Post by: Badhabit on October 09, 2018, 03:12:14 PM
For what its worth I caught 4 steelhead on Sat. released 3.
Post by: WSU on October 09, 2018, 03:19:21 PM
Post by: boneaddict on October 09, 2018, 04:49:44 PM
Post by: Badhabit on October 09, 2018, 06:06:57 PM
Post by: Boss .300 winmag on October 09, 2018, 06:09:31 PM
Post by: Jpmiller on October 09, 2018, 06:38:56 PM
Someone was probably running late and all they could think about was the %$# chewing they were going to get and drove off without them.
That's my guess too. What a terrible feeling that must have been at the realization. Would have been hard for me not to throw them in the truck though were I to find them.
Post by: Badhabit on October 09, 2018, 07:53:26 PM
Post by: Boss .300 winmag on October 09, 2018, 07:56:40 PM
They were already stinking. I found them by following the stink. It wasn't a fish carcass stink
So they were aged.😋
Post by: branches on October 09, 2018, 08:00:52 PM
Post by: T-Bone on October 10, 2018, 06:32:56 AM
His mentality is hardly singular. Some years ago,a regular of the Potholes reported finding boxes full of unprocessed ducks dumped in the Dunes Area. With ducks, too many way over cook them and that liver-like smell turns them off for life.
Post by: pianoman9701 on October 10, 2018, 08:39:26 AM
Post by: RockChuck on October 10, 2018, 09:07:17 AM
Post by: Jpmiller on October 10, 2018, 10:02:24 AM
Unfortunately, a percentage of people hunt only to kill something and have ZERO interest in cleaning and eating what they shoot. If they can't give it directly away; they dump it. I worked with a guy (at a major outdoor retailer, no less) that hunted everything from elk to Ca. quail and that was his mentality. He was a superb wingshot (with many pictures to prove it) and did have mounted heads of some nice bucks, but I have to wonder about what happened to the meat on some of his hunts.
His mentality is hardly singular. Some years ago,a regular of the Potholes reported finding boxes full of unprocessed ducks dumped in the Dunes Area. With ducks, too many way over cook them and that liver-like smell turns them off for life.
I hate that this is true.
Post by: JeffRaines on October 10, 2018, 10:18:38 AM
Unfortunately, a percentage of people hunt only to kill something and have ZERO interest in cleaning and eating what they shoot. If they can't give it directly away; they dump it. I worked with a guy (at a major outdoor retailer, no less) that hunted everything from elk to Ca. quail and that was his mentality. He was a superb wingshot (with many pictures to prove it) and did have mounted heads of some nice bucks, but I have to wonder about what happened to the meat on some of his hunts.
His mentality is hardly singular. Some years ago,a regular of the Potholes reported finding boxes full of unprocessed ducks dumped in the Dunes Area. With ducks, too many way over cook them and that liver-like smell turns them off for life.
I hate that this is true.
I guess its a difference of mentality, but really, whats the point of hunting then? I couldn't fathom leaving the meat that I've worked my tail off to get... or worse, not intending to consume what I killed. Its one thing to give some to friends, family, or sharing it with the hunting party... its another thing entirely to take a life with no intent to use it for myself. If I didn't like game that much, I just wouldn't hunt! My bank account would be much better off I'm sure!
Post by: singleshot12 on October 10, 2018, 10:22:26 AM
Post by: Jonathan_S on October 10, 2018, 10:45:28 AM
Post by: T-Bone on October 10, 2018, 10:55:23 AM
In other words, I could definitely see some character(s) hiking the hills; shooting some chukars; hiking back down to the car; taking a few photos for later posting and then giving the birds a short toss.
Sorry, but from personal experience and observation as well as over 20 years of experience as a law enforcement officer and process server...I have minimal faith in a large percentage of my fellow humanity.
Post by: singleshot12 on October 10, 2018, 11:13:10 AM
Post by: huntnphool on October 10, 2018, 11:15:19 AM
Post by: Badhabit on October 10, 2018, 11:29:14 AM
Post by: Jonathan_S on October 10, 2018, 05:00:58 PM
:yeah: Exactly! and it's no wonder we have so many anti-hunters because of it >:(
So... anti hunters are justified then because T-Bone has witnessed game wastage?
Whatever anyway, glad you into some fish @Badhabit. Sucks about the birds, nobody knows what happened.
Post by: Jonathan_S on October 10, 2018, 05:03:55 PM
Post by: pianoman9701 on October 11, 2018, 07:01:52 AM
:yeah: Exactly! and it's no wonder we have so many anti-hunters because of it >:(
All due respects, SS, but this is tantamount to using a murder to justify the attitudes of all the anti-gun people. This is not representative of hunters as a whole and is, in fact, an illegal waste of game. Not to mention, it was probably just a mistake that someone regretted later on when they got home. My :twocents: Carry on! :tup:
Post by: Curly on October 11, 2018, 08:10:42 AM
Post by: Badhabit on October 11, 2018, 08:17:44 AM
Post by: Henrydog on October 11, 2018, 08:56:01 AM
Post by: thinkingman on October 11, 2018, 09:21:55 AM
IDK, you have to really work for Chukar and they're tasty birds, besides. I'm far more inclined to agree that whoever left them did so by accident. By the time they realized what'd happened, they were two hours away. :dunno:I have to believe this, too.
Post by: Curly on October 11, 2018, 10:06:07 AM