The anti christ of upland bird hunting

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onpoint

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What is that sets you off or is like nails on a chalk board to you. When it comes to your Pheasant/upland bird hunting?

#1 Black plastic guns, true bird guns have walnut. Even camo is better then black.
#2 shooting across everybody just having to try and get every bird possible to themselves.
 
Crowders, period!
 
1) People who will not stay in line or wonder off not letting anyone now.

2) People who don't pay attention to where their barrel is pointing.
 
Wanderers, Tightwads, and Bad Dogs

1. Wanderers when hunting in a group. They act as if they are hunting solo.

2. Tightwads who won't pick up a tab or buy th egas when being treated to private land hunting at no cost.

3. Flushing dogs not trained to stay in range.
 
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I have alot of pet peeves about the subject but the biggest 1 after gun control is when other peaple try to control my dog if they want a dog to control they should get 1 and leave mine alone
 
The guy who waits till opening day to train his dog. Drive three hours, let the dogs out, and the other guys dog is running wild, flushing and chasing every bird for a quarter mile, won't listen, won't handle, because he's never been out of the kennel till today. My dogs stand around wagging with a look of amazement. Not the dogs fault, fault is with the knucklehead owner, but in any case, it's a collasal waste of money, time, and effort. Slightly lesser irritation is the guy who never shot the gun before, and can't hit the broadside of the barn, I've even had these chuckleheads block fields and forget to load their guns. It becomes obvious when rooster after rooster flys overhead, while nimrod tracks each with the gun barrel, but none drop!
 
I only hunt with my dad, brother in law, and a couple of select friends that either hunt the way we do, or their only experience in the field has been with us, so by default they hunt the way we do. All goes smoothly, and no tempers get touched.
 
I have to take a guy along ( I will stop there) he doesn't watch my dogs so I can only hunt with 1 dog at a time what a waste.
I feel like a guide service instead of a hunting partner. When I invite others.

Lazlo
 
One-time hunting party invitees include:

He who does not have field manners.

He who shoots YOUR bird after he's shot his limit.

He who has all the equipment and none of the sense of sportsmanship.

He who does not respect and trust the dog, and listen to its owner.

Oh, and the guy who is only your friend when bird season opens. :)
 
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Lazlo said:
I have to take a guy along ( I will stop there) he doesn't watch my dogs so I can only hunt with 1 dog at a time what a waste.
I feel like a guide service instead of a hunting partner. When I invite others.

Lazlo
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I think that's why most of us only hunt by ourselves. I have hunted with friend and new acquaintances that I will never hunt with again. I don't know about you guys, but before we start with new people, I like to explain the rules of the hunt, and that includes a safety brief. Those that follow the rules get asked back, those that don't do not. I never scream at people, I just leave any unsafe conditions when hunting, after calmly explaining to new hunters. They argue I'm gone.

Onpoint This is a great post season thread. It has made me think about what I do when invited to hunt with new people. I have thought about this post alot today. Manners and safety and courtesy among other thing come to mind...:thumbsup:
 
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I hunt with the same group of guys most of the time. But I do have one buddy who always seems to be late. I'm early everywhere I go and I can't stand waiting around on others time and time again. There's been a few times I've hunted with people that took forever to get to a dog once on point. You try explaining nicely that roosters won't wait around for ever and once the dog starts getting birdy to keep up with him. But they don't seem to quite get it.
 
JMAC, I as an old fart, have noticed a lot of the younger generation has no Manners or Courtesy. I blame it on the parents, they just don't teach it and demand it for themselves.....Bob
 
I've had a lot of the same thoughts--safety first--manners and all that.

Last year I had to tell one of my best friends that he could not hunt with us anymore due to some of these issues--had to be done but I felt liked I had just kicked my dog.

Here is one that happened last year--out of state hunter who has hunted my place for two years prior--great guy and I hunted with him on some land he owns near me. Last year late in the year I called him and asked if Myself and 2 other locals could hunt on his land and the answer was NO unless he was there, such a disappointment, he DID have an hunt any time with me deal but no more.

I won't even go into the TRESPASS issue.

You do the habitat work with all the costs, pay the taxes, the insurance and some people just don't get it and some do.

I've got a half dozen or so young guys in the Air Force from Ellsworth AFB that come down every year and spend a weekend doing good old hard work helping with the habitat--darn to be 25 and strong of back again. LOL:)
 
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I think that's why most of us only hunt by ourselves. I have hunted with friend and new acquaintances that I will never hunt with again. I don't know about you guys, but before we start with new people, I like to explain the rules of the hunt, and that includes a safety brief. Those that follow the rules get asked back, those that don't do not. I never scream at people, I just leave any unsafe conditions when hunting, after calmly explaining to new hunters. They argue I'm gone.

Onpoint This is a great post season thread. It has made me think about what I do when invited to hunt with new people. I have thought about this post alot today. Manners and safety and courtesy among other thing come to mind...:thumbsup:
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Glad you are enjoying the topic jmac. It's nice to get something interesting enough to keep a topic going, being it's the off season and things can be pretty slow at times.

In the last 25 year's or so. I have had two people I caught hunting with their safety off and it was off on purpose. That right there will get your butt handed to you by me. That is NO WAY!!! to save time on a flushing bird. Learn to shoot or go home.
 
My peeves are:

1. Walk a couple of fields then 1/2 the group want's to be blockers.

2. On opening weekend (before I had dogs), a few would go to town to eat lunch and end up watching football and returning 4 or 5 hours later, hard walking fields with 2 or 3 guys, might of broke that last year the guy who stayed back got a triple while they were gone.

Other than that all our guys are safe gun handlers, even though one brought his kid who was not and he was immedietly taken off the field after his 2nd warning.

Rod
 
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This, and people that litter everywhere. Oh, and the "hunt commander" that thinks they know the best way to hunt every field, no matter what the group thinks. I know a few of those. :D
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LOL I think I now a few of these types. Takes the fun right out of the hunt.

Bob, I think you maybe right about some folks kids.:eek:
 
jmac said:
LOL I think I now a few of these types. Takes the fun right out of the hunt.

Bob, I think you maybe right about some folks kids.:eek:
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Serous Wildcat, I had a friend for many years. He grew into a control freak. We had a annual get together for many years, long before he got the invite. It became such a problem you can't believe it. If a destination was decided, he would make it a point to leave a day early because he bucked what was decided, saying he would go get us a spot and EVERY TIME he would mysteriously come up with all the camping spots were filled and he had to go to his original location he had wanted. Yet a quick check would reveal open camping spots where we had planned to go. Pretty soon he wouldn't go on our trip anymore and started his own trip and had to find all new people to go with him. We hardly talk anymore. If he couldn't be in control. He wouldn't participate.

Don't you like it when something you started, tries to get taken over by someone else?
 
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