how do i deal with this?
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how do i deal with this?
ok, so my buddy has his eye on the same area of public that ive had my eye on for a while...ive been saving it but he wants to go in this weekend, blaze trails, cut shooting lanes, ect. and then go in during the rut and do a group hunt with me and another guy. i guess im ok with doing that during the rut since deer are off their patterns, but he expressed that he thinks if you do that and wait a couple weeks the deer will forget about it. im not sure i agree with him and in fact i would say i disagree...im of the philosophy that you go in with a stand, find hot sign and set up NOW. anyone ever deal with this situation before? any suggestions?
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Re: how do i deal with this?
I have friends like that... I don't hunt with them. You can't talk sense to some people.
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yes me and my buddy had the same problem this year ...i scouted with him and found killer areas and we argued on who and when we were going to sit it and some areas ...i showed him my good spots and made that mastake ...dan told me just let him hunt it and dont scout with him next year so its all to your self ......hunting isnt more important then loosing a good freind
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Re: how do i deal with this?
Yes, I know where your coming from . I found a public land island last spring. And it is the only spot I have where I know I.ll see a deer with any consistency. not avery big area but NO pressure .Well my dad saw my car parked along the road there couple weeks ago. Asked me what I was doing . He says how it would be nice to hunt that island, but no way into it. And goes on to drill me how I got to it. So I tell him and now he.s.all excited to do a party hunt on the island opening firearm. Great there goes another spot ruined by the party hunters. Yes I know it' s public I lnow it's family. But when a guy works so hard finding, scouting , not overhunting a spot your only human to be frustrated when your facing someone ruining it.
I'm thinking Mabey ill show my dad how to access it if he agrees not to do a deer drive on it . Just a nightly post.
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I'm thinking Mabey ill show my dad how to access it if he agrees not to do a deer drive on it . Just a nightly post.
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Swampthing wrote:Yes, I know where your coming from . I found a public land island last spring. And it is the only spot I have where I know I.ll see a deer with any consistency. not avery big area but NO pressure .Well my dad saw my car parked along the road there couple weeks ago. Asked me what I was doing . He says how it would be nice to hunt that island, but no way into it. And goes on to drill me how I got to it. So I tell him and now he.s.all excited to do a party hunt on the island opening firearm. Great there goes another spot ruined by the party hunters. Yes I know it' s public I lnow it's family. But when a guy works so hard finding, scouting , not overhunting a spot your only human to be frustrated when your facing someone ruining it.
I'm thinking Mabey ill show my dad how to access it if he agrees not to do a deer drive on it . Just a nightly post.
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wow dude bad situation there good luck with it
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Re: how do i deal with this?
Try to talk him into hunting it like you said. Tell him in the spring you guys can scout it again, pick tree's and do some trimming then. Your friend is not alone in his thinking, Id venture a guess that over 50% of MI gun hunters are in the woods Nov 14 pounding, baiting, sighting in, etc for the Nov 15 opener. I dont have experience with mature bucks, but guys on here have bumped them from their beds and shot them the next day as they came to that bed or left it. Every deer is different as they say and your friend might get lucky and not hurt the area to bad. If he goes, Id go with him if I were you. Dont need him cutting every limb/tree down.
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Re: how do i deal with this?
if hes dead set on following through with his plane tell him youd like to get one sit in there before he destroys it, then let him have his way with it. if he thinks it wont hurt it then get in there hunt it then let him have it to himself.....
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Re: how do i deal with this?
I have friends I'd never hunt with. Or share info either. Family especially. Actually the only ones I trust are my sons. If they were in that situation, I'd respect their spots as if they were mine. There is no way I'd take others to an area they wanted to hunt. And I believe they do the same for me.
Just because they are family or friends doesn't mean they have access to all my secrets. And on the other side, it doesn't say much for your friendship if they get pissed over you not sharing your info.
I guess that's why I hunt alone most of the time
Just because they are family or friends doesn't mean they have access to all my secrets. And on the other side, it doesn't say much for your friendship if they get pissed over you not sharing your info.
I guess that's why I hunt alone most of the time
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Southern Man wrote:I guess that's why I hunt alone most of the time
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I think your better off just being straight up honest about it. Tell them how hard you work and that you would prefer saving the spot.
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Re: how do i deal with this?
I have a couple of family members/friends I will share my spots with. After that it is 100% scouting alone, and 90% hunting alone. if I bring someone else along they get dropped off in an "ok" area on my way to the bed. If they help me drag out a slob and learn about my spot I am ok with that.
I also use some friends I hunt with to learn new areas, why take them into a honey hole and burn it out when we can check out a new area. I of course grill them on any sign or deer they see and gain some intel in the proccess.
I also use some friends I hunt with to learn new areas, why take them into a honey hole and burn it out when we can check out a new area. I of course grill them on any sign or deer they see and gain some intel in the proccess.
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Re: how do i deal with this?
I have had a situation similar but different. I'd find the spots and have good success seeing deer and having great encounters. My stepdad got us on the property so he would basically boot me out of that spot. I'd say im going to a certain stand he'd say no your not im hunting it. Or I'd have my stand in a certain spot and the next season he would tell me thats where he's going to put his stand. Pisses me off but im just like whatever. I'll throw him a bone once in a while but I dont give him to much info. Ive found that he doesnt like stands with smaller bases and climbing sticks. So all my good stands are set up that way and I put them up about 28ft that keeps him out.
Its like right now I have a nice buck that comes in mornings and actually walks right by his stand but I havent told him. I figure if he wants to know what the deer are doing he needs to put in the effort and not try to feed off all the hard work, time and money that ive put into it.
Its like right now I have a nice buck that comes in mornings and actually walks right by his stand but I havent told him. I figure if he wants to know what the deer are doing he needs to put in the effort and not try to feed off all the hard work, time and money that ive put into it.
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Re: how do i deal with this?
thanks for all the replys guys...i actually have never hunted with anyone before and i am not looking forward to it at all.. im all about being the lone wolf. the reason im considering it is just to spend time with a friend...this spot is a killer rut funnel i think and i was actually saving it for the rut but now that he wants to go in and destroy it its got me worried...to talk him out of it would not be worth my time.. to say i dont want to go with would come across as rude..i wont be able to go in and hunt before he goes in there so i think i will just go along with it and hunt my other rut funnels hard. with some luck i will tag out and not have to go
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Re: how do i deal with this?
swamp-assassin wrote:thanks for all the replys guys...i actually have never hunted with anyone before and i am not looking forward to it at all.. im all about being the lone wolf. the reason im considering it is just to spend time with a friend...this spot is a killer rut funnel i think and i was actually saving it for the rut but now that he wants to go in and destroy it its got me worried...to talk him out of it would not be worth my time.. to say i dont want to go with would come across as rude..i wont be able to go in and hunt before he goes in there so i think i will just go along with it and hunt my other rut funnels hard. with some luck i will tag out and not have to go
Buddy hunting can have advantages too... but not when you are setting up on the same sign
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