Something I've been wondering for years with Public land turkey hunters? Are the majority of these hunters, just ignorant or just don't care?
Don't take this post the wrong way as it does not apply to all, although the majority I encounter. And I realize it's Public and will run into hunters at time to time which I expect because it is Public.
This is the typical scenario I'm referring to, being I work nights and do not get to the woods till around 8:30. This has happened many times over the years, and twice already this year. I get to an area with no vehicles at 8:00 or so enter the woods, no one is around, and strike a bird, After a half hour or so of off and on hen talk, another hunter moves in and is answering my calls and will not leave and screws up my hunt.
So my question is a hunter pulls into Public and sees your vehicle does it even register in his head if he hers a hen, it's more than likely a hunter being a vehicle is there, or do they simply not care? I know when I enter the woods and other vehicles are around I listen very carefully for hen sound and avoid them areas, because it's more than likely a hunter as the vehicle there tells me this. Just don't understand this? Even the last bird I killed last year was the same scenario, no cars , then a hunter shows up after I have been working a walking and talking gobbler for an hour, and proceeded to chase him around with calling knowing he saw my vehicle and heard me calling, as I lucked out as the original bird I was working he boggered only to have another work to me from another direction that only gobbled once.
Don't take this post the wrong way as it does not apply to all, although the majority I encounter. And I realize it's Public and will run into hunters at time to time which I expect because it is Public.
This is the typical scenario I'm referring to, being I work nights and do not get to the woods till around 8:30. This has happened many times over the years, and twice already this year. I get to an area with no vehicles at 8:00 or so enter the woods, no one is around, and strike a bird, After a half hour or so of off and on hen talk, another hunter moves in and is answering my calls and will not leave and screws up my hunt.
So my question is a hunter pulls into Public and sees your vehicle does it even register in his head if he hers a hen, it's more than likely a hunter being a vehicle is there, or do they simply not care? I know when I enter the woods and other vehicles are around I listen very carefully for hen sound and avoid them areas, because it's more than likely a hunter as the vehicle there tells me this. Just don't understand this? Even the last bird I killed last year was the same scenario, no cars , then a hunter shows up after I have been working a walking and talking gobbler for an hour, and proceeded to chase him around with calling knowing he saw my vehicle and heard me calling, as I lucked out as the original bird I was working he boggered only to have another work to me from another direction that only gobbled once.
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