Hunters Who Steal = Scum!

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I was lucky enough to get to spend the day, yesterday, in the woods, setting some rabbit snares and a few traps, fox snares, etc... I usually go way back in the country for the fox snares to make sure I don't accidentally catch any beagles. Rabbit snares I can set closer to home as they don't pose that much of a risk.

Anyhow, I was setting out a nice string of about 50 snares in this one area that I always do well in. As I was setting a snare I heard two guys off in the distance. One had a 12 ga and the other a semi-auto .22. I wasn't wearing camo & I had on a blaze orange ball cap. Next thing I know, I've got pellets & .22 bullets zipping all around me!:mad:

I call out to them to let them know I'm in the area, just in case they hadn't seen me. I'm positive they heard me, yet the idiots kept shooting! Taking limited cover behind a big juniper, I shout out to the idiots and tell 'em if they fire one more shell at me, I'm returning fire. They laugh and tell me to F-Off and when I start toward them, they take off laughing to kill themselves! WTF?:jerkit:

Never did get close enough to ID them, but they sure give every person who owns a firearm a bad name. Both of them had to be in their late teens or early 20s. Thinking about it now, I wouldn't be surprised if neither of them actually had a firearms license, but rather "borrowed" the guns from their folks with/without permission.

This afternoon I returned to the seen of the "crime" and found that I'd had at least 1/2 dozen rabbits stolen. Tufts of brown fur and the fact that the snare had been cut with wire cutters, pliers or a multi-tool was kinda' the giveaway. About 3 dozen more had been pulled shut, cut and left or the anchor stick broken, shot off or pulled up and tossed away. The arseholes destroyed a full afternoon's work, along with stealing my rabbits.:mad:

Its actions like this that make me infuriated, as it is this type of "hunter" who always makes it on the news and ends up serving as a representative example of the "typical" hunter.

I hate thieves, I hate bad gun owners & I hate it when the two are combined.:mad: The only thing I can do is pull the rest of the snares in this string and abandon that area. You can forget about getting the RCMP or provincial Conservation Officers involved. It blows.
 
I hear ya! Nothing worse than someone trampling all over your enjoyment of the outdoors and putting your personal safety at risk!

I had 2 of my 3 tree stands stolen one year... I often think about how "stupid" someone has to be to steal from someone you know will be coming into the woods with a gun???

Cheers
Jay
P.s. I know it sucks, but I'd pretty much say your spot is done for, those idiots will likely be back...
 
Don't let the #######s get to you. People like that are losers and will wake up tommorrow losers and probably wake up losers every day for the rest of their lives.

That's pretty good punishment all on it's own. But they most likely will get bit in the ass by karma sooner or later.

KTK
 
i would definitely get the RCMP involved.
not so much the snares, but firing at another person is definitely an offense that they would take seriously and investigate immediately.
you may not have IDd them but based on their rough descriptions there may be some other people in the area that did get a closer look at them and they can be traced.
 
The RCMP will not get respond to you being fired on? I find that very, very hard to believe.

You could have been killed outright or worse.

CALL THE RCMP AND REPORT THIS! IT AS SERIOUS AS IT GETS!
 
I would turn to the police without hesitation. The stolen rabbits and damage to your property (snares) would have been good enough reason to file a complaint but the fact that these idiots were using firearms would fit the bill of armed robbery and attempted manslaughter. They deserve a long time behind bars.
IMO, doing nothing is the worst thing. These morons are bad enough already. They will continue to vandalize property and will harm people sooner or later. They must be stopped!
 
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get a cheapo trail cam, no need for anything digital, just the good old fashioned wind up film variety, place it on the road in to get plate numbers or place it on the trapline to get faces if you wanna take care of the trouble yourself. These asshats aren't hunters though, just run of the mill idiot thiefs with a liking for guns is all.
Good luck in the future.
 
What a crappy experience but please keep in mind, they are not 'hunters" just because they were shooting guns and people that steal are theives, they are not hunters either.
 
Once the cops have a report, they can keep an eye out for these fidiots. Dough-heads like that ALWAYS keep screwing the pooch & they'll be caught all the quicker if the cops know to keep an eye out for em.

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that police wouldnt get involved in this, I find hard to belive, you should report this, like others said, this is not a little thing like shoplifting or running a red light

and those dings were not hunters, poachers yes, but definitly not hunters
 
Shouting and firing a gun in the air usually stops that kind of behaviour. Sorry to hear that you had a bad experience with other "hunters".

Once had the experience that target shooter blocking my exit from a trail. They could hear me, and I shouted and told them that I wanted them to stop so I get get out. But they ignored me. Then I fired a shot in the air, yelled some profane words, and the group of target shooter took off in a hurry :)

Another time, some hunter fired a shoot at a buck, which I had kicked out of bed, just ahead of me, and I could hear the bullet come and then land in the ground near me. I yelled at the hunter, which jumped into his truck and took off.
 
Time to set some a$$hole snares along with your rabbit snares.:D:evil:
Report it, let the police deal with em, probably don't have the paperwork to have guns and obviously don't have the brains to have em.
 
snowhunter said:
Shouting and firing a gun in the air usually stops that kind of behaviour. Sorry to hear that you had a bad experience with other "hunters".

Once had the experience that target shooter blocking my exit from a trail. They could hear me, and I shouted and told them that I wanted them to stop so I get get out. But they ignored me. Then I fired a shot in the air, yelled some profane words, and the group of target shooter took off in a hurry :)
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sounds like a quick way to escalate it into a shootout, not exactly something id recommend.
your best bet is to remain on the right side of the law, otherwise things might be turned around and you might end up facing the charges.

the trail cam idea wasnt bad, but they generally flash when they go off so you are basically just giving them a free $200 trail cam.

just report it, the cops will take it seriously and investigate.
 
That really pisses me off. Gives people with guns bad names, and it gives young guys like me and my brother bad names... Hope you catch those SOBs soon.
 
and where was your gun gauge when this happend they ahve openn'ed fire with intent to cause harp look on the nfa sight they're is info on self defence

if you had of been armed (your working with trap lines so you have a legimate reason to carry a shot gun to despatch game and for bear deffence) and called your under arrest and they continued fireing you'd be within your rights to use lethal force as they have deminstrated intent to end your life unlawfully
 
Had a chat with my cousin who is an RCMP officer off the record. He told me that I could go ahead and lay a complaint, but because I didn't get close enough to positively ID either of the teens/young adults, nor any vehicles/ATVs, etc...that they were driving it would be a non-starter due to the local rural detachment's limited manpower. Also, since the two asshats merely fired in my general vicinity, a claim could be made that they were unaware of my presence, which would degenerate into a he said/they said situation. Also, by giving an official statement, it was possible my name would be flagged in the FIP system, causing delays in future gun transfers, etc... Thought about it and decided I'd just end up getting screwed by the police as well.

I pulled my remaining snares from that area and have moved on. I usually run into great guys while hunting and trapping, its too bad that every now and then you'll run into an asshat or two that cannot help but leave a sour taste in your mouth.
 
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