Benelli Rooster
Member
Not a new issue, but I thought I would see what some of the prevailing thoughts are on here, for both SD locals/natives and the incoming out of state hunters.
I'm hunting a ways NW of Aberdeen (McPherson Cty) last week with my 76-yr old hunting buddy and my two faithful labs. We see a good looking Minimum Maintenance Road with thick ditch cover, picked corn on one side and some picked beans on the other. We drive down a quarter mile or so, I get out with the dogs, he goes back close to the main road to park, I walk towards him, you know the drill.
An older woman comes by about the time we're done, puffing on a cigarette, starts asking questions. She owns the adjacent property, has paying hunters, even some State legislator or something, etc. It was a reasonably pleasant exchange, and she even perked up a little bit when I told her I owned a house in the nearest town, but she was clearly on a mission. Told me about every place within a 5-mile radius to stay the f*ck away from, this is theirs, that's this other guy who's not nice to hunters, etc.
We even tried another Min Maint Road a mile or two away about an hour later and here she came by on the main road again. This woman is clearly like policing the local area just driving around.
So would you go back? We saw birds, it was worth the walk. My cantankerous 76-yr old hunting buddy of course is "Screw her, this is public ROW", where I agree, but part of me is like, is it worth it to go back and deal with this sh*t?
I'm incredibly understanding of the bullshit that SD locals have to deal with when it comes to dumb, ignorant, inconsiderate out of state hunters, but at the same time, this woman was clearly in the wrong; whether she didn't know the road/path was public ROW or was hoping we didn't know, that remains to be seen
I'm hunting a ways NW of Aberdeen (McPherson Cty) last week with my 76-yr old hunting buddy and my two faithful labs. We see a good looking Minimum Maintenance Road with thick ditch cover, picked corn on one side and some picked beans on the other. We drive down a quarter mile or so, I get out with the dogs, he goes back close to the main road to park, I walk towards him, you know the drill.
An older woman comes by about the time we're done, puffing on a cigarette, starts asking questions. She owns the adjacent property, has paying hunters, even some State legislator or something, etc. It was a reasonably pleasant exchange, and she even perked up a little bit when I told her I owned a house in the nearest town, but she was clearly on a mission. Told me about every place within a 5-mile radius to stay the f*ck away from, this is theirs, that's this other guy who's not nice to hunters, etc.
We even tried another Min Maint Road a mile or two away about an hour later and here she came by on the main road again. This woman is clearly like policing the local area just driving around.
So would you go back? We saw birds, it was worth the walk. My cantankerous 76-yr old hunting buddy of course is "Screw her, this is public ROW", where I agree, but part of me is like, is it worth it to go back and deal with this sh*t?
I'm incredibly understanding of the bullshit that SD locals have to deal with when it comes to dumb, ignorant, inconsiderate out of state hunters, but at the same time, this woman was clearly in the wrong; whether she didn't know the road/path was public ROW or was hoping we didn't know, that remains to be seen
