Well i venture out in bankhead this weekend. I get to my spot and park my truck, get out about 15 mins before light and walk close to hill top about 100 yards from truck. Sure enough about daylight one begins to hammer!! He is about 200 yards from the truck, directly behind my truck. I slip into the woods and get about 100 yards from the turkey and eventually see him on the roost as he is gobbling heavily. Few minutes later i hear a someone over on the main road hoot like an owl then i hear a vehicle speed down the road to where my truck is. Guy parks about 30 yards from my truck and slips right behind me and starts calling. What ever happen to fellow hunters respecting each other. If I see someone parked near a gobbling turkey I let him have his opportunity at that turkey!! As i leave i seen he has a 47(madison county) tag. Personally i think if i lived in Madison county i would be heading to skyline to hunt turkeys!! But then again I wouldn't screw up someones hunt!! Or am I wrong for being respectful??

So he bumped the bird and messed you up?

Some folks don't know the meaning of respect on this public land, I have been threw the same crap. Doesnt make any sense why they do it. If you ever hunt COOSA WMA, expect a lot of the same that happened to you. Just boils down to a bunch of IDIOTS

I want to hear more of this story before I add my 2cents

What else u need to hear buckbrush? U saying you will cut in on a fellow hunter?? It's kind of common sense if you see a truck parked no ones in it and there's a turkey gobbling 200 yards from that truck that they're in pursuit of that turkey! I've hunted this area over 20 years and first time this happened to me! Most the locals there are respectful to each other! After all Bankhead consist of over 180,000 acres so why bust up in someone else's hunt!!

I'm going to a gobbling bird unless I know there is someone there.

Its hard to know that someone is there unless you see them or hear them and that's it.

A truck don't mean chit to me other than another person is somewhere in there.I mean it is a 180,000 acres.

So if it's the only turkey gobbling in that area, 200 yards from a truck, not been daylight long, and if you got common sense telling you "well that guy is problaly after him" you would just bust right up in there??

After the turkey flew off the roost the guy started heading toward it and at this point he finally seen us and he did back out! Thankful for that but just don't understand why he entered in the first place!!

I would, know way to know unless they let you know. That's just public land hunting.

At least they left you working a gobbling bird. That doesn't seem disrespectful at all.

You kill the bird?

Jdawg that was me and nothing was disrespectful about it. I also hunt that area and its a big area. I sat there and listened to that bird gobble a dozen times and didn't hear anybody call back I then walked 300 yards past listening the whole time to him gobble so I sat down about 300 yds away and listen still nothing. So I called until he was about 150 yds away. He was on a figure he would go from one side to the other but wouldn't come any closer. So I move up when he went to the other side so that when he came back he would be in range. That's when I saw you and I turned around, because yal were closer and I figured you would do the same and kill that bird. It was a perfect scenario. I didn't know yal were there you could have been 2 miles down that road. If I would have known you were going to leave after I left I would have stayed and killed him. I wish you wouldn't have left because that bird crossed the logging road right in front of were you parked and was sitting in that select cut about 30mins after you left. Hell I would have been glad to help you kill that bird but I figured y'all had it under control. I don't want any hard feelings, I'm sorry if you feel that I messed you up. And to prove it I have some private land not a mile away that I would like invite you to hunt with me one day your free.

Guess public land hunting has changed more over the years! So I guess I am old school and it's ok to park right beside someone and head that way! Sounds kind of dangerous to me! A relative told me that he had lots guys cut into him lots last year in the same general area!

No this was second day I've hunted this turkey! He shut up once he hit the ground the first day then Saturday he gobbled 4 or 5 times on the ground! Then heard the sounds of a dog! We eased over the hill where we knew the turkey was and there was a dog running around over there barking and acting crazy!!

Wow!! That's weird buckbrush! No hard feelings man! I send u pm

Yes it is....

That's why alot of folks don't hunt public land. That's disrespectful to park at somebody's truck and go into the woods. I wouldn't do it to anyone else.

Sadly, it is. It shouldn't be, though.

Reminds me of an old song "welcome To My World". I promise I take a mental note of vehicles and it will comes back around when the opportunity presents. I love to pull them up the mtn with a gobble here and there and walk off and leave them. I know this one guy that took a dump in a old head net and left in the trail on the way in. He said it was 4 ft over to the side on his way out.

It happened to me and a buddy of mine a few years ago on the Cahaba. That's when we went and found hard to get to places that not many others were hunting. I don't hunt there anymore but he still does. He's killed quite a few turkeys over the last few years off of the places we found back then and said he's yet to encounter another hunter.

I think it is very disrespectful to park beside somebody's truck and go to a gobbling bird in the woods nearby. Odds are they are probably on the bird, even if you do not hear them calling. Most good turkey hunters do not call alot anyways, especially on public land.

Use common sense. Would you want another guy to move in on behind you? I'd be pissed.

Hence the reason why I want it to rain and storm every weekend and in early season and then the last 10 or so days of the season it be good weather. All the wanna-be's give up by then and the wanna-be's don't hunt in foul weather.

And this, ladies and gentlemen, is class. Good on you buckbrush.

Agreed

EXACTLY! its why I dont hunt bankhead. I had the same problem up on ridge road. I was TAUGHT that if you see a persons truck you DO NOT go there...they were there first.

The argument of it being 180,000 acres cuts BOTH ways. If you see someones truck I ALWAYS would go to a different spot on that 180,000 acres and assume that a bird gobbling that close to someones truck IS being worked by that hunter.

Last time I was there..I made the mistake of actually working a bird and getting him gobbling....and I called in four different hunters.

Another time I saw people who actually got out at my truck JUST to listen to see if I had one gobbling. I was only less then 75 yards into the woods walking in and this guy just got out and started listening...never called at first...just waited to see if I had one gobbling. Ive never gone back after that.

The LACK of turkey hunting ethics was ridiculous there...and creates an unsafe enviroment.
When people say they listened to see if a person was calling...I mean what the heck? On public land you better call light and soft and try NOT to make him gobble, just let him know where you are, or people DEFINITELY will come in on you. Takes the fun right out of hunting to me.

And I sure dont want to get shot turkey hunting. I know 3 people that have been...one was an outdoor writer and one a 16 year old boy that was almost blinded by taking a load of 4s in the face!

DO ONTO OTHERS AS YOU WOULD LIKE DONE TO YOURSELF is what public land hunters need to understand.

No offense to the parties involved but if people followed that simple rule this problem wouldnt happen.

I agree. One place I hunt on public land there is only one road and gate into about 3000 acres. If someone is parked there, does that mean they get to cut off 3000 acres from everyone else? Now, that being said, I think if a person decides to go in then he has to know another hunter is somewhere on that 3k acres, and if a bird gets to gobbling, then common sense and courtesy has to come in to play. If you hear another hunter working that bird ahead of you, back out and go on. Otherwise, you have as much right to work that bird as anyone else. I pulled into this same spot last Friday. There were two trucks there with guys getting out. I stopped, walked up and introduced myself and asked where they were going. We told either other our general areas, wished each other luck, and hit the woods. Thats public land hunting.

bankhead is MUCH different then that. There are parking spots for each road and area and it is 180,000 acres.
Mutual respect is needed to keep things safe. There is no reason to not just drive to the next spot down the road or another road.
Makes no sense to me and I feel it makes it dangerous as heck.

The one time I called in four different hunters, 3 of them I waved off.....the last one was actually crawling to look over the ridge...right where the bird had been gobbling. I heard the leaves rustling and then caught the movement and actually was trying to set up to shoot when I realized it was some FOOLS face I was looking at.

I left in complete disgust as the idiot was within 40 yards when I saw him. I thought for sure it was the gobbler coming around on me. It was a young kid and I definitely gave him a piece of my mind about both ethics and safety.
He had never called ONCE! just started sneaking to my calling and the gobbling.

I told Matt Brock about it before..and it is why I never hunt there for turkeys. Id have giving up hunting if I hadnt a been so careful and shot some kid in the face by mistake. My heart was in my throat when I saw it was a persons face...believe me...scared me too death...and I saw then JUST how hunting accidents CAN happen.
I only hunt private land with ethical fellow hunters now. I NEVER want to be in that scenario again.

Lol lack of respect.

You have no idea of the situation. Just speaking out the side of you mouth. I will never just assume someone is hunting a gobbling bird as well as most wouldn't.

If I go to a gobbling bird and I can tell someone is in there I will leave.

So its not possible that someone parks there truck and walks in then a bird gobbles close to there truck and they aren't there.

If fact I don't know many hunters that would drive that close to a roosted bird if they knew it was there.


I CAN TALK IN ALL CAPS TOO.

X3! If you're gonna be cheap....you've gotta be tough.

I know guys who park their trucks in a spot and get in the truck with a buddy and go hunt somewhere else just to keep somebody from hunting "their" spot. These guys are hard core public land hunters. They sleep in the truck to be the first ones there. They cover up a LOT of woods and won't be within 10 miles of their truck. A little common sense is all that's needed to hunt public land. I'm pretty sure most of the guys on here would back off if they knew somebody was working a bird.

If I see somebody parked I jus move along unless it's at a main trailhead, there's liable to be 20 hippie cars with peace signs on em tree huggin hikers.

N2deer I'm glad we don't hunt the same woods! Lol!

I've had similar situations on public land in Missouri and it is very dangerous! Yahoo's from Mississippi and Arkansas make N2deer seem like a saint! Add them to the local hillbilly population and you get my reason for not hunting public land anymore!

i have done that before but when i do i usually hunt back to my truck. let me say this i usually hunt the same place and have hunted it for over 10 years but have hunted the national forest for a whole lot longer than that. where i worked a bird opening day and killed one last year is almost a mile from one heavy traveled road, i hear 5 or 6 trucks go down that road while i am at my listening spot.the main road is that far in another direction and 3/4 miles from truck. if you go down the road that is close and a closed and locked gat it almost 1.5 miles to the end. not many folks will walk in account of the HILLS even on the road with locked gate.
last saturday had one sounding off way towards the main road and being that i had to leave around 0900 the latest i decided to get back to the truck and hope no one was where i knew which hill he was on. plus with the rain i figured the swamp would have been up. when i finally got around to the spot and on the hill he had moved to a place i gambled he wouldnt be. if someone had been there i would have moved back to a fire lane and eased in, should have done that in the first place.

Translation: "I introduced myself, listened to where they were going to confirm it was not my spot, then lied about my spot so they wouldn't know it!"

I am a saint, I have done no wrong.

Im hunting my lease.

Shhh.

[quote=n2deer]I'm going to a gobbling bird unless I know there is someone there.

Its hard to know that someone is there unless you see them or hear them and that's it.

A truck don't mean chit to me other than another person is somewhere in there.I mean it is a 180,000 acres.
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180,000 acres should be plenty of room to find somewhere a truck is not parked.

I love aldeer and how a thread can just take a life of its own. A couple PM's and its all good. Maybe this thread will keep going long enough for me and JDawg to post a double on here. Lol anyways carry on.

If y'all ever see a gold Acura SUV with Auburn and turkey track stickers, y'all stay the hell away!!!!!

Been there done that, though not intentionally. I parked next to buddies truck at Upper Delta WMA. I had an idea where he was hunting since I had hunted that area with him before. I heard 3 birds gobbling. I went to the one I thought he wouldn't be hunting only to find he was indeed hunting that bird. I immediately slipped out and went after another one I had heard. It turned out to be a great move seeing how we both harvested a nice tom in the same general area. I was fortunate to know that piece of land where we were hunting. I am a whole lot more careful now days if I hunt public land. I've called in way too many hunters and every time it happens it scares the crap out of me. Always and I mean ALWAYS identify before pulling the trigger.

I don't care how much a turkey is gobbling, I'm not stopping at another guy 's truck and go after it.

A guy once told me to take a low brass #8 with you when hunting public land. When that gobbler starts hammering and the gravel starts flying from all the trucks headed your direction, fire that #8 if he hangs up. Then when you walk out and they ask "Did you get him", just say "Naw but I gimped him up pretty bad"

That would be pretty sweet buckbrush!! Maybe we can make it happen!!! This situation has made me think about something dealing with safety and different scenarios!! Never assume that if a turkey is gobbling that you're alone vehicles there or not or even if you hear someone or not! I can see how you thought no one was there due to our circumstances of being so close to the turkey that we couldn't call till he hit the ground with the fear of him zoning in on us and figuring us out! And like another guy posted lots of public land hunters may not call much at all!! Another safety fear I think about as well is if we had been set up and my uncle would have been setting away from me he can't hear near as well as he used to he might would have seen movement and shot you as he was pretty anxious to see one! Luckily this incident has come out in an extremely positive way with some aldeer brothers becoming friends rather than something that could have came out with a negative outcome! God bless and everyone please be safe!!!

Y'all kiss and make up! N2deer is at home asleep dreaming about gobblers now so I can't pick on him anymore today! Lol!

I see youre old school like me and actually practice hunting ethics.

From some of the responses on here I see some dont...and are greedy and selfish and will go after any bird no matter what. Hence the problem with public land hunting.

I guess some people never learned if someone else is there...move on to where someone isnt. It isnt that hard and was taught in the old days as the RIGHT thing to do.

I guarantee you a lot of those people pull up to trucks and listen JUST to see if someone is working a bird just as I stated I witnessed at the bankhead before. Then run in to cut off the bird themselves. Very selfish and greedy in my book and show No ethics at all.
Thats just my opinion and why Id rather not hunt then hunt public land.

I also guarantee you that the very same folks will be screaming and arguing when someone does it to them too. Funny aint it?

Me neither. I used to hunt on Mulberry several years ago. When I was driving in to my preferred locations, I would often come to a gate and see another vehicle parked there. With Mulberry being as large as it is, I would just continue to drive until I found a gate without a vehicle. You get far enough off the roads there and no one would be working a bird - tough terrain and quite desolate in most of the places I hunted.

heres the same discussion on ETIQUETTE on Georgias chat board. Its about respect for other hunters...

http://forum.gon.com/archive/index.php/t-59087.html

It is an old post but still applicable. Some people dont understand etiquette and I guess think only about themselves. I just cant understand that type of selfishness and greed for a 20 pound bird with a pea size brain!

Love your way of thinking!!!!

heres a simple written treatise of turkey hunting etiquette. It basically states everything I was taught in my 40 years of chasing birds. Much of it on public land when I was younger and couldnt afford clubs or private land.
It is pretty simple easy and explains what has always historically been the RIGHT way to hunt public land. BY the way I didnt write it...but I sure as heck follow it...and have NO RESPECT for people who dont!:

A Treatise on Public Land Turkey Hunting Etiquette

Preface: Turkey hunting is a wonderful sport. Nothing get's ones heart pumping like a thundering gobble at the crack of dawn, the closing footsteps of a drumming gobbler on the lip of a ridge, or a gobbler in full strut, glistening in the sun. In today's world, turkey hunting is gaining in popularity and turkey populations are at peak levels; however, at the same time, access to land is getting harder to find. Have no fear though, there is plenty of public land available for everyone. That is, as long as everyone abides by some common sense public land etiquette.

Ch. 1: Do To Others As You Would Have Them Do To You

Turkey hunting is not deer hunting. Several hunters can enjoy a small patch of land while deer hunting; however, since most turkey hunting starts by locating a turkey by sound, an area that can hold several deer hunters may only be able to to comfortably hold one turkey hunter.

Rule # 1: If someone is parked at the gate you want to go into, then go to your backup spot.

The Logic: Most public land comes in chunks of 20,000-60,000 acres, so finding a different spot should not be that difficult. Technically (but not equitably), you have the same right to hunt that spot as the other guy, but why would you want to? So that the two of you can both rush towards the bird and spook it in your competitive greed? So that you can increase the chances of accidentally getting shot? So that you can ruin somebody's morning? The truth of the matter is this: the guy parked in that spot cared just a little bit more than you did to get up early and go to that spot. You should respect that, vow to get up earlier, and move along.

Another Way to look at it: Imagine that you got up early and were the first person to arrive at a hot spot. I mean, this spot is a honey hole. You are super pumped. Now, imagine that an XXX pulls up behind you, parks, ignores you and walks down the road, practically shadowing your every step. It's a pretty sick feeling eh? Like a hole in the pit of your stomach right? Why would you want to do that to someone else?

Rule #2: Do Not Call Out Of A Vehicle

Logic: If you are one of those guys that drives around, letting lose cackles, peacock screams, owl hoots, coyote howls,
car horn beeps, etc. then you will be reborn as a fly, and not just any fly, one of those that eats poop for a living. No lie.

Side Comment: Seriously, how lazy are you? Do you call that hunting?

Rule #3: Do Not Try to Work a Bird That Someone Else Is Working

Logic: Again, the theme of this chapter is to do to others as you would have them to do to you. Having another hunter come in on a hot bird is about the worst feeling ever. Yeah yeah, legally you have the same right to go after the bird, but what would your momma say if she knew what you were doing? You can't tell me that you don't feel like a tad bit of a bad word when doing this.
Chapter 2: Legitimate Hunting Tactics

Excerpt-Rule # 13: Hunting over corn is punishable by hanging.

Chapter 3: Love Thy Neighbor

Neighboring each and every parcel of public land is a thing known as private land.

Rule: Do not trespass onto that land!!!
Logic: Did you work hard to earn the money that bought that land? Did you pour blood, sweat and tears into? No

Ch. 4: Turkey SEASON

Turkey Season generally runs from the middle of March through the beginning of May. Turkey season does coincide with gun deer season. Turkey season does not begin in February.

If people could simply practice those simple rules then public land hunting could be just as good as private land hunting.

Basically..it is about respect. Respecting others and doing what is RIGHT.

People KNOW when they pull their truck up and park next to another that what they are doing IS NOT right...but they just DO NOT care..instead...all they think about is THEM getting a bird..at any cost...even if they are cutting off someone else...as long as THEY get their turkey.

Im sorry..but there is NO defending the indefensable.

These etiquettes have been the rules of hunting public land for over 40 years that I know of..and if you are not following them..then simply..you ARE in the wrong.

When I was younger my old man and mentor would kick my butt like a football if he ever caught me acting any other way. Today... SOME people just do not care.

When people say "if I hear a bird gobbling Im going after it no matter what"...it makes me sick. No ethics and no respect in my opinion.

Like it says..."do unto others as youd have done to yourself". It people could follow that simple rules there would be A LOT less problems!

There are very few situations that I find it acceptable to park at the same place as someone else. The only place I can think of is a spot in the nf I hunt that is the only access for 11 miles. If you would pull in where someone else is parked and go in, then your simply selfish, with few exceptions.

Also, if your listening from a gate where a truck is already parked, then that shows exactly the kind of hunter you are. There is literally never a time that any public land in the state will have a truck at every gate. If someone beats you to a spot, go somewhere else, who knows maybe you will find some birds you didn't know about.

by the way...here is even more written and published in the Alabama fish and game magazine:

HUNTING THE WMAS
The state�s WMAs offer a fine place to chase turkeys, but you do need to remember that other sportsmen are afield and have just as much right to be there as you.

I�ve hunted a number of WMAs over the past decade and now turkey hunt almost exclusively on public land. I�ve had few problems.

One common sense rule of etiquette for turkey hunting is to move on and find another place if someone beats you to where you wanted to hunt. You don�t park at the same pullout as someone else and hunt the same stretch of woods. It�s not only common courtesy, but also a safety factor.

An advantage to the WMAs is that most are quite large and there are plenty of places to hunt without competing with someone else.



Read more: http://www.gameandfishmag.com/2013/02/12/gf-forecast-alabama-turkey-hunting-in-2013/#ixzz2yExaKoLM

If you dont know this rule or follow it...well you need to! It is the BASIC number 1 rule of public land hunting..and there really is no excuse not to. You are clearly in the wrong...whatever you may think!

Sorry...but this issue is my NUMBER 1 pet peeve with public land hunting..SELFISH IDIOTS!

I don't care if it's a million acres most hunters don't walk that far. Some do but I try to think about all scenarios and what could happen.
Even if a person wasn't on that bird at the time most likely the hunter would be in hearing distance and would be working his way back toward the bird. This could be very dangerous due to the other hunter coming from the opposite direction. They could end up facing each other and unaware of it. If I see a vehicle I don't even stop to listen. That's just the way I roll.

Exactly

Great way to roll right there man! Nice to know!

Hate when I get beat to a favorite spot but that's just how it goes gotta keep moving... Had a guy do about the same to me and actually kept coming after I hit crow, owl, and made a crow in distress type to make sure they could tell it was a hunter... Still kept coming so I backed out to keep from getting shot by the moron. Next time I will hide behind a log or something and when they pass by try to shot the sky and give them a jump and maybe they will think twice before parking beside my ride lol.

When I first started hunting public land I ran into a situation. I took my wife hunting where I had heard a bird the week before. We were there on a dead end road and road and checked the whole road before stopping the truck. It gets daylight and several turkeys start gobbling and we head to the closest back up the rd a couple hundred yds. We walk 100 yds around the bend from where we parked and two old men came in and parked behind us. We talked to them and they told us to go to any bird we wanted they were sorry they didn't check the rd before stopping. One of the older gentleman was using a cane and had one leg. We told them to hunt the turkeys that were close to the rd and we would walk to the bird in the back across the swamp. There are right ways and wrong ways to handle every situation.

Good Christians right there.

Turkey_neck is good folks.

Man..now that is the way to be right there buddy! Sounds like old school..met older school..and all was good!

Aint gonna lie I about screwed the pooch last Saturday in black warrior me and my brother went on a ridge at daybreak expecting to hear a bird in one direction but he wasnt where he was suppose to be so we got going to him I got my barings wrong and didnt realize how close to another cut across road we were well this bird is shock gobbling at crows and didnt hear anyone calling we get above the turkey and slipping this ridge trying to get infront of him when I heard a whistle looked and it was what looked to be a man and son that had come in from the opposite road where I had come from I then said sorry went back up the ridge and took the long way back to the other road I hated I did but dont know how I could have prevented it the bird was still gobbling when we left so I dont think any harm was done. it was just one of those deals.

scb this bird was never scared off I just slipped in behind another hunter and when I saw them I moved on. I actually found out that later they chased this bird to the next ridge but a dog ran through scaring it off. I walked down the road a couple miles and then came back and the hunters had already left and the bird was standing less than 75 yards from the truck in a select cut. This road use to have a couple parking area's that ran acouple miles but since they are logging in there their is only one then you have to hoof it in.

Public land sucks now a days. I have said before, It needs to rain every Saturday the first 2 or 3 weeks of the season. It also needs to rain opening day. The Bluegill, Shellcracker, Crappie and bass need to hit their prime in the months of March and April.

I do not mind sharing the woods with other real turkey hunters like myself, because we are old school and practice common courtesy. But it is all the tards in the woods now, calling like a dog broke his pecker, storming through the woods blowing primos hoot flutes and stupid crows, shooting at anything they see red, white, blue, or black. I just got scared for my life from having to share with people like that.

I do not hunt public anymore until late season when all the posers quit.

Turkey hunters also need to learn the difference in what a real owl sounds like and what a person sounds like. What a real crow vs. a person. A real hen vs. a person. I don't care how good of a caller one is, you can still tell the difference if you listen to it enough. If there is any doubt in my mind that it is another man I get the heck out of there and find another spot.

You can tell by sound on some, but also listen for people hooting too much, crowing too much, or just yelping and cackling too loud and too much.

I get kinda angry just thinking about other yahoos on public lands.

The only situation that you couldn't help would be the trails that have access gates at both ends. You could easily meet another hunter by being the only one parked at your respective gates.

I hunt mainly public here in Mississippi. It has gotten worse over the years. I remember twice at the same gate parking 2 hours before daylight and just waiting. Granted there is a lot of land behind the gate, but only one bird gobbling in there. I am getting my bike and stuff ready and truck pulls in behind me. Old guy gets out and on his bike, and proceeds to ride right past me without saying anything. I let it slide that time and sure enough we end up at the same bird in which he spooks by getting to close.
Same gate different year, different truck does the same exact thing, except I tell them this time that we are hunting the only gobbling bird in there. I would appreciate if they hunted another spot. I know asking a lot on public, but I do not want someone pointing a barrel at me cause we hunting same bird. They ended up leaving, spinning out, and riding down to next opening and going in there. I have ran into great people who i gave exact location to a bird, and some who were "turkey hunters" and would cut you off in a heart beat. As long as they do not shoot me, I am ok with it. It just hurts when I bring my 4 y/o and really do not want to bring him due to the crazy ones.

Hank, he's a wild man in the woods...

You think there are rude people turkey hunting public land, you ought to try duck hunting in AR or MS. Absolutely mind blowing what goes on over there on public land.

Dr. B

I've met tons of respectable good people on public land turkey hunting in Alabama.


Now duck hunting is a whole different monster. It's gotten real bad at swan creek, i'm sure there are some on here who have experience at the creek.

I do not duck hunt. But I can see it being worse. I like Duck Dynasty and them people, but I can see how they can get a bunch of wanna-bes into the sport of duck hunting.

Lots of "duck hunters" are more posers than anything else.

Helll Alabama makes the metro look like a breeze. The average duck hunter in Alabama is a complete moron, atleast in Arky you only have to deal with south carolna tards. But Kansas takes the cake. Their locals are the most idiotic sobs I've ever encountered.

Let's keep it up, need a few more pages.

Turkey hunting ethics mean to me..... go.

N2deer Here's some public land ethics from last week.

Aw hell the metro before the "no wake" was awesome, the creek has times when ive almost been in a fight cause somebody dont know what lights mean. ATOLER dont forget about them Ga tags

When I see a truck parked at a gate I just go to my next spot. I dont care how many acres are behind that gate. On a still morning you can hear one gobble a long ways off. The last three years I have hunted Cahaba and I have never had anyone move in on me. I hope it stays that way

Yea I agree!!! Let's keep it up and see how many MORE guys would have done as I would! Turn their truck around and go to another spot! It's good to see a majority of the guys on here think like I do!

JD,most real turkey hunters respect another hunter that got there first and would go to another area.I've hunted Bankhead 50 something years and have seen different levels of disrespect and stupidity .

Several years ago in a Perry County club ,two hunters sitting along a logging road decided to play with another club member approaching their position by gobbling on a snuff can,the final analysis was hunter # 1 lost both eyes and hunter # 2 lost one eye.

I always think about that sad event and take a road less traveled,seek another spot and live to hunt another gobbler.

from what Ive seen only 3 people would actually have acted like buckbrush...and one is his friend and co worker.

Id say most people on here would have practiced correct public land etiquette and driven down the road...not jump out and listen at a parked truck... park near it, and try to set up on the gobbling bird obviously being worked by another hunter.

And even more ridiculous...insist their actions were correct.

SMDH!

LOL..thats pretty funny...all I can wonder is who you cut off to get that one?

I grew up hunting public land and actually learned how to turkey hunt on public. I was taught by my brother when deering hunting public land move along if someone is parked in or near where I wanted to hunt. When I started turkey hunting that rule has always applied for me. I fully beleive in respecting my fellow hunters and I would hope they would do the same.

Jdawg you don't have to worry about me when your in that area. Outdoor I didn't cut anybody off for that bird. And I didn't cut JDawg off nor wood I I actually ran into him while I was making a move on that bird. And as soon as I saw him I waived and said yal got it. He gave me a thumb up and I left. Bird was still gobbling on the ridge. He then followed that bird to the next ridge were a dog came running through and messed him up. He was just frustrated and I can understand that's turkey hunting. He don't have to worry about me I won't be anywhere near his truck. But it kinda surprised me he was trying to blame me for him not getting the turkey when his pm said otherwise. But again he dont have to worry it won't happen again.

Now you still might have to worry about n2deer. He's an animal

Buckbrush is correct as he didn't mess the bird up as a crazy pit bull did. And i stated that i was thankful that you left. But Just think, I didn't know you at all and there a lots of idiots out in the woods. After you did walk away I wasn't sure whether you didn't circle around back to the trucks in which the turkey was headed last i heard. My strategy prior to you calling was to ease back toward the truck once the bird hit the ground cause i figured he would head to thos thinned pines. As i mentioned in my PM we had slipped in close enough that i actually seen the turkey in the roost. As open as those woods are right now if u can see a turkey he will see you!! Hence thats why we weren't calling because we couldn't move to a proper set up to call. but planned to when he flew down. But you had called from behind us and we were also thinking now that he might come that way once he hit the ground. I heard a crazy sound as we began walking towards the turkey once he flew down. As we crested the little ridge where we could see where the turkey should have been we stood there a few mins and thats when the crazy dog ran by us. While we were easing through the woods all i could think was "that guy didn't care we were parked here so he may have just went back to the road and cut down to the turkey". Made me feel uncomfrtable safety wise, as stated I didn't know you. And safety is my first priority. I hope you can see from my point why it made me uncomfortable and through the opionions of all the other guys that post you can see how people feel about pulling up beside someone and going in. yea you mention you thought i couldn of been in the back. But you know that was the only turkey that was in there gobbling so odds are that is where the other hunter will be. Like i said buckbrush this has made me be more aware and i hope you understand why just mainly as safety issues. I still look forward to meeting you and hope we maybe can meet up there and plan a safe hunt and as you stated possibly a doulbe would be nice. Cause in my eyes I'd rather have lots more friends than enemies this day and time.

You know the offer still stands we'll bust the birds I told you about in the back. If that fails my birds on my land are starting to fire up down the road.

Buckbrush, will you bust in on me sometime so I can hunt with you too?

We can hit a hunt together I actually got some access to a little bit of land in Madison. I just enjoy getting out there and hunting I don't care if I get one or not. Turkey hunting is unique you ain't got to be the trigger man to have a successful hunt. In fact me and n2deer smoked one this morning. He pulled the trigger but i enjoyed it just as much.

Here the bird from this morning

Congratulations to you guys!! Job well done!! That the one we were after Saturday? Sent u another PM by the way

You say when!

No this wasn't a Bankhead head bird but we did walk about a mile to get to him.

Cool! You guys definitely deserved that one then!! I figured today through Sunday will be lots birds killed!! Awesome weather!

PM sent AU

There wasn't nearly enough trucks today in bankhead so we drove around till we could find a few.

This one from yesterday may or may not have been in the said location.

Choke that bastage!

He deserved it

I think I can see outdoorobsessions truck in the background.

nah..Im tagged out. and personally..I dont see the humor in it. You wouldnt like my reaction if you did it to me...believe me.

Im old school..all the way.

Actually I would.

no..I promise you son...you would not. You dont know me..or anything about me obviously.
Id have met you at your truck and you would have known just how I felt.

Brother I ain't the one threatening nobody on here that's you. My truck is parked in trinity everyday so the door is open

LOL..please dude.. 1000s of comdeians out of work and now you have to be one. I didnt threaten you son..but I would give you a piece of my mind and be sitting there when you came out.

I dont threaten people...not my style. But obviously your an arsehole as proven by your chitty ass hunting etiquette.

How is waiting at your truck to tell you what I thought of your BS etiquette threatening you?
Are you an internet tough guy? really?

You've typed a lot about what you thought of me on here on this subject so I figured I'd let you tell me how you feel. You seemed pretty torn up about this. Even after me and Jdawg talked it out and planned a hunt together.

Now your pm'ing me that I don't know anything about you and so on. Keep it public.

Priceless

Yea...and I applaud you for that. Nice move. I had pmmed with Jdawg about it.

I typed alot about public land hunting etiquette. Not about you. If you took it that way ...so be it.

But you obviously dont know me or much about me.

I gave you examples of not only the UNWRITTEN rules of public land etiquette...but the written rules. You stated you wouldnt do something like that again.

I took you at your word. Then you started to try to use me as a butt of your joke. I didnt see the humor in it.

I told you that if it was me..Id have been waiting to tell you what I thought...just like I told the kid who came crawling into my set up on the bankhead..the last time I hunted there.

You seemed to take it as threat..it wasnt ..it was the truth. Id have been waiting there to tell you just what I thought.

Make it public for him....post the pm's he is sending you.

here they are:
pm number 1.)
excuse me buddy. But if I were you I wouldnt try starting trouble with people you dont know.
I think what you did wasnt ethical..you obviously dont. I however dont think its funny...you obviously do.
We agree to disagree...but best bet is to leave it there.

pm number 2.)
wow? now Im threatening you? I said Id be there to tell you what I thought. Do you know anything about me?

here they are. Me telling him we agree to disagree. and to leave it there. Obviously..he didnt.

I don't usually hunt where other vehicles are parked unless I know who it is and where they are, but I don't care if another hunter walks in on me they have just as much rights to the land as I do and if I was bothered by it I would join a club or buy more land. Most of the time I make a new friend and it's good to know a lot of hunters especially if you need a hand in the woods. I bet a quarter of the vehicles in Bankhead are left there to keep others out, I have a lot of family that does this and know of many others it's a common practice.

I'm sorry outdoor but keep in mind at all times when you hunt public land some kid or man could be in there no matter where your parked. There are a lot of areas where the roads loop around, somebody can come in just the other side. Don't get to torn up on them turkeys look past your target before you shoot. Words of wisdom to live by.

I've had a lot of people walk in on me but I have never had my gun pointed in some kids face. Turkey ain't that important to me I will make sure I know what I'm shooting at before my finger goes on that trigger. Think twice man.

If you saw I posted about 3 people who I knew got shot turkey hunting. All were on public land. One was 16 years old and almost blinded.
I take it seriously...the safety aspect.

The 16 year old was a son of my good friends and I was there when it happened. We all had 2 way radios. I got to HEAR the damn boy screaming for us to help him as he couldnt even see to walk out of the woods.
Excuse me If i dont see any humor in the subject.

Luckily he can still see but has limited vision in one eye and still has pock mark type scars on his face from a load of number 4 shot.
I was there with his dad to help carry him out of the woods. It was not fun.
I was also there with his dad when he pulled up to the Warden who had seen the guy running from the woods and heard our calls on the two ways, and stpopped the guy.
I was also there trying to pull said father off the POS with the warden as he was stomping the guy who RAN and left his son bleeding and screaming in the dirt's arse into a mudhole!
So yes...I take it seriously. I have stated it is my pet peeve...because it is.

when that gobbler had been right there gobblin 5 minutes earlier and you hear something coming thru the leaves about to pop up at 40 yards or less..you get ready. I did.

And when I saw it was some stupid kid..believe me..all I could think about was my friends son..and I dont turkey hunt public land any more!

no offense but to me thats as unethical or poor etiquette as parking and getting out where someone else already is. Hence again..the problem with public land hunting. No etiquette or respect.
Why do you think they leave their trucks? I would guess so noone else would hunt there. Thats like putting a pin in a hunting club sign out board if youre not going there. Any club Ive been in..it gets you kicked out immediately.

Might be the best you seem a little to emotional to be out there tromping around. I will still be out there even though I have options to hunt private as well love the challenge and ( DANGER) that goes with it

I don't think anyone is talking about hunting clubs...they're talking about public land.