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Have You Ever Had One Of Those Days???

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JackCrafty:
Ah yes, the glorious hunting in Texas...where there's more land than anywhere else.....for a price (an arm, a leg, and your first born). >:(

Dove hunting is the only good hunting on public land, sometimes.

Keenan:
Understand the frustration . It's getting that way more and more.Though we all have a right to use the public lands sometimes things really blow it for hunters.
  I've learned over the years that if I don't want the hunt ruined by quads, dirtbikes, or roadhunters that I need to go in to the road less areas about three miles. Most people will go in 1-11/2 miles but if you go three you will cut out 70% of the people. With the onslaught of guads it has to be wilderness or at least foot traffic resticted. I had hiked into a roadless area once about 2 miles and set up on a ridge looking down into the canyon at daybreak.Thinking that I had a nice chance to pull a bull up out of the drainage. after a little calling I start hearing the distant noise of the quad........All the way from the bottom,,,,,picking his way right up to the top toward us. We watched as everything in the canyon started busting out over the ridges on both sides.  He finally got up by us dressed in camo and bow mounted on the quad.  Asked if we had any luck or seen anything.Made a comment about having a forked horn buck stand and look at him in the bottom,said he got off and took a shot but missed. ::) ::) ::)
  

sailordad:
i feel for ya mike,
unfortunately i have never experienced anything to that extreme on public land. minnesota doesnt allow vehicles on public land except on the roads into them.
most of them have a parking area right at the beginning of the land,very few actually have roads that go into them. if your willing to walk aways in,especially on the larger
tracts of land,you wont see or hear another person all day long. doesnt meen that the hunting is great casue you have to be willing to do this for weeks on end before season to do good scouting,and then you have to hope no one sees ya or theyll figure out what your doing and start scouting there as well.

hope thing look up for ya yet this season.

                                                                            peace,
                                                                                    tim

hawkbow:
brother you must have the worst luck .... that is one of those days where you have to wonder what the creator was thinking....and what did i do to deserve this....stay cool bro and get back on the horse....you will make meat on your next outing, i am sure..... besides with all the rice left over in the clearing after the wedding you are sure to get something coming in ;D  i will forever wonder what those poor dudes thought of the  guille suit wearing, bow toting guy who approached them  :o ;D ;) HAWK

El Destructo:
       I should have just parked it in one of the Chairs....and waited for the Reception....since they ruined the rest of the Day!!!

This was 8 miles off of the County Road....and 4 miles further back on a dirt road....it wasn't like I was Hunting in a Camp Grounds!!!

                                   Go Figure.....I was almost Speechless.............like I said......almost............. ;)

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