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Started by dadsahuntin, April 07, 2016, 01:24:15 PM
Quote from: SteelerFan on April 07, 2016, 01:34:29 PMYou're not gonna like my answer, but I would be just as upset if I walked into a WMA early to hunt and found a blind set up like it was private ground. In Maryland, especially deer season, it is unlawful to leave stands and blinds on public ground when not in use. That has a tendency to alleviate these scenarios. Now, it doesn't fix the guy that walks in on you and sets up 20, 30, 50 yds away. That's where the ethics come into play, in my opinion.
Quote from: Rapscallion Vermilion on April 07, 2016, 01:39:23 PMQuote from: SteelerFan on April 07, 2016, 01:34:29 PMYou're not gonna like my answer, but I would be just as upset if I walked into a WMA early to hunt and found a blind set up like it was private ground. In Maryland, especially deer season, it is unlawful to leave stands and blinds on public ground when not in use. That has a tendency to alleviate these scenarios. Now, it doesn't fix the guy that walks in on you and sets up 20, 30, 50 yds away. That's where the ethics come into play, in my opinion. I would have to agree. Some of the nastiest arguments I've heard about from fellow duck hunters stemmed from hunters putting up blinds on public land and then trying to claim that spot for the season. It sounds to me that despite your disappointment you handled it well.
Quote from: GobbleNut on April 07, 2016, 02:02:23 PMI'm not trying to sound to harsh about it, but to summarize, he was right,...and you were wrong. On a public hunting area, its "the early bird gets the worm". He was there first, regardless of whether your blind was in place or not. It sounds to me like he was pretty pleasant about the situation in even volunteering to leave even though he was there first. The proper course of action, in my opinion, is that you should have immediately backed out of the area and gone looking for another location to hunt. Tomorrow, get there first,...and you can rightfully expect the second guy that shows up to find another spot. If you are concerned about someone setting up close to a blind you set up three weeks before, and that they chose that spot because your blind was there, my advice would be to take your blind with you when you are not hunting. If we could all just "reserve" our spots on public land for three weeks by setting up a blind, there would be blinds set up at every good location in every public area in the country.Again, in my opinion, you owe the guy an apology if you sent him a note telling him his behavior was unethical.