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Re: Rut in Bankhead
[Re: countryphysician]
#2649107
11/23/18 01:04 PM
11/23/18 01:04 PM
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Posts: 13
Cullman County, AL
Nobody
spike
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Posts: 13
Cullman County, AL
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I was there before daylight this morning in one of my favorite places on Bankhead. Hunted and scouted during bow season, hunted a couple days for ML... Found a lot of doe and recently found really good buck sign... Bad part of it is, a few of the locals like to sneak dogs in there and run the deer to death... Plus, it's buck only right now... Judging by the amount of shotgun shots I heard and the number of trucks running up and down the road, seriously doubting every shot was at a buck. Makes me mad... The man hours I put in hunting and scouting, fair chase, following the rules, and then the local boys go drop off half starved hounds with no collars and ride the roads until they figure out where it's going to cross. In my opinion, any deer they shoot is illegal. There are some really good bucks in there... I'd bet a lot of the good bucks that come out of there are shot in front of dogs... Not all... There are some very good, ethical hunters that hunt in there. This has gone on for years. The game warden has been called several times... Never saw him show up... Rant over...
Camp Valor Outdoors Shooting Team Member
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Re: Rut in Bankhead
[Re: Nobody]
#2649363
11/23/18 06:03 PM
11/23/18 06:03 PM
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Joined: Dec 2007
Posts: 4,694
Bay Minette, AL
scrubbuck
10 point
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10 point
Joined: Dec 2007
Posts: 4,694
Bay Minette, AL
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I was there before daylight this morning in one of my favorite places on Bankhead. Hunted and scouted during bow season, hunted a couple days for ML... Found a lot of doe and recently found really good buck sign... Bad part of it is, a few of the locals like to sneak dogs in there and run the deer to death... Plus, it's buck only right now... Judging by the amount of shotgun shots I heard and the number of trucks running up and down the road, seriously doubting every shot was at a buck. Makes me mad... The man hours I put in hunting and scouting, fair chase, following the rules, and then the local boys go drop off half starved hounds with no collars and ride the roads until they figure out where it's going to cross. In my opinion, any deer they shoot is illegal. There are some really good bucks in there... I'd bet a lot of the good bucks that come out of there are shot in front of dogs... Not all... There are some very good, ethical hunters that hunt in there. This has gone on for years. The game warden has been called several times... Never saw him show up... Rant over... We'll, at least Nobody cares.
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Re: Rut in Bankhead
[Re: countryphysician]
#2649479
11/23/18 08:13 PM
11/23/18 08:13 PM
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Joined: Nov 2002
Posts: 6,938
Moulton,AL
Snuffy
14 point
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14 point
Joined: Nov 2002
Posts: 6,938
Moulton,AL
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There's a lot of people that care just not a lot you can do about it.
If you always do what you've always done you always get what you've always got
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Re: Rut in Bankhead
[Re: Nobody]
#2649968
11/24/18 10:04 AM
11/24/18 10:04 AM
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Joined: Apr 2013
Posts: 4,697
Alabama
Rmart30
10 point
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10 point
Joined: Apr 2013
Posts: 4,697
Alabama
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I was there before daylight this morning in one of my favorite places on Bankhead. Hunted and scouted during bow season, hunted a couple days for ML... Found a lot of doe and recently found really good buck sign... Bad part of it is, a few of the locals like to sneak dogs in there and run the deer to death... Plus, it's buck only right now... Judging by the amount of shotgun shots I heard and the number of trucks running up and down the road, seriously doubting every shot was at a buck. Makes me mad... The man hours I put in hunting and scouting, fair chase, following the rules, and then the local boys go drop off half starved hounds with no collars and ride the roads until they figure out where it's going to cross. In my opinion, any deer they shoot is illegal. There are some really good bucks in there... I'd bet a lot of the good bucks that come out of there are shot in front of dogs... Not all... There are some very good, ethical hunters that hunt in there. This has gone on for years. The game warden has been called several times... Never saw him show up... Rant over... Game warden called or forest ranger?
Ethical behavior is doing the right thing when no one else is watching - even when doing the wrong thing is legal. Aldo Leopold .. (except when it comes to trailer tags)
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