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  1. #1
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    Any buck from the truck.

    Hi BC Hunters,

    As of last night the woods near Surrey Lake filled with guys looking to roll the dice and hope a forky walks out in front of them( I did not see these guys in Sept so I will assume they are not targeting mature bucks).

    This is great to see guys getting out and hunting and a few guys should go home with some meat as I have been seeing good deer numbers.

    This brings me to the point of this post, I have a question about etiquette and unfortunately a gripe.

    Question:

    Forgive me for not knowing this, I am from New Zealand and where I grew up, hunting was quite different.

    When a guy is truck or atv hunting, it seems guys travel very slowly to increase their chance of seeing game, which makes perfect sense to me. For me, I use the FSR for a variety of things. 1. I live on it 2. I use it to access the areas where I get out of the truck and hike in. Having to follow a guy at 10 kph for long periods can be frustrating.

    When a vehicle comes up behind a truck hunter, is it expected that the guy would let the quicker vehicle through?

    Gripe:

    Beer cans started showing up on the road today. ( I didn't see one during 4 pt season).

    I'd say this is universal world wide, if you throw a can out the window into the wilderness, you are a POS and they should issue tags for you.

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  3. #2
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    Re: Any buck from the truck.

    Have this happen often, people get in a Congo line and not everyone is a road hunter. Pull over and let people pass or enjoy the horn

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    Re: Any buck from the truck.

    The number of beer cans, coolers etc. & not pop cans one can pick up after a busy weekend is unreal.

  5. #4
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    Re: Any buck from the truck.

    Quote Originally Posted by Wentrot View Post
    Have this happen often, people get in a Congo line and not everyone is a road hunter. Pull over and let people pass or enjoy the horn
    Most will pull over but some don't. just go around those guys. I know I do !
    "My biggest fear is that when I die, my wife sells all my hunting gear for what I told her I paid for it"

    "Take your boy hunting, and you won't have to hunt for your boy".

    "Ethical behavior is doing the right thing when no one else is watching- even when doing the wrong thing is legal.”

  6. #5
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    Re: Any buck from the truck.

    I got stuck behind some knob few years ago. Wouldn’t let me pass and added at least a half hour to my day cause I was working! Not everyone is out to shoot your road buck!

  7. #6
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    Re: Any buck from the truck.

    The only time i'm giving a road hunter the right of way is if we're in the absolute last block on that road.

  8. #7
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    Re: Any buck from the truck.

    I pass almost every vehicle I catch up to.

    I don't pass the ones with red&blue lights on/in them.

  9. #8
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    Re: Any buck from the truck.

    Next time just stop behind him ,jump out of the truck and safely shoot your gun and jump around like you shot a big one. People like that tend to think the road is all theirs.

  10. #9
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    Re: Any buck from the truck.

    Maybe it’s just me, but if I come up behind a guy that got up earlier than me to get in that spot I generally turn around and go elsewhere and would hope others show the same courtesy to me

  11. #10
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    Re: Any buck from the truck.

    It's not just hunters though they can be as bad or worse, but city folk just out for a drive and hikers etc all do the same thing. Piss along at a crawl because they either aren't used to driving dirt roads or it's too bumpy... I've had some even block me from passing and I've got an hour + drive into my property or where I want to hike/hunt.

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