good post

Wht's the daily bag limit on assholes?

No it's not. Sneaking up on an armed dumbass is a good way to wake up dead. Someone who doesn't care about property lines or hunting laws doesn't care about hunting safety. He'd just as likely shoot at movement rather than knowing what he's aiming at.

No closed season, no limit in possession and no size limit. You can also use bait and the aid of an artificial light.

I don't think I would have let him know where I was if I were 30 foot up a tree. Never know what someone will do nowadays.

Ask Richard Simmons.

If the game warden or sheriff cant get there, then you're left with having to deal with your own problems or simply doing nothing at all. If your gonna deal with this guy, in my opinion, that's the best way to handle it. It's damn sure safer than hollering at him while perched on the side of a tree. I may be different than others but nobody is going to come on my private posted property and hunt it while I sit there and watch. I dont care who they are. You know where he is standing and he doesnt know you're anywhere around? If you cant figure out a way to get the drop on him and hold him til the law arrives, you dont need to be carrying a gun in the woods.

I'll agree about not starting something 30' up, but we'll have to agree to disagree on sneaking up on a poacher and trusting that he doesn't shoot into the bushes I'm standing behind.

No thank you. My life is more important that my bravado.

I wouldn't have let him know I was there and I would have been on the phone with the game warden again or the sheriff's office till I got help. If the game wasrden wouldn't come I would be on the phone to Montgomery.

We can agree that letting him know you're sitting 30" up the tree watching him is not a good thing to do. I fully understand your response but look at it from this perspective. If I didnt address it on the spot, I would personally be much more worried about hunting the place again knowing that the same yahoo might be watching me or my sons through his scope every time we go in and out to hunt or he and I might stumble up on each other in the dark. If he's brazen enough to walk up and glass a cutover on privately owned property while standing in street clothes in the wide open, you can be rest assured he's familiar with the place and has hunted it before. If know I'm going to have to deal with someone again in the future, I'd rather deal with him on my terms and timing. Better to get it over with when I know I have the advantage rather than the other way around. Hince my first response.

I'm with you fatty..I wasn't about to stalk hunt a damn boy with a gun.I know a few that will shoot in the bushes if the leaves move they so scared.The thought of him shooting at me never crossed my mind.I was watching him through the binos.I tell you this...If that gun woulda come off his shoulder that sumbitch better be ready to hit a moving target cause my ass woulda been bobbing and weaving.I have never had to deal with a poacher so I didn't really know what to do other than let my presence be known and I figured it would scare him enough to get the hell outta there.The GW called me earlier and I think they gonna go to the house I think he come from and have a talk with em.Maybe he won't be back..but if he does come back I'm gonna go crazy redneck on his ass.

It's easy for us to all play arm chair quarterback and say what we would've done. It's a lot different when you're in the woods dealing with it in reality. A lot questions go through you're head in a short amount of time. Is this guy crazy enough to shoot me over this? Am I crazy enough to shoot him over this? Whether justified or not, do I want my wife to have to raise my kids without me over this? Will my actions put a stop to this or start an ongoing feud with this "idot"?

I've been through this several times and really haven't been worried about my safety in a confrontation. The worry is in how this will all play out in a courtroom. Or if I don't address it, will he mistake me for an animal and shoot me in a low light situation? Or if I do address him, will he "accidentally" shoot me later? There's a whole lot of what ifs when dealing with these POS scum of the earth poachers. Nothing good ever comes from them; that's for certain. Good luck with him, Trox.

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I hope some of the billy badasses on here never actually have to deal with a poacher. If they do, I have a feeling our Aldeer cemetery (or whatever the suggestion was) will have some new members.

I totally understand your rage. Aint nuthin makes me madder than a dang poacher. I guess in hindsight, I my would have called the law immediately and just sit there and watched, as bad as I would hate to.

How far of a drive is that from Mobile? I like playing crazy redneck.

Does it matter how far it is if I'm buying all the beer?We will get drunk and go door to door selling asswhoopings for poaching..Knock knock...."Hey you been on my land"...Well no s....Pow...right in the nose...Don't talk back to me...Now go get your husband.

Next time call the state trooper or sheriff's office and tell them you have spotted someone in the woods carrying a weapon and looks like he is up to no good. Don't mention hunting. Tell them you fear for your life with this crazy s.o.b. roaming around in the area.
I bet they would come faster then the warden. They will straightened him out right quick like.

ROTFLMAO!!!

do not have the GW "talk to him"..have his ass arrested PERIOD. Otherwise he just got away with it and we already know he has a bad attitude...he will be back.

best way, be quiet, climb down and ease up on the sob after calling the GW AND the SO...say both of ya'll are armed. I've confronted and unarmed a bunch of poachers when off duty. Only had one balk at the unarming and the 870 I had persuaded him to put his gun down. Don't confront an armed poacher unless you understand the risks and are willing to follow thru...thats what they pay GWs and Deputies for...