back to the drawing board

[nv-hunter]

Personally its not worth the headache. He's been calling and getting his buddies to call because he feels guilty about what he did. Yes I posted a note saying I wanted to hunt in that spot always thought of it as a matter of honor between sportsmen that you don't mess up someone's hunt or camp.

Always felt hunting in Nevada was a little different from my first year hunting here and broke down and the people who came off nearby ridges and checked to make sure we were ok. You don't see the respect for other hunters in other states like happens here.

 

[drifli]

I think all game cameras and blinds on public land should be considered garbage. I hope Nevada and California ban game cameras soon. Pack out what you pack in. Now if you pack your blind in and out when your gone say for a week of hunting I think that's ok, but leaving it up for months or weeks when you are not around Is garbage.

 

[ivorytip]

then what would be the point in even owning a trail camera? Also, why are you against trail cameras???

 

[drifli]

I feel they take away from fair chase. With cameras now having wifi, this has become a lazy mans way of hunting.
I will agree with cameras being on private land up to two months prior to hunting but after that it's just not fair chase.

This is my personal feelings and I don't preach it to friends who use them, just my personal morals won't let me use them.

 

[drifli]

I will apologize to the originol poster since the thread went off topic.

Sorry everyone.

 

[ivorytip]

do you hunt with a traditional bow, or muzzy? I respect what you are saying but where does the line get drawn, ya know? fair chase is different to everyone. as far as im concerned, fair chase is public land hunting. blind and cameras are aids as much as cams on a bow and scopes on a rifle. I used a blind on a wallow last year, I was hiking in up above it to hunt a draw when a hug nasty thunderstorm hit, so I dropped down mountain to jump in blind to find two guys in it escaping lightning and hail. didn't bother me one bit, and they were grateful to have the cover. if its within the laws of whichever then there is really no debate on the matter on how long a blind is set up. I was surprised that there was anyone close to where my blind was, but for you speed goat chasers you guys are limited to where you can set up a blind, only so many water holes out there in the open flats so I can see that being a much bigger problem. people respecting each other is what it should come down to.

 

[JimP]

Blinds are one thing and cameras are something else. As for wi-fi on the cameras all a state needs to do is to make it illegal to use it during a hunt such as what Montana has done. But then to use wi-fi you need to be in a area that it works and none of my hunting areas have any type of reception if you drop into a canyon and very spotty reception on top of the hills.

I do believe that any and all equipment used for hunting that is left in the field even over night should be registered with either the DOW of the state or the federal land management that is in control of the land that it is on.

 

[Velvet muley]

I've lived in Nevada for 23 years and I'm 34 years old. I have never hunted out of a blind because I'm a spot and stock guy, not saying that I wouldn't though, if the circumstance was right.

I think a lot of people have it mixed up when it comes to blinds around here, in most cases it's not because people are claiming a piece of public land. Most guys do it because it's a way of saying they plan on being there opening day and it saves people from ruining a opening morning hunt from too many people showing up at the same water hole.

I would rather know a guy is showing up to a certain spot opening morning so I can concentrate on my scouting elsewhere. Nevada has lots of water and places to hunt.