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There are few things new or even some old hunters need to know about manners when it comes to hunting. Here are a few of the ways a guy can be guarantied to not be invited back to ranch/farm/camp next year.
If you are invited to hunt with a person that mean YOU. DO NOT show up with another hunter/hunters at the guys camp. I've had this happen more times than I like to recall. Once I invited a guy caribou hunting and he showed up with 5 GUYS! I had a two seat airplane so I just left them all behind.
If you are given permission to hunt on a piece of private land that means YOU not you and your buddies. If you want to hunt with your buddies ask permission for them too!
If you are hunting on a lease as a guest with the lessee DO NOT try and negotiate yourself a hunt with the owner behind the lessee's back. And do not try and out money the lessee with the landowner. That is not only a sure way to never get invited hunting again it is a pretty good way to wind up with a broken nose. If you want on the lease do it through the current lessee's.
NEVER give another mans hunting dog a command without his permission. I once had a guy turn one of my blood trailing dogs lose on a wounded coyote! I never did break that dog of chasing coyotes after that. I wanted to kill that SOB hunter on the spot but they have rules about that!
DO NOT shoot over or around or into the area a hunting dog is baying an animal until the dog owner/ handler gets there and pulls the dog back for the shot. I had a dog shot three years ago when an excited hunter let fly into the middle of a hog that was fighting my dog. That didn't go over to well.
In regards to above DO NOT stand there and yell NO or LEAVE IT to a dog that is doing his job by baying an animal because you are excited and want to shoot. The dog is trained to do what he does, yelling at him is just confusing him. Only the owner has the ability and the knowledge to know how to disengage the dog, chill out and wait for the owner to show up.
NEVER carry a chambered rifle in a scabbard on a horse.
Never try and shoot from a horse especially if it isn't your horse.
If you've already filled your tag shooting another critter and using my tag isn't only uncool it is illegal.
Don't ever bring a chambered rifle into the cab of my truck. If you are going to show me it is unloaded by pulling the trigger please roll down the window first. That was one expensive day for that hunter!
If you have been invited on a free hunt as aguest and the hunting isn't to good. DON'T WHINE and complain. When I hear things like geez are there any animals on this place? Remember that you are guest and making a comment like that is insulting to the land owner/hunter who out of the goodness of his heart invited you to come and enjoy the place.
Don't give out free gun "advice" to a guy who is carrying a well worn obviously prized rifle with an old time worn out scope on it. It doesn't matter what you are shooting or what the gun mags have to say about how great your new thumperzipper .372 mag with laser scope attached is. The guy who has carried old reliable in the field for umpteen years doesn't care. His rifle has been hunting and killed more stuff than you or your virginal rifle ever will. If you don't have a compliment about your hosts rifle just keep your mouth shut.
Do not point your gun at people.
Get a pair of binoculars DO NOT use your scope as a viewing device. I can't tell you how many times I've seen guys "glassing" me with their scoped rifles.
If you don't like the food, bring your own or shut up and eat.
If nobody else in camp is drinking booze it probably isn't the best plan to break out the flask and start chugging it down.
If both of you are hunting and you are the guest be hyper sensitive about offering to let the host shoot first. If he wants you to take the shot he'll make that clear in the begining. DON'T BE A GAME HOG! I hunt waterfowl on a private ranch in Northern Co, by invitation of the land owner. We always hunt in the same blind. I pass up many shots to let him have a go first. I also make sure and be there early enough to set decoys get four wheelers running etc. I clean up after the day is over without being asked. Be helpful and get invited in the future.
Don't offer to pay for gas just do it without being asked.
Same goes for meals.
Don't sleep furthest form the woods stove then get up a stoke it all night.
Get your sorry hide out of your bag in the morning and be ready to go. DO NOT make others wait for you.
This was a blank sheet I've had all of these happen to me at one time or another.
Good hunting.
If you are invited to hunt with a person that mean YOU. DO NOT show up with another hunter/hunters at the guys camp. I've had this happen more times than I like to recall. Once I invited a guy caribou hunting and he showed up with 5 GUYS! I had a two seat airplane so I just left them all behind.
If you are given permission to hunt on a piece of private land that means YOU not you and your buddies. If you want to hunt with your buddies ask permission for them too!
If you are hunting on a lease as a guest with the lessee DO NOT try and negotiate yourself a hunt with the owner behind the lessee's back. And do not try and out money the lessee with the landowner. That is not only a sure way to never get invited hunting again it is a pretty good way to wind up with a broken nose. If you want on the lease do it through the current lessee's.
NEVER give another mans hunting dog a command without his permission. I once had a guy turn one of my blood trailing dogs lose on a wounded coyote! I never did break that dog of chasing coyotes after that. I wanted to kill that SOB hunter on the spot but they have rules about that!
DO NOT shoot over or around or into the area a hunting dog is baying an animal until the dog owner/ handler gets there and pulls the dog back for the shot. I had a dog shot three years ago when an excited hunter let fly into the middle of a hog that was fighting my dog. That didn't go over to well.
In regards to above DO NOT stand there and yell NO or LEAVE IT to a dog that is doing his job by baying an animal because you are excited and want to shoot. The dog is trained to do what he does, yelling at him is just confusing him. Only the owner has the ability and the knowledge to know how to disengage the dog, chill out and wait for the owner to show up.
NEVER carry a chambered rifle in a scabbard on a horse.
Never try and shoot from a horse especially if it isn't your horse.
If you've already filled your tag shooting another critter and using my tag isn't only uncool it is illegal.
Don't ever bring a chambered rifle into the cab of my truck. If you are going to show me it is unloaded by pulling the trigger please roll down the window first. That was one expensive day for that hunter!
If you have been invited on a free hunt as aguest and the hunting isn't to good. DON'T WHINE and complain. When I hear things like geez are there any animals on this place? Remember that you are guest and making a comment like that is insulting to the land owner/hunter who out of the goodness of his heart invited you to come and enjoy the place.
Don't give out free gun "advice" to a guy who is carrying a well worn obviously prized rifle with an old time worn out scope on it. It doesn't matter what you are shooting or what the gun mags have to say about how great your new thumperzipper .372 mag with laser scope attached is. The guy who has carried old reliable in the field for umpteen years doesn't care. His rifle has been hunting and killed more stuff than you or your virginal rifle ever will. If you don't have a compliment about your hosts rifle just keep your mouth shut.
Do not point your gun at people.
Get a pair of binoculars DO NOT use your scope as a viewing device. I can't tell you how many times I've seen guys "glassing" me with their scoped rifles.
If you don't like the food, bring your own or shut up and eat.
If nobody else in camp is drinking booze it probably isn't the best plan to break out the flask and start chugging it down.
If both of you are hunting and you are the guest be hyper sensitive about offering to let the host shoot first. If he wants you to take the shot he'll make that clear in the begining. DON'T BE A GAME HOG! I hunt waterfowl on a private ranch in Northern Co, by invitation of the land owner. We always hunt in the same blind. I pass up many shots to let him have a go first. I also make sure and be there early enough to set decoys get four wheelers running etc. I clean up after the day is over without being asked. Be helpful and get invited in the future.
Don't offer to pay for gas just do it without being asked.
Same goes for meals.
Don't sleep furthest form the woods stove then get up a stoke it all night.
Get your sorry hide out of your bag in the morning and be ready to go. DO NOT make others wait for you.
This was a blank sheet I've had all of these happen to me at one time or another.
Good hunting.