Great morning, one doe, to far to shoot. Back out in the afternoon only to find one hunter in my buddies stand and a pop up blind set in a field by my stand. These fellas have permision to hunt this farm but only through my buddy. They are supposed to call but they didnt. One was smoking a cigar in the stand. Nice way to end the day with gun hunting goof balls disrespecting land owner rules, others hardwork in placing and building stands and for the safety that ethical hunters strive for. Plus he parked his car 70 yards from the tent they had set up in the field.
These are the guys that give gun hunters a bad name. They buy a gun the day before, never site in, take shots way to long, wound deer, walk around at 8:00 in the morning, smoke cigars in other people stands, hunt out of other peoples stands, trash the area, etc., etc., etc. Then they're gone leaving a trail of stench for a true hunter to hunt through until the end of January. These are the "brown is down" type guys who could care less about tradition and mangaement than puting 20 pounds of meat taken from a dressed 40 pound fawn in the frezzer. If they only took the time to think of other hunters who truly hunt deer or to be somewhat thankfull for the permisson they are granted all hunters will better off. Let the fawns breed. There is nothing wrong with taking 1 1/2 old doe. More meat, right? Better for all of us, right? Sorry for being long winded and thankfull if i offended the ones i intended to offend. I see it every year and are only hopefull it will change. There is alot of hunters that get out more than once or twice during gun season, only because we love the outdoors, respect the game we hunt and do our best to preseve a tradition that burns inside of us.
