I am writing this post really for no reason because it is the way of the woods now but hopefully some fellow hunters are seeing the same thing I am ??
I am close to being 50 years old and have hunted my whole life from Upland game to waterfowl to big game and everything in between, I also have a 20 year old son who would rather do nothing more than be in the mountains but I have a huge complaint with the attitudes and the way we as hunters treat each other and it was more visible this past muzzleloader hunt and Elk hunt more than ever, what is wrong with people ? I had gone into my normal hunting spot on the muzzle loader 2 days before the opener and set up my camp the next morning me and my son set out scouting and was gone for the whole day only to return to camp that evening to find a 30 foot wall tent set up no kidding not no more than 20 yards from my tent, before I had a chance to say anything the guy and his son came over to my camp and got very verbally argumentative and like I said I'm almost 50 so I didn't want to kick this old mans ass in front of his son so I took the high road but his reasoning was because he had camped there last year and the firewood left there should have told me it was someone's camp "WHAT"?? since when does it matter that since firewood was left it holds your camp spot for an entire year ?
I am also so sick of pulling up to someone to make conversation and people cant even talk to you because they are so secretive about where and what they are doing, frankly I could give a crap less of your honey holes or so you think, like the old response you get when you ask someone where you hunting and you get the "In the mountains" response, screw off, I remember back in the day hunters stuck together and was a group of guys willing to share the mountains and stories but now it just seems like its all just a bunch of pricks and it sucks for me to say that because I'm trying to teach my son and nephews we need to keep our hunting heritage alive. Like I said there is nothing I hope comes of this post other than all you guys out there thinking your cool or the bee's knees think again because the guy next to you is just as good of hunter as you are, if you put in the time and effort you will be rewarded but in the end if your not it should about the experience not the kill..
I am close to being 50 years old and have hunted my whole life from Upland game to waterfowl to big game and everything in between, I also have a 20 year old son who would rather do nothing more than be in the mountains but I have a huge complaint with the attitudes and the way we as hunters treat each other and it was more visible this past muzzleloader hunt and Elk hunt more than ever, what is wrong with people ? I had gone into my normal hunting spot on the muzzle loader 2 days before the opener and set up my camp the next morning me and my son set out scouting and was gone for the whole day only to return to camp that evening to find a 30 foot wall tent set up no kidding not no more than 20 yards from my tent, before I had a chance to say anything the guy and his son came over to my camp and got very verbally argumentative and like I said I'm almost 50 so I didn't want to kick this old mans ass in front of his son so I took the high road but his reasoning was because he had camped there last year and the firewood left there should have told me it was someone's camp "WHAT"?? since when does it matter that since firewood was left it holds your camp spot for an entire year ?
I am also so sick of pulling up to someone to make conversation and people cant even talk to you because they are so secretive about where and what they are doing, frankly I could give a crap less of your honey holes or so you think, like the old response you get when you ask someone where you hunting and you get the "In the mountains" response, screw off, I remember back in the day hunters stuck together and was a group of guys willing to share the mountains and stories but now it just seems like its all just a bunch of pricks and it sucks for me to say that because I'm trying to teach my son and nephews we need to keep our hunting heritage alive. Like I said there is nothing I hope comes of this post other than all you guys out there thinking your cool or the bee's knees think again because the guy next to you is just as good of hunter as you are, if you put in the time and effort you will be rewarded but in the end if your not it should about the experience not the kill..