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Does your gamesmanship vary when you stray away from your "home" area?

Posted on 11/17/11 at 2:02 pm
Posted by The Sportsman
Member since Mar 2009
13245 posts
Posted on 11/17/11 at 2:02 pm
I.e. will you shoot a smaller deer on someone else's land vs your own hunting spot where you try to manage your herd?

Or

I.e. will you keep more bass (smaller or larger) than normal when you are away from your home waters?


Basically, do you exploit "other" areas?
Posted by Slickback
Deer Stand
Member since Mar 2008
27678 posts
Posted on 11/17/11 at 2:07 pm to
Not really, part of my gamesmanship is knowing when to keep more fish (ponds that don't get fished, saltwater), when to throw back (recovering spillway), when to shoot small bucks (in the swamp where they don't grow that big), and when to pass on big, immature deer (land that friends are managing).
Posted by LSUballs
RayVegas LA
Member since Feb 2008
37726 posts
Posted on 11/17/11 at 2:09 pm to
I try to be on my P's and Q's when on someone else's property. I've passed up nice deer at other peoples places out of fear of fricking up. Even when I was sure they were legal..
Posted by BayouBengalinBama
Member since Jul 2005
4398 posts
Posted on 11/17/11 at 2:12 pm to
Everytime I've been on someone else's property I tend to ask what their "rules" are. I usually set the bar a little higher then what they want...for the priveledge to hunt/fish there.
Posted by brhunt
Member since Sep 2010
88 posts
Posted on 11/17/11 at 2:12 pm to
I am more carfull on others property.
Posted by AlxTgr
Kyre Banorg
Member since Oct 2003
81608 posts
Posted on 11/17/11 at 2:13 pm to
quote:

I try to be on my P's and Q's when on someone else's property. I've passed up nice deer at other peoples places out of fear of fricking up. Even when I was sure they were legal..


This. I let that big cull 6er almost get by me because I was not going to take a chance.
Posted by 4X4DEMON
NWLA
Member since Dec 2007
11957 posts
Posted on 11/17/11 at 2:15 pm to
I try to be an even better sporstman than I am on my home turf.
Posted by pooponsaban
Baton Rouge
Member since Feb 2008
13494 posts
Posted on 11/17/11 at 2:20 pm to
Just the opposite.
Posted by The Sportsman
Member since Mar 2009
13245 posts
Posted on 11/17/11 at 2:29 pm to
I suppose hunting is a bad example... I was mainly concerned with fishing. If I fish for bass in an area I hardly fish, I usually keep more than if I were around my camp.
I.e. go to Venice = keep fish
Posted by Loanshark
Lecompte, La
Member since Aug 2011
479 posts
Posted on 11/17/11 at 3:26 pm to
Hunting- I will let one walk if it is close to what they normally shoot or if i dont have a good shot. I never want to cripple an animal on someone elses land.

Fishing- I usually only keep what we are going to eat unless we are fishing for trout/ reds. I will freeze those b/c i dont get to go that often
Posted by Slickback
Deer Stand
Member since Mar 2008
27678 posts
Posted on 11/17/11 at 4:37 pm to
quote:

I.e. go to Venice = keep fish



Definitely. That place, like Gibson, is so fertile and vast, I have no problems keeping a mess of bass. I still don't like keeping bass in the spillway or Verrett because, to me, it is still recovering.

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