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Re: Hunting Etiquette - Decoys Left Out Over Night
[Re: Guy]
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10/30/15 01:50 PM
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ndhunter
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May as well get this one out of the way too. Leaving decoys out does not reserve the spot on public hunting lands.
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Re: Hunting Etiquette - Decoys Left Out Over Night
[Re: ducknbass]
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10/30/15 02:02 PM
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Re: Hunting Etiquette - Decoys Left Out Over Night
[Re: phat694]
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10/30/15 02:07 PM
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ndhunter
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It's an annual reminder
It is a problem that never seems to go away
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Re: Hunting Etiquette - Decoys Left Out Over Night
[Re: Guy]
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10/30/15 02:10 PM
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8pointdrop
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Guy's first post ever. My my how far you have come Guy....
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Re: Hunting Etiquette - Decoys Left Out Over Night
[Re: phat694]
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10/30/15 02:11 PM
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Heck of a first post, Guy. I'm going to read this whole thing. Looks like most everyone agreed through the first page of posts, but since it's six pages now, I'm interested to see everyone's opinions through the years. Good reminder!
I just turned it on . I was looking bird dogs in the butt this morning.
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Re: Hunting Etiquette - Decoys Left Out Over Night
[Re: Guy]
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10/30/15 03:24 PM
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Sniper John
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Wow, y'all dug up an old one.
Though it was not unlawful to leave decoys out on type II hunting areas in 2005, it was addressed eventually. It is now in the APHP regs.
"leaves personal gear, equipment (including decoys), or floating conveyances unattended for more than one hour following the close of legal shooting hours.
Note: this does not apply to gear or equipment left within a designated camping area or for specific activities scheduled by the department."
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Re: Hunting Etiquette - Decoys Left Out Over Night
[Re: Sniper John]
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10/30/15 03:27 PM
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ndhunter
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It was a good first post John. Still serves as a reminder.
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Re: Hunting Etiquette - Decoys Left Out Over Night
[Re: Guy]
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10/30/15 07:03 PM
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One dollar was worth 3$ when this post was first written
Time flies
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Re: Hunting Etiquette - Decoys Left Out Over Night
[Re: 8pointdrop]
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10/30/15 10:07 PM
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Guy
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Guy's first post ever. My my how far you have come Guy.... Ha ha.
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Re: Hunting Etiquette - Decoys Left Out Over Night
[Re: Guy]
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10/31/15 01:54 AM
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Me and my buddies just put out a couple decoys at the end of each boat launch. That way they known the lakes mine before wasting they're time.
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Re: Hunting Etiquette - Decoys Left Out Over Night
[Re: Guy]
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10/31/15 02:55 AM
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Greekangler
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Public blows- sorry guys, and Guy- had to chime in
Take a kid Huntin
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Re: Hunting Etiquette - Decoys Left Out Over Night
[Re: Guy]
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10/31/15 08:17 AM
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Leaving gear sitting out in plain view unattended overnight on pub with the expectation of it being there when you go back the next day is silly. if you found a $100 bill laying on the ground while hunting, I doubt you'd leave it there.
There's a few public spots I hunt way off the beaten path and rarely (if ever) hunted by anyone else other than the same few guys year after year. Most of those spots are walk-in and a long haul in and out, but well worth the effort. If I'm gonna hunt that same spot again the next day, I bag my dekes and hide them and anything else I don't want to hump out and the other guys that hunt those spots do it as well. I've come across stashes of dekes, chars, shotshells, etc many times but we have a gentlemans agreement to watch each other's backs.
The increase in the number of hunters on pub over the last few years has increased the amount ()and quality:) of stuff I find when I'm hunting. I've found some cool stuff, quite a bit the last 2 years. Expensive calls, boxes of shells, dekes (thanks for the bag of Avian-X!:) to a nice $300 Leatherman. Makes up for the stuff I've lost over the years.
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Re: Hunting Etiquette - Decoys Left Out Over Night
[Re: Guy]
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11/01/15 01:08 AM
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I carry a bottle of lighter fluid and set fire to all the deks I find on public water..... Kinda like a little Viking ceremony
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Re: Hunting Etiquette - Decoys Left Out Over Night
[Re: Guy]
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11/02/15 05:00 PM
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I've showed up to public hunting areas before and seen that people have forgot to pick up their decoys. So being the etiquette hunter I am, I kindly picked up all of their decoys for them and put them on the bank in a safe spot. I will be happy to do it for any hunter that forgets his decoys over night. Decoys are expensive and leaving them in the water over night can cause unnecessary wear and tear, plus they may get hit by a boat, or even float off.
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Re: Hunting Etiquette - Decoys Left Out Over Night
[Re: Guy]
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11/02/15 05:10 PM
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Free Decoys!!!
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Re: Hunting Etiquette - Decoys Left Out Over Night
[Re: Guy]
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11/02/15 06:02 PM
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Sniper John
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Someone on here once said they carried a can of florescent orange spray paint in their blind bag and would hit a few decoys with it if he came up on unattended decoys.
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Re: Hunting Etiquette - Decoys Left Out Over Night
[Re: Guy]
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11/02/15 06:19 PM
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All this post proves is the folks who were DB's 10 years ago still are
Don't let your ears hear what your eyes didn't see, and don't let your mouth say what your heart doesn't feel
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Re: Hunting Etiquette - Decoys Left Out Over Night
[Re: Judd]
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11/02/15 07:07 PM
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All this post proves is the folks who were DB's 10 years ago still are please note this is my first post in 5 years on this thread
Attention rickym, this is not a troll post, just a good hearted fun type of post
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Re: Hunting Etiquette - Decoys Left Out Over Night
[Re: Guy]
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11/02/15 10:19 PM
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LarryCopper
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69,000+ views! Luckily I've never run into this situation. I'm not sure what I'd do, I guess it would depend on a lot of things at the time. But... I don't think I'd do any damage to left out dekes or take them. 25 years ago might be a different story.
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