Several years ago I made a walk in duck hunt. About half way down the trail I see someone laying in the path. I spoke and they never moved. I reached down and the someone was a New Cabelas waterfowl coat. I stole that also.

Dam I feel better!

Ethics my azz. You do douchy things to secure your spot on public
and you deserve what you get. I for one would be lantern and decoy
rich. JMO

Ok Ok About three years ago someone hunted teal in bottomless mud on Lake Texoma. They pitched out three dozen decoys. The week after the season they were all still there. I took my Poke boat and a push pole and got all 36 of them. The good old style Flambeau Teal.

This thread is making me feel better and better.

This one time in High School I............................

good job Rob

I like to go into convenience stores and eat beef jerky without paying for it

I dont own the Conveniece store. However a package or Jar in the Driveway or on the gas pump may be at risk

when i was a kid I ate a peanut out of the barrel of peanuts in the grocery store. a lady that was shopping saw me and called my mom later that day to tell on me. my mom confronted me about it and I denied it, but I still got in trouble. That's a load off my back.

you lace that jerky with crack or meth don't ya Robertson?

it's addictive and now that I know you have loose morals I bet you're lacing that stuff!

Brick killed a guy with a trident

The ranchers are doing it. I just add salt, pepper and hickory smoke. Yes Hickory only!

If a rancher is cooking meth right now then he isn't much of a rancher. Cattle prices are GOOD!!

This is similar to pheasant hunting on opening week in South Dakota from what I hear. The large groups that march the fields bring several vehicles, find good fields before LST, park a vehicle there to mark their spot and go on down the road and do it at another field until they have several fields "reserved" and can hunt them when they want. If I saw a set up like that and it looked like a good spot, I'd hunt it. Next thing you know people will be sticking signs in the ground that say they're hunting this spot 200 yards each way.


Now the real question is, how many cars would get stolen in South Dakota

farmers cook meth, not ranchers

that's why they're called meth farmers

Meth farmer is the preferred term in Springtown. They know about meth in Springtown!

Boys, y'all are right...taking the decoys would be theft..and that would be wrong...BUT, I do carry a can of flourescent orange spray paint in my rig just in case someone has "accidently" left their decoys out from the night before and may need help finding them at LST...
its truly one of the most hilarious conversations you will ever hear.....it usually starts with WTF...!!!

I was hunting a cove several years ago. I could not keep the ducks from stacking up on a point near me. One morning I stuck up an old Bright orange jump suit on the point to keep the ducks off of it. That same morning before shooting time another boat came my way. They set up on the point. At shooting time I was getting good shooting. All the duck were flaring off the other guys. I wish I could hear what they said when they spotted that orange suit.

I have seen Kdub sleep on the ramp!

There's a difference between asleep and passed out.

Zing

I think that sleeping to mark the spot is one thing - that's what we did. At least that way you are making the sacrifice to secure the spot.

Not, throwing down some stuff and then going back home. I mean might as well just put up a sign with your name on it and say this is my spot, go somewhere else.

I didn't want to jump on it, but now I might consider it after all of your advice.

HEY!!! That was me taking a nap!!! Thanks for stealing my jacket. I woke up when the chill hit.

Definitely had this happen. A year or two ago on opening morning some guide built a blind and hung a lantern on the blind. That was a fun conversation about 30 min before LST when he showed up with his group. He ended up taking em around the corner and no birds showed up anyway. I don't think there is anyway anyone can possibly call that strategy logical.

If it were, then you should just go pick your best spots and hang a big sign out there that claims the spot...oh and don't forget to hang a lantern there so it's really legit.

These days I'd just prefer to be where no one else is regardless of the action.

Talking about stealing another mans lanterns or decoys is just plain stupid . Joking or not . But when one day some young kid comes along an does this to you don't come crying on here or telling how you did something to him when your clearly settin a bad example for other hunters or other guys getting into hunting . This will put a bad taste in your mouth for sure . We as hunters exspecially duck hunters should hold ourselves above this kinda childish high school . There is already enough stealing and theft going on around here and this crazy world . Stealing is Stealing any way you look at it . If you can live with yourself at night for stealing another mans decoys or lanterns then so be it . In a perfect world there would be enough water and enough spots for everyone to hunt but there isn't right now . So try an make the best of it instead of yelling or getting all nasty try an make a friend or a new hunting buddy . You come up to me first thing I will do is shake your hand an introduce myself to you I have no problem sharing info or just plain shooting the with you.. Life Is To Short to moan over the small stuff .

The point folks are making is that unattended items on public property become public property, therefore is not stealing. At that point it's finding.

Personally I wouldn't take anything if I think the guy that left it is coming back, but I sure wouldn't hesitate to pack it up for him in a pile a few hundred yards away... well far enough away... and hunt the X. His attitude when he gets back would determine if I shared the spot.