Public land...people acting like its private

[RiverRunner]

I saw this topic and had to post. This year for duck opener we got to our spot at 5:00 a.m. We were outside the truck talking in the WMA parking area. We were going to hunt a small pond that was a 40 by 100 yards. Only one party can hunt this swamp without shooting the other party. About 6:00a.m a truck drives by than pulls into the ditch about 200 yards away from our vehicles. They procede to get out and run to this spot, its pertty obvious that we were going to hunt the same spot. I walked down and talked to these guys and politly asked them where they were going to hunt. They said they were going to hunt the same pond that we were. I informed them that we had planned to hunt this spot, instead of saying oh will find another spot, they said they had hunted this pond for the last five years and proceded to point out 5 or 6 other spots that we could hunt. I told them that we had been in the WMA parking lot since 5:00 a.m and I told them I know its public land, but next time I would be a little more considerate and find another spot or talk to us and see where we were going to be hunting. They still didn't get it so we left and went to another spot. It definetly urked me because these guys had no clue, this was their spot and this is where they were going to hunt. I realize it's public land but a little consideration goes a long way.

[mno]

I'm so lucky that thats all ive ever been able to hunt is public land haha jk. Ive had quite a few bad encounters with ppl bow hunting and muzzle loader hunting and I'm only 19 yearrs old

[fishnhuntnboy]

I have to say it does annoy the [PoorWordUsage] out of me. It happend to me this past deer season. I had my stand in a section of woods and was the only one hunting it for bow season until gun opened up and out of towners from michagin came in and drove down the path where they were not suppose to be and camped there. I walked back and we talked a little bit and after i saw all of that i went to go pull my stand and they tryed to stop me saying that his buddies are back there and you might spook them or they think you are a deer. I didnt care, i walked and talked with my friend like normal and wasnt quiet at all cause we knew we werent going to hunt there at all. Then when i went to go look for my stand they took my markers down so that i couldnt find it. Fortunatly i found it and we left making noise.

I know i was being a little bit of a [jerk-bait] making noise, but i was pretty mad that someone from another state come up here and try to say we have this spot and hunted it in the past years.

I hope i dont run into this continuly every year.

[prechlerker]

We were duck hunting some wma we hunted it since i was a little kid.There is enough room for a lot of people to duck hunt here without shooting at each other.We get out there at four o'clock in our blind waiting for shooting time.When a couple guys a kid come out there we flashed a light at them so they knew were our set up was going to be.They pulled there boat like twenty or thirty yards from our boat.Thats were they stayed to.Come shooting time they made the biggest mistake ever we shot every duck flying in from our way.We were nice enough to let a couple go so the kid could shoot at least.They never even got a duck.His dad must not of duck hunted much to be like that.