend an hour on the phone every time you want to go out.
Touche'!!
Post by: Bmcox86 on October 16, 2013, 07:58:07 PM
Post by: wildweeds on October 16, 2013, 09:14:50 PM