Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Hunter's Campfire Poorly run national wildlife refuge hunt

Not the hunting, the use of aerial gunnery by the people setting up the hunt just before the hunt date . There is a good amount of public land, it is just tough hunting. Made even tougher by incompetent administrators.

True hunting is not a sure bet but if you had traveled from Texas to where you elk hunted and found dead elk everywhere killed by the game and fish department via helicopters a few days before the season opened how would you feel?

Kinda funny Texans complaining about public land hunting.

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Who administered the hunt? Who authorized the ariel gunning? It's quite possible those people/entities are not the same.

And I would be very surprised if the dates of the aerial gunning on a NWS Refuge were not published way in advance.

Try being responsible for something in your life instead of whining when others don't organize things properly for you. JFC
But while you're at it... Nominated- best whiny bitch thread of the year

They want the hogs gone, hence they sent in the helicopter hunters to kill as many as possible before the draw hunt participants riled them up. Not to hard to comprehend. They were just throwing the public a bone by letting a few hunters have a chance to mop up the leftovers. Hogs ain't a "hunt", it's pest control.

The helicopter aerial gunners were not hunters, no they used the hunters to assay the effectiveness of their aerial gunnery.

I live in TX. Hogs are an invasive species that most people in TX want eradicated. Elk are a game animal. See the difference? Face it, you got to hunt. You saw the animals you were after. That is a successful hunt. You may not have gotten anything but that is how it goes sometimes. Deal with it don't cry about it.

Welcome to public land hunting...

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Actually you could say this was not actually "public" hunting property. I couldn't go there without the permission of a paid for drawn permit. You could say it was a short term lease. True it is government property and I guess in the end some idiot Biden employee has the last say in who can access. That is unless you are a bird watcher. Or a bicyclist, lots of trails for them, free and anytime.

Rick, send an email to the refuge manager or call them. Not all refuge managers are hunters or are really even familiar with hunting, as that's not a refuge's primary purpose. You comments/concerns are completely legitimate. You may find the refuge manager concerned and cooperative. You may find that the refuge manager wanted to do it one way, but was forced by another person to do it differently. The NWS is a bureaucracy and sometimes weird things happen. You may find that the manager is a tree-hugging anti-hunting a-hole who needs his boss or congress to tune him up.

My sole call to one of our local refuge managers was pleasant and productive.

Gee salty why don't you go fuq yourself. Pointing out a poorly run NWR hunt too much for the short string on your tampon? Oh Canada, keep a stiff upper lip, Trudeau likes em that way. Not sure Palin is right, that you deserve better.

Things I'm pissed about as a public land hunter:

Moon

Rain

Gov eradicating an invasive species...

About right?

Ymmv

Private forestry land can come with some unexpected surprises, too.

Like helos dropping herbicide 2 months before elk season opens to kills certain invasive weeds, so the reforestation trees can sink their roots.

Herbicide covering all the foliage has a bitter taste to ungulates. It blows them out of any area that has been sprayed. Animals won’t return until the herbicide has dissipated completely.

It’s a see ya next season thing.

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So public land?

In a way….You have to apply for a ‘no cost’ permit from the timber company before entering their land.

It’s walk in only, no gas vehicles or electric bikes.

I’d say it’s public.

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Imagine having to hunt on a hunt...no feeders to be seen.

Must be hard.

What a pissant attitude. Suppose the local ranchers considered elk pests because they are always getting into their hay and carry Brucellosis? So you feel they acted properly and in no way were they wrong in screwing up a hunt in which they had a drawing for, many people spent money on plus travel expenses. You are a government suck up. Biden voter? Go wait for the next Biden schit sandwich and enjoy it, don't dare complain about the taste.