Perfect setup ruined by an idiot!!!

[Tsalagi]

He's not an anti-hunter. Sounds like a squatter. As more and more towns enact regs against the homeless, they then go live in the wilderness areas and walk into town for supplies. I run across lean-tos and squats in the woods here all the time. Never hike unarmed anymore, either.

The give-away? Wiping himself with his socks and then drying them. That's typical homeless shtick. Lived in Hollywood, right off the boulevard, for four years and seen worse. Better not to confront them. Hard enough to avoid them anyway.

[wtpops]

I think if i had a camera with a good zoom his picture would be all over the internet and posted all over town.

[mwmwmb]

Originally posted by Tsalagi:
He's not an anti-hunter. Sounds like a squatter. As more and more towns enact regs against the homeless, they then go live in the wilderness areas and walk into town for supplies. I run across lean-tos and squats in the woods here all the time. Never hike unarmed anymore, either.

The give-away? Wiping himself with his socks and then drying them. That's typical homeless shtick. Lived in Hollywood, right off the boulevard, for four years and seen worse. Better not to confront them. Hard enough to avoid them anyway.

This is Remote. there are towns to walk to.

[ti-guy]

Frustration and deception at best. But there is always something to learn. Here in Quebec it is illegal to do any action that would interrupt or annoy a hunter. It could be from cutting a tree to block a trail or do what this guy did.

This year I had a duffus walk circles under my tree stand, that's right i actually sat in one this year a couple of times, right at sunset when the buck i was after was coming towards me.  he had his two sons with him and a crescent wrench in his hand.  he said that damn thing was around here somewhere.  When spoke to him, he said with a real shaky voice he was looking for arrows. My climbing stand was bolted with nuts, instead of wingnuts. As far as shooting someone with an HTM or a bludgeon, I did that once when a kid threatened me with a shotgun.  He thought he was going to die.  When he could breathe again, he claimed he was only bluffing.  I was not, however, one cannot often not afford the luxury of trying to read the mind of an armed person. There are a lot of crazies out there, besides me, it pays to be cautious with strange dudes with stinky socks, but do not over react unless you feel certain that you are threatened.

[TNstickn]

Not sure what I would of done. Probably would be posting a picture of some dudes pants with a really sarcastic line to go with it. I think your reaction was probably for the best.

[JohnV]

In many states hunter harassment laws have been enacted and a person who deliberately disrupts someone's hunt is subject to legal action.  See if your state has such a law.