......and the woes continue

[TNDeerGuy]

Had one on the roost gobbling and got setup on him....couple of soft yelps and down he comes a few minutes later. He pitched down about 80 yds from me and a hen pitched down and he started strutting around. I let off a soft purr and a couple of clucks and just started watching the show being patient. Thirty minutes go by and he had strutted his way as close as 60, but staying in the zone around 70. I heard a loud yelp to my right off in the distance and of course the bird gobbled. Five minutes later I heard a commotion coming through a thicket besides the flat I was on, and I knew what that meant, so I let out a loud yelp to warn someone that someone was there already. Of course, that commotion didn't stop, and here comes Elmer Fudd blowing out of this thicket beside the oak flat I was on like the Kool-Aid pitcher busting threw a wall—those birds are probably are half-way Memphis by now. I stood up and this "gentleman" asked me if I was hunting that bird.....that was 70yds from me when this started! I thought about providing him the real reason why I was there in all camo and with a shotgun—to think about what color drapes would match the color I want to paint the walls in a smart-&#! manner, but thought better about it. I asked him what he thought he was doing and he said he was busting them up! I asked if he heard me yelping and he said he thought it was an excited hen! smh :bash: :bash: God I hate public land!

 

[Spurhunter]

I can't hunt public land for this reason. It is more frustrating than enjoyable. However I hate opening weekend. Every gomer with a shotgun and wal mart call thinks he needs to hunt. This morning one of our members showed up with a four wheeler and rode right through the area I was going to hunt going to a different spot. I've never seen a turkey hunter on a 4 wheeler. Wth? :bash:

 

[Deerbuster1996]

I can't hunt public land for this reason. It is more frustrating than enjoyable. However I hate opening weekend. Every gomer with a shotgun and wal mart call thinks he needs to hunt. This morning one of our members showed up with a four wheeler and rode right through the area I was going to hunt going to a different spot. I've never seen a turkey hunter on a 4 wheeler. Wth? :bash:

The people hunting the next property over used a 4 wheeler to drive 100 yards and park. They shot about 4 times this morning at some birds. They said they missed every shot.


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[Gravey]

I can't hunt public land for this reason. It is more frustrating than enjoyable. However I hate opening weekend. Every gomer with a shotgun and wal mart call thinks he needs to hunt. This morning one of our members showed up with a four wheeler and rode right through the area I was going to hunt going to a different spot. I've never seen a turkey hunter on a 4 wheeler. Wth? :bash:

I feel your pain on the public land. Lots more room to roam but I hunted a 60 acre tract surrounded by state forest land. As for the 4-wheelers in my lease you have to use them to get anywhere near where you want to hunt as trucks aren't allowed thru the property. Not to mention its 3100 acres and walking from one end to the other is not an option unless you start 2 days ahead. We have one road that is 3 miles from front to back. I do know what you mean though when they're riding around just after sunup or shortly thereafter.

 

[Bone Collector]

I've had that happen to me too... most likely on the same WMA.

 

[catman529]

Dang Andy you got to make the drive and hunt with me some time, I run into other hunters but not so much the jack legs you find on priest. Had company this morning and he was nice, sat down in the bottom all morning and didn't bust anything around, and it was funny seeing him try to spot me sitting against a big oak tree wearing Bottomland camo.


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[TNDeerGuy]

J....I am going to make that drive and get with you, the pressure on Priest is just way too high and on the border of getting very dangerous, not even counting the stupidity.

Yeah, BC.....it's the same one!

 

[Poleaxe]

You got more patience than I do Andy. Everybody that knows me well would've told you that wouldn't have ended well. Just know you never need an invite to come over here in any season.

 

[Grizzly Johnson]

I can't hunt public land for this reason. It is more frustrating than enjoyable. However I hate opening weekend. Every gomer with a shotgun and wal mart call thinks he needs to hunt.:bash:

If I can find/afford a lease next year, I'm done with public land hunting..... getting to be too many @$$hats that think they own the place and no common courtesy.

 

[Setterman]

I quit hunting private land because of all the jack offs I has to deal with, went to public land here which is huge tracts of mountains and found peace. Then the rednecks figured out they could ride 4 wheelers everywhere, so now a perfect spring morning is polluted with jack offs riding around on four wheelers blowing locator calls all day.

There are days that hunting becomes infuriating because of the idiots we have to share the woods with.

Sadly several of the people I describe post in this forum. I'm not mean enough to call them out but they know who they are.

 

[FARMTOFIELD]

Setterman, I'm with you, nothing makes me madder than people who drive around with box calls.

 

[Camouflage]

Having access to only public land, I try and be extremely careful when I roam around as to not ruin someone else's hunt. Thanks for the heads up about Priest. I had a feeling it would be quite a crowded place.

 

[762hunter]

I've hunted Chickasaw, The Hatchie, and the Wolf River WMA's around here and have never met a hunter with courtesy, if I get in at 3AM and they show up at sunrise and see my truck the still come walking in.

Public land has been nothing but a nightmare around here


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[slangstrang]

, the pressure on Priest is just way too high and on the border of getting very dangerous, not even counting the stupidity.)

I had two guys walk in on me opening day as well. I was out by the speedway on public land. I checked S. Llmar before I went to this place and there was 7 trucks there. One day I am going to buy some land or get in on a lease somewhere and be done with this public land mess. Also, I won't have to worry about where I am going.

 

[TboneD]

And that's why I told my son I'd rather not hunt Priest. Sad folks can't be more considerate. I heard a gobble way off Saturday morning but thought better of it...

 

[Gravey]

, the pressure on Priest is just way too high and on the border of getting very dangerous, not even counting the stupidity.)

I had two guys walk in on me opening day as well. I was out by the speedway on public land. I checked S. Llmar before I went to this place and there was 7 trucks there. One day I am going to buy some land or get in on a lease somewhere and be done with this public land mess. Also, I won't have to worry about where I am going.

PP land is all around me and I drive almost 100 miles to hunt most of the time. Seen way too much stupid stuff there and why I have never taken my son. I'll hunt it if I have no place to go or don't have the time to drive to my lease but its few and far between when I do.