When to give info

[5MilesBack]

I remember one year I was archery elk hunting and shot my biggest OTC bull to date. There were a couple of guys from Missouri camped just a little ways above me off the road. Two buddies were there that helped me pack it out. One of the guys from MO walks down and says "Hey, have you seen anything yet this season?" I replied "Not much, you?" And I hear one of my buddies whisper to my other buddy "Do you think he knows that the guy can see the game bags hanging on the meat pole?" My other buddy says "Don't matter.......he won't tell him a thing". I didn't lie to the guy, I hadn't seen much. I just shot the first bull I had a good shot at, and it happened to be a good one.

Since 2010 I've had five ML hunters shoot good bulls that I was working or called in, and I never knew any of them were even in the area until they shot. I figure that's enough help for a lifetime.

 

[.204smokechaser]

Unless it’s a moose tag or goat tag and the tag holders ask first, I’m not giving a lick of information out for elk and deer in the unit I primarily hunt and work in here in Idaho. My personal cell phone number somehow was mistaken thinking it was a work cell last winter and co workers gave it to complete strangers whom I never met. I was more than pissed. That and when people stop in asking where the deer and elk are opening week are the two things that piss me off the most and I decline to answer truthfully.

Giving information to strangers changes for spring bear on the other hand. It’s May and usually I’m in a good mood to see folks in the spring time when the weather is getting nicer and the days are longer. When folks from the mid west or south stop in and ask questions, they’re usually prepared and are very friendly. I know talking to those folks will possibly benefit me one of these years in getting to hunt for white tail or hog hunt somewhere cool.