Ok curdawgs so im clear on this what your saying is that say me for instance comes along and talks to a land owner and he tells me yea go right ahead and hunt my place anytime you want you have my permission to but another guy hunts it to the other guy being you i should just go hunt and if i see you out hunting to just say to bad i got permission to so deal with it sorry but that's not how it's suppose to be done what you should do is respectfully tell the land owner thanks but you already have a man hunting your place and its an unwritten law amongst hog hunters not to hunt behind a hunter who already has permission to hunt
PeeWee, Im really not trying to argue with anyone about this. Nothing is ever wrong with common courtisy. I give coutisy everytime I can. What Im saying if you dotn then its not wrong. If anyone as a sportman cant run into another sporotmans in the woods hunting and not be respectful then they have a problem. When I run into someone all I have to do (and I actually have had to do this) is load up my dogs, I ask them how they are doing, have they seen anything, tell them the same about my hunt find out where they are headed and go the other way. Simple and easy.
I am a land owner and when I give folks permission to hunt my land, I do not expect them to call the other folks to warn them that they are coming. As a matter of a fact, I would be insulted if guy 1 thought that guy 2 should call and warn him. He doesnt pay for upkeep or taxes on my land and further more he didnt buy the land and is only a guest. He is in no position to get angry or insulted at anybody that I gave permission to hunt on my land for not calling him. When I hunt other ppls land, I always call the landowner everytime I hunt. If he says someone else is there then I dont go. If they are calling him like I do then there porobably wont be any run ins. If there is then I see it as a problem of the other guy for not notifying the landowner. I would NEVER EVER back door someone.
On another note, next Febuary when the WMA's open up for hunting, I call dibs on the Union WMA in northern Louisiana. Its about 11,000 acres but due to the unspoken "hunters rule" I should get excluvie use of this place.
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Guys, dont try to make me out to be a bad "hunter" here. Like Im breaking some golden rule. I am courtious and I would and do call when I can and it is convinient. But I am a busy man and barely have time to hunt and spend time working and with family so if I dotn have time and I have permission from the landwoner then Im not going to track down some other hunter.
