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A truck at the gate
Uploaded on September 10, 2009Either your the first truck to park at a gate or there is a vehicle already parked there. The night before opening day we parked a truck at a gate in a area that we have been scouting for and the next morning when we pulled up there was another truck parked there. We saw 2 guys inside the gate power walking away from us. One of our guys tried to catch them to see where they were going and what their plan was but they were gone. For me and every hunter I have ever hunted with if a vehicle is parked at a gate you dont hunt there. This is bow season also so it's not like we are wearing orange to be seen. We ended up going in and not 30 min later we heard them calling every 15 min and they were not even close to where the elk were. I know becaus we followed the elk for 2 hours and got a spike. What is everyone's opinion on the gate with a vehicle parked there?
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It depends how much land is behind the gate and what type of hunting your doing. I will add that it is nice when other hunters are respectful of one another, but yet again if its public land, everyone has just as much right to be there. I would prob still hunt in the area but try and keep a good distance from them and not interfere in their hunt and hope they would do the same for me.
At our place we all try to let each other know ahead of time (the day before) where we're going to be. But yeah, the unrecognized truck at the gate is right at the top of my list of pet peeves. I can't speak for public land, but on private land you need to let folks know who, where,and when. Other than that, what MB915 is saying I second.
i hate hunters crowding in on me, so i keep going to another spot if i'm not the first truck there.
It is public land and everyone has a right to be there but I wanted everyon's opinion on what they do in that situation if a rig is there or not. There is alot of land behind the gate but most hunters stay a few miles from the gate. To me the guys that were almost running from us when we pulled up knew that the area was "taken" or they wouldn't have ran like little school girls going to recess. I hunt in oregon so the area I hunt has hundreds of gates. This was the first one they came to.
in your situation i may have gone in anyway, and just stayed clear of the newcomers.
While I would have gone to another gate I ave a question for you. Where you staying near the truck when you parked it there the night before or did you park it and leave then come back in the morning. Because I feel if you are going to park it there overnight as a detterent to others, I think it is rude and not being respectful of other hunters. If I were the other guys I would have stopped and tried to come up with a game plan with you so we dont encroach on each other
Well since we only hunt on our own property, if we get to one of the (our) gates and there is a truck there....we usually just borrow the air out of their tires. And yes, we do this without slitting the tires. We just take the valvestem out and out goes the air. Of course once the Sheriff finally arrives, we usually put the air back in and let the cops do the rest. But that's just us......
It's allways better to find that empty gate, unless the lay of the land will allow the other hunter/s to spook game in your direction. Many a morning I have arrived at my scouted area to find a truck parked at my spot. It is frustrating but it is public land, so I just go to plan B and hope for the best, plan B just might be where the record book gets broken.
My rule of thumb is as follows: If a truck is parked at the gate, I don't hunt there. This may not be as crucial as far as safety is concerned when bow hunting is involved; however, when the guns start popping, that is entirely another matter. When hunting on public land, one does not know for certain where other hunters are hunting. Some hunters are constantly moving around and, when they do that, you pray to God during gun season that they are wearing orange. I don't like to hunt on public land for safety purposes; however, I understand that is the only option for some hunters and do not want to put them down for doing so.
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It depends how much land is behind the gate and what type of hunting your doing. I will add that it is nice when other hunters are respectful of one another, but yet again if its public land, everyone has just as much right to be there. I would prob still hunt in the area but try and keep a good distance from them and not interfere in their hunt and hope they would do the same for me.
At our place we all try to let each other know ahead of time (the day before) where we're going to be. But yeah, the unrecognized truck at the gate is right at the top of my list of pet peeves. I can't speak for public land, but on private land you need to let folks know who, where,and when. Other than that, what MB915 is saying I second.
i hate hunters crowding in on me, so i keep going to another spot if i'm not the first truck there.
It is public land and everyone has a right to be there but I wanted everyon's opinion on what they do in that situation if a rig is there or not. There is alot of land behind the gate but most hunters stay a few miles from the gate. To me the guys that were almost running from us when we pulled up knew that the area was "taken" or they wouldn't have ran like little school girls going to recess. I hunt in oregon so the area I hunt has hundreds of gates. This was the first one they came to.
While I would have gone to another gate I ave a question for you. Where you staying near the truck when you parked it there the night before or did you park it and leave then come back in the morning. Because I feel if you are going to park it there overnight as a detterent to others, I think it is rude and not being respectful of other hunters. If I were the other guys I would have stopped and tried to come up with a game plan with you so we dont encroach on each other
It's allways better to find that empty gate, unless the lay of the land will allow the other hunter/s to spook game in your direction. Many a morning I have arrived at my scouted area to find a truck parked at my spot. It is frustrating but it is public land, so I just go to plan B and hope for the best, plan B just might be where the record book gets broken.
in your situation i may have gone in anyway, and just stayed clear of the newcomers.
My rule of thumb is as follows: If a truck is parked at the gate, I don't hunt there. This may not be as crucial as far as safety is concerned when bow hunting is involved; however, when the guns start popping, that is entirely another matter. When hunting on public land, one does not know for certain where other hunters are hunting. Some hunters are constantly moving around and, when they do that, you pray to God during gun season that they are wearing orange. I don't like to hunt on public land for safety purposes; however, I understand that is the only option for some hunters and do not want to put them down for doing so.
Well since we only hunt on our own property, if we get to one of the (our) gates and there is a truck there....we usually just borrow the air out of their tires. And yes, we do this without slitting the tires. We just take the valvestem out and out goes the air. Of course once the Sheriff finally arrives, we usually put the air back in and let the cops do the rest. But that's just us......
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