some hunters really pi** me off!!!
- Thread starter smiley1
- Start date
browning nb
Regular
- Location
- Riverview nb canada
I was concerned until I read the part from the city. At that point of the story i realized that there was probally just a couple of guys driving by. Nothing to see here.
Sounds like they are set right up for bush pushing. Bush pushers and road hunters aren't going to get along, they might even do something like follow one to let them know they have been watched. Esp if someone went up and down the same road 100 times.
No... he is saying that until they actually get out of their vehicles they aren't technically hunting according to the law....
If you want to road hunt then suck it up and put up with other road hunters.
Stop your whining.
No when I am driving to where I am going to be hunting, I am transporting myself to that location. I may observe wildlife on my travels and choose to go after them.
In Ontario Snowmobiles, vehicles or boats may not be used for chasing, pursuing, harassing, capturing, injuring or killing any wildlife. So what you are suggesting is illegal in Ontario, and maybe other provinces (I don't know their regs) as I'm sure they have similar regulations.
- Location
- East of Home, West of the Rest
Now who is jumping to conclusions? Who said anything about what they were wearing? I was only commenting on what their actions could be precieved to be by a person being followed by them.
They might be lazy hunters. They might be up to no good. Either way the OP wasn't comfortable with what they were doing, either from an ethical point of view (hunting ethics and deportment) or from a safety point of view from being followed.
The OP is welcome to correct me if they weren't wearing the legal hunting colours while they disrupted her roadhunt.
- Location
- Prince Albert, Sk
Well, I used to hunt open areas of combined bush/farm land and much was on foot some in portable blinds.
There was many many road hunters, as well as poachers, and hunters with questionable practices, I have had bullets goes directly over head from hunters doing the ole quarter section hail Mary, and many other incidents over the years.
I decided I had enough , put up tree stands in heavy bush and bought a bow.I still will join friends if they wanna do a drive or go work another area.
I now drive to my parking spot and don't really hunt until I get to my stands.If it is rifle season I don't wear my colors until I get out of the vehicle.
I now get 3 months of hunting, nobody bothering me and usually help from the other hunters when they chase the animals back in the bush.
Not saying what they were doing was wrong or not, illegal or not, but there are options if you feel things aren't comfortable doing what you are doing.
There was many many road hunters, as well as poachers, and hunters with questionable practices, I have had bullets goes directly over head from hunters doing the ole quarter section hail Mary, and many other incidents over the years.
I decided I had enough , put up tree stands in heavy bush and bought a bow.I still will join friends if they wanna do a drive or go work another area.
I now drive to my parking spot and don't really hunt until I get to my stands.If it is rifle season I don't wear my colors until I get out of the vehicle.
I now get 3 months of hunting, nobody bothering me and usually help from the other hunters when they chase the animals back in the bush.
Not saying what they were doing was wrong or not, illegal or not, but there are options if you feel things aren't comfortable doing what you are doing.
- Location
- Somewhere on the Hudson Bay Coast
Lets take hunting out of the scenario for a moment and see if the scenario appears to be benign. We have a situation where a lone female in a vehicle is being being closely followed by a group of 5 males in a second vehicle in a rural area. The second vehicle repeatedly refuses to pass when given the opportunity, in fact continues to follow even after she has changed direction. How can this possibly be benign? Why didn't they pass and continue on their way? What did they hope to gain by following so closely? A sitation like that would have the hair on the back of my neck standing up before long, and I would be considering plan B or C. Some people don't respond well when their personal space is encroached upon and needlessly following someone in a vehicle, 30 feet distant, in a rural area, certainly qualifies.
Why take hunting out of the scenario?...
bottom line... no info regarding who owns the land that the OP was surveying... speculataion regarding the condition and intentions of those in "the truck"... clearly not enough info...
I hunt alone now... but back in the day when we had a party and hunted on buddy's land... if we saw a car with someone in blaze cruisin our land we would absolutely follow them... man or woman... thetre isn't enoug info in OP's post to make a decision or have an opinion here....
Agreed that was my only point. There is nothing in the OP that indicates they were an active threat. In fact the OP indicates that they left after awhile. Also where did it turn into them being armed and drunk? Lots of projection here.
Based on the little information here, perhaps we could conclude that it was 5 Jehovah Witnesses with a trunk full of Watchtower magazines trying to save the OP from eternal damnation.
Who knows what it was. Hardly any reason to get upset about. At least not without more details.
