Rifle season sucked this year. I blew off hunting my private land to try a special permit Muzz hunt i drew. Last weekend was o.k. I saw a few deer and very few hunters. This weekend was a little different though...
On the last day of the hunt i turned in 3 violators in 10 minutes!
I get in my pop up blind when its still dark, and an hour later i hear footsteps. I look to see a hunter in full camo and a bow and treestand! I whistle and he sees me and turns and walks away. A couple hours later i decide to pack it up and i walked to the crest of the hill so see if any deer were lying up there. To my surprise heres this A-hole up a tree 80 yards from where i was set up! Now i am pissed for 2 reasons, no common sense to get away from my setup, and breaking 4 laws. 1,not 50% blaze orange 2,bow season is closed, 3,no permit for the muzz season, 4, used srew in tree steps on state land. So i yell out you need blaze orange! and he gets mouthy at me. I just left and figures i will calll the warden at the truck. As i get to the truck one of those Asian Hmongs comes out of the woods with a .22 and a tan coat and pants. I told him he is looking to get shot and is breaking the law. he smiles and mumbled some broken english and left as i wrote his plate number down.
So i call the ranger and they said they and a warden are on their way out. Just after i turned off the phone some guy walkes out of the refuge area (plainly marked with signs) and has a shotgun! Ask ask him if he can read signs, and told him this is a muzz area by special permit. He looks dazed and said "really?"
I took his backtag number and plate number too. What a bunch of morons. the warden was happy to make a good deal of money from my tips as he called these guys up on the phone and said they will be getting fines in the mail. Unfortunalty the real A-hole was gone by the time we got back to where he was in the tree. They had a description on a vehicle from someone else so they will watch for this guy in the future.
Now i know why i hunt my private land most of the time, it just sucks its a 3 1/2 hour drive.
By the way, the parking area where 2 of these guys parked had signs that said blaze orange required(in the hunt regs too) and a sign that said no gun hunting but muzz by permit. I cannot believe how dumb these guys are.
After it was all done a guy came out to the park lot and he was a State bioligist who had a tag for this area too. He shot a yote, a doe, and a buck all in an hour. I helped him gut and drag and he was happy. I told him he was doing me a favor because otherwise i had to go Xmas shopping with the wife
On the last day of the hunt i turned in 3 violators in 10 minutes!
I get in my pop up blind when its still dark, and an hour later i hear footsteps. I look to see a hunter in full camo and a bow and treestand! I whistle and he sees me and turns and walks away. A couple hours later i decide to pack it up and i walked to the crest of the hill so see if any deer were lying up there. To my surprise heres this A-hole up a tree 80 yards from where i was set up! Now i am pissed for 2 reasons, no common sense to get away from my setup, and breaking 4 laws. 1,not 50% blaze orange 2,bow season is closed, 3,no permit for the muzz season, 4, used srew in tree steps on state land. So i yell out you need blaze orange! and he gets mouthy at me. I just left and figures i will calll the warden at the truck. As i get to the truck one of those Asian Hmongs comes out of the woods with a .22 and a tan coat and pants. I told him he is looking to get shot and is breaking the law. he smiles and mumbled some broken english and left as i wrote his plate number down.
So i call the ranger and they said they and a warden are on their way out. Just after i turned off the phone some guy walkes out of the refuge area (plainly marked with signs) and has a shotgun! Ask ask him if he can read signs, and told him this is a muzz area by special permit. He looks dazed and said "really?"
I took his backtag number and plate number too. What a bunch of morons. the warden was happy to make a good deal of money from my tips as he called these guys up on the phone and said they will be getting fines in the mail. Unfortunalty the real A-hole was gone by the time we got back to where he was in the tree. They had a description on a vehicle from someone else so they will watch for this guy in the future.
Now i know why i hunt my private land most of the time, it just sucks its a 3 1/2 hour drive.
After it was all done a guy came out to the park lot and he was a State bioligist who had a tag for this area too. He shot a yote, a doe, and a buck all in an hour. I helped him gut and drag and he was happy. I told him he was doing me a favor because otherwise i had to go Xmas shopping with the wife
