dealing with roadhunters
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Ya, I'd say paint the road side of the blind orange. I dont think too many people would scope up a deer from the road if its standing within obvious shooting range of a visible hunting blind.
Signs are good too, only keep them simple, yet try not to forget anything. something like:
Private Property
Hunters Beyond Trees, Don't Shoot!
or: Trespassing is breaking the law, Hunting while trespassing is Poaching.
Signs are good too, only keep them simple, yet try not to forget anything. something like:
Private Property
Hunters Beyond Trees, Don't Shoot!
or: Trespassing is breaking the law, Hunting while trespassing is Poaching.
i think "watch out for fluffy" would be best llol
bearkilr
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None of the above matters if they're hunting or shooting from a vehicle.
Contact DNR, I'm sure they'll set up a decoy deer. Easier to get a conviction if it's private land they get caught shooting on. I've confronted many roadhunters and most will say "this is a public road, I can drive here if I want", even though I know damn well they're hunting.
Truck hunters are a hufe problem were I hunt too, and I'm also trying to figure out how to stop them. Same problem,game wardens are just stretched way too thin to do much about it on their own,so I figure I'll help. It's not just the guys shooting from the road, though that's not at all uncommon, it that they will drive right onto private land and cruise the treeline, hoping to surprise a deer. It's hard to catch them at it, because if they see someone coming they simply drive back to the road and away they go. After that,how do you prove they were ever on the land? So next year I plan to make me a nice silhouette (sp?) decoy that I'll set up on private property, and position myself somewhere close behind where I know they truck will drive in,video camera in hand. The property owners of the lannd I hunt were not very pleased with all the traffic on their land this year, as clubroot is starting to spread out here, and can be spread by trucks traveling from one property to another. In the 4 yeard that I have hunted this area, I have only twice saw someone on foot hunting, but couldn't tell you how many trucks have rolled by,windows down. I took my wife on her first hunt a few years ago, and a truck rolled up on the other side of a small bush we were in and started firing into it. I assume there were deer on the other side,probably spooked by our movment in the bush. My wife was not very impressed. They must have missed,or didn't see a deer drop dead, because ten seconds later they roared off. never even did get to see them
i say yes give them a call maybe they will do it for you , you sure there is 1 ranger where you are? call greg (head ranger ) maybe he can do something for you
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What I find annoying are ATVers riding around at dusk. In BC in many remote areas during the hunting season ATV use is prohibited until after 10am, which is fine for the morning, but on a number of occasions in the last few years my evening hunts have been interrupted by ATVers. I have no qualms with people using ATVs for hunting, but during prime time mornings and evenings their use should be restricted.
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Have some fun with them. If the lay of the land allows it.
Stick a decoy up, in front of a safe backdrop. Even a cardboard cutout in the trees.
Then watch the fun. Set the speed dial on the phone, and let the CO's and police do what they do.
If the lay of the land allows.
I like the idea of the stuffed suits wearing blaze orange. Maybe a stuffed suit sitting in a chair with a clipboard....
Report them if they are shooting off the road, or trespassing. Slobs.
Cheers
Trev
Stick a decoy up, in front of a safe backdrop. Even a cardboard cutout in the trees.
Then watch the fun. Set the speed dial on the phone, and let the CO's and police do what they do.
If the lay of the land allows.
I like the idea of the stuffed suits wearing blaze orange. Maybe a stuffed suit sitting in a chair with a clipboard....
Report them if they are shooting off the road, or trespassing. Slobs.
Cheers
Trev
Everyone flames the "Hunting is not a sport letter" guy, but where is the outrage and anger about poachers and "so called" hunters: bastards breaking the rules giving us, and a real tradition a bad rep. And of course make it tougher for everyone.
Honey, I'm home.... I drove around today till I saw a deer, shot it 30 ft from the car... Someone else's property... Didn't even have to use the chemicals, tapes, or the spotlight....
pffft.
Hope you bust em...
Kudo's to you all who still do it on foot, rain or shine, old school safari style. The stalk, the hunt, and the the adventure. Never wasting an thing, and only shooting when you know it is a good shot.
Honey, I'm home.... I drove around today till I saw a deer, shot it 30 ft from the car... Someone else's property... Didn't even have to use the chemicals, tapes, or the spotlight....
pffft.
Hope you bust em...
Kudo's to you all who still do it on foot, rain or shine, old school safari style. The stalk, the hunt, and the the adventure. Never wasting an thing, and only shooting when you know it is a good shot.
I think you paint a pretty broad stroke when you say "dealing with road Hunters Here in Sask probaly 90% of guys drive around and look for deer, when you have 5 miles seperating a small bush or tree line most guys opt to drive. Nothing is illegal about driving around, finding deer and shooting them when your obeying the regs. Lots of people have a "Holier the thou" attitude...when you're not making the 50 mile chase on foot but thats their own opinion and most people could care less.
Maybe you should point your finger at "Hunters who are Breaking the Law" not at the method of hunting in which clearly irratates you.
Maybe you should point your finger at "Hunters who are Breaking the Law" not at the method of hunting in which clearly irratates you.
I have to agree,although 90% of my hunting is done by walking or ground blind and as much as I hate to admit it the best deer at horn scoring night are usually the ones that someone got while driving down a road or a field.If people are obeying the rules its tough to condem thier way of hunting as it does produce results,around here anyway.
Not only is it productive, Ive never heard of people being shot to death from someone on the side of the road here in Sask. 90% of these tales about road hunters are pure bull####, they just don't agree with the method used.
Every year here in Sask more Booner bucks are taken then any other province so road hunting has little effect on genes as well.
I road hunt but I also hunt archery from tree stands, stalk mulies in along the South Sask river valleys, walk miles on the ice for coyotes. To condem one legal way of hunting and proping up the next is ignorant.
Cheers!!
bearkilr
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Ahhh, the internet experts speak again!! It doesn't really matter what can and can't be done in Saskatchewan, the OP is from Manitoba and this is where the problem is.
This is the regulation in Manitoba:
"It is illegal to hunt from a vehicle. For example, a vehicle may not be used to search for, locate, "push bush" or to flush out game under any circumstances. Vehicles may only be used to transport hunters, supplies or equipment to or from a hunting area. In most, but not all areas, vehicles may be used to retrieve a big game kill by the most direct route."
In other words, what these roadhunters are doing is illegal in this province.
I know it's a preferred method in AB and SK and many B&C bucks are taken this way, perhaps it's even legal in those provinces. If only B&C knew, they wouldn't be eligible for the record book as it somehow doesn't fit into the "fair chase" clause of the club. I wonder why?
This is the regulation in Manitoba:
"It is illegal to hunt from a vehicle. For example, a vehicle may not be used to search for, locate, "push bush" or to flush out game under any circumstances. Vehicles may only be used to transport hunters, supplies or equipment to or from a hunting area. In most, but not all areas, vehicles may be used to retrieve a big game kill by the most direct route."
In other words, what these roadhunters are doing is illegal in this province.
I know it's a preferred method in AB and SK and many B&C bucks are taken this way, perhaps it's even legal in those provinces. If only B&C knew, they wouldn't be eligible for the record book as it somehow doesn't fit into the "fair chase" clause of the club. I wonder why?
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So if you see some game on the way to the bush you are hunting illegally because you are in a vehicle???I believe that is not what the regulations have in mind.Everyone is a illegal hunter that sees a animal?? Do you close your eyes when you drive?
bearkilr
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Crowca-Reread my previous post. Then read it again....and again.....and again. If you still don't understand, I'll gladly explain it for you.
