Blackwater has too many roads. I wish they would put some gates up, especially during turkey season. Make folks walk.

If a vehicle is at the gate Find another place to hunt. If you do park leave room for others to turn around. Pick up your trash. Don’t lock you truck from the key fob the dang horn will go off. If you get whistled at letting you know another hunter is in the area raise you hand showing you heard him and keep walking.

Don't keep blowing your owl call when the turkey is already gobbling every 20 seconds.

I like when they do that Mr Steve. I’m usually already near the bird anyway. It allows me to slip in tight. I killed one once as soon as his feet hit the ground. Ole boy came over cussing me, saying I walked in on him and bushwhacked that bird. I told him I was sitting next to the bird while he was still eating breakfast 😀

If someone is in "your" spot go find another one. All the public spots I hunt are in the tens of thousands of acres, no reason to be parking 200 yards away from me. Even parking a good distance away at another gate that leads to the same area/ridge system/drainage is a stupid idea but people do it anyway

How about if you don’t have running lights on your Boat. Don’t hunt the Island at Demopolis. And walk out right at prime Hunting time before dark.

^^^ this

Good for you! All they have ever done for me is to shut up a good gobbling turkey by continuing to blow the call. I've heard them do it with a crow call too. Don't they understand that these are just locator calls and the turkey is not gonna come to them? I guess they can't get a turkey to answer a turkey call, so they are just thrilled to do something to make a turkey gobble. Oh well.

Yes this is probably number one thing that's keeps everyone safe and happy.get there early or go somewhere else.no since in screwing up someone's hunt

It’s bad here in Jackson county too.

Don’t burn another hunter’s truck.

Remember when the peacock calls came out? It was a cluster in the forest in perry County. I would sit there and laugh at the stupidity. At another place I actually left the woods to go find a guy, wanted grap his owl hooter and break it. Then tell him to learn how to use it, when he got a new one.

Cut 2 tires to make sure they walk out.

You touched on mine. People on quota hunts around here have gotten out of hand with the ribbons. I'm like you and rarely mark anything, and if I do, it's something only I will notice. These idiots will put up ribbons on every place where you can possibly pull off the road, then pitch a fit if you hunt any where near where their ribbons are. I get in early and go where I want and they can piss off. On some hunts, there is literally no where you can go where there aren't ribbons. Some even put up archery or ML hunt ribbons trying to keep folks out for their gun hunts. Ridiculous

I only hunt public land in Mississippi and unfortunately some "hunters" and I'm using that term loosely have little to no respect, courtesy or etiquette. There isn't much I haven't seen at 1 point or another.

Don’t hunt the public hunt the closest private and play dumb if you get caught

I was thinking about buying a small property in Bankhead, and this is exactly why I didn't lol

I like to let nature wake them up - I May crow to make sure he turned to me if crows not available and I don’t bump him off - if he facing away he sound twice as far - but I like to let nature wake them up - I got a neighbor that blow and blow and blow crow call in Sweetwater
He must be stalking them - sounds ignorant - ain’t heard him this year - ain’t heard much over there

I honestly didn’t think those 2 words could be used in the same sentence.

Ok due to some unfortunate issues probably gonna have to try public land hunting this 22-23 season so, been reading. The someone parking at the gate you need to go find somewhere else to hunt thing has really got me thinking. So the Autauga County WMA has about 50 gates so y'all a saying i need to leave if I'm #51? I drive to every gate and someone is there, leave.

Also are boundaries marked

Are these gates open/closed during season? what about off season scouting?

Never hunted public land so, trying to courteous to other, just need some pointers