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Kick his ass Seabass !!!!!!

Public land fun

It'd be one thing if he said "oh I'm going down this road" and I said "oh ok well I'm going to go down that road too but I'll just go farther than you" or something like that. That wouldn't fly and I would never do that. That's not what happened. I asked which way he was going and I would go the other way. I said whichever way you go is fine, you choose. He indicated he wanted to go down the road he was parked at and I said ok, and crossed back over co rd 260 and entered down a power line heading 180* in the OPPOSITE direction. If you could see it it would make perfect sense. ANYBODY who thinks they're entitled to both sides of Co RD 260 is just wrong.

He may have been thinking if he heard one on opposite side of his truck and not one where he was he would be able to go after it. If i park in an area i go where they gobble. I love it when somebody parks right beside me thinking I'm gonna stay in a bubble the whole morning. This is why I try not to go on public land a lot. There is an argument for either person.

I'd just not hunt period if I had to hunt public land. Cause I'm just not real nice.

My words were I'm going where the 🦃 gobbles. That parking spot I was at is the only listing spot to cover that area. Very wide is not a word to describe the road it's maybe 15 yards at most..
I'll post a pic when I get home and show the layout from this morning

It is tough to do sometimes

Yup, someone parks by me and asks where I'm going, I tell them wherever the bird gobbles! No wrong there... I sure wouldn't park right by someone like that..

Yep

Public land 101: Your supposed to claim a road and then walk up and down the main road until you hear them gobbling then sneak in and cut em off.

My truck is the gray one his truck is the white one

If there is 2 roads, I see nothing wrong in this situation

maybe this will clear things up. the area is where a gas line crosses a 33 feet wide road it is a ridge between two valleys and is a listening spot for many hunters to listen for birds to gobble and then plan the hunt and how to approach said birds ... in the second pic there is less then 100 feet between our vehicles

the part where said (many hunters) I would find me another spot to go in

If There is a truck already there, I keep driving to somewhere else.

The main thing I don’t understand about this situation is why a turkey hunter would post a picture of a public land listening spot that anyone with google maps can pin point in 2 minutes.

Yep, I want as many acres to myself as I can carve out. I try to get as far away from folks as I can.

I hate that I woke up this morning thinking about this. In hindsight it would have been better had I simply kept going. Better in that I would not currently find myself in the middle of a pissing contest. Don't misconstrue that statement as a capitulation. I am satisfied that I did not violate any reasonable interpretation of "turkey hunting etiquette". In fact, I demonstrated consideration for what you wanted by approaching you and confirming which way you would be going. I didn't have to do that. I could have simply "cut you off" in any number of ways but I wouldn't want someone to do that to me and I would not have done that to you.

As for your parking location being a listening spot, I guess a person can "listen" from anywhere, but anyone familiar with the area would know that that is probably one of the worst places to try and hear a turkey from in the entire WMA because of the previously mentioned proximity of the wash plant just a few hundred yards away. Unless a bird is roosted right there next to Co RD 260 you won't hear him. If however, you move on down the gas line access road and get over to a ridge point, a few hundred yards away, then you're somewhat shielded from the wash plant and you can hear the entire bottom MUCH better. If you try to have your cake and eat it too by trying to hear both sides of Co Rd 260 from that spot, then you end up not hearing either side of the road very well because of the background noise. You have to get further in, on either side of the road, to be able to hear well.

So, did I do anything wrong? No. Did I show you consideration and respect by checking on what your plan was so that I didn't interfere with it? Yes. Did I park right next to you and, after talking to you, walk right on into the area you said you were planning on hunting anyway, as your previous post suggests? Absolutely not. Do I wish now that I had simply kept going? Yes.

I'm done with this thread. Nothing but love for you UMSPORTSFAN. Hope you have your best turkey season ever. I'll do my best to steer clear of you if I see you.

so if it was such a sucky place to listen from why did you stop there? Especially if another vehicle was in close proximity.