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Offline fishermanjoe

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Duck blinds on public property
« on: October 25, 2010, 04:07:30 PM »
My bud found a great duck blind on public property, lawn chairs, camo netting ..... the works. what is the general rule of thumb on finding someones blind on public property. use it, dont use it? what would you do? If its not yours stay out? he wants to hunt it, but i am a little on the fence about it. If we start to set up and someone else comes to the blind are we obligated to leave?

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Re: Duck blinds on public property
« Reply #1 on: October 25, 2010, 04:08:53 PM »
sure its public?

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Re: Duck blinds on public property
« Reply #2 on: October 25, 2010, 04:13:00 PM »
the law is first come first serve, even if you built it. that is in the regs. so it depends on how much of a *censored* you want to be if you're in someone elses blind, LOL. Or how much of one they want to be if they think they get some kind of squatters law.  :bdid:

I typically just stay away from other peoples blinds.

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Re: Duck blinds on public property
« Reply #3 on: October 25, 2010, 04:14:21 PM »
happens all the time, especially places like toppenish.   First come first served. 

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Re: Duck blinds on public property
« Reply #4 on: October 25, 2010, 04:16:00 PM »
If its public, it's first come first serve.  You can use it along with everyone else.  They quickly become overhunted from my experience as many guys will try to kick back in it.  Also the guys who built it will probably try to run others out.  They legally can't, but it always seems to happen that way.  Then someone will finally get pissed at them and tear it down, burn it, or cut it up.  I've scene it happen many times.
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Re: Duck blinds on public property
« Reply #5 on: October 25, 2010, 04:16:06 PM »
I would say whoever gets there first gets to hunt it. Although I would feel kind of weird hunting out of someone else's blind.

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Re: Duck blinds on public property
« Reply #6 on: October 25, 2010, 04:18:18 PM »
I'll reiterate. the first come first serve thing is the law as written.

but like h20 mentioned they may try to throw you out. want to deal with a temper issue when everyone involved is armed? I don't.

and additionally he's right. every spot i've found that has perm blinds built seem to produce the least due to over hunting. fields 1/2 mile away could yield limits while what looks like a picture perfect setup is completely void of birds.

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Re: Duck blinds on public property
« Reply #7 on: October 25, 2010, 04:30:06 PM »
Think about it this way..... You can't just save the best hunting spots by setting up a blind and claiming the spot as yours simply because you put a blind there.  If someone beats you to it, then they get to hunt it. :twocents:
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Re: Duck blinds on public property
« Reply #8 on: October 25, 2010, 04:33:52 PM »
if it is on public land then its first come first serve,
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Re: Duck blinds on public property
« Reply #9 on: October 25, 2010, 04:34:02 PM »
Think about it this way..... You can't just save the best hunting spots by setting up a blind and claiming the spot as yours simply because you put a blind there.  If someone beats you to it, then they get to hunt it. :twocents:

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Re: Duck blinds on public property
« Reply #10 on: October 25, 2010, 04:34:40 PM »
I agree with the other posts. We have discussed building a decent little blind in one of the public spots that we hunt. If I were to do it, I would leave a sign or something inside saying something along the lines of, "feel free to use if we aren't using it but please respect it and clean up after yourselves" etc etc. I am not sure if this would really help much but it would make me feel better at least. My real worry is that by people seeing the blind that it would draw them to want to hunt that spot more and thus somewhat ruin the spot. I prefer to just conceal myself with the surrounding brush and such when we go to our spots.  :twocents:
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Re: Duck blinds on public property
« Reply #11 on: October 25, 2010, 04:37:34 PM »
I would rather spend a dead afternoon building a nice blind away from the good spot.  That way I can hunt the good spot and I won't have to worry about the guy that's hunting the blind in the crappy spot.   :chuckle:  A good old decoy blind.   :twocents:
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Re: Duck blinds on public property
« Reply #12 on: October 25, 2010, 04:38:42 PM »
lol  :P

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Re: Duck blinds on public property
« Reply #13 on: October 25, 2010, 04:42:39 PM »
Wow, Thats a good idea :chuckle:
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Re: Duck blinds on public property
« Reply #14 on: October 25, 2010, 04:49:15 PM »
There are lots of places to hunt. Do you really need to go climb into this blind that they've taken the time, effort, and money to build? Sure, letter of the law says it's legal. Because something's legal doesn't mean it's right. I'd find my own spot. My :twocents:

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