Who the heck likes to discuss with people who has guns? just shoot at the air and act crazy... they will just run away.
Who the heck likes to discuss with people who has guns? just shoot at the air and act crazy... they will just run away.
Yes and No. Lots of old hunters have the knowledge but their bodies simply aren't able to take on the physical challenges anymore. I fall into that category. Unless I have a buddy with me, I limit my hike to one km max from the truck and only in the mornings. My eyesight and coordination starts to challenge me in the fading light of the evening. Last thing I need to be doing at night is making pack out trips to retrieve my fallen game. I still do well enough but I respect my limits now. I expect there will be a time when all I'll really be able to do is walk old overgrown roads and then be limited to vehicle hunting of some sort. I'm not worried about myself but more for the future of hunting for all.
I also believe in Karma and I have to work on keeping on the right side of prickly when things get tense out there. I help out whenever I see someone in need - at least as much as I can. I expect there will be a time when I need help and I like the idea of depositing a few good acts before needing to draw upon some help.
Last edited by Rieber; 09-23-2020 at 06:37 PM.
My background is surfing (spent my first 30 Years in Australia), and it’s very similar. Both hunting and surfing mean your are competing for space and trying to find a great spot all to yourself. Unfortunately that breeds a lot of protectionism and fuels a lot of dispute about “my spot vs your spot”, which tends to mean the older guys can get a bit pissy about younger guys taking up space.
it’s just the way it is, and hopefully we can create a culture where we can be more open to sharing, but this generally happens when you spend time in a place and get to know people, not when you turn up and expect a place at the table.
I haven’t read this whole thread, but I thought I’d share a quick story from last week.
I was on a week long moose trip. Midday we were doing some scouting and found a good area with recent activity. We went there the next afternoon and called until after dark and walked back to my quad in pitch black. The next morning we were parking our quads in pitch black and walking into the bush just as it was getting light. We had a bull grunting at us, but couldn’t get him to show himself.
Around 9-9:30 a group of road hunters drove by us and didn’t see us. I thought they had driven past us and kept on travelling up the road(the road didn’t go much further, so they couldn’t have gone far). About 15 minutes go by and then I hear two short cow calls followed up by an immediate bull grunt. I looked at my partner and immediately said”it’s those guys in the sxs “. I let out a cow call right away. Next thing I know, the guy starts calling some more and I can see his partner circling us on the road above. He still can’t see us. We just stood up and started walking up to the road when he finally noticed and turned around to head back to his partner.
We went back to grab our machines and I decided to drive by and give a friendly hello. When I stopped to talk to the guy he asked me why I was hunting up here. I was about 6kms from my camp and about 3 from where he was camped. I guess he figured it was his area, because he was camped closer.
The more I think about it the more I wonder. He had to drive by our quads which weren’t terribly far away from where we hiked into the bush. I could clearly see my footprints in the dirt where we left our machines, walked up the road and where we left the road. Is he that stupid he couldn’t figure out we were there, or was he calling on top of us just to be an ass hole?
The ironic thing is he setup camp right beside me a few years ago and I gave him 5 gallons of gas when I was headed home, because he was short.
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I think that rather than perpetuating hunting among common people, many hunters would rather lock the gate behind them to enjoy opportunity for themselves at the expense of the next generation. They don't admit it, but they act like it.
"If you meet an asshole in the morning, then you met an asshole. If you meet assholes all day, then you may be the asshole."