Asking where you hunt

[Fatcamp]

Did that once with fishing spot down here at the coast and a guy pestering our group, actually sent them the coordinates for a trashy titty bar nearby (the kind of place nobody would actually want to go to).

Speak for yourself, pal.

 

[Mt Al]

I have a canned answer ready and it's a place pretty easy to get to the trail head, but many many miles of backcountry beyond that. A place I don't ever hunt. Some people don't realize what they're asking, others definitely do and just don't want to do the years of work it takes to pattern a place.

I'm so paranoid I make sure the background of my hero shots are unrecognizable. EVERY. SINGLE. TIME. (other than one time) I've brought someone to a honey hole they come back, talk smack or hunt nearby. Doesn't say much about friends or me, I realize.

If people really dig and ask too much, I tell them they need to find a place, go there for years, learn it, take some critters and then they'll realize what they're asking.

 

[PA Archer]

I try to be as nice as I can to them without getting annoyed and maybe give them a very vague location and if the keep pestering then the location continues to get worse and worse and farther away.

 

[Wrench]

Does not upset me but have been known to lead them astray

It's in the handbook. Send them 3 drainages over the day before you head to yours....in hockey it's called a power play.

 

[Newtosavage]

No reason to be rude. There is a LOT of country out there and it's unlikely you'll be hunting the exact same place for elk year after year anyway. Now, it may be rude or ignorant for someone to ask for a specific spot, but most of the time they are just making conversation and we take it to mean they want our honey hole, because us hunters tend to be a little paranoid about protecting good spots. LOL

Speaking in general terms is usually enough to get the point across without being rude.

 

[bae350]

I used to not care much but last year me and some buddies got into mulies on public land. This year one of those buddies didn’t go back with us and so he gave up the spot to some other guys he knew that were going. We get there and see there trucks at the trail head. Very disappointing. I understand it’s public land and not “my spot” but I also feel that it’s part of the process to do your own homework and find the deer. Now when anybody asks me I give them very vague locations without sounding rude.


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[HairyScandinavian]

I used to not care much but last year me and some buddies got into mulies on public land. This year one of those buddies didn’t go back with us and so he gave up the spot to some other guys he knew that were going. We get there and see there trucks at the trail head. Very disappointing. I understand it’s public land and not “my spot” but I also feel that it’s part of the process to do your own homework and find the deer. Now when anybody asks me I give them very vague locations without sounding rude.


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That's pretty low, it'd be a little better at least if he was hunting with them. :/

 

[HellsCanyon]

I'm normally polite and just give a vague answer, gotta keep customer relations good

Is it fair to ask "what elevation did you kill him at?"

Mike

 

[cnelk]

There is a LOT of country out there and it's unlikely you'll be hunting the exact same place for elk year after year anyway. Try me

 

[Newtosavage]

Try me

Okay, well in your case it's okay to be an a$$. LOL

 

[ColoradoSteve]

You could be honest and say that you don't tell people where you hunt. That you've worked hard to find a good spot and don't want it passed around.

"In the mountains" is kind of an asshole reply.

 

[Newtosavage]

I used to not care much but last year me and some buddies got into mulies on public land. This year one of those buddies didn’t go back with us and so he gave up the spot to some other guys he knew that were going. We get there and see there trucks at the trail head. Very disappointing. I understand it’s public land and not “my spot” but I also feel that it’s part of the process to do your own homework and find the deer. Now when anybody asks me I give them very vague locations without sounding rude.


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I know the feeling. I could tell the buddy of mine I took (read - guided) on his first elk hunt last year was going to go back to the EXACT same spot again, with or without me (because he's just that type) so I told him go for it. I told him to take his brother there next year and have at it (and he did). Because by the end of the drive to Colorado, I already knew I wouldn't be hunting with him this year. LOL

Now I know why so many guys here swear by going solo. I don't have to worry about anyone taking folks to the spots I hunted this year because there was nobody with me. Sure was nice.

 

[cnelk]

My response above was referring to that I actually do hunt the same exact spots year after year.
Killing 4 elk standing by the same tree in 4 separate years makes you keep your mouth shut

 

[black dawg]

I gave a vague description of a spot that was about 20 miles from "my" spot to a guy one time, and he told me of a couple of "his" spots. This was after he overheard a conversation between me and my son, looking at a picture of a dead critter.

Ran into this guy, both of us walking out of "my"/"his" spot in the dark one night......pretty funny that we both lied and had been hunting this same spot for years.

 

[AaronMColeman]

Sorta you’re being a dick. I share with whoever asked unless it’s a spot I was asked not to share, then I’ll give a very general answer.

But you’re way is fine. And, yes you’re being a dick


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[coyotecreek]

It's not a lie if the person asking is not entitled to the correct answer.

Asking for info about a hunting spot is about like asking someone for their credit card number.

 

[805Bowhunter]

People that ask where I hunt can shampoo my crotch.

 

[Newtosavage]

My response above was referring to that I actually do hunt the same exact spots year after year.
Killing 4 elk standing by the same tree in 4 separate years makes you keep your mouth shut

Yea, you've mentioned that. Maybe that's more common for residents but I haven't hunted the same place twice so it wouldn't bother me as much. Part of the reason I drive all the way to colorado each year is the opportunity to hunt new ground. I can hunt the same 200 ac. every year without leaving my county. LOL

 

[Dakota Dude]

I lie unless I discover they are locals/have mutual friends and we can talk in detail about the areas.

 

[AaronMColeman]

Also, asking for real specifics is kinda rude. It really depends how well you know the person.


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