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<blockquote data-quote="Varmint Hunter" data-source="post: 2006772" data-attributes="member: 313"><p>I dealt with that stupidity just a few weeks ago while moose hunting. An area that my guide had been watching produced a large bull the night before opening day. We spotted him about 400yds off the logging road as it was getting dark. The guide already had a few lesser bulls on his game cameras and was confident that the area would be productive. </p><p></p><p>Next morning we were up at 3am and on the road at 4am. Dawn wasn't until about 6:30 so I was curious as to why we were leaving so early when the area was only a 1/2 hr away from the lodge. He said that the first truck in an area gets to hunt there and he didn't know if others were looking at the same location but didn't want to take any chances. He said no one else would hunt there if we were there first. We sat in the truck for about 90min when two other trucks came by. They slowly drove past us and starred. Sure enough, they parked a few hundred yards away and started using an moose call as soon as it started to get light.</p><p></p><p>We were calling from one direction and they were calling from another. It was totally ridiculous and my guide was fuming. He couldn't believe that anyone would do that. We eventually moved through the timber in search of the bull but the day proved to be unproductive for all of us. The next day we hunted in a totally different area that he had not previously scouted. Fortunately, we did not see any other hunters and ended up taking a nice bull.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Varmint Hunter, post: 2006772, member: 313"] I dealt with that stupidity just a few weeks ago while moose hunting. An area that my guide had been watching produced a large bull the night before opening day. We spotted him about 400yds off the logging road as it was getting dark. The guide already had a few lesser bulls on his game cameras and was confident that the area would be productive. Next morning we were up at 3am and on the road at 4am. Dawn wasn't until about 6:30 so I was curious as to why we were leaving so early when the area was only a 1/2 hr away from the lodge. He said that the first truck in an area gets to hunt there and he didn't know if others were looking at the same location but didn't want to take any chances. He said no one else would hunt there if we were there first. We sat in the truck for about 90min when two other trucks came by. They slowly drove past us and starred. Sure enough, they parked a few hundred yards away and started using an moose call as soon as it started to get light. We were calling from one direction and they were calling from another. It was totally ridiculous and my guide was fuming. He couldn't believe that anyone would do that. We eventually moved through the timber in search of the bull but the day proved to be unproductive for all of us. The next day we hunted in a totally different area that he had not previously scouted. Fortunately, we did not see any other hunters and ended up taking a nice bull. [/QUOTE]
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