tclubbs2 Posted November 19, 2007 Report Share Posted November 19, 2007 Have a situation to pose everyone here. Your opinions are wanted. We have Hunters A and B. A and B both have permission to hunt the same property. Hunter A decides to try to hunt a different property for a few days. Hunter B go to the property and hunts. He has never been there and finds a stand in a treeline. Hunter A has no luck and goes back to the old property after a few days. He go to the stand he hung and sees someone sitting in it. He goes over and ask Hunter B if he has permission to hunt. Hunter B says yes. Hunter A then tells Hunter B he is in the stand A owns. My question is what is the proper etiquette here? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Southerngirl Posted November 19, 2007 Report Share Posted November 19, 2007 Hunter B needs to get his butt off what ain't his and go get on a stand that is his Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Born2Hunt Posted November 19, 2007 Report Share Posted November 19, 2007 Hunter B should hang his own stand and hunt it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davetucker Posted November 19, 2007 Report Share Posted November 19, 2007 i have had this problem with a natural blind i built.i hunt four differant properties and only one i hunt from a blind not stand.we were switching properties one day when i snuck in to my blind.as i approached i could smell ciggerette smoke.i neeled down and listened for a bit and these pple were litteraly numb,making all kinds of noise.so i calmed down went over and asked them to leave because my son and i built that blind and they were ruining the spot by making all the noise and smoking.all along i was trying to be polite about it.they told me that the land was public(which it wasn't) and they have just as much right as i did and i agreed.but tried to explain that my son and i built that blind and have been using it all season.at this point i could tell they had been drinking.so my son and i walked away.we set up at another spot not to far away to here their shot if they took one,and did they ever.right before dark about 10 shots rang out like they were at war.i was worried and called my buddie which is a game warden and he came to take a look.it appeared all the shots that went off were them taking a doe and a fawn.they lost their guns,vehicle and right to hunt for a long period of time.i guess walking away and letting them do their thing might have not been the right thing to do because the doe and fawn got taken to young.but we did get some scumbags out of the hunting world,and we donated the meat to the hunters for the hungry.sorry for the long post!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wtnhunt Posted November 19, 2007 Report Share Posted November 19, 2007 He has never been there and finds a stand in a treeline. Kind of think the hunter should know who else if anyone else has permission on the property he/she hunts for obvious safety reasons as well as reasons such as this. He should have known that the other hunter was there and also should have know that the stand was this other hunters and should not have hunted it without asking for and getting permission first. Just my opinion. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buckee Posted November 19, 2007 Report Share Posted November 19, 2007 My question is what is the proper etiquette here? I would never sit in someone else's stand, without there permission. And I agree with William above, that they should have both been aware of each other having permission to hunt the same property, and respected one another's stand locations. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Trapper243 Posted November 19, 2007 Report Share Posted November 19, 2007 Hunter B needs to move on and hope I ain't hunter A Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matchthedeerslayer Posted November 19, 2007 Report Share Posted November 19, 2007 tell the guy to get out and get his own stand if he wants to hunt there. I have had the same problem with many people where i hunt so im used to it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Ironhorse Posted November 19, 2007 Report Share Posted November 19, 2007 Assuming that both hunters are ethical and respectful, I don't see a problem. If I saw that someone was in my stand and not abusing the set up, I think I'd let them finish the hunt and track them down to discuss afterwards. I'd be afraid walking up on them and having a discussion at the stand would burn it out for the day anyway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Southerngirl Posted November 19, 2007 Report Share Posted November 19, 2007 If you walk up to your stand and find someone on it, your day's already shot. I sure wouldn't let the stand trespaser have a good hunt outta my stand Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RangerClay Posted November 19, 2007 Report Share Posted November 19, 2007 If I hung the stand? "Umm Mr. Hunter B, you have 15 seconds to get down from MY stand before I go get my chainsaw and get MY treestand down myself." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Kid Posted November 19, 2007 Report Share Posted November 19, 2007 hunter b shouldn't even be in my stand Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tclubbs2 Posted November 19, 2007 Author Report Share Posted November 19, 2007 Its sounds like there are people here that would actually get into a fight over this situation. I wanted to wait and see some reponses before I said which hunter I was. I will tell you some background on me first. I am in my early 30's and have only been deer hunting for about 4 years (I have bird hunted all my life). I have only hunted one other property and it was sold last spring. In case you haven't figured out I am hunter B. I ran into a guy that I am am an acquaintance with late last week. He told me I could hunt his property. He said he gave permission to anther guy but that guy tagged out and shot 2 nice bucks. He told me he, the landowner, hunts from time to time but has not and would not this year. I went out and found the stand and did not hunt out of it for 3 days to respect Hunter A if in deed it was his stand (in case he came back for it). After not seeing anyone in it I assumed it was the landowners stand. No, I did not ask the landowner. When Hunter A approached me I without hesitation got out of the stand and left the area. I did ask Hunter A if he was coming back to hunt either today or tomorrow (last 2 days of Rifle in MO). He said maybe maybe not. I will not hunt out of the stand knowing it is his but, I feel If I am in the area I have just as much right to hunt as he does. I also feel I extended him the courtesy of moving from the area Sun. evening even though I was in the place first. I know he has had permission longer then I but how is this different then hunting public land. I know that people will disagree with my opinion but I have the same right to the land as he does. If he gets to the woods to late and I am sitting in the same area of his stand (not in his stand) then I should stay and he should leave. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ryan1990 Posted November 20, 2007 Report Share Posted November 20, 2007 If he gets to the woods to late and I am sitting in the same area of his stand (not in his stand) then I should stay and he should leave. I agree. As far as being in his stand, I dont think hunting from it was wrong because he wasn't there and you had permission to hunt the property. I would have assumed it was the land owners stand since he said the guy had already tagged out. When he came back if I was in his stand I would have simply appologized and moved. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Southerngirl Posted November 20, 2007 Report Share Posted November 20, 2007 We have multiple people hunting here on Dad's farm. We all have our own area's to hunt. Unless we are tracking one, we don't go messing around in each other's areas but we all know that the other is hunting so that's a different situation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davetucker Posted November 20, 2007 Report Share Posted November 20, 2007 tclubbs2 you just proved a point and i myself had this problem as i stated.to keep another story short.we as readers do jump to conclusions first without looking over the whole situation.it happened to me i posted a thread real quick one morning before work,the readers read it and took what they wanted out of it.after your last post it sounds to me like you were in the right and he was irogant.i agree if someone is in someones stand they should have permission and know who else is hunting the land,and when approached should respect they stands owner,the owner should alson approach with an open mind as to the mistake!!!thats my opinion!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wtnhunt Posted November 20, 2007 Report Share Posted November 20, 2007 He told me I could hunt his property. He said he gave permission to anther guy but that guy tagged out and shot 2 nice bucks. He told me he, the landowner, hunts from time to time but has not and would not this year. I went out and found the stand and did not hunt out of it for 3 days to respect Hunter A if in deed it was his stand (in case he came back for it). After not seeing anyone in it I assumed it was the landowners stand. No, I did not ask the landowner. When Hunter A approached me I without hesitation got out of the stand and left the area. I did ask Hunter A if he was coming back to hunt either today or tomorrow (last 2 days of Rifle in MO). He said maybe maybe not. I will not hunt out of the stand knowing it is his but, I feel If I am in the area I have just as much right to hunt as he does. To be perfectly honest with you, think when you found his stand you should have asked the landowner about it first and not assumed it was safe to hunt it "just because" you thought it would be ok. That could have led to a potentially dangerous situation. Think if I were you and the landowner told me this other guy was done, I would have to go back and talk with him a little more. Setup your own stand, maybe if this guy is actually done now, ask him if he is ok with you putting up your own stand in the same area, but dont think I would hunt from his stand unless he offers it to you even though you do have permission to hunt that piece of land. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hoosierhunter Posted November 20, 2007 Report Share Posted November 20, 2007 tough situation, but I would at least like to know the other person hunting the land. I would be pissed though if I walked in a saw another guy in my stand and I would call him on it if I didn't know him that well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LifeNRA Posted November 21, 2007 Report Share Posted November 21, 2007 Hunter B needs to get his butt off what ain't his and go get on a stand that is his Kind of think the hunter should know who else if anyone else has permission on the property he/she hunts for obvious safety reasons as well as reasons such as this. He should have known that the other hunter was there and also should have know that the stand was this other hunters and should not have hunted it without asking for and getting permission first. Just my opinion. I would never sit in someone else's stand, without there permission. And I agree with William above, that they should have both been aware of each other having permission to hunt the same property, and respected one another's stand locations. Hunter B needs to move on and hope I ain't hunter A If you walk up to your stand and find someone on it, your day's already shot. I sure wouldn't let the stand trespaser have a good hunt outta my stand All the above! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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