Post by: Curly on December 06, 2016, 10:51:01 AM
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Post by: cbond3318 on December 06, 2016, 10:53:53 AM
Hey! At least I was honest. Received some great help as well! :chuckle:
Post by: jennabug on December 06, 2016, 10:59:08 AM
Post by: Woodchuck on December 06, 2016, 11:02:46 AM
Post by: Elkrunner on December 06, 2016, 11:04:34 AM
Post by: Skyvalhunter on December 06, 2016, 11:40:31 AM
Post by: headshot5 on December 06, 2016, 11:49:08 AM
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I am looking for someone's honey hole they are willing to give up so I can shoot a trophy deer there please help....
Craigslist personal ads... they'll hook you up just search for honey holes :tung:.
Post by: JDHasty on December 06, 2016, 01:51:43 PM
It cracks me up when someone says "I am not looking for anyone's honey hole"..............but in reality they really are if you read their thread. :chuckle: They get told what road to go to and then go on to ask for more specifics. Jeezus. :o
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Almost every bloody time. There are exceptions, but they are few and far between
Post by: boneaddict on December 06, 2016, 02:05:24 PM
Post by: floatinghat on December 06, 2016, 02:12:22 PM
I often give high level information often, (not if it's a first post type situation). However, the person still needs to get out there and do the work to find animals. I have asked and people have also provided me high level information when asked, I try and follow via PM with an update.
Last year I got some direction something like this "north end of the unit, the areas around XXX river and XXX road would be places to consider, East side of the road is Weyco."
I used that direction last year, I did one road trip (3+hrs each way) and hunted two days. I saw no animals, got rained hard, but not real wet, dryed gear in fleabag hotel over night. This years I expanded that intel via computer scouting, asked about a different approach. Went in from a different lo, saw number of cows and a bull. I couldn't take a shot on the bull because a combo distance/weather, (muzzy). But between my 4 days in the unit I have about 65-70 miles between bike and boot.
So to say, late muzzy, with this snow, look at the xx and xx roads in Matheny isn't giving away much in my opinion.
Post by: Bango skank on December 06, 2016, 02:21:44 PM
i was considering selling a book with locations on all my deer photos along with the photo. I wonder what you guys would pay for it. I know many would like free info
Im not payin nothin, i attached a tracking device onto your rig 2 years ago. :tup:
Post by: lewy on December 06, 2016, 02:27:13 PM
i was considering selling a book with locations on all my deer photos along with the photo. I wonder what you guys would pay for it. I know many would like free info
Pm sent........ :chuckle: just kidding
Post by: SniperDanWA on December 06, 2016, 06:15:57 PM
For me, well, I guess I don't have any honey holes yet. I'm still piecing together the map and getting dots in areas of great potential.
To those that helped me out, thank you from the bottom of my heart. You know my name and have my contact info. I'm there to help you, when you need it.
Post by: Naches Sportsman on December 06, 2016, 06:25:35 PM
Post by: JDHasty on December 06, 2016, 06:55:01 PM
Or when someone pm's you and were successful in that location. Took many pictures revealing where that location is, put it on the forum and Facebook pages for the whole world to see.
Or takes their latest bff there, who then shows up with every Tom, Dick and Harry the following year. That is another thing they specialize in.
Post by: Dan-o on December 06, 2016, 07:12:37 PM
Nobody forces anybody to share.....
BUT, I have both given and received very significant Intel with people that I've met on thi site. I am grateful for them and will continue to share....... judiciously
Post by: Skyvalhunter on December 06, 2016, 07:14:58 PM
i was considering selling a book with locations on all my deer photos along with the photo. I wonder what you guys would pay for it. I know many would like free infoHow about you pay me not to tell where your locations are!!! :chuckle:
Post by: Matth on December 07, 2016, 08:18:44 AM
The really cool thing is that if you don't have any help to offer you can just ignore it. :tup::yeah:
Post by: boneaddict on December 07, 2016, 10:12:26 AM
Post by: DOUBLELUNG on December 07, 2016, 10:24:12 AM
If a bromance breaks up, and he really was a turd (like a turn and burn on your sister, for example) - there is nothing wrong with sharing all his honeyholes on this forum. I think that's what happened with C Post.
Post by: Rob on December 07, 2016, 10:40:58 AM
Post by: cbond3318 on December 07, 2016, 11:16:57 AM
I'm never looking for someone to give me their honey hole... I want them to sell someone else out and give that one to me!
Those are the good ones. Higher percentage of credible intel.
Post by: snake on December 07, 2016, 04:46:07 PM
Post by: JDHasty on December 07, 2016, 05:28:23 PM
For some reason people feel the need to go online and pound their chest. Only a select few people take pride in finding the spots on their own, the hard way. To me there is no greater satisfaction than doing it on my own, from scouting to the kill. Hundreds of hours at the kitchen table with a map and a magnifying glass, and even more hours on the boots and the pickup. :twocents:
People who do not put in the time and effort have no appreciation for what others have put in the time and effort to find and will screw it up by overshooting, bringing every Tom, Dick & Harry, posting the location online or by doing things that get access cut off for everybody. And why not? It doesn't cost them anything.
Post by: M_59 on December 07, 2016, 06:14:47 PM
Post by: JDHasty on December 07, 2016, 06:32:05 PM
Here is a perfect example of that scenario. Guy I know finally got a sweet waterfowl spot leased after years of working on the owner. He has sole access to the property. Meets a fellow duck hunter on a job and being the nice guy that he is, he invites him for a hunt. They go and have a great hunt. He shows up to hunt his spot 2 weeks later and there is a crew cab 4wd parked in his parking spot. He heads out to the blind that he had built that summer. When he gets closer he sees not one, not 2, but FOUR dudes in his blind, hunting his spot. He goes up to them to ask them what the hell they think they are doing and recognizes the guy he took 2 weeks before. Dude says "geez, I didn't think you'd mind if I hunted here". Mind you that spot is about 10 miles from the Canadian border. These guys were from freakin' TACOMA!!!!
That's what I am talking about! I took a guy chuck shooting and the next thing I know he is headed over there with others. He also went back and shot after I told him I thought had been shot enough that year.
I went in last year, two weekends in a row, with a 22 Hornet, a 17 Hornet, a 17 Rem, a 22-250 and a 243 and by the time I left there wasn't a chuck left in the entire coulee. That was in early May and when he showed up there with his buddy a few weeks later they never got a shot.
He had the nerve to call me and ask for tips where to find another place to shoot chucks. Ain't happening.
Post by: huntingbaldguy on December 08, 2016, 09:01:39 AM
Post by: Skyvalhunter on December 08, 2016, 09:04:00 AM
Post by: huntingbaldguy on December 08, 2016, 09:08:33 AM
Post by: JDHasty on December 08, 2016, 09:38:51 AM
Might want to un commit to that
I second that. What is really something to behold is the chutzpah of these jackwagons. After taking someone else to a place I took him to, AFTER I told him it was time to leave because I thought the colony had been shot enough for that year... he heads back over with his accomplice last year and after finding no chucks to shoot he calls me and wants me to turn him onto another colony.
Hell, knowing what I know now, I wouldn't give him the time of day.
Post by: Rob on December 08, 2016, 09:45:06 AM
Post by: Branden on December 08, 2016, 10:32:30 AM
Regards, Branden
Post by: Mtnwalker on December 08, 2016, 10:54:56 AM
Post by: DOUBLELUNG on December 08, 2016, 01:46:30 PM
Or better yet, when somebody learns all of their significant other's hard earned "honey holes" both in state and out, then separates and parades a new group of buddies through them each year. Complete with a very in-depth write up of each trip, Stopping just short of actual map and gps coordinates. :yike: :bash:Hell hath no fury like a honeyhole spurned
Post by: Duckhunter14 on December 08, 2016, 02:46:52 PM
Clint
Post by: Jpmiller on December 08, 2016, 02:48:33 PM
That being said other than my hunting partner I saw one other boot print the entire year/season (literally one, we couldn't figure that out). I figure if you seem decent I'll help out as alot of people have helped me and if you're willing to get out of your truck and hike back there is room for both of is.
Haven't been burned by anyone yet though. If it happens I'm sure I'll change my tune.
Post by: Jpmiller on December 08, 2016, 02:49:45 PM
Post by: JDHasty on December 08, 2016, 02:52:37 PM
I agree with sharing info on a draw tags. Many of us wait years to draw a coveted tag in an area we cant regularly hunt or scout. I have been given some great Intel on this site from others via PM, and have tried to do the same when given the opportunity. That doesn't mean you shouldn't go do your own scouting, or that its ok to pass that information on to a public forum or complain if you don't have success in that area. There are a lot of unwritten rules when it comes to sharing spots, taking others to a spot you hold dear, or pointing someone in the right direction. You have to just be really careful about who you share information with and also be very forthright with your expectations. I have taken people before under the premise that I have their word they will not go to this undisclosed location without me and will tell no one where we went. Again; this has bitten me before. But the expectation is clear that if that trust is broken I will never take them anywhere again. In my tight group of hunting partners it is just a given; but I hear people often talking about situations they find themselves in and have just realized a lot of people don't know. They weren't raised in a hunting family, or were not mentored by someone who placed an importance on it, or they just want to be a media sensation and are willing to screw anyone else over to get their 5 min of fame. So if you do trust someone with a spot, make sure you're clear on if they can hunt it without you, if they can talk about it, and if they can take pictures there and post them on the forum! As we say; we don't always tell people where we hunt, but when we do. We lie.
Clint
That is pretty well the way I feel about it. You can see that I closely crop photos and blot out any identifying landmarks before posting them. I will freely share with people what to look for and give them a general sense of where to start looking for game, but that is pretty much as far as I will go when helping someone out. Now, if someone had drawn a tag and I could help them out, in that case I would do what I could to help them be successful.
Post by: snake on December 08, 2016, 06:10:17 PM
Post by: BGLEMIN on December 08, 2016, 09:18:22 PM