Why the Texan hate on hunting threads

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Ok I don’t understand the hate on Texas when residents of western states are talking about none residents applying for permits and coming to spend some $$$ in a location, Idaho , Colorado, Kansas seems very unwelcoming to NR hunters.
what did I do to warrant this disrespect? Mexico is very welcoming to NR hunters,
why not western states or Canada?
 
Western state residents b!tch about all non-residents. If you hunted Idaho it would be Californians that would take the heat.
It’s small minded garbage that is mostly a small minority of people. I spent nearly half my life living in Texas, and it’s home to the best culture and most friendly and warm people that I know.
Don’t let it bother you…..
 
Anyone who digs at people from a particular state, be it Texas, California, Utah, Colorado… it’s simply a bigot. I don’t really care what they say on an online forum. Doesn’t affect me one bit

California probably gets the most digs. But in my experience, it’s a great place to visit, and has some great people. In my opinion their politics sucks, but that has nothing to do with Individual people and especially not Californian hunters.

Online forums will always have people who like to take shots at others. But I have found that there are still plenty of good ones around, and I have built relationships with those. Ignore the others, or if they get too obnoxious, do what I did and block them. Makes it a lot more fun when you don’t even have to listen to them them

That said, 98% of the people coming on here are good guys and gals. Everyone has to be able to take some good spirited razzing from time to time. ?
 
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I have guided people from all over the US and shared camps with many people from Texas. Majority of them are just like and share similar values as me. Majority of California hunters are good people that are typically married to a job and can’t leave, almost a similar situation that many of us in Colorado now face. I do however like to poke fun at Utah from time but have many good friends there I’ve meant through hunting over the years.
 
I think a lot of it has to with the 2 percent of non residents that screw it up for the rest. Leaving gates open, destroying roads etc. One NR tag gets seen doing it and everything else is their fault. One thing is for sure is I have made some of my closest friends out in the woods with random people you meet along the way over the years, yes a few from TX. My wife still does not get it, "why you always talking to these random people all over the place". No really it's Jake from Idaho at 3 in morning... Hunters are hunters no matter where they are stuck living. Ok so that might have went off topic just bit.
 
Back away from the keyboard, and close your eyes to the screen. All that BS disappears. Welcome to any and all NR's - we love your money and tolerate you, if you act like a normal friendly person. Come off acting the pr*ck, and you'll be labeled as such!!
 
I hunt in all western states, no problems. Hunting in the west is becoming crowed. Fish and Game is managing for sniveling oppurtunity hunters.
 
I went to Texas A&M university. I bleed maroon! But we are also known a “farmers” as well as “Aggies”. There are entire joke books of “Aggie jokes”. We as Aggies tell more than anyone.

My 2 favorites:

Why do they tell Aggie jokes?

Because when you tell an Aggie joke, everyone knows you are joking. If you hear the same story about a University of Texas person, it’s probably true!

JK. Have a lot of UT friends.

Second one:

What do you call an Aggie 5 yrs after graduation?
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BOSS!
 
You can see that kind of behavior in people from every state.

I like to think I have a great deal of pride in my state. I hope you do too. I also have a lot of pride in the fighting Texas A&M football team and I will talk trash about your team when we play you….

But when we meet at a bar later and talk about hunting and life, the playing field levels and we get along great! It’s those that hear the trash talk and are unable to see the real person who are missing the boat.
 
When Wuhan hit and the explosion in interest in the outdoors hit, the almost solid line of Texas license plates was pretty noticeable. For all the "Texas is the greatest" yapping seems that 2% public land thing really sucks.

That memorial week we did our usual ride into Jackson Hole, and around that country. Gone were the tour busses from California. Replaced by Texas plates.

Now. What my own eyes saw, was an influx of new public land campers that summer and into fall. Apparently when one lives in Texas, one stays in private campgrounds, which must have full time garbage men picking up after them. They must also have full time firefighters, because NO FIRE signs all over the forest, apparently Grant exemptions to The Lone Star State.

To be completely honest, my biggest fear is Utah hunting becoming Texas. We already have the private hunting corporations. We then followed that up with night vision, bait, etc. I was waiting for the outfitting class to begin investing in corn cannons.

All year that year, seeing Texas on every other plate, everywhere in the west, I kept hearing that dumbass little troll Ted Cruz with his "2% public land is 2% too much" line.

Stereotypes often are true, but I enjoy the Texas dudes I've been around. Kinda like talking to Donald Trump, just with a drawl.
"Big, best, greatest......."
 
Within the last 18 months, I've hunted in Nebraska, South Dakota, Wyoming, and Iowa. Never felt like I wasn't wanted there. Once several years ago, was turkey hunting and came to a main paved road several miles from our truck. Saw a pickup truck coming and threw up my thumb. No dice. Next vehicle was an SUV and I thought no - dirty boots, turkey gear. But they had seen us trying to bum a ride and stopped. Retired couple on their way home from church.

You see lots of things on here about NRs. A lot of it is just jabbin at people from _____. Fill in the blank with your state of choice - Cali, Utah, Caliroda, etc..

And then you see posts about 400 NR hunters decimating the deer herd when there are 4000 res tags. :ROFLMAO:
 
When Wuhan hit and the explosion in interest in the outdoors hit, the almost solid line of Texas license plates was pretty noticeable. For all the "Texas is the greatest" yapping seems that 2% public land thing really sucks.

That memorial week we did our usual ride into Jackson Hole, and around that country. Gone were the tour busses from California. Replaced by Texas plates.

Now. What my own eyes saw, was an influx of new public land campers that summer and into fall. Apparently when one lives in Texas, one stays in private campgrounds, which must have full time garbage men picking up after them. They must also have full time firefighters, because NO FIRE signs all over the forest, apparently Grant exemptions to The Lone Star State.

To be completely honest, my biggest fear is Utah hunting becoming Texas. We already have the private hunting corporations. We then followed that up with night vision, bait, etc. I was waiting for the outfitting class to begin investing in corn cannons.

All year that year, seeing Texas on every other plate, everywhere in the west, I kept hearing that dumbass little troll Ted Cruz with his "2% public land is 2% too much" line.

Stereotypes often are true, but I enjoy the Texas dudes I've been around. Kinda like talking to Donald Trump, just with a drawl.
"Big, best, greatest......."
I supposed it was OK for you to go traveling to Wyoming but them dam Texans better stay home.
 
Ok I don’t understand the hate on Texas when residents of western states are talking about none residents applying for permits and coming to spend some $$$ in a location, Idaho , Colorado, Kansas seems very unwelcoming to NR hunters.
what did I do to warrant this disrespect? Mexico is very welcoming to NR hunters,
why not western states or Canada?
I'm sure it isn't anything that you've done. There are just haters out there. You'll notice on this forum it's the same couple people too.
I must say, I haven't spent a lot of time in Texas. However, my daughter goes to college out there now, and Texas has the some dang nice people.
 
Years ago my wife had a client take us to a real nice dinner, and a Jazz game.

Not sure about Texas stereotypes, but Chicago stereotypes are 100% correct?
 
Wyoming is the state that confuses me, they don't have enough residents to support their own wildlife programs but hate seeing non resident plates on vehicles in their mountains during hunting season.
Non resident applications generate much needed millions of dollars for them.

Granted, it was good seeing some Wyoming residents see the bigger picture when there were proposals for massive NR tag reductions and were pushing back realizing they need the money in a big way.
 
Texans celebrate their state more than everybody else combined. I have never been in a state not named Texas that people REGULARLY flew their state flag next to the USA flag in their front yard.

I've never seen a state sticker on a gun stock that wasn't for Texas.

I've never seen a bumper sticker on a car that said "Native Iowan" or any state not named Texas.

I've never seen a celebrity try and rally up a crowd by saying, "I wasn't born here, but I got here as soon as I could," for any state not named Texas. And, of course, the crowd went wild because everybody knows Texans put themselves on a pedestal.

Texans don't realize that nobody else cares at all. Texans are only special in their own mind. If they don't want to be seen differently than people from any other state, they should stop acting like they're different from people from any other state.

Oh, and they need to learn how to drive. They're worse than Idahoans ?
 
I can’t help it if you aren’t as proud of where you are from. I make no apologies for being proud of Texas. Does that mean I believe I am any better than you, or that Texas is any better than your state. HE11 no!

As for the flag, it is the only state flag that can be flown at the same height as the US flag. That is why there is an amusement park know as “6 flags over Texas”

Let me tell you a real story about a former Texan and in particular an Aggie. About 15 years ago our son decided to travel out of state to sell books between semesters at College to earn money. He was in Nashville, Tenn and his car broke down. We didn’t want him to his have to go to a dealer or some other mechanic since we had never been to that area. We looked up the “Aggie Club” for Nashville and called the club President to ask if he could recommend a mechanic. That person (named Mike) asked where he was. When we told him, he said: “ that is only 3 miles from where I live, I will go pick him up”.

Not only did he pick him up and help him get his car to his own mechanic, but he insisted that our son stay with them for the 3 days that it took to get the repairs. Of course he wouldn’t accept any money for this.

We have remained friends since that time and last year we got to return the favor when he came back to Texas for a visit. We had a great visit and I took him hunting on my ranch and he was able to get a nice buck with his bow

That is the kind of people I know in my town and in Texas in general. There are yahoos in every state, but most people here are great people. Again, I do not believe that people from Texas are better than those in other states. I have no doubt that you have just as many. I have found people like that in every state I have visited.

And no, I won’t apologize for Texas bumper stickers, or for flying the Texas flag. No different than someone from your state having a Utah Jazz Tshirt or bumper sticker. Or anything else from any other state that people have pride in. I see them for what they are: pride in one’s self and where they are from. What is in that to be offended by?
 
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I can’t help it if you aren’t as proud of where you are from. I make no apologies for being proud of Texas. Does that mean I believe I am any better than you, or that Texas is any better than your state. HE11 no!

As for the flag, it is the only state flag that can be flown at the same height as the US flag. That is why there is an amusement park know as “6 flags over Texas”

Let me tell you a real story about a former Texan and in particular an Aggie. About 15 years ago our son decided to travel out of state to sell books between semesters at College to earn money. He was in Nashville, Tenn and his car broke down. We didn’t want him to his have to go to a dealer or some other mechanic since we had never been to that area. We looked up the “Aggie Club” for Nashville and called the club President to ask if he could recommend a mechanic. That person (named Mike) asked where he was. When we told him, he said: “ that is only 3 miles from where I live, I will go pick him up”.

Not only did he pick him up and help him get his car to his own mechanic, but he insisted that our son stay with them for the 3 days that it took to get the repairs. Of course he wouldn’t accept any money for this.

We have remained friends since that time and last year we got to return the favor when he came back to Texas for a visit. We had a great visit and I took him hunting on my ranch and he was able to get a nice buck with his bow

That is the kind of people I know in my town and in Texas in general. There are yahoos in every state, but most people here are great people. Again, I do not believe that people from Texas are better than those in other states. I have no doubt that you have just as many. I have found people like that in every state I have visited.

And no, I won’t apologize for Texas bumper stickers, or for flying the Texas flag.
As a Red Raider, I would have done the same for an Aggie. ?
 
Texans celebrate their state more than everybody else combined. I have never been in a state not named Texas that people REGULARLY flew their state flag next to the USA flag in their front yard.

I've never seen a state sticker on a gun stock that wasn't for Texas.

I've never seen a bumper sticker on a car that said "Native Iowan" or any state not named Texas.

I've never seen a celebrity try and rally up a crowd by saying, "I wasn't born here, but I got here as soon as I could," for any state not named Texas. And, of course, the crowd went wild because everybody knows Texans put themselves on a pedestal.

Texans don't realize that nobody else cares at all. Texans are only special in their own mind. If they don't want to be seen differently than people from any other state, they should stop acting like they're different from people from any other state.

Oh, and they need to learn how to drive. They're worse than Idahoans ?

No. That's not true.

Idahoans are the worst
 
As a Red Raider, I would have done the same for an Aggie. ?
Hey, and you guys were smart enough to open a second vet school! We needed one!

I am a veterinarian and believe it or not, I was the official vet for your horse mascot during a bowl game you played in San Antonio at the Alamo Bowl about 20 years ago. One of my clients was friends with the people who handled the horse and he asked me to be at the game with horse EMS meds in case anything happened. I was proud to do it! Luckily, my services were not needed No pay, but I got free tickets to the game!
 
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Hey, and you guys were smart enough to open a second vet school! We needed one!

I am a veterinarian and believe it or not, I was the official vet for your horse mascot during a bowl game you played in San Antonio at the Alamo Bowl about 20 years ago. One of my clients was friends with the people who handled the horse and he asked me to be at the game with horse EMS meds in case anything happened. I was proud to do it! Luckily, my services were not needed, but I got free tickets to the game!
That is a great story. Thank you sir.
 
I know a guy that moved to Utah because 20 years ago he was on I-15 and his alternator went out in the middle of the night. He coasted without headlights to a motel, spent the night, and then took his truck to a backyard mechanic the lady at the front desk knew. The mechanic couldn't get a new alternator for a few days and lent the guy his new truck (with a rifle in the back window) so he could continue his business while his truck was getting fixed.

The guy decided when he retired, he was moving to Utah because he wanted to live in a state that had people who would loan a stranger a new pickup with a rifle in the back window.

You're right, people like that live in every state... which kind of makes my point. I still don't know a single person with a Utah flag in their front yard. I know people that wear sports teams gear, but not a single person wearing a generic "I'm from Utah" t-shirt.

Texans have created an elite status in their own mind that they only celebrate amongst themselves.

We should defend and celebrate our country, not our state. We long-ago decided to be the "United States" not the Divided States.
 
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Ain’t that many Texans from Texas anymore. And in AZ and CO, “native” bumper stickers are popular.
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Although I've had a couple of "experiences" while guiding Texans, I can't bash them because my youngest son married one & lives in TX.

But to add a bit of humor...back in the day I was an avid downhill skier. When we lived in Colorado, Purgatory near Durango was our home area. Like the hunting in that area, it attracted lots of Texans.

Someone had attached a big sticker to one of the towers of the main ski lift that couldn't be missed. It read: "If God wanted Texans to ski, He would have given them mountains with snow."
 
The Texans LTV Corp owned Steamboat Springs for quite some time, spent a lot of money and wore big hats.
 
When all the undocumented Democrats are thru taking over the 4 major cities there, you won't have to worry about them Texans anymore. They will all be Wyoming and Montana residents!! :)
 
I think more than the state you are from, it’s where you live in that state. I could make more money for a lot less work and no after hours EMS duty living in a city, but I wouldn't live in a big city if you tripled my salary.

I understand some people love living in a big city, and power to them. But the scenario Grizzly describes could happen in my town also. Prob not in San Antonio or Salt Lake.

As far as a state that rivals Texas as far as pride in there state: Alaska! Those guys are proud and have every right to be!
 
Hook em Horns!
I'm a Texan living in Vegas.
After I discovered Western Hunting I started trying to Hunt western states [when I can get a NR tag].
Like some of the others have said I now have lots of great friends in different states.
But I have to admit its pretty hard when I run into one of my countrymen in the mountains that knows it all or has a big mouth....lol
 
Hook em Horns!
I'm a Texan living in Vegas.
After I discovered Western Hunting I started trying to Hunt western states [when I can get a NR tag].
Like some of the others have said I now have lots of great friends in different states.
But I have to admit its pretty hard when I run into one of my countrymen in the mountains that knows it all or has a big mouth....lol
Hey guys, don’t believe anything eyeman says. After all, he went to UT!!!

LOL. JK, got lots of UT friends and we enjoy ribbing each other. Have to say I really miss playing them in football. But looks like that is about to change! Hope so.
 
Western state residents b!tch about all non-residents. If you hunted Idaho it would be Californians that would take the heat.
It’s small minded garbage that is mostly a small minority of people. I spent nearly half my life living in Texas, and it’s home to the best culture and most friendly and warm people that I know.
Don’t let it bother you…..
If you hunted Idaho for any amount of time you'd know that they hate Utards more than anyone.
 
As a Ute fan I would like to thank Texas and California, we stole Cam Risen from Texas and Texas had stolen him from California.
We had stolen a couple others too but sadly they are now not with us.
 
I can't speak to interacting with Texans hunting out of state, but I can speak to my family in Texas. They have virtually no respect for wildlife. They will shoot anything they think is a bother to them whether it's snakes, birds, squirrels, etc. They will purposely gut shoot feral pigs and javelina so they'll runoff and die in areas away from their blind. They're also fine with high-fencing 4,000 acres and putting corn and protein feeders all over and then bragging when they shoot a 150-inch buck out of their heated blind. They also could care less about habitat removal or urban sprawl, unless it impacts their hunting leases. Fortunately this nut fell far from that tree!!! I'm not saying by any means my experience is all of Texas or all Texans...just my family.
 
Texans celebrate their state more than everybody else combined. I have never been in a state not named Texas that people REGULARLY flew their state flag next to the USA flag in their front yard.

I've never seen a state sticker on a gun stock that wasn't for Texas.

I've never seen a bumper sticker on a car that said "Native Iowan" or any state not named Texas.

I've never seen a celebrity try and rally up a crowd by saying, "I wasn't born here, but I got here as soon as I could," for any state not named Texas. And, of course, the crowd went wild because everybody knows Texans put themselves on a pedestal.

Texans don't realize that nobody else cares at all. Texans are only special in their own mind. If they don't want to be seen differently than people from any other state, they should stop acting like they're different from people from any other state.

Oh, and they need to learn how to drive. They're worse than Idahoans ?
Texans are like used car salesmen. They know their state is such a sh!thole they're trying to sell it to the rest of us by being overly proud.
 
In Western Colorado there was and is a resentment/jealousy that goes back to the 1950s. First ; they were better off than nearly all of the locals, There were very few jobs there that paid as much as
many in Texas. They came with better equipment and vehicles. 2cnd: many got caught violating the game laws. A case in point was group that had a refrigerated semi-trailer parked at Gay Johnson's on first street that they filled with deer, some 50 as I recall, about 40 over the legal limit. You could take up to 3 deer legally back then. 3rd; they talked much differently. Back then there was a lot of local sounding people as the there was not very much inter-state travel so each area of the country had it's own sound and expressions. 4th; locals hunted mainly to eat not for the bragging rights. I have a lot of good friends from Texas and they are good honorable folks but we humans discriminate for about any reason we can find.
 
I started this post , mainly about not feeling welcome and Genral disrespectful people who , don’t think twice about leaving a nasty note or vandalism of property on out of state plate vehicles!
but besides tag envey , most folks are definitely decent people, I am going to miss my Texas buddy living in Boise Idaho , maybe we will get to meet in a different state sooner then later :confused:, things sure have changed recently ( last 10 years +/- )
 
Met a Texan in my elk hunting spot a few years back.

He killed a 6 pt bull, packed out with his horses.

Said he could not believe how quiet the forest was for a general season tag.

Said he would be back the next year for sure.

I ran into him the next year in same spot. This time he brought more folks.

He asked me if my elk tastes funny from this particular area.

I said, “ Nope, it’s the tastiest elk I have ever eaten and have been eating elk from this area for years”.

He said that’s odd because his 6 point he shot the previous year was rancid. He had to throw it away because it tasted so bad.

Well, what do you expect when you shoot an elk, throw it in a horse trailer without putting it in a cooler and drive all the way back to TEXAS!!! (Thought folks were smarter than that).

And then he comes back to Utah to do it all over again…with more people!

Hmmm….idk why some folks get fed up with out-of-staters…
 
Met a Texan in my elk hunting spot a few years back.

He killed a 6 pt bull, packed out with his horses.

Said he could not believe how quiet the forest was for a general season tag.

Said he would be back the next year for sure.

I ran into him the next year in same spot. This time he brought more folks.

He asked me if my elk tastes funny from this particular area.

I said, “ Nope, it’s the tastiest elk I have ever eaten and have been eating elk from this area for years”.

He said that’s odd because his 6 point he shot the previous year was rancid. He had to throw it away because it tasted so bad.

Well, what do you expect when you shoot an elk, throw it in a horse trailer without putting it in a cooler and drive all the way back to TEXAS!!! (Thought folks were smarter than that).

And then he comes back to Utah to do it all over again…with more people!

Hmmm….idk why some folks get fed up with out-of-staters…


How many horses did it take to haul in his corn cannon, and heated blind?
 
Blood, I suspect most of us have stories of people like that. I am not surprised some of them are from Texas. After all, we have 20 million people.

Just glad there are no people like that in your state. Please let us know what state that is. Someone probably has a good story to tell about your “team”

When all is said and done, I just don’t feel the hate. Not enough haters and too many good people from all states in the real world. And this one isn’t really real. ?
 
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Although I've had a couple of "experiences" while guiding Texans, I can't bash them because my youngest son married one & lives in TX.

But to add a bit of humor...back in the day I was an avid downhill skier. When we lived in Colorado, Purgatory near Durango was our home area. Like the hunting in that area, it attracted lots of Texans.

Someone had attached a big sticker to one of the towers of the main ski lift that couldn't be missed. It read: "If God wanted Texans to ski, He would have given them mountains with snow."
If you saw my skiing ability, you would concur that God didnt mean for me to ski at least!
 
Met a Texan in my elk hunting spot a few years back.

He killed a 6 pt bull, packed out with his horses.

Said he could not believe how quiet the forest was for a general season tag.

Said he would be back the next year for sure.

I ran into him the next year in same spot. This time he brought more folks.

He asked me if my elk tastes funny from this particular area.

I said, “ Nope, it’s the tastiest elk I have ever eaten and have been eating elk from this area for years”.

He said that’s odd because his 6 point he shot the previous year was rancid. He had to throw it away because it tasted so bad.

Well, what do you expect when you shoot an elk, throw it in a horse trailer without putting it in a cooler and drive all the way back to TEXAS!!! (Thought folks were smarter than that).

And then he comes back to Utah to do it all over again…with more people!

Hmmm….idk why some folks get fed up with out-of-staters…
You might expect that from some city dude on his first hunt that had all new Sitka gear and obviously not much wilderness knowledge. But for a guy who knows his way around horses, that’s shocking and sad.

Believe me, I am as pissed as the next guy when I see someone do something stupid like that

Not to change the subject but one of my pet peves is hunting shows that shoot an animal right at dark and say they will come back in the morning. Then their next video is at 10 AM the next day with the animal and it isn’t even gutted yet. I am sure some of that meat gets tossed. ?
 
Howdy. Yall are welcome here anytime. I've told yall that for years.

I'm proud to be a Texan. I don't care how that makes you feel because it isn't about you. If you can't be proud of your heritage maybe something is wrong with you, or sadly, your heritage and home.

I travel all over the world and I give thanks to my Lord and Savior for his Son, my family, and my home in Texas.
 
Off topic but some of the best people I’ve guided/met on the mountain over the years have been from Arkansas of all places. Looking back on it, all three of the worst clients I have ever had have been from Texas. Two of them I vividly remember being from the Dallas/Fort Worth area. Maybe it’s just that are... from what I’ve heard Austin is where the loons are like they are here in Boulder.
 
I encountered a small handful of Texans hunting in Colorado about 30 years ago. Came home very disgusted and biased toward all Texans. Many many years later I made several work trips to Texas to help my son and met hundreds of Texans from all walks off life. Men, women and kids. I now really like Texans, I really like them. Fact is, I’ve been to about two thirds of the States and gotten to know people and their State cultures, of all I’ve gotten to know I’ll take Texans over all of them. If there is any State culture that I feel at home in besides Utah, it’s Texas. That’s not to say there aren’t great folks in every State and great friend and family but as an over all State personality, other than Utah, it’s Texas. They make be feel like I’m at home. The terrain...... mmmmm...... not so much.
 
Went to Colorado a few years back hunting bucks during the rut. Drove through some private property on a public access road on our way to our hunting spot. On the way in, we stopped to admire some monster bucks rutting on the private property. One buck was a double dropper. While admiring these bucks with nothing more than a spotter and a phone scope, a guy pulls up and asks us what we are doing.
We tell him we are admiring those bucks that we cannot hunt. He then tells us he owns the land that they are on and we need to get moving. He apparently didn’t read our license plates and asks us where we are from. We tell him Utah. He gets all irate with us and tells us to “get the hell out of his state and to go hunt our own damn deer.”

Again, he told us we need to get moving (even though we are on a public road). We didn’t argue with the dude. We were doing nothing wrong, but I think he felt threatened because we had our peepers hooked on “his” wild animals. We moved on and let him have his peace. Ended up killing 3 nice bucks on public land not too far from his ground lol!

On a side note, I brought up the Texas story because I had one to tell and this was an appropriate thread to share it on. Was curious to see who it would strike a nerve with lol!

Had a guy from Oregon come into my elk hunting spot years ago and plop his happy butt down 50 yards from me, look over and wave at me before proceeding to get comfortable for the prime time evening hunt of watching the same 200 yard long stretch of dark timber at the edge of meadow we were in. He was planning on shooting whatever came out below us. I stood up, threw my hands up and looked at him. He quickly gathered up his stuff and left without incident. Hunter etiquette was obviously not a common sense activity for this out-of-state hunter. I don’t care if you drove from Mars to hunt that same patch of timber. If you weren’t there first, then move on to another unoccupied area. I would never sit on top of another hunter. In fact, I always have several backup plans in case there is someone in my spot. Why others feel entitled to stay in an area when it is occupied by someone else is beyond me. Musta been that out-of-stater mentality?

But really, they’re everywhere. Start up a thread about Utard etiquette in the land of Utardia and I’ll share some appropriate stories there as well.
Folks need to quit getting so defensive toward the keyboard warriors, relax, and enjoy the entertainment.

I don’t care what state you’re from. Just like stirring the pot…on occasion.?
 
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Okay, here's the worst of my guiding experiences with Texans during the 70s in Colorado's San Juan mountains.

We had three cops from Texas in our early deer camp, and none of them wanted to ride horses or walk much to hunt. So we carted them to one of the very large meadows in our area and spread them out. Two different ridges fed right down into the meadow.

Three of us guides then made a huge circle to the far end of the two ridges and began working our way back toward the meadow on horseback. One of us was on top of each ridge while the other rode down in the bottom between the two. IOW, it was a good ol' fashioned deer drive.

I was less than 200 yards from the meadow when I heard four shots, one after the other and all from the same rifle. I had a good idea it was the guy carrying the 742 semi-auto Remington in 30/06. I was right.

As soon as I rode out into the open, I saw the three guys standing there, and the one with the 742 looked sort of downtrodden. As I rode up on them, I asked who shot, even though I knew the answer. Then I asked where the deer was and soon learned why the 742 owner was kind of ashamed. He had screwed up royally and now knew it.

Long story shorter: A small BULL ELK came off a ridge, and the guy thought it was a big mule deer.

DUH!!!

After the first shot, one of his buddies even started yelling at him, trying to tell him it was an elk.

AND...to top it off, the elk was gone and nowhere to be found. His buddy said there were a least two hits and maybe more. We did find blood, so we spent the next two days tracking the wounded bull, but to no avail. We would often find a spot where he stopped or even laid down, but by the time we got there he would be gone.

And so the deer hunt ended, and a few days later we brought our elk hunters into camp. Lo and behold, on the 3rd day one of them drops a small bull and it turns out to be the wounded one. It was about 1/2 mile from the spot where the cop first shot it.

It had been hit three out of the four times, but not a one was in an area that would have been fatal. Unfortunately, gangrene had set in, turning the meat mostly green in big areas around the wounds.

Rather than having the hunter use his tag, we called in the game warden and told him the whole story. He took the antlers, told us to leave the meat lay and allowed the guy to keep hunting.
 
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I can’t help it if you aren’t as proud of where you are from. I make no apologies for being proud of Texas. Does that mean I believe I am any better than you, or that Texas is any better than your state. HE11 no!

As for the flag, it is the only state flag that can be flown at the same height as the US flag. That is why there is an amusement park know as “6 flags over Texas”
I have nothing against Texas.

But, I found this: https://www.dallasnews.com/news/cur...t-as-the-u-s-flag-curious-texas-investigates/

No flag may fly above the U.S. flag, but according to those guidelines all state flags may fly at the same height
 
I have nothing against Texas.

But, I found this: https://www.dallasnews.com/news/cur...t-as-the-u-s-flag-curious-texas-investigates/

No flag may fly above the U.S. flag, but according to those guidelines all state flags may fly at the same height
Didn’t know that! Guess I was believing a myth that I was told in my youth. Thx for setting me straight!

This will be my last post of reponse on the OP theme. I never have an issue with someone telling a story about a particular Texan that was a turd. I have seen those through Texas my whole life. It’s when you use that to extrapolate that all Texans are that way that it evokes a response. ☹️

Kind of like my sister. She is not perfect and has some traits that can bother me if I let them. If someone happens to mention that trait, I pretty much have to agree with them, however if anyone trashes her as a person, I immediately come to her defense because as a whole, she is great and I am proud to be her brother.

Nuff said on this matter for me ?
 
I don't have anything against Texas. My mom was born in Dallas and her side of the family are all Texans, even though my grandpa is buried in Utah at Camp Williams and my grandma's side all is and will be buried in Missouri. (My grandma is the last remaining one...almost 99 years old now)

But Dallas will always be a part of our family.
 
I stream KTRH out of Houston. Michael Berry. Good show.

But Grizz ain't that far off on how they think they are special.
Fun listening to all the talk about Texas leading the way, as Utah and Idaho quietly kick their azzes in unemployment rates, buisness creation, lack of Covid insanity(yeah, we have park city).

But I'd agree, I'm sure they are great folks.

Which happens quicker?

A pilot telling you he's a pilot? Or a Texan telling you their from Texas?
 
If we all had an opportunity to share a campfire together, it is likely that most of us could be very good friends.
For sure there are some exceptions, but being a jackazzz or a great guy typically doesn't have anything to do with a zip code.
I've met some great people on this forum and I've even had the privilege of hunting with a few because of our interactions here.
To me, it's unfortunate that we are not more civil with our differences regardless of where we reside.
 
Its not the Texans who come and hunt and then leave, it's the ones who stay and move here.
1) They have to tell you they are from Texas and how great it is.
2) In Texas if it aint Posted you can hunt it. (Big problem every year on the Eastern Plains antelope hunting).
3) In Texas you can go to the Feed Store and buy a Hunting License that is good from Sept. to Jan.
4) Nobody else cares about the Dallas Cowboys
5) Did I mention that they tell you they are from Texas
 
I laughed about pilots. My friend is a 737 pilot for Delta. When people ask what he does, he just says he works for the airline. If they ask for more he says he does walk around inspections of airplanes. If they continue to ask about the inspections, he just says he wants to be sure the wings are attached before he flies it. Has yet to have anyone go past that!!!
 
Its not the Texans who come and hunt and then leave, it's the ones who stay and move here.
1) They have to tell you they are from Texas and how great it is.
2) In Texas if it aint Posted you can hunt it. (Big problem every year on the Eastern Plains antelope hunting).
3) In Texas you can go to the Feed Store and buy a Hunting License that is good from Sept. to Jan.
4) Nobody else cares about the Dallas Cowboys
5) Did I mention that they tell you they are from Texas
First of all, you don’t have to post land in Texas with a sign. A fence is all that is required for “notice” that the land is private. I suspect East Texas has problems with land that is not fenced. It is rare to have trespass issues with fenced land.

Secondly, any Texan, or from any state, that says he thought it was Ok to hunt land in Colorado because it was not posted is a liar! They know better. The correct term for him would be: POACHER.
 
Go to Kansas and everything is painted purple. Hell, I didn't know it was posted. I thought they were K-State fans!!! :)
 
Enjoyed the thread,
I'm a Mass. raised New England guy who moved to South Louisiana to find work in the Oil Field. Retired (2019) from a 40 year career in the intervention segment of that industry. Have endured my share of regional bias, both at work and while hunting across the country. In Louisiana it can even get ugly from Parrish to Parrish or region to region.

The worse case was being pulled over my a local cop near Pagosa Springs Colorado. The town was loaded with banners saying "Welcome Hunters" and most folks were very friendly. This cop said I would not be ticketed for my minor speeding offence. Then he saw my Recurve bow in the back of my Nisan Titan. Fired up by I don't know what, he then verbally accosted me for every issue he had with "You GD out-of-state hunters that don't have a F----- clue what we are doing." Not wanting to talk myself into a ticket, I took more **** from him than I should have. Alone on the side of the road it could have gotten ugly fast. I guess He did not like the Idea of a non resident hunting with a trad bow in HIS Nation Forest. Desperately, I wanted to kill an elk with my bow and show it to him. Sadly, it did not happen (tag soup).

A F&G officer in New Mexico once asked me if I had remembered my spot light. That LA license plate can get you comments like that almost anywhere. LOL!
LaGriz
 
Pay More Attention grizzly!

Most TARDS Are Proud By Sportin it in Different Ways!

Start Watchin for a Cloud of COAL & Big Exhaust Tips!



I know a guy that moved to Utah because 20 years ago he was on I-15 and his alternator went out in the middle of the night. He coasted without headlights to a motel, spent the night, and then took his truck to a backyard mechanic the lady at the front desk knew. The mechanic couldn't get a new alternator for a few days and lent the guy his new truck (with a rifle in the back window) so he could continue his business while his truck was getting fixed.

The guy decided when he retired, he was moving to Utah because he wanted to live in a state that had people who would loan a stranger a new pickup with a rifle in the back window.

You're right, people like that live in every state... which kind of makes my point. I still don't know a single person with a Utah flag in their front yard. I know people that wear sports teams gear, but not a single person wearing a generic "I'm from Utah" t-shirt.

Texans have created an elite status in their own mind that they only celebrate amongst themselves.

We should defend and celebrate our country, not our state. We long-ago decided to be the "United States" not the Divided States.
 
Enjoyed the thread,
I'm a Mass. raised New England guy who moved to South Louisiana to find work in the Oil Field. Retired (2019) from a 40 year career in the intervention segment of that industry. Have endured my share of regional bias, both at work and while hunting across the country. In Louisiana it can even get ugly from Parrish to Parrish or region to region.

The worse case was being pulled over my a local cop near Pagosa Springs Colorado. The town was loaded with banners saying "Welcome Hunters" and most folks were very friendly. This cop said I would not be ticketed for my minor speeding offence. Then he saw my Recurve bow in the back of my Nisan Titan. Fired up by I don't know what, he then verbally accosted me for every issue he had with "You GD out-of-state hunters that don't have a F----- clue what we are doing." Not wanting to talk myself into a ticket, I took more **** from him than I should have. Alone on the side of the road it could have gotten ugly fast. I guess He did not like the Idea of a non resident hunting with a trad bow in HIS Nation Forest. Desperately, I wanted to kill an elk with my bow and show it to him. Sadly, it did not happen (tag soup).

A F&G officer in New Mexico once asked me if I had remembered my spot light. That LA license plate can get you comments like that almost anywhere. LOL!
LaGriz

At least the NM game cop had a sense of humor.
 

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