#2027067 - 08/12/10 07:03 AM
Re: Public Land Tree stand question.
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Boone 58
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My thoughts exactly!
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#2027274 - 08/12/10 08:45 AM
Re: Public Land Tree stand question.
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Good time Charlie
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I was hunting chuck swan one year,hung my stand the day before ,Made my way to the stand the next morning and got in it before daylight.
All of a sudden I hear a truck pull up down the ridge where mine is parked.
They started up the ridge and I flashed my light at them.
They got theirs out and shined back at me but continued up the ridge.
I think their were 3 of them one put his stand about 50 yards from where I was.
I could go on about meeting them and their arrogance but enough said
I will never hunt public property again.I hope every body has a good time that does.
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#2028182 - 08/12/10 07:18 PM
Re: Public Land Tree stand question.
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Loc: Wilson Co/Perry Co
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I was hunting chuck swan one year,hung my stand the day before ,Made my way to the stand the next morning and got in it before daylight.
All of a sudden I hear a truck pull up down the ridge where mine is parked.
They started up the ridge and I flashed my light at them.
They got theirs out and shined back at me but continued up the ridge.
I think their were 3 of them one put his stand about 50 yards from where I was.
I could go on about meeting them and their arrogance but enough said
I will never hunt public property again.I hope every body has a good time that does.
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#2028208 - 08/12/10 07:36 PM
Re: Public Land Tree stand question.
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Registered: 06/28/07
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Loc: Rhea County
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I was hunting chuck swan one year,hung my stand the day before ,Made my way to the stand the next morning and got in it before daylight.
All of a sudden I hear a truck pull up down the ridge where mine is parked.
They started up the ridge and I flashed my light at them.
They got theirs out and shined back at me but continued up the ridge.
I think their were 3 of them one put his stand about 50 yards from where I was.
I could go on about meeting them and their arrogance but enough said
I will never hunt public property again.I hope every body has a good time that does.
I completely understand your frustration. Been there. The one thing necessary to have when hunting on public land is a unwavering almost foolish positive attitude. If you can keep your head on straight learn to laugh at some of the characters you run across, hunting public land can be rewarding.
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#2028442 - 08/12/10 10:13 PM
Re: Public Land Tree stand question.
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whistlinwingman
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Registered: 07/11/05
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Loc: Morristown
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I was hunting chuck swan one year,hung my stand the day before ,Made my way to the stand the next morning and got in it before daylight.
All of a sudden I hear a truck pull up down the ridge where mine is parked.
They started up the ridge and I flashed my light at them.
They got theirs out and shined back at me but continued up the ridge.
I think their were 3 of them one put his stand about 50 yards from where I was.
I could go on about meeting them and their arrogance but enough said
I will never hunt public property again.I hope every body has a good time that does.
Pretty much happened to me at Oak Ridge the same way, except he walked right under my tree. I flash my light again. He says," You didn't see my bright eyes?" I say," No. I walked in from a different road than you did so I did't have to climb that big ridge." He says," You should've seen them though." I say," I say about 159 bright eyes, 43 orange flags, 13 yellow ones, and 9 orange tabs on the way in. But none of them led me to this tree. But, it's a bow hunt so we can hunt 80 or so yards apart and we will be fine." He goes 22 yards (I ranged it) and scales a tree. At 830 the coffee run through me so I walked just out of bow range and upwind of him and dropped a few logs in the forest. I ended up huffing back across the road and hunted closer to my brother at another spot I GPS'd and ended up seeing and absolute giant. I didn't kill but I did have and 8 point come in and die about 45 yards from my stand. The guy came and retrieved it, gutted it, left him a few logs in the forest and started dragging. I had it coming I guess. I whistled at him to let him know where his deer was and he thanked me. He just didn't make it out of my field of view to do his business. Ever since I try and get in a spot that has no sign but looks good via a topo and I haven't seen as many hunters.
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#2028460 - 08/12/10 10:30 PM
Re: Public Land Tree stand question.
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Registered: 08/29/05
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Last season I walked about an hour in to hunt an area at LBL. When daylight broke I saw a doe acting a bit strange in an overgrown field so I decided to climb down and still hunt until noon or so. I got on the edge of the field along a backwoods logging road and she crossed the road just seconds after I got to the road and set up. She never saw me and she was only 20 yards away. I felt sure a buck was pushing her so I got ready for at least an hour sit right there where I was in case he came out trailing her scent.
It wasn't 5 minutes later and there he was. Walking staight down the dirt road toward me was about a 6ft tall 180 lb man with a walkman on. He was stepping out and when he saw me he slowed, pulled his walkman off, and asked how I was doing. I said great but the hunting is abit off this morning. As quick as he got to me he was gone down the same trail I had taken to get there which took me at least an hour to walk.
It brings you back to reality when things like that happen and makes you realize that you are sharing that land with a whole host of other people from campers to hikers to simple nature enthusiasts.
Funny part is that I headed back toward the woodline to get deep into the woods where I know I wouldn't find anyone and wouldn't ya know it......a dang 8 point was headed right where I had thought he would and he had acted as if he were just waiting for us to get out of his way so he could resume his search for that doe. He wasn't massive by LBL standards but he was a buck.
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