Just trying to grow the sport, bruh.
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The fact that bowhunting is considered "trendy" makes my stomach churn! I love bowhunting ...always will.
A ban of trail cameras and filming on public land for profit is something that I hope our legislators consider. Then all the dweebs won't have a clue how to hunt and we will eventually get our lands back!
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Dude, that kind of garbage sucks so bad.
Hard work stolen and definitely creates conflict in the hunting community.
Hard work stolen and definitely creates conflict in the hunting community.
If I'm actually being a grown up on AT for a minute, I can't offer any opinion of significance. Nobody wants to make content where I live and I don't use cams of any sort on public or my own property.
Not going to lie. Being an adult for that 10 seconds was kind of boring. Back to my usual juvenile antics now.
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I frequent another website to see what other's are picking up for shed antlers in my state. There was a guy that was picking up absolute monster elk sheds and posting pictures of them. He was pretty smart, he only took the pictures at night so you couldn't see any background. This guy posted some giant sheds for a couple of years . Then, one year he comes on the website ranting and raving about needing to delete all his pictures that he posted. Come to find out, the GPS coordinates were in all of his pictures, someone figured it out and gave them to a bunch of people and his shed spot turned into a giant city.
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Believe you me we had a good time bugling them in and then and waving. They’re easy to distinguish because they all use power bugles that have a distinct sound. Three of us were still successful, just had to venture away from the honey hole unfortunately.
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We have a ton of public ground in my area of the state(mostly grass)that's overrun with out of state hunters once Pheasant season starts, I don't even enjoy bird hunting much anymore because the pressure is so high it's hard for a lone dogless guy like me to have much luck. For the most part the woods get left alone except for the resident deer hunters but that's only because we dont' have the highest numbers of deer compared to other parts of IA. Most years I've had the section of woods I bowhunt all to myself but the last couple years more people have moved in so I just go deeper into the woods to stay away from them but I'm starting to run out of places to go and it's all because people can't keep their mouths shut when they see a big buck.
As for cutting trees down, they have ruined all the drainage ditches around here to help with farm drainage and the DNR cut a bunch of trees down on the public ground to restore the prairie and keep the hawks from killing the baby ducks(their words)in the ponds that dont' hold water long term anymore because they are too silted in.
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I'm all for that. I've always thought about putting trail cams up but in a way it'll take the surprise out of it. I haven't come across anyone filming in my area yet but I'm sure it's coming.
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I'm from the Okoboji area ....you wanna talk overrun...it's year round over here. Even my ice fishing spots are now full of ice castles full of people getting lit and not catching anything! It's sad to think one of the last best states is getting 😪 ruined!
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Rumor until we see a link to this blog…
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Unless it's your land, you don't own it. That's like telling someone on the water that the spot they are fishing is your spot...
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Nobody owns the water. It’s gods water
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That's my point... You can't claim public land or public water...
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I think you’re missing the point of this thread. Do you happen to live in Washington and hunt in Idaho?
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Scout the scouters. Yep been going on here in the south for over a decade , in turkey pre season. I have had to park my truck in a random spot, and ride my bicycle in the dark to the true spot. Many times.
Had a drop off one morning in the dark, at my tailgate. That was b4 i used the bike.
Had a drop off one morning in the dark, at my tailgate. That was b4 i used the bike.
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But there was a time when people respected other people and would move along and give them a wide birth. Too many people have your attitude. Wether it’s small game hunters or THP. Hey, it’s public and I’m coming through. And I don’t care if it screws up your hunt. Or anyone else’s.
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