Hunting places going fast

[billi]

About a month ago i found a small piece of ground with empty old house that looked like it would hold a few rabbits. The real good thing is that it was within a mile of my house. I attempted to find the owner but untill i did i went there several times finding some rabbits but just short runs however i got exercise as did my dogs. After about the 3 time i was able to locate the owner. I stopped knocked on his door when he came to the door i explained i had been walking my beagle on his ground getting some exercise and letting my beagle chase some rabbits. This guy came unglued saying very loud what was i thinking of being on his ground without asking first. We had quite an exchange with me saying i dont need this and walking away. All i can say is what happend to this world...My old hunting places or just dissapearing so fast its sickening. If you have a close place you feel like you better not tell anyone as they may shoot the rabbits or tell others. I guess this sounds like a wooo is me letter but you wouldnt believer where i run .like industrial parks, behind major department stores, For those of you that still have hunting ground dont take it for granted. When i here storys like Joey from Mo how lucky he is to have those places to hunt it wasnt to long ago we had some great places. The darn gas prices make it even tougher to travel further out. Wouldnt it be something to get thrown in jail for running your dog in a subdivision. Heck it holds some of them ol rabbits i ran prior to the subdivision. I guess i was getting to the bottom line..i have a hard time thinking people still think like they did in 1950..oo just help yourself..nope..its my ground and you stay the heck off it..

[sgc]

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[Joeyman]

During hunting season I travel far and go out of my way to the good hunting grounds that I know of. Many are just CA land but also have some private places to hunt.

Just off season running I don't go very far. They are all 15 minutes from the house one place only 5 minutes.

[Dave Swiger]

Don't want to pee on your parade, but shouldn't you have asked before trespassing on this man"s property. In my area it is extremely hard to get permission.....This is one reason hunting areas are going fast.

Dave Swiger

[Ronnyg]

Are you kidding me? You clearly were in the wrong for using his property w/o permission. Not going to get into a pissing match about this but actions such as this are the reason people dont want to allow hunters on their property anymore. You don't just go onto someone's land w/o their consent. Any hunter or beagler who understands morals would never just go onto someones land. Then to come on here and act like the owner was in the wrong is ridiculous. Show some respect before you turn more people off to hunters and beaglers. If it is too expensive for you to drive to running grounds then that is not someone else's fault. Sorry but I have to agree with the land owner on this 1. You trespassed onto his property and they had every right to chew your ass.

[chascmp]

i sure do feel lucky (i guess) to live in the redneck country of north mississippi, our club has around 9-10 k acres leased and i can hunt on mst every landowner that surrounds it also. we don't have alot of rabbits (coming back) i do ask every year before going onto the private land spots but they usaully ask me why i even asked to just go help yourself. my dad just built an 30 acre enclosure, after i sold all of running coyote hounds and going all beagles. i have already found it is harder to get a top line rabbit hound than it is to get a top line coyote hound, BUT i will have some before long!!!!!!
just got to get these breeds figured out and which way to go.
good luck on yall's city hunting.

[billi]

Ron , Dave, i totally agree with you i was wrong. What i was attempting to explain was hunting ground in my area is becoming a premium. I also was was saying that many years ago one was not as concerned for another being on there property as they seem to be today. Yes i have heard from my wife my kids and anyone else that i just cant do that but it wasnt just that it was that hunting ground is disapearing in my area. When we moved here my wife was concerned that the kids wouldnt have anyone to play with ..well we have houses everywhere.

[foxxy]

billi where do you live in southern indiana

[Ronnyg]

Ron , Dave, i totally agree with you i was wrong. What i was attempting to explain was hunting ground in my area is becoming a premium. I also was was saying that many years ago one was not as concerned for another being on there property as they seem to be today. Yes i have heard from my wife my kids and anyone else that i just cant do that but it wasnt just that it was that hunting ground is disapearing in my area. When we moved here my wife was concerned that the kids wouldnt have anyone to play with ..well we have houses everywhere.

Billi I agree hunting land is harder to come by. I live in a heavy farming community and the farmers have cleared out a ton of woods around in order to gain more tillable ground. Sucks as I lost a couple of great deer woods due to that. I think in addition to that another huge obstacle we face is the times we live in. There use to be a time that people respected another person and their property. You used it, you treated it with respect and left it better than you found it. If you hunted it and found trash you picked it up even though it wasnt placed there by you. Nowdays too many weekend warriors will add to it instead. Additionally in to days society ignorant lawsuits are a threat that deters many land owners. When a person can sue because they spilled hot coffee on themselves while driving down the road then it opens the flood gates. It is frustrating but if you think about it they are just trying to protect themselves and their families much as we all do. I am sure you have heard countless stories as we all have of land owners being taken advantage of. Properties trashed, gates left open, people bring un-authorized friends onto properties, livestock being shot..........the list goes on. Didn't mean to sound so harsh but we have enough . It sounds like you learned a lesson though. Additionally I applaud the fact that your wife and kids helped drive it home......we can learn from em can't we LOL. Anyway no harm done and goodluck finding a new spot.

[Kevin Dowell]

the grass is always greener on the other side

Too many hunters out there today that live by the saying " it's easier to get forgiveness than it is permission".

If it ain't worth asking, then it ain't worth hunting. JMHO

[fulcount]

I agree permission should have been asked for before going on someone elses property
Joey man
if the landowners you hunt on could see the amount of rabbits you show on your tailgate
taken off their property i wouldn't blame them a bit for kicken your ass off their property

[bigjohn]

fulcount,before you pass judgement on Joey,you better know most of the landowners or relatives of those landowners are with him and had a had in killing those rabbits.I've found places that I could have killed that many and only chose not to because I get to hunt a few more days in the winter than him.I'm a bridge carpenter and have more time in the winter than lots of folks.Joey has worked for the places he get's to hunt and has introduced folks to rabbit hunting with hounds and has even induced some to get their own.Not trying to start anything,but neither should you.

[Ronnyg]

Joey seems like a responsible beagler and I highly doubt he depletes his population. I have read many of his posts and it sounds like Bigjohn is correct about him including landowners and introducing newbies . Some areas have plenty of rabbits and some don't. I really doubt Joey will make rabbits extinct regardless of how many he takes. It is his choice and I dont see why people always jump on people for shooting their limit if they so choose. There are people who go to college and get degrees to study populations and set limits so let em do their job. Joey is a rabbit hunter and seems like his dogs get it done so therefore his tailgate should be full. You shoot what you want and let Joey and the rest of us shoot what we want. JMO.

[DRamey]

Glad I live in eastern Ky. The more mountaintop removal the mining companies do, the more rabbitat we have. some of the older strip jobs are going back to woods but in the process the habitat for deer, turkey, rabbits, quail is extensive. Mining companies own the land and when they get the coal from it they really don't care who does what with it. Gas companies use the flat land to drill gas wells so they maintain the roads. I love living here. Many people come through here and hate the area because you basically have to drive 3 hours to get to a metro area, which is fine with me.

[DIXIEDOG]

I agree permission should have been asked for before going on someone elses property
Joey man
if the landowners you hunt on could see the amount of rabbits you show on your tailgate
taken off their property i wouldn't blame them a bit for kicken your ass off their property

Good areas will hold rabbits regardless of whether or not Joey shot 100 a season out of 1 spot. If the cover and feed is their the rabbits will repopulate very quickly. I don't think that every rabbit that Joey shoots is on the same property. I won't knock another hunter for harvesting game legally and within bag limits. Why single him out? I'm sure a bunch of us shot quite a few rabbits this year, why pick on one guy because he likes to share pictures of his success?