Bowhunting during ML

[mrbb]

sorry on the slow responce, but yes I did report them
it was actually how I got to meet the local game warden where I hunt in Ohio, a real nice guy too
said I wasn't the first to report the people either, he seemed to know exactly who there were!
I do not know if any fines were handed out or not, but yes I did report them
I always try to help out with reporting things like that if i can
BUT sadly, over the yrs, its been far to common for NOTHING to happen about it
I once told on this site of , having a guy in FEb, here in PA long past deer season, one winter drive his truck out in one of out food plots at like 2 am, druck, got stuck, while stuck shot a deer, then walked down to our cabin to ask for help getting unstuck
he didn't know it was our property
there was a solid 15+ inches of snow(we were at camp snowmobling, dumb luck us being there that time of yr)
when we got to the guys truck we seen the drag mark of the kill from the tree line to the truck, deer in his truck, and we took the gun off him
got back to camp, called the local game warden
told him what we had
and he told us to call the state police, as no way he could prove the guy did an illegal kill??
it was a WTF moment, like how much more red handed did a guy have to be??
we did get the guy arrested for trepassing, property damage, and he got a DUI
and thats it
game warden never even showed up??
But yes I report things all the time,as a fact I keep all the wardens numbers where I hunt programed in my phone!

I have lots of cheaters by me
I have stated this many times on this site, it really pisses me off too!

and I also said , that in all the states I have hunted in
the PA game dept is the worse of them all!
and I can tell of many many stories to back it up too!
its a shame
But like I said there are cheaters all over, and that's too bad, makes it a lot harder on the honest hunters that hunt for the challange and the joy of it all!

[radicalxl]

I think they wanted to know if bowguy2 reported it.

[Stonegod]

Yep.....we are all wondering if bowguy2 reported it. Don't see any reason why he wouldn't!!!!

[Big_Holla]

Kinda thought this was going to be about who was out bowhunting during Muzzy season. I sure wish I could have made it down to Ohio to do just that as this was my planned weekend to do so. Oh well, keeping my girl busy with her softball camps is more important these days.

As for actually spotting someone carrying a shotgun during muzzy season and pretty sure they were deer hunting....I sure hope you lived up to your name and reputation BowGuy2 and actually reported them.

[PlayTheWindMike]

BowGuy you should not have reported them and here is why. I would first have my facts together. I read it as though 2 hunters with muzzle loaders and 1 guy with shotgun, and you heard 3 shots from one guy. Well they could have been close together (maybe hunting around the same valley) and the guy with the shotgun could have had the muzzle barrel on it. If you looked close enough and saw that it was not a muzzle barrel then it's your call at that point. Years ago I had a guy approach me ripping me pretty bad for being out there with a shotgun. He calmed down once I explained to him his ignorance and showing him it was a muzzle barrel. Then I had to explain to him he was tresspassing and I was calling the sheriff so he left.

[BowGuy2]

No cell service and they were gettin unloading when I was walking out and I walked up and seen one was a muzzleloader and the other gun was already put away? I guess who am I to say one was a bunny hunter and one was a deer hunter idk but not Likly. They were getting in the truck when I was walking by I remembered there licen plate number and called it in when I got home the office took my name and number and was suppose to give have a officer call me but never received the call. Seems like the game wardens just don't care around here

[ghunter]

That's everywhere that they don't care. I once reported someone shooting doves in july and the GW never called back

[hortontoter]

Maybe they had bigger fish to fry, who knows.

[Seeker Bp]

Hmmmmmmmm....go figure!! Just dont know what to think about that!!

[BowGuy2]

I called on someone shooting one in the city at the start of bow season and it took them 4 days to even call me back I think next time I'm just going to call the cops and when they show up I'm sure the game warden will be right out if the cops call them