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Offline BearHunter60

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Hunting ethics
« on: Oct 13, 2011, 05:28:29 PM »
So I found a spot to hunt early in the season and it turned out that a guy had a stand there from the year before so I set some sticks on it so I would know if he checked it when I was there about 2 weeks ago. I went back in today and the stand was gone. It didn't have a lock on it but then again it didn't look like a stand that anyone would be tempted to put in the trouble to steal. Thought it was a little weird that the guy would pull out the stand this close to the season opening. Sooooo... What's the call? Ok to set up a stand there or is it like trying to date your buddy's girlfriend after they break up? Is there a wait time involved?
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Offline huntny30

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Re: Hunting ethics
« Reply #1 on: Oct 13, 2011, 05:33:12 PM »
Is this Public Land?  I would say if nobody is sitting there nobody will harvest a deer from there...All in all I would say it has to be a judgement call...I would want to avoid having someone walk up and try to sit near me once the season kicks off...if you think the person hunting there moved...why not sit there...?
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Offline adkRoy

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Re: Hunting ethics
« Reply #2 on: Oct 13, 2011, 06:24:40 PM »
Is this private land you have permission to hunt on? maybe the guy didn't have permission to be there and you scared him off.
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Offline BearHunter60

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Re: Hunting ethics
« Reply #3 on: Oct 13, 2011, 06:31:27 PM »
It's on public land over what seems to be a pretty good spot with some Apple trees. The only thing I'm worried about is if someone stole his stand and then I put mine up there a week later he might think I stole his stand
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Re: Hunting ethics
« Reply #4 on: Oct 13, 2011, 06:37:44 PM »
Well if he didn't want it stolen, he would have locked it up....you can't leave a stand on public land with out locking it. I'm gonna guess he came and removed it.
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Offline huntny30

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Re: Hunting ethics
« Reply #5 on: Oct 13, 2011, 06:37:53 PM »
I wouldn't sweat that...if it does come up...then tell him exactly what you did and that you weren't gonna hunt there till you noticed the stand was no longer there...good luck I hope the spot works out...post pics when they do!
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Re: Hunting ethics
« Reply #6 on: Oct 14, 2011, 07:09:31 PM »
He left so we think, Hunt it.
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Re: Hunting ethics
« Reply #7 on: Oct 14, 2011, 07:10:53 PM »
Do you have anymore of those magic sticks that I can put on stands I see to make them disappear? ;D
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Re: Hunting ethics
« Reply #8 on: Oct 14, 2011, 11:05:13 PM »
Quote from: aquaassassin on Oct 14, 2011, 07:10:53 PM
Do you have anymore of those magic sticks that I can put on stands I see to make them disappear? ;D



lol  thats what i was thinkin
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Offline BearHunter60

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Re: Hunting ethics
« Reply #9 on: Oct 16, 2011, 09:00:54 PM »
Quote from: aquaassassin on Oct 14, 2011, 07:10:53 PM
Do you have anymore of those magic sticks that I can put on stands I see to make them disappear? ;D

Hahaha. those stick i keep very well hidden. Only for special occasions
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Re: Hunting ethics
« Reply #10 on: Oct 17, 2011, 12:19:11 PM »
I dont blame you 8)
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Re: Hunting ethics
« Reply #11 on: Oct 24, 2011, 09:32:10 AM »
Did you ever think that although it appears to be a good location to hunt. The reason he moved it was because there are no deer there. He most likely moved on to greener pastures. Take a walk, you may find where he moved it to. 
Some good stands just dry up.

Where are the deer, the deer are where you find them.
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Re: Hunting ethics
« Reply #12 on: Oct 24, 2011, 09:45:00 AM »
Quote from: Lobsta54 on Oct 24, 2011, 09:32:10 AM
Did you ever think that although it appears to be a good location to hunt. The reason he moved it was because there are no deer there. He most likely moved on to greener pastures. Take a walk, you may find where he moved it to. 
Some good stands just dry up.

Where are the deer, the deer are where you find them.

My thought exactly.... ;D  I would be looking around a little more....he might not have moved very far.... ;)
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Re: Hunting ethics
« Reply #13 on: Oct 25, 2011, 09:17:14 PM »
Quote from: upstatehunter on Oct 24, 2011, 09:45:00 AM

My thought exactly.... ;D  I would be looking around a little more....he might not have moved very far.... ;)

Yup

probably closer to bedding since the apples are a feeding destination that in most cases they arent reaching until nightfall...
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