Guest akaspecials Report post Posted August 29, 2013 This thread sounds pretty" cry me a river"... IMO. The hounds are not any worse than any other recreational intrusion (to many to list) into your day of hunting... We have suffered from many intrusions over the years but as long it isn't an Anti, I really just try my best to get over it any more... I love hounds and Hound hunters... they are a deer hunter's Best friend... you can't love them only when it is convenient to you, IMO. It's pretty sad that you can't commiserate with people that have spent all spring and summer carrying salt and running cams that are a little frustrated that on opening morning there were hounds running all over the dang mountain. It's public land, and they have a right to be there, but it's pretty dang frustrating. I guess you're lucky enough and have been around long enough to know where they run hounds in this state.... Some of us aren't as fortunate and had opening weekend (and 3 of my 10 vacations days) ruined by people running hounds. I hope in the future you can understand why some people have heart burn with hounds running by thier treestands multiple times during a day... I understand your points completely... but it is a mute point (is what I mean). $H!T happens out there... it has happened to me and likely will so again. It isn't that I knew where "not" to be, but we didn't happen to see a single dog or other hunter. My point is that threads like these create more divisions between hunters... and give "them" more leverage against us... I heard the same gripe in the Taxidermist shop over the weekend too from a good friend and I told him the same basic thing. I am sorry that your hunt was a bust, but you chose one thing to be mad about instead of lots of things to be happy about... hunting is not just about the kill. I have the outdoors and God's country at my finger tips every day so I tend to take it for granted... but for those of you that only have 10 days or so a year you should let your Blood Pressure fall and just enjoy the minutes you can be out there, because you can sit in your car on the freeway during the morning commute and grumble. Good Hunting. You're very correct that I shouldn't let it get to me like I do. Thanks for putting it in perspective. I just found out my boss canceled my vacation days for my early archery elk hunt so I'm probably a little frustrated over that too. Hope I didn't come off like too much of a prick. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Shedhunteraz Report post Posted August 29, 2013 This thread sounds pretty" cry me a river"... IMO. The hounds are not any worse than any other recreational intrusion (to many to list) into your day of hunting... We have suffered from many intrusions over the years but as long it isn't an Anti, I really just try my best to get over it any more... I love hounds and Hound hunters... they are a deer hunter's Best friend... you can't love them only when it is convenient to you, IMO. It's pretty sad that you can't commiserate with people that have spent all spring and summer carrying salt and running cams that are a little frustrated that on opening morning there were hounds running all over the dang mountain. It's public land, and they have a right to be there, but it's pretty dang frustrating. I guess you're lucky enough and have been around long enough to know where they run hounds in this state.... Some of us aren't as fortunate and had opening weekend (and 3 of my 10 vacations days) ruined by people running hounds. I hope in the future you can understand why some people have heart burn with hounds running by thier treestands multiple times during a day... I understand your points completely... but it is a mute point (is what I mean). $H!T happens out there... it has happened to me and likely will so again. It isn't that I knew where "not" to be, but we didn't happen to see a single dog or other hunter. My point is that threads like these create more divisions between hunters... and give "them" more leverage against us... I heard the same gripe in the Taxidermist shop over the weekend too from a good friend and I told him the same basic thing. I am sorry that your hunt was a bust, but you chose one thing to be mad about instead of lots of things to be happy about... hunting is not just about the kill. I have the outdoors and God's country at my finger tips every day so I tend to take it for granted... but for those of you that only have 10 days or so a year you should let your Blood Pressure fall and just enjoy the minutes you can be out there, because you can sit in your car on the freeway during the morning commute and grumble. Good Hunting. You're very correct that I shouldn't let it get to me like I do. Thanks for putting it in perspective. I just found out my boss canceled my vacation days for my early archery elk hunt so I'm probably a little frustrated over that too. Hope I didn't come off like too much of a prick. Quit your job. I am always hiring. Need about 40 guys. And I will even give you days off for your elk hunt 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
trphyhntr Report post Posted August 29, 2013 This thread sounds pretty" cry me a river"... IMO. The hounds are not any worse than any other recreational intrusion (to many to list) into your day of hunting... We have suffered from many intrusions over the years but as long it isn't an Anti, I really just try my best to get over it any more... I love hounds and Hound hunters... they are a deer hunter's Best friend... you can't love them only when it is convenient to you, IMO. It's pretty sad that you can't commiserate with people that have spent all spring and summer carrying salt and running cams that are a little frustrated that on opening morning there were hounds running all over the dang mountain. It's public land, and they have a right to be there, but it's pretty dang frustrating. I guess you're lucky enough and have been around long enough to know where they run hounds in this state.... Some of us aren't as fortunate and had opening weekend (and 3 of my 10 vacations days) ruined by people running hounds. I hope in the future you can understand why some people have heart burn with hounds running by thier treestands multiple times during a day... I understand your points completely... but it is a mute point (is what I mean). $H!T happens out there... it has happened to me and likely will so again. It isn't that I knew where "not" to be, but we didn't happen to see a single dog or other hunter. My point is that threads like these create more divisions between hunters... and give "them" more leverage against us... I heard the same gripe in the Taxidermist shop over the weekend too from a good friend and I told him the same basic thing. I am sorry that your hunt was a bust, but you chose one thing to be mad about instead of lots of things to be happy about... hunting is not just about the kill. I have the outdoors and God's country at my finger tips every day so I tend to take it for granted... but for those of you that only have 10 days or so a year you should let your Blood Pressure fall and just enjoy the minutes you can be out there, because you can sit in your car on the freeway during the morning commute and grumble. Good Hunting. You're very correct that I shouldn't let it get to me like I do. Thanks for putting it in perspective. I just found out my boss canceled my vacation days for my early archery elk hunt so I'm probably a little frustrated over that too. Hope I didn't come off like too much of a prick. would quit on the spot, seriouss. all the years i didnt get drawn and didnt take vacation days are getting cashed in on this hunt. even though im broke and should be working, might not get drawn for 10 years. the way the world is, who knows i might be hunting to survive by then. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Non-Typical Solutions Report post Posted August 29, 2013 Having your boss take away days already planned for......now that is something worth getting bent out of shape over.........that stinks....hope you get to hunt.......... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PRDATR Report post Posted August 29, 2013 Having your boss take away days already planned for......now that is something worth getting bent out of shape over.........that stinks....hope you get to hunt.......... Same here. Amazing though they have no problems committing your time to a customer for 16 hours on a Saturday though. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
123456 Report post Posted August 31, 2013 Take up shedhunteraz on his job offer. Your current boss does not sound like a sportsman to me!!! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Matt Meyer Report post Posted August 31, 2013 I would definitely give it some thought and look into it. It never hurts to check Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
azbowhunter88 Report post Posted September 10, 2013 Hound hunters have a season just like deer hunters and always will. They love running dogs like we love hunting deer. You have to weigh it out and look at both sides. No hounds equals way more lion problems on deer. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
azbowhunter88 Report post Posted September 13, 2013 Wat kind of work are we talking here shed hunter? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest akaspecials Report post Posted September 13, 2013 Thanks for the offer shed hunter. I finally talked the boss into letting me off. After all the drama that we were too busy for vacation, she ended up leaving early on Thursday and taking today off. Needless to say, I'm quiting in the next few months once I get my finances lined up. Anyways, I'm sitting in a blind now waiting for elk to show up! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
