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#1 ·
Well it's been over a week since the season started. I've hunted Flatbrook 7 days so far. I have to say that there are a LOT of slob hunters in NJ. Not all and if my comments don't pertain to you, good. But I've taken notice of the actions of a number of HUNTERS, not antis, not PETA people, HUNTERS.
1. Picked up at least 3 dozen empty hulls the first 4 days. After that I figured I can't keep up with the pigs.
2. Picked up at least 6 empty coffee cups where they park their trucks. Why can't they just throw them in their vehicles and take them home?
3. I've seen and I am just tired of picking up garbage from other people, at least 4 empty shell boxes that were thrown on the ground.
4. Pheasant carcasses that were cleaned where they park. Why? To hide the meat and shoot more birds?
5. Watched a few "Road Hunters" riding around looking for birds walking the edges to jump out and shoot. Nice work guys, real hunters. Yea right.

I can't believe the actions of these people. We have good land to hunt. The State stocks more birds in this state than many bigger states.
And people treat the places like garbage. [mad]

OK, I feel better.
 
#6 ·
This thread is great. The anti's can get all their AMMO in one spot. One stop shopping for all your negitive comments.

When your thinking about hunters littering remember 1 thing.... You to are a hunter & if your picking up others trash that means there are some goodguys (yourselves) out there. Its not all bad.
 
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#7 ·
hunters are part of the general population, nothing special about us. As such we are comprised of basically the same mix, good bad and ugly. Go to any high school or college football game, take a look at the garbage left after the game. Look around a movie theater after a movie...hell just look at the side of the road. There are a percentage of slobs among us.
 
#9 ·
Hearing this reminds me why I don't hunt state land anymore. I would rather pay the extra money for a club or preserve hunt than deal with JO hunters like this. I'm not trying to be a snob or anything... but if they are this careless with everything else they do in the field, you think I will trust people like that with a firearm around me?
 
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#10 ·
Remember the indians tears for trashing america? If the state won't hire more Cos to police and write citations for violations and littering then maybe they could take the prisoners and hard labor them to clean up WMA areas? Just a thought. When your momma said pick up your mess and put your cloths away that was the time for the dogs to learn but with no supervision and the proper up bringing in familys today and respect for the cleanliness of the outdoors what is one to expect. How many beer cans did you find?

Pathetic[down]Just pathetic[smirk][down]
 
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#11 ·
I dont know how you guys feel about it but these are my thoughts. I hunt at Flatbrook just like TJC (only wish as much as he did) and I have noticed ALOT of out of state plates (NY, PA and CT) I have also noticed that alot of the "Hunters" do not seem to speak any English (now before you start with the who am I to talk about non english speaking people, my Dad was born in Italy and did not come here until he was 9) it just seems like these are the people (the city people) that think hey its the sticks i dont live here who cares, because where they are from that is how they treat thier own places, I have so many times wanted to say things to them but I hunt alone now that my dad has passed and altho I am 6'5" 300 I am always outnumbered. I just bite my toungue and walk away and shake my head. It just feels like I said they dont live there so who cares, I moved up to Sussex county 15 years ago and I would never move back to Bergen county just because of how people live down there. Another problem is how these people were taught the sport, they show up to kill something they dont care how they do it. TJC im sure has had this happen to him, when i had my dogs and it was my father and i, we would ALWAYS seem to pick up "new" members to our hunting party the guys that saw you had a dog and they would scavenge off your dog many times my father would ask them if his wallet was still there because they were practically in his back pocket.

the only thing i can say is that i am 40 years old now and have been hunting since i was 9 and it just seems to get worse and worse every year that i seem to question myself if it is really worth it. and that is something i never thought i would say.

sorry if i rambled on i just couldnt get it into a straight thought lol
 
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#23 ·
bigsteve I,m from ct an care very much about all land.My car is parked with ct plate an mainly hunt alone so I have to keep mouth shut .Grandfather an Grandmother from Italy also,mother side from maine with red mans blood in my veins. GVS might see a city mans form but my heart beats like an indian drum.You know its very true white man speaks with forked tongue.Some times I invited people from public land to hunt over my dog so I could try to instill or see if they had ethics.If we care then we share, if we dont care we wont share.Take what you need an share the rest.
 
#25 ·
I rarely pick up my own hulls. I'm too busy focusing on the down bird and the dog. However, I make it a point to pick up more of other people's than I shoot.
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Same here when I shoot my semi-auto... it's tough to find them afterword, especially when I'm concentrating on the dog and downed bird. But when I shoot my O/U, I bring all mine out and more.
 
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