Clean up around WIHA's

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hunter94

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i just finished hunting with some friends last week out in the Russell/Hays area and one of the guys i hunted with is from Long Island, NY.

it was his first time hunting wild birds in Kansas and i watched him to see how he was handling the experience, but was most impressed when every time we stopped to hunt a WIHA, his first concern was picking up litter (mostly beer and soda cans) along the road beside the WIHA,s.

suffice it to say by the end of the day we had a load of trash in the pick up with a few pheasants to go along with it.......as we talked he mentioned how surprised he was to see so much litter right beside these areas sponsored by the landowner's....although i never litter, i have to admit, i seldom bend down to pick up someone else's' trash, but from now on i will be picking up when i stop to hunt.......if we all would do that, the images would improve and may even encourage some guys to sign up for the program.
 
Good post sir. I believe the majority of us could do a better job of cleaning up after ourselves.

I went chasing quail last week, and found a deer carcass wrapped up in a garbage bag, left about 200-yards out in a field tied up. Apparently the decades of research stating plastics take thousands of years to bio-degrade hasn't made it to every household yet.

Leaving cans and wrappers around parking areas just shows a lack of disrespect, not to mention laziness.
 
-Wildcat- said:
Good post sir. I believe the majority of us could do a better job of cleaning up after ourselves.

I went chasing quail last week, and found a deer carcass wrapped up in a garbage bag, left about 200-yards out in a field tied up. Apparently the decades of research stating plastics take thousands of years to bio-degrade hasn't made it to every household yet.

Leaving cans and wrappers around parking areas just shows a lack of disrespect, not to mention laziness.
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it is amazing, we all have trash bags in our homes, but fail to use one in our vehicles.....we all have to get better at stewardship of the land we use.
 
Glad to hear the hunter from Long Island was a steward of the land.

I, too, pick up other people's trash, on the lands I hunt and along the road at the ranch. I pick up along the road to make it clean, so others don't think it is okay to litter. Don't know for sure how much good it does, but I sure don't want to see the litter every day.

In the field we leave no trash behind, that includes shell hulls. Oh, occasionally, a hull can't be found in the grass, but it is rare. When I go to the field, either alone or with guests, I want it to be pristine like there has never been another human ahead of us. That experience is most important to me. Can't have that feeling if I am stepping over trash and litter. More than one guest has lost their hunting privilege because of my trash policy, including some close friends that will never set foot on the ranch again.
 
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Very impressive for your friend from NY to pick up trash. We do a very good job of keep trash bags in the truck and cleaning up after ourselves. However, I could (and will make an effort in the future) to pick up after others as well.:10sign:
 
I too am amazed at some of the crap people leave behind. My Quilomene is sometimes full of empty beer cans. I will stop driving down the road to pick up the Keystone cans in the middle of the road. I carry a two dog kennel on the back, one side for gear and the other for trash I pick up. Dogs ride in the back seat. I will take it all home and put it in the recycle bin.
 
I found the same thing in South Dakota this year, everything from cardboard beer cases, clay pigeon boxes, and tons of plastic water bottles. I expected more from fellow hunters. This is a great message to get out, and we should all try to pick up the trash of other hunters and educate fellow hunters about this problem.
 
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I don't get the littering thing either. The average hunting vest has a zillion pockets on it, not to mention all the pockets on a hunter's coat, pants, and/or coveralls... There's no reason a piece of trash ever needs to hit the ground.

Beer cans in the road? I know that type of guy.:mad: I hunted with a guy like that once a long time ago. He was the father of one of my friends. He cracked his first beer about 8:00 AM and kept a steady flow going all day. He said he "needed" to throw the cans in the ditch because an empty beer can on the floor board was legally considered an "open container". D-bag doesn't begin to describe the guy. He is the main reason I would rather hunt by myself than take the chance of hunting with somebody I don't know very well.
 
Toad,
My X best hunting buddy was like the guy you made referance to, first thing in the morning and all day long and as well would throw out his cans, 2 years ago inS.D. he got caught and it cost him dearly, this year in S.D. was my last hunt with him.
 
I'm with Maynard! I'm always picking up stuff and throwing it in the back of the truck. Eventually I have to take the dog boxes out of the truck and fill a trash bag. Stopped at a WIHA yesterday and didn't notice when I started, but did when I loaded the dogs that there were new fence staples all around my truck in the road. Spent about 10 minutes picking up staples. Hope I saved myself and all future visitors the expense of a flat or ruined tire.
 
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