Post by: WapitiChaser on October 14, 2017, 09:27:43 AM
Second, with all the comments and threads about sportsman like conduct and public perception, I would humbly submit the following challenge to all my brothers and sisters of the woods:
Take yourself an extra garbage bag and fill it. It could be that trash left in your camp when you arrive, that water bottle in the trail four miles in, or whatever other crap you may come across in your travels. You did t pack it in, but we, as the last hunt of the year, will pack it out.
Maybe even a photo of your bag with Hunting-Washington.com in the photo? There is always gonna be "that guy(s)". That leaves a shoddy camp to give all hunters a bad name to the Seattle tree-hugging crowd. (See the Seattle times article on the poaching ring?)
So I humbly issue this challenge to all my fair chase, public land sportsmen brothers and sisters. Once you have bagged your game, bag that garbage!
See you in the Mountains!
edited due to a profanity report
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Post by: dreamunelk on October 14, 2017, 01:28:18 PM
Hi all! First, a congrats and shout out to all the successful archery and muzzy hunter and all their friends and family who helped make it happen.
Second, with all the comments and threads about sportsman like conduct and public perception, I would humbly submit the following challenge to all my brothers and sisters of the woods:
Take yourself an extra garbage bag and fill it. It could be that trash left in your camp when you arrive, that water bottle in the trail four miles in, or whatever other crap you may come across in your travels. You did t pack it in, but we, as the last hunt of the year, will pack it out.
Maybe even a photo of your bag with Hunting-Washington.com in the photo? There is always gonna be "that guy(s)". That leaves a shoddy camp to give all hunters a bad name to the Seattle tree-hugging crowd. (See the Seattle times article on the poaching ring?)
What an outstanding idea! :tup:
Making sure I have a few bags in my truck later in the week. Avoiding the crowds this weekend.
So I humbly issue this challenge to all my fair chase, public land sportsmen brothers and sisters. Once you have bagged your game, bag that garbage!
See you in the Mountains!
Post by: Seahawk12 on October 14, 2017, 01:58:20 PM
A huge "You are awesome!!!" to every hunter that participates in this great challenge.
Post by: Bushcraft on October 14, 2017, 02:01:46 PM
Hi all! First, a congrats and shout out to all the successful archery and muzzy hunter and all their friends and family who helped make it happen.
Second, with all the comments and threads about sportsman like conduct and public perception, I would humbly submit the following challenge to all my brothers and sisters of the woods:
Take yourself an extra garbage bag and fill it. It could be that trash left in your camp when you arrive, that water bottle in the trail four miles in, or whatever other crap you may come across in your travels. You did t pack it in, but we, as the last hunt of the year, will pack it out.
Maybe even a photo of your bag with Hunting-Washington.com in the photo? There is always gonna be "that guy(s)". That leaves a shoddy camp to give all hunters a bad name to the Seattle tree-hugging crowd. (See the Seattle times article on the poaching ring?)
So I humbly issue this challenge to all my fair chase, public land sportsmen brothers and sisters. Once you have bagged your game, bag that garbage!
See you in the Mountains!
Great idea! :tup:
Post by: teanawayslayer on October 14, 2017, 02:25:18 PM
One of the places I like to go and 'hunt with the camera' after seasons are closed, had the PVC pipes and dump valves torn off from an RV in one of the bad sections of road. I threw it in the back of my truck and on the way out got stopped by a warden checking to see why I was in that area. When he looked in the back of the pickup he said, "you must have been back on such-and-such road judging from that pipe." I guess I'm a bit slow, but as I drove on out of there I actually got mad when I realized he had obviously driven right by that pipe mess multiple times without bothering to pick it up.they don't do anything but what's expected of them. I Pick up trash in the woods all the time. It's one of the first things my dad taught me. Pack it in pack it out! Drives me nuts people that have no respect for what they have until it's gone! Great thread!
Post by: Elkcollector82 on October 14, 2017, 04:54:57 PM
Hi all! First, a congrats and shout out to all the successful archery and muzzy hunter and all their friends and family who helped make it happen.
Second, with all the comments and threads about sportsman like conduct and public perception, I would humbly submit the following challenge to all my brothers and sisters of the woods:
Take yourself an extra garbage bag and fill it. It could be that trash left in your camp when you arrive, that water bottle in the trail four miles in, or whatever other crap you may come across in your travels. You did t pack it in, but we, as the last hunt of the year, will pack it out.
Maybe even a photo of your bag with Hunting-Washington.com in the photo? There is always gonna be "that guy(s)". That leaves a shoddy camp to give all hunters a bad name to the Seattle tree-hugging crowd. (See the Seattle times article on the poaching ring?)
So I humbly issue this challenge to all my fair chase, public land sportsmen brothers and sisters. Once you have bagged your game, bag that garbage!
See you in the Mountains!
edited due to a profanity report
Challenge excepted. :tup:
Post by: kevinlisa06 on October 14, 2017, 06:20:55 PM
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Post by: Naches Sportsman on October 18, 2017, 08:32:41 AM
I should be able to pack out close to 100 lbs of trash on a day thru hike next week if the Weather is good. Going to hit hunting camps in the wilderness
Post by: Naches Sportsman on October 18, 2017, 08:41:47 AM
I think the RMEF and MDF needs to team up with USFS, WDFW, DNR and timber companies along with hunters in picking up hunting camps weekend. The majority of the trash in the woods comes from hunters.
Post by: lokidog on October 18, 2017, 08:46:38 AM
I have never taken a beer into the woods but have brought countless empty cans/bottles out. Seems to get worse every year though.
I missed a chance at an elk a few years back... I stepped over a can, then went fifteen or so yards back to get it, about fifty yards farther down the cat road, I heard elk coming and they crossed, and stopped just out of range. Had I been thirty yards closer, I would have put an elk in the freezer that year. :(
I did not see a single piece of garbage, or another hunter for that matter, on two pieces of State land that I hunted this year.
Post by: cavemann on October 18, 2017, 09:49:18 AM
Post by: pd on October 18, 2017, 09:53:05 AM
The PNW4WDA has pick up a mountain weekend.
I think the RMEF and MDF needs to team up with USFS, WDFW, DNR and timber companies along with hunters in picking up hunting camps weekend. The majority of the trash in the woods comes from hunters.
You know, that is an excellent idea.
Every year Fish & Game (not just WA, most states) have something like a "Free Fishing Weekend." Same idea, but get the timber companies involved. Have them open the gates for the weekend, and invite the public to come clean up the land. "Clean Up the Woods Weekend." I like it.
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