I can't believe how many guys have just joined because they got an LEH! These people will not get my help and knowledge except for to find a dirt road and look around. Try contributing first as there are many good guys on here.
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I can't believe how many guys have just joined because they got an LEH! These people will not get my help and knowledge except for to find a dirt road and look around. Try contributing first as there are many good guys on here.
good thing there are knowledgeable people here that don’t mind offering help that will make up for it
Have to admit it does bother me when someone puts in for and gets a LEH for a area they no nothing about. I don't understand why some research isn't done prior
You are right, I never got an leh but that actually doesn't bother me at all. I put in high odds draws that I do not expect to get. So, thinking this is being about being disgruntled couldn't be further from the truth. I have been fortunate to get my bison and have him on the wall and if that is the last draw I get, I am good. Now don't get me going on a grizzly draw. Lol. I know that I am not alone in my thinking and I don't mind sharing. This is just a friendly debate. :-)
What help? I have yet to see you post any animals you have taken so as far as I'm concerned we dont even know if you're someone whose advice we should be taking :P
You joined in 2011 and one of the FIRST threads you started was "moose help 7-11" for a draw your wife got. Did you forget that?
I just checked ... it was THE first thread you posted. Talk about hypocrisy.
Here is his thread..... asking for help in his first head on HBC:
http://www.huntingbc.ca/forum/showth...aw-help-please
Fair enough,
I like to help whoever I can. This usually comes back in a good way and for me. Its opened a network of connections I can tap into when I need some advice on an area or info.
And when it comes to LEH, not many of us have the luxury of being able to scout before the hunt. Can you fault anyone for tapping into any resource that may increase their sodds of success? So I say why not help the guy that gets the draw. What do we unsuccessful LEH applicants have to lose?
Now that is funny sh!t right here ^^ :lol:
Pretty simple when it comes to giving people information if you want to pass on knowledge do so if you want to keep it to yourself it’s your choice. I can be helpful but I don’t give up all my secrets and at times I choose not to help certain people
The one thing about HBC is you can always look into another member and what they have posted, so careful where one treads, imo.
As far as the LEH and not knowing the area, I have also wondered about it and why folks have no knowledge etc.
But than again, if odds are better in some areas or it's a special hunt like Bison or Rosie's etc, I get why many may not know the area.
I think it's best to help folks out, especially on LEH.
Last year a young couple I ran into in the EK had a LEH any bull moose tag.
Well, I had walked into a really mature bull a few hours before.
Irony was I ran into them soon afterwards.
Basically gave them the gps co-ordinates you could say to start looking.
They were happy as hell (hope they got).
Otherwise it might have been poached or traditionally taken.
So why not.
Help each other out.
I know some here helped me with my buddies son and a Pitt lake Elk Draw.
And due to their help, they were successful!
that is gold, too funny lol
sure it gets old seeing "can you help with my leh" posts one after another, but no different than all the fake "leh's are out" posts on the forums and FB...but the easiest thing to do, simply keep scrolling, easy as that, just move onto the content you want to read
This is the great thing about the website. Free speech! It really doesn't matter if people like my posts. The banter is always enjoyable to read and it's all good. Some nice jabs at me as well. Lol. You should only dish it out if you can take it. Lol. All good. As for posting anything about my prime hunting spots, that is something I will never post about. I saw firsthand on how that goes. As for private messages, they are private for a reason. I have helped enough. :-)
I like to think of myself as a Sportsman first, and a hunter second. I have helped a few people in the past, and undoubtedly will help in the future. Isn’t this how it should be done? My 2 cents...
I didn't get a draw this year, can someone point me in the right direction????
I don't think this is infighting. I think there are some good points and jabs. Some facts, some not. I knew it would stir the pot and a good banter is healthy. Good for a few laughs as well.
I understand that to a certain degree. However many areas with the best odds do require a huge undertaking that most aren't prepared for. I honestly don't mind steering someone in the right direction but the majority of threads since the results have been released are regarding new to area or never been to.....
By now every area must be covered with threads regarding the same question. If your going to take the time and money it takes for some of these draws wouldn't you want to know about the area first
Hmmm I enjoy helping folks with their hunting.living here for so many years, hunting..flying the area in choppers for work..wearing out truvks, quads and boots.
I have recieved lots of help from members here ..so far 11 hunters have contacted me regarfing bear, deer, sheep and moose for 2019 hunting season..no I did not get a draw..GRRRRRRRR however others did..
How would I like to be treated ? If it was me needing some information...
Congrads to those successful..lets try and help them make their hunt a success.
Cheers
Srupp
There's probably a lot of people that are just like me and my partners that put in for areas we don't necessarily know but upon getting a draw we will get to know it and put in the time and effort to get it done. If you can help, you might as well. It's pretty hard to know every area of the province.
I think its funny.. i just SMH (shake my head) when its their first choice, with no research, different story if its like the old days of "if i am not drawn for my 2 options i would take anything you offer"... those days of plentiful authorizations are long gone
I pick a draw based on species and odds. If I get it I'll figure out how to hunt it, if not, I won't.
Doesn't strike me as odd at all when people request an area they have never been to.
It is a little difficult if your living on Vancouver island to know an area for moose before you apply. If you live in the interior and are applying in your back yard it is easy for you. I doubt very much that a guy that lives in PG is going to have great knowledge of Rosie elk areas. Helping each other out is a good thing.
Of course. Been chuckling all day. I am not surprised. There have been some funny ones. My cheeks are sore!
Some folks on HBC over the years earn folks respect in many forms.
A member like Srupp is rare, but his presence on HBC is much appreciated by everyone who knows him here.
He helps the best he can which allows this lifestyle to carry on and helps many folks get started into hunting.
I don't expect anyone to help anyone, and is not expected, but there is a reason some members stand above everyone else.
I guess as we get older we get less competitive knowing that some of our best days are behind us.
To the new comers, don't expect to be helped out, as most did the work themselves.
But really appreciate the times someone has helped out, and "pay it forward".
I've got no problem with someone joining to try to get info for a hunt, join up ask away all good in my books. Obviously anyone with a brain cell will know that they'll probably get a lot better info if they contribute some posts first, but its the internet do what you want. Lots of folks have come here green as spring grass asking for advice and have turned in to pretty good hunters and long time regular contributors to HBC, just sayin.
270.... that was some funny ass shizz right there.
Lots of high odds areas have low odds success rates.
I applied for a Goat draw one time , in an area I didn't know anything about. Looked at lots of maps and we thought , yeah , we can do that. Got the draw , made our plans and headed out. Didn't work out. So we had taken away another hunters chances , with our ignorance. Maybe someone who knew the area and had a fool proof plan to get his trophy. Now I never apply for a draw in some area that I do not know anything about , or at least, am going to be there hunting with someone, who knows the area. (and has recommended it to me).
On another note , what do you thing of our fellow hunters that apply for draws to "save" a doe or cow? And never intend to hunt if they get
drawn.
So you win a long shot, once in a lifetime draw that no one in their right minds would bank on getting again and you wouldn't help the next guy with info you learned from your hunt, or you have local knowledge and you wouldn't help someone be successful? Hell I would be willing to take someone out on their "Kamloops Sheep Draw" just to be a part of the experience or pass along some info if I had some just to get a picture of the animal they harvested.
And you only have 461 posts in 8 years...;)
You know, that young couple I helped with info on where I saw the Moose....
When I told them, you should have seen the look on their face!
They were actually dumbfounded and in shock, like a deer in the headlights!
Then later the same day, 2 locals came in that I had never seen before.
After talking for a bit, and seeing he had some knowledge of many areas in the vicinity etc. I asked if he was a member on HBC.
He said "No", and that he was "too secretive" to share.
So, there you go, 2 different camps on it.
But than again, if that is how the "new members" wish to go forward, and one day become the old members etc, than might as well just go to FB
and post your pics and look at pics of success.
Whats the point if you cant "share"????
Lol, just bumped his first thread for laughs.
Interesting topic. We all have our limit on what we are willing to share with others. Especially people we don’t know well. I struggle with internet sharing as I’m sure many others do as well. I would strongly urge anyone asking for help or advice on the internet to really do their own homework as well, then add it to the information received by the generosity of other hunters. Nothing worth having should come easily.....
What a fun day of laughs. Honestly haven't laughed this hard for a while. I love the bandwagoner's and still stand by my statement as my post was from 8 years ago. The nice thing about getting older is that views can change and you evolve as time goes on. If you dish it out, you gotta take it too. Thanks for the PM's as well. I can't remember the last time my cheeks were this sore. Like water on a duck's back, roll as it goes.