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10/28/2009 at 7:53 pm #1729053
A question I’d like to get the community opinion on.
There was a thread here a while back about deer hunting and whether you disable or even pull caches for hunting season. We do not, and note deer hunting in the description and use the hunting attribute.
However, waterfowl hunting seems to go on forever in Wisconsin. From September 1 thru the end of December depending upon where you are and what you’re trying to hunt.
So, what do you do with island caches or other ones that take you into wetland areas? My thinking is to do the same as we do for deer hunting. Put the attribute on and say “watch for waterfowl hunting.”
Thoughts?
On the Left Side of the Road...10/28/2009 at 9:08 pm #1915942Well, when I hunted waterfowl, I was usually shooting UP in the air, with #4 steel shot. I’ll admit to “jump shooting” ducks while walking the Rock River, but I still was pointing the gun UP.
Rifles are alot more dangerous at a distance, during the gun deer season. ALL guns are dangerous, it’s the people on the trigger that are questionable.
But I think the percentage of cachers that use boats, kayaks, and the like, are a smaller number than those that walk in the woods. Your more likely to screw up a hunters deer shot than his waterfowl shot!
Just my opinion…By the way, I quit hunting waterfowl in 1988. It was cheaper to eat duck in a restaurant than by a license, 2 waterfowl stamps, steel shot, and get hassled by game wardens, just to shoot A duck! The DNR does tend to take the fun out of hunting. 😕
10/28/2009 at 9:11 pm #191594310/28/2009 at 9:14 pm #1915944@JimandLinda wrote:
Well, when I hunted waterfowl, I was usually shooting UP in the air
Ya, but my thinking is that with deer hunters, you can see those blaze orange guys and gals a mile away.
Duck hunters are pretty well camoed and unless you drift into a pile of decoys you might drift into them unawares and cause some annoyment. We have had cachers upset with us for having caches placed in duck hunting “territory.” Maybe it doesn’t matter; we all have a right to use of the land.
On the Left Side of the Road...10/28/2009 at 9:26 pm #1915945I would use it. Thou the are may be open to everyone, I wouldn’t want to mess up their hunting. Not all hunters use boats or canoes. I I would use jys for the safety of the geocachers. If it public hunting grounds or open to hunting I use it.
10/29/2009 at 11:06 pm #1915946WE have decieded that during all hunting seasons we are going to use safety measures. We are wearing blaze orange vests everytime we go caching (duck hunters dont wear orange YOU will stand out). For every cache, you are at (ie:cemetary,park) you dont always know what land bumps up to it. There’s always the risk of hunters. Tis’ the season.
Public land used for hunting we will still go to but only during the week. We love when caches have the hunting attribute on (thanks Gotta Run) it lets us make our decision before we go. Temporarily Disabling them would take out a lot of caches in our area. 😥
The difference is the good hunters will usually acknowledge you before you see them. Apologize, explain what your doing and ask if they would like you to take a certain path. They may ask you to walk a certain way with the possibility of jumping something towards their direction. Many hunters have been in both of these positions at least once if hunting on public land. Most are very understanding, there are those few though.
We understand this is a serious decision for all cache owners and it is their choice. But if someone wants to cache in an area its also their choice. Just like some people like caches in round abouts and others think it dangerous. It’s a personal choice no right or wrong answer. As long as cachers aren’t wearing all brown or a goose costume 😉 ….we should be fine.
10/30/2009 at 11:24 am #1915947@gotta run wrote:
we all have a right to use of the land.
Ditto
10/30/2009 at 1:06 pm #1915948Thanks for the input so far. We have decided to stick with plan A, which is put the caches out and leave them out year round. However, we are making the hunting warnings prominent in the text to warn cachers particularly in areas where they might not expect to encounter hunters.
On the Left Side of the Road...10/30/2009 at 5:09 pm #1915949Sounds like a good plan.
QUACK QUACK HONK HONK
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10/30/2009 at 5:14 pm #1915950BANG!
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