Have a spot that we always fall back on for deer that always produces, not big deer, but constant deer. Went out this evening with my 10yo daughter to try and get some eyes on some deer and do a little hiking homework.
We were confronted by 2 different woman driving by, one was civilized and the other was a complete nut job.
I've done my homework on this spot in the past and have had the Sherrifs called on me a couple times(I was legal every time). So I was sure I was completely legal to be out walking around. I do have my A22 but left my bow in the truck and we were in plain clothes.
I personally don't give a crap about these incidents as long as they don't bother a hunt, but the way that one lady was talking to us scared my daughter. It probably didn't help that I answered everyone of her questions with a question of my own, I refused to tell her what we were doing and what my name was, so that pissed her off even more. We ended up walking away from her as she was telling me the authorities would be there in less than 2 minutes.
We continued on our mission and also retrieved a game cam, left the area about 30 minutes later, no authorities.
Just by chance driving to our next recon, we saw a game warden truck parked off on a dirt road. He was out of his truck somewhere, so we waited for him to ask some questions.
The Warden couldn't have been more helpfull, he was familiar with the area we where at and reassured me that I was correct and legal. Said we are doing it the right way with our maps and gps.
Gave me his card and was very willing to clear this up if we encounter these folks again. My Daughter was stoked and very surprised he was such a nice guy, for some reason she told me she thought he was gonna be mean.
Just thought I'd share a good interaction with a warden that's looking out for the hunters as well as the game.
We were confronted by 2 different woman driving by, one was civilized and the other was a complete nut job.
I've done my homework on this spot in the past and have had the Sherrifs called on me a couple times(I was legal every time). So I was sure I was completely legal to be out walking around. I do have my A22 but left my bow in the truck and we were in plain clothes.
I personally don't give a crap about these incidents as long as they don't bother a hunt, but the way that one lady was talking to us scared my daughter. It probably didn't help that I answered everyone of her questions with a question of my own, I refused to tell her what we were doing and what my name was, so that pissed her off even more. We ended up walking away from her as she was telling me the authorities would be there in less than 2 minutes.
We continued on our mission and also retrieved a game cam, left the area about 30 minutes later, no authorities.
Just by chance driving to our next recon, we saw a game warden truck parked off on a dirt road. He was out of his truck somewhere, so we waited for him to ask some questions.
The Warden couldn't have been more helpfull, he was familiar with the area we where at and reassured me that I was correct and legal. Said we are doing it the right way with our maps and gps.
Gave me his card and was very willing to clear this up if we encounter these folks again. My Daughter was stoked and very surprised he was such a nice guy, for some reason she told me she thought he was gonna be mean.
Just thought I'd share a good interaction with a warden that's looking out for the hunters as well as the game.
