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Hunting Incident

The responding officer personally and ur attitude and demeanor will make or break the situation....

I hunted a spot a handful of times thru a couple of different hunting seasons and just recently found metal spikes in 2 different trees I was real close to.... Those aren't legal and who's to say I was or wasnt in 1 of trees....an officer with a bad attitude could just say I was in that tree.... His/Her word (officer)vs mine(tattoed weirdo in hawaii shirt) he/she will win everytime. I've seen bait twice... I didn't report it but if I had seen a physical officer I would have told them... All encounter I've had with FWO have been pleasant except 1 time and he was wearing a hawaiian shirt... Hahaha
 
bj139 said:
I can't recall.

Since this land is contiguous with the state of Arkansas, does that mean you can't hunt either?
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Hey man, I am just trying to assist you with some legal insight here. It is your choice how you handle that advice. Good luck and happy hunting.


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Droptine85.mt said:


Hey man, I am just trying to assist you with some legal insight here. It is your choice how you handle that advice. Good luck and happy hunting.


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If the distance is not defined in the law then the judge should just should throw out every case. Who determines what is reasonable?
 
Weldabeast said:
The responding officer personally and ur attitude and demeanor will make or break the situation....

I hunted a spot a handful of times thru a couple of different hunting seasons and just recently found metal spikes in 2 different trees I was real close to.... Those aren't legal and who's to say I was or wasnt in 1 of trees....an officer with a bad attitude could just say I was in that tree.... His/Her word (officer)vs mine(tattoed weirdo in hawaii shirt) he/she will win everytime. I've seen bait twice... I didn't report it but if I had seen a physical officer I would have told them... All encounter I've had with FWO have been pleasant except 1 time and he was wearing a hawaiian shirt... Hahaha
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You gotta watch out for those guys in Hawaiian shirts. :D
 
bj139 said:
I know. I'm probably just oversensitive. I didn't think I did anything wrong during this whole episode but maybe just me being the woods is offensive. I just found the GPS coordinates of my preset loop in Onxhunt. If I report this, I better move my preset loop to avoid all suspicion on me. How far is enough? I'll move to a tree near where the deer were snorting after dark last night. Hey I just realized I have a photo of the guy who walked by me on Saturday and climbed up his stand. This salt block is 10 yards away from his stand. Here he is. :D
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Pics of the stand, the bait and the hunter. You are giving a game warden it all on a silver platter.

I am confident If you get this to them ASAP, someone will be out.
Don’t just email, call the hotline also. Let them know on the phone you have pictorial evidence with location and emailed it to them.

Not sure if there is a specific distance, but I would recommend you be really far away once you report it.
 
sojourner said:
Pics of the stand, the bait and the hunter. You are giving a game warden it all on a silver platter.

I am confident If you get this to them ASAP, someone will be out.
Don’t just email, call the hotline also. Let them know on the phone you have pictorial evidence with location and emailed it to them.

Not sure if there is a specific distance, but I would recommend you be really far away once you report it.
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I figure about 80 yards should be OK. It is so thick in there you can only see about 10 yards at ground level.

I told them I have a photo in the online submission form but there was no way to send it.
 
I would encourage calling to speak with a wildlife officer and specifically ask what distance is acceptable to not be considered hunting over bait because you reported a bait site and dont want to be hunting in violation inadvertantly. Email would be even better.
 
bj139 said:
I figure about 80 yards should be OK. It is so thick in there you can only see about 10 yards at ground level.

I told them I have a photo in the online submission form but there was no way to send it.
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I would strongly urge you to go further away. Check the huntingpa.com forum. There should be some threads on this topic and also there is a member who is a WCO in PA.

I really don’t want to see you get pinched on this, especially since you are trying to do the right thing.
 
sojourner said:
I would strongly urge you to go further away. Check the huntingpa.com forum. There should be some threads on this topic and also there is a member who is a WCO in PA.

I really don’t want to see you get pinched on this, especially since you are trying to do the right thing.
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The problem is this is a very small patch of land.
 
I hunted in this area in the afternoon. I couldn't find my mason's twine loop I left in a tree. I moved farther away from the ladder stand and threw the throwball through a crotch and hunted there and then set another mason's twine loop. I didn't see any deer. I forgot to look for a tag on the ladder stand. I saw no one else just a few squirrels.
 
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Several years ago I sat in a stand on public land. This stand had been in the same tree for years and was basically a public stand, at the bottom of a large ridge complex. While ranging trees with my rangefinder I spotted an odd-looking, unfamiliar rock... climbed down and saw that it was a molasses and corn block. Well, poop, I just hunted over bait without realizing it. Called the CO and texted her photos of the block, stand, and GPS. She said she would follow up and I thought nothing more of it.

A month later on rifle opener I'm hunting on top of the same ridge maybe a mile away. I bump into maybe four other hunters (totally amicable public land encounters, compared notes and agreed to avoid each other). All told me that the COs were investigating multiple bait sites and the whole bottom of the ridge was under suspicion. I said thanks for the heads up... and had the whole bottom of the ridge to myself because I knew which clearing to avoid.
 
I didn't hunt today in order to avoid more drama and crowds. I want to go tomorrow just to walk around and maybe climb a tree and set a few mason's twine loops. No Sunday hunting in PA so crowds should be low and I can scare all the deer I want with no repercussions. :D I wonder if I'll see any illegal hunters over their illegal salt blocks. Coyote hunting hunting is legal in PA on Sunday. Oh boy.
 
DB4x4 said:

Jason Kutt, 18, shot at Nockamixon State Park in Bucks County, Pennsylvania dies; family issues statement | 6abc.com

Authorities%20are%20investigating%20what%20led%20to%20the%20fatal%20shooting%20of%20an%2018-year-old%20Bucks%20County%2C%20Pennsylvania%20man%20at%20Nockamixon%20State%20Park%20over%20the%20weekend.
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Same place, no? I wonder if this was an accident or the same belligerent guy...
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I hunt across the lake from Ridge Road. I am not sure where this entrance is. The video says 1500 Mountain View Road which is the road I turn off into the parking lot. In the video, it shows a street sign for South Park Road which is across the lake from where I hunt. The video shows a police car parked on a dirt road off the main highway. The parking lot where I hunt has a paved turnoff. Another section of the video shows a paved turnoff. There is a lot of conflicting information. Muzzleloader season ended Saturday so maybe it was an accident.
 
I just read that the victim was walking with his girlfriend. If there was a confrontation, I believe that would have been reported.

Prayers to his family. This is terrible.

PA is not doing to well with the hunting. This incident now, and the murder of a hunter over a decade ago. And that one involved a shootout.

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Police: Hunter Found Dead on Roadside Involved in Shootout

Police say a hunter has been shot to death near state game lands in Monroe County. The body of 22-year-old Lee Van Luvender was found on the side of a
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I was concerned about wearing fluorescent orange requirements here but I found that archery hunters are exempt in PA. It might be a good idea to wear an orange hat.
 
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