Hunt group evictions?

[greatwhite]

Only once a friend many many years ago and he was the reason I hunted alone after that. Almost shot me once, shot over my head once, Ahole also shot a hole in a boat someone had left for people to use. The shooting over my head while duck hunting was the last time we ever hunted together.

[trimmer21]

That would be a tough one.

That would be the heartbreaker of all heartbreakers,for sure,short of having someone pass away. I hope you found him other things to do around camp that didn't involve shooting,at least,for the short term.

[35wailin]

Back in high school, three if us basically grew up in hunting families and spent quite a few hunts together. All upland/small game/water fowling. We had a newly educated hunter joins us for a hunt. As we gathered together in a circle, the three experienced ones unloaded our guns and pointed in a safe direction. Newbie had his single shot pointed at the ground in the venter. We politely asked him to break his action so that we could confirm his unloaded status. He repeatedly insisted it was empty. After a few requests, one of us grabbed the gun out of his hands, much to his surprise and broke open the action. The ejector flung out the shell in the chamber. We temporarily confiscated his ammo for the duration of the hunt, expressed our thoughts about his lies and deceit and he was never invited with us again.

i can look past others hunting ethics that do not agree with mine as long as they are not illegal, but I will not abide by repeated legal infractions. Safety violations are a zero tolerance policy for me. The only exception for safety violations are young, new hunters, who get extensive coaching and enforcement before bad safety violations become habits.

[topher]

Well if any of you groups kick someone out.. And are.looking for a good guy.... Gimme.a ring..

[greatwhite]

If your ever up here shoot me a PM

Well if any of you groups kick someone out.. And are.looking for a good guy.... Gimme.a ring..

[topher]

If your ever up here shoot me a PM

You and Dave fer sure

[Gilroy]

I had a few guys evict themselves from my camp, best thing that ever happened.

[Species8472]

Had one guy that would shoot grouse with the 30-06 from the blind or the stand. After the second incident he got the boot

[Tactical870]

The hardest one I remember was when a long-time and well-respected member of our deer camp had to be told it was time for him to hang up his gun for good. For the safety of all, the effects of dementia could no longer be ignored.

I've been here. 2 years ago I had to tell my dad that his best friend could no longer hunt with us. After a stroke, he became not only unsafe, but unreliable and easily confused.

[FrucksOutdoor]

It's unfortunate that there are so many groups that have had to kick a member out. I've heard the same type of stories from a few people I've met in my search for hunting spots. I was told by one land owner that he no longer allows anyone to hunt on his property because the last person felt it was ok to drive across the owners fields in his truck to get to his spot. I've heard from other property owners that they don't allow people on their property because past hunters couldn't follow the rules. So my hunt to find land(like so many of us) continues