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Started by dadsahuntin, April 07, 2016, 01:24:15 PM
Quote from: dadsahuntin on April 07, 2016, 04:10:21 PMApology email sent. We are all human and no doubt emotional people. Thanks to all. I own up to my faults and failures. Actually I wrote. " Set up on other blind" not in. Not that it makes it any better but what I wrote was not a lie.
Quote from: catman529 on April 07, 2016, 05:13:25 PMI personally wouldn't leave a blind out, actually rarely hunt out of one. One thing I am always prepared to do on public land is move to another spot in case of other hunters.
Quote from: g8rvet on April 07, 2016, 05:40:50 PMCouple of thoughts from a fellow FL public land hunter. First, I was kind of fired up when I read this, but you seem to be open minded and willing to accept a majority opinion. Although I disagree with how you handled it to start, I am very impressed with how you have handled it since then. You sound like a thoughtful person and made a mistake out of ignorance, not malice. Next, to those saying they always move on when they see a truck, I understand what you are saying, and in my area, where we are hunting 550,000 acres, that is the norm as well (except for the jackarses). But there are plenty of small public tracts in Florida that hold lots of birds where you would never hunt if that was how you hunted. Just the way it is in those places. Reminds me of me doing this one time - with ducks. We got into them hard one evening in MS. We were at the end of a huge oxbow and did not see another soul all day. So we left our dekes out. When we got back in the morning, there were some guys there. We told them we would pick up our dekes and get out of their way - that we were being lazy and thought no one would find our spot. They seemed surprised and were very gracious and there were only 2 of them and they offered to just hunt together - which we did and had a good shoot. But we knew when we pulled up that if they had wanted our dekes, we left them and they were abandoned property on public water-we were in the wrong. Decoys and blinds do not hold a spot on public land. At least not in MS, FL, GA and MO (the only places I have hunted ducks), but I would suspect most everywhere. This guy may have found these birds and accidentally found your blind. If I had been in his shoes, I would have don exactly what he did. Set up close enough so there was no doubt if you came in I would see you. For safety reasons for both of you. I agree the guy was very cool and I would have been friendly, but would not have offered to leave. Sounds like everyone learned a lesson that was involved. I do not think he was in the least unethical to set up that close to a blind. Not a bit and I would not use another man's blind - only set up close enough I could see them come in.
Quote from: dadsahuntin on April 07, 2016, 05:33:09 PMI am still reading all your comments and thoroughly feeling the schmuck factor, as I hope all of us had at some point. Reflecting, we both did the right thing and I commend the gentleman for his maturity. I feel I originally handled it properly by backing out without problems, the choice was mine. Even after he got his bird, I congratulated him and we both parted without incident. These are the ethics and manners of which we speak of. It was handled properly. So now we are all fresh on our public land ethics and what all should do. Isn't this why the forum is here to begin with, to have open discussions. I appreciate the honesty and really not receiving the berating I deserve for turning Sally after the fact. That is the devil boys, that's how he works. Just when you go and handle things the right way there he is to undue it all. I know what I will do next time. The same thing, but remembering who I am and not letting anger, remorse and changed plans to have an affect on someone else spirit as well as mine. Thanks again.
Quote from: g8rvet on April 07, 2016, 05:40:50 PMCouple of thoughts from a fellow FL public land hunter. First, I was kind of fired up when I read this, but you seem to be open minded and willing to accept a majority opinion. Although I disagree with how you handled it to start, I am very impressed with how you have handled it since then. You sound like a thoughtful person and made a mistake out of ignorance, not malice.