rugerfan
Senior Member
From my point of view: There are mutiples, so buckle up, this may be a long post! Many of the points I will make is why I stick to public land.
I personally only get about a dozen days in the woods for deer season each year. I work Monday thru Friday and sometimes Monday through Saturday. I will not pay a 1000 dollars plus for a dozen days a year. If I am going to do that I will go out west and hunt elk for a week. Also, the trophy thing for me has gotten way way out of hand, if I am going to pay 700 to 1000 dollars a year, I got to to bring something home more than just an outing in the woods. The trophy to me is in the hunt and in the harvest, not how many inches of antler the deer has. Yes of course I want to get a nice deer, but it is not going to kill me if it isn't the biggest that has ever walked. The freezer being full and the empty shell are the bigger trophy's in my mind. I will not pay 100's to 1000's of dollars every year to finance total disappointment. Makes no sense to me.
I have been in several clubs over the years from time to time. There are the bad apples, and it gets really bad when the bad apple is the club president. When rules are set in place and fines being levied, but the club president does what he or she wants. Not going to do it. Having hunts for business clients for free, or church members for free while members are paying, that is just bad. Bringing their relatives for free to kill whatever walks, while paying members are made to follow the rules is just crap.
I have hunted with drunks and I have hunted with people that are really religious people, both have their strengths and weaknesses. I have decided that it in my best interest to steer clear of both. No offense meant to either, but I am there to hunt not have a beer or liquor party or a sermon. I will talk to god when I get in the tree thank you very much.
For the most part, on public land, the people I have met are just like me and we respect each other's space. Even if I have spent months scouting an area, but I show up and somebody else's truck is parked at spot A, then I will not proceed into spot A. I will go into spot B or C or D.
On Public land I have the ability to move around if things aren't paying off. In the hunting clubs I have been in, usually I was limited to 1 to 3 spots. People do not realize that over hunting 1 to 3 spots will decrease your chances of killing deer.
Baiting or as others call it "feeding" . I am old school, brought up in the time that all that was illegal. Yes I am aware that it increases the odds, but I am still against it for the most part. So if I am not going to partake in the activity I should not be made to pay for it.
Just my points of view, some will agree and some will not. I am ok with both.
I personally only get about a dozen days in the woods for deer season each year. I work Monday thru Friday and sometimes Monday through Saturday. I will not pay a 1000 dollars plus for a dozen days a year. If I am going to do that I will go out west and hunt elk for a week. Also, the trophy thing for me has gotten way way out of hand, if I am going to pay 700 to 1000 dollars a year, I got to to bring something home more than just an outing in the woods. The trophy to me is in the hunt and in the harvest, not how many inches of antler the deer has. Yes of course I want to get a nice deer, but it is not going to kill me if it isn't the biggest that has ever walked. The freezer being full and the empty shell are the bigger trophy's in my mind. I will not pay 100's to 1000's of dollars every year to finance total disappointment. Makes no sense to me.
I have been in several clubs over the years from time to time. There are the bad apples, and it gets really bad when the bad apple is the club president. When rules are set in place and fines being levied, but the club president does what he or she wants. Not going to do it. Having hunts for business clients for free, or church members for free while members are paying, that is just bad. Bringing their relatives for free to kill whatever walks, while paying members are made to follow the rules is just crap.
I have hunted with drunks and I have hunted with people that are really religious people, both have their strengths and weaknesses. I have decided that it in my best interest to steer clear of both. No offense meant to either, but I am there to hunt not have a beer or liquor party or a sermon. I will talk to god when I get in the tree thank you very much.
For the most part, on public land, the people I have met are just like me and we respect each other's space. Even if I have spent months scouting an area, but I show up and somebody else's truck is parked at spot A, then I will not proceed into spot A. I will go into spot B or C or D.
On Public land I have the ability to move around if things aren't paying off. In the hunting clubs I have been in, usually I was limited to 1 to 3 spots. People do not realize that over hunting 1 to 3 spots will decrease your chances of killing deer.
Baiting or as others call it "feeding" . I am old school, brought up in the time that all that was illegal. Yes I am aware that it increases the odds, but I am still against it for the most part. So if I am not going to partake in the activity I should not be made to pay for it.
Just my points of view, some will agree and some will not. I am ok with both.