PK_ wrote:Hooks1 wrote:PK_ wrote:I do the opposite. I make fake rubs on trees and save big buck hooves to make fake tracks. I just like to spread hope for fellow public land hunters…
We need a Like Button on the forum, been guilty of doing the same for about 62 years. Praying for all of y'all in Florida, hunker down. Hope the hurricane doesn't do to much damage to your honey holes, Hurricane Laura in 2020 wiped out 5 of my best spots here in Central Louisiana. Hunting these areas since 1954.
Haha. I was joking, I just think people being so heavily opinionated about something so trivial is strange. But hey, it is what it is.
I step on every big buck track I find on public, always have. Never even crossed my mind that it was unethical in some people’s minds. If you want to find sign, scout where nobody else scouts, which is getting harder these.
Just to be clear, i wasn’t directing anything at you personally just posting for discussion sake as some do seem to have a problem with hiding sign. I recall a video though of Dan himself talking about making fake rubs to throw another guy off he knew was hunting there.
Me, i don’t make fake sign nor do i hide sign but i don’t think either are unethical. Both are deception, no different in my eyes than me parking in one spot then sneaking down the road to the little overlooked spot hiding from cars passing by as i go in an attempt to prevent people from knowing where i am and getting any ideas about checking it out themselves.
Unethical is stealing trail cams, poaching, purposely disrupting another guys hunt cause he’s “in your spot”, etc. Stepping on tracks, making fake rubs, etc seems pretty benign imo.