Guide tactics

[Gr8bawana]

A couple of weeks ago I was in AZ elk hunting with my brother and we talk to a couple of guys who were bowhunting
for elk. They told us about a guy in a truck watching them from the hillside through binos while they were cow calling
a bull towards the waterhole they were hunting. When the guy in the truck saw the bull coming he started up his truck
and drove down towards the bull to scare him away.
Well we happened to run into the "guide" which I don't know if he's legal or not but he said he ran the bull off because
he didn't want them shooting that bull because he had a client the next week that he wanted that bull for.
Apparently this kind of stuff happens all the time.
I think that is total B.S. for someone who calls himself a "guide".
What do you guys think?

 

[Hilltop]

Unfortunately things like this do happen. When I guided in New Mexico, the neighbors were the Jicarilla Indian Reservation. The evening before opening day they started driving their fence line, occasionally shooting a 22 in an effort to scare elk deeper into the reservation. They did this off and on throughout the hunt.

What you describe above is actually illegal and should have been reported. There are laws in all states regarding harassment of hunters as well as harassment of wildlife. I'm surprised the guy would actually admit to what he was doing though...

 

[Retterath]

that is total bs and that guy should have been called in. You spend that money and quality time doing things right and thats not what a person deserves at all.

 

[libidilatimmy]

100% this guy should've been reported to the G&F and you still should report him. If you can get the contact info from the other hunters that witnessed this and have them report it as well. This should result in the "guide" having his license suspended or revoked. The thing to remember is the animals belong to everyone, not his client solely.

 

[pmcgovern]

Absolutely. Report him. If he's "guiding" for an outfitter, I'd certainly be knocking on his door and, if it was me, I'd slander and smear his name on every forum I could find. Complete BS.

 

[AKaviator]

Unfortunately, I think things like this are getting more common. I know an eastern Oregon guide who brags about using 4-wheelers to try and run elk off of public lands and onto his leased property prior to the season. He's very quick to report anyone hunting on "his" leased land to to local warden.

 

[Don K]

Video, video some more, and video..............

 

[Colorado T]

Unfortunately this does happen. I have seen it a couple times while antelope hunting here in Colorado and Wyoming. Definitely report it!!

 

[BobT]

We had a guy herding pronghorns off BLM onto private with an ATV last year in Wyoming unit 21. Reported it at a check station, don't know if anything was done about it or not but we didn't see him anymore.

 

[chsdaddy]

We had a guy herding pronghorns off BLM onto private with an ATV last year in Wyoming unit 21. Reported it at a check station, don't know if anything was done about it or not but we didn't see him anymore.

We're you anywhere near Tisdale Mtn rd or Long Canyon rd? Happened to us the year before in 21 but the guy was in a truck. He even threatened my mom while she was on public land. She is 5'2" and a little old lady. I can't believe my dad didn't shoot him.

I've also seen it on ranches bordering public in NM as well, and while on the Valles Caldera.

 

[BobT]

We were off Tisdale Mtn rd. guy was on a red ATV of some sort. In retrospect we probably should have called the BLM.