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 Re: Is this normal?
[Re: GigEmAggies]
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01/16/15 03:57 PM
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GigEmAggies
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[quote=GigEmAggies]
And to your point about "there are no secrete spots", I see that comment a lot and it makes me laugh. Of course there are no secrete spots. You can look at a hunting map, and see where you can and cant hunt, so yeah no secrete spots, public information. But can I look at a hunting map and know where the ducks are? No, you got to scout it, that takes time and money. And you got to keep scouting because birds move with pressure. If a guide finds a spot holding birds, and the rest of the Barneys are not on to that spot yet, you can bet a guide is not going to just take anyone to that spot. Otherwise that guide is not very smart. He is going to take a client he can trust, or he knows does not have the means, or interest, in hunting this spot.
There are definitely no "secrete" spots....whether or not there are any "secret" spots is up for debate! Just giving you a hard time Guy! I agree. You got to get out there and scout. No two ways about it. What I am getting at is with Google earth etc. any yahoo with half a brain can study a lake before they get there and figure out spots they want to check. They can pull their phone out and use the GPS to get them to the hole....THAT is what I mean by no secret spots anymore.
They're not looking for one thing right....they're looking for one thing wrong. 
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Re: Is this normal?
[Re: FWBanger]
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01/16/15 04:00 PM
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DuckCoach1985
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Had that happen before.. But I wasn't paying him and turns out he checked my Facebook and found out I use to know his wife I bet that most guys on here would trade their wives for a good hunting spot.  
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Re: Is this normal?
[Re: GigEmAggies]
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01/16/15 04:24 PM
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wal1809
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I thought I had secret spots until I found a 5000 year old arrowhead there.
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Re: Is this normal?
[Re: wal1809]
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01/16/15 05:13 PM
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Dave Speer
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I am on the other side of the fence as most on this board. I am not against guides on public. There are people that have to hire a guide. If guides were not allowed, some people would get left behind at no fault of their own. The most gripe I see is about bad behavior on the guide's part. So I say deal with the bad behavior, not ban all the guides.
x2. First of all I don't think you'll ever get a ban on public for guides. I could be wrong. Second of all this is the same mentality as anti-gun people. You get a couple bad apples and someone wants to take away our rights. We got a long history of people making a living or a second income on public water (salty and sweet) why try to take it away.
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Re: Is this normal?
[Re: GigEmAggies]
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01/16/15 05:16 PM
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garrett
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pocket knife Jesus has spoken, and I now see the light 
Attention rickym, this is not a troll post, just a good hearted fun type of post
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Re: Is this normal?
[Re: garrett]
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01/16/15 05:30 PM
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wal1809
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pocket knife Jesus has spoken, and I now see the light Good Lord almighty!! All this time I tought "Ward you were really hard on the Beaver last night" was the dirtiest thing ever said on public television. You just took  to a whole different battleground.
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Re: Is this normal?
[Re: GigEmAggies]
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01/17/15 01:03 AM
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To say that guides shouldn't charge for public land is silly.
People pay to do things, or to have things done simply because they can't, or don't have the equipment to do it.
People pay others to fix their vehicles....they could do it their self, but may not have the knowledge how to do it.
People pay others to do tractor work...they could do it their self, but not everybody has a tractor.
People pay others for tutors...they use what they learn.
None of this is different than hiring a guide on public.
Some want the "know how," others don't have a boat, others just want your spot.
All part of the game we play.
To answer your question, no I wouldn't say this is normal behavior of a guide, but if it's how he runs his business and has great success, then by all means he has the right to cancel that hunt. He may be extremely successful simply because of the way he runs things. This clearly shows that the guide isn't out just trying to make an easy buck.
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Re: Is this normal?
[Re: Dave Speer]
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01/17/15 02:04 AM
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duckcentral
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I am on the other side of the fence as most on this board. I am not against guides on public. There are people that have to hire a guide. If guides were not allowed, some people would get left behind at no fault of their own. The most gripe I see is about bad behavior on the guide's part. So I say deal with the bad behavior, not ban all the guides.
x2. First of all I don't think you'll ever get a ban on public for guides. I could be wrong. Second of all this is the same mentality as anti-gun people. You get a couple bad apples and someone wants to take away our rights. We got a long history of people making a living or a second income on public water (salty and sweet) why try to take it away. Perfectly said. We wouldn't want to offend anyone or make them mad. A couple of examples from history come to mind of one group of people that have taken the rights of others away just because they don't agree with it. I didn't know liberals duck hunted.
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