![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
#1 |
Ten Point
Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: The Woodlands, TX
Hunt In: All Over
|
![]()
Don't use surveyors tape. You are not surveying anything. It makes the woods look ugly and it broadcasts your position needlessly.
None of our forests have any areas further than a half mile away from at least a closed logging road. You can't get lost for long. ![]() If you need to find your stand in the dark buy a cell phone GPS app and put a reflector on your stand. |
![]() |
![]() ![]() |
![]() |
#2 |
Pope & Young
Join Date: Sep 2010
Location: Collinsville, TX
Hunt In: Grayson/Cooke
|
![]()
AMEN.
found a real, real nice 2 person stand yesterday. might as well just put flashing lights on it with all the tape leading to it. |
![]() |
![]() ![]() |
![]() |
#3 | |
Eight Point
Join Date: Oct 2013
Location: Montgomery, Tx
Hunt In: SHNF, DCNF, 711, Trinity
|
![]() Quote:
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-G930A using Tapatalk |
|
![]() |
![]() ![]() |
![]() |
#4 | ||
Ten Point
Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: The Woodlands, TX
Hunt In: All Over
|
![]() Quote:
Quote:
I'm glad y'all think the same I do. |
||
![]() |
![]() ![]() |
![]() |
#5 |
Ten Point
![]() ![]() Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: Fort Worth, Texas
|
![]()
Don't touch another man's flagging tape!
Unless you plan on relocating it to another trail to totally confuse him the next time he tries to use it. ![]() |
![]() |
![]() ![]() |
![]() |
#6 |
Six Point
Join Date: Mar 2013
Location: Rowlett, TX
Hunt In: Whatever public land I can find game on.
|
![]()
I use GPS specifically to avoid people following flagging tape to my stand. Public land hunting is supposed to be hard. I'm certainly not going to make it easier on the other guy by doing his homework for him.
|
![]() |
![]() ![]() |
![]() |
#7 |
Pope & Young
Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: Burleson, Texas
|
![]() |
![]() |
![]() ![]() |
![]() |
#8 |
Ten Point
Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: The Woodlands, TX
Hunt In: All Over
|
![]() |
![]() |
![]() ![]() |
![]() |
#9 |
Eight Point
Join Date: Jul 2015
Location: Tyler
Hunt In: Public and wood county
|
![]()
From 2 to 5 years old my dad would let stuff every pocket I had full. I was fascinated with it. I had every color, stripes long ways, stripes cross ways, reflective, ect. I didn't realize what I was doing till I started hunting public hard around 16, now I wish there were little kids like me running around ripping that crap down.
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-G891A using Tapatalk |
![]() |
![]() ![]() |
![]() |
#10 | |
Ten Point
Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: Spring
Hunt In: 100% Public
|
![]() Quote:
|
|
![]() |
![]() ![]() |
![]() |
#11 | |
Eight Point
Join Date: Jul 2015
Location: Tyler
Hunt In: Public and wood county
|
![]() Quote:
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-G891A using Tapatalk |
|
![]() |
![]() ![]() |
![]() |
#12 |
Ten Point
![]() Join Date: Sep 2009
Location: Rowlett
Hunt In: Unit 7 KS, Fannin Co, Grayson Co
|
![]()
Man amen! The public grounds I hit via boat are loaded with reflective tacks. It lights up like Christmas in the dark.
|
![]() |
![]() ![]() |
![]() |
#13 |
Pope & Young
Join Date: Jul 2008
Location: Melissa, Texas
Hunt In: Public Land
|
![]() |
![]() |
![]() ![]() |
![]() |
#14 |
Ten Point
Join Date: Mar 2009
Location: NASA/Clear Lake area of Houston
Hunt In: Hill country & East Texas
|
![]()
I don't use flagging tape and believe that I will only show other my hunting spot but if someone else uses it I leave it alone, pulling down there tape could cause problems for them possibly put them in danger because they cant find there stand or find there way out of the bush.
Public land is for everyone not just the seasoned hunter and they will learn just like we did. Last edited by nimrodtracy; 10-12-2017 at 08:56 PM. |
![]() |
![]() ![]() |
![]() |
#15 | |
Ten Point
Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: The Woodlands, TX
Hunt In: All Over
|
![]() Quote:
If someone can't find there way out of the 'bush' 90 yards from a two track logging road, they have some problems flagging tape won't solve. |
|
![]() |
![]() ![]() |
![]() |
#16 |
Eight Point
Join Date: Oct 2016
Location: rockwall
Hunt In: Right now lets go
|
![]() |
![]() |
![]() ![]() |
![]() |
#17 |
Ten Point
Join Date: Dec 2008
|
![]()
if it wasn't littering, I would be inclined to just move it to some random location
|
![]() |
![]() ![]() |
![]() |
#18 |
Ten Point
Join Date: Oct 2012
Location: Northeast TX
|
![]()
I like when they put each piece about 20 ft apart. They spent some time putting that crap up.
Sent from my SM-G900V using Tapatalk |
![]() |
![]() ![]() |
![]() |
#19 |
Ten Point
Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: Farmington, NM
Hunt In: Public land
|
![]()
I was considering making a post about the same thing. Im so tired of seeing flagging, beer cans, water bottles and all other trash on public land. There isnt much pristine land left in Texas. We need to take care of it.
|
![]() |
![]() ![]() |
![]() |
#20 | |
Ten Point
Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: The Woodlands, TX
Hunt In: All Over
|
![]() Quote:
I have thought of having a "TBH Cleanup" at the end of the season. |
|
![]() |
![]() ![]() |
![]() |
#21 | |
Six Point
Join Date: Jan 2017
Location: Aubrey
Hunt In: Public land
|
![]() Quote:
Flagging tape doesn't bother me nearly as much as the plain trash. Bottles, cans, food or bait containers, etc... I pick up what I can, when I can (including old trot lines), but it seems like that battle will never end. I really hate seeing the trash on the landscape. At least with tape it's possible there's a use for it, but the "regular" trash has no purpose at all. I prefer leaving as few traces of one's presence as possible. It makes for a better experience for all and I'm not a fan of doing the other guy's homework for him. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk |
|
![]() |
![]() ![]() |
![]() |
#22 |
Four Point
Join Date: Nov 2016
Location: Shelby county
Hunt In: East tx
|
![]()
I love the guys who put out the flagging to say “ this is my spot “ . I usually rip it down and find their feeder 100 yards off the road ...
|
![]() |
![]() ![]() |
![]() |
#23 | |
Four Point
Join Date: Sep 2017
|
![]() Quote:
|
|
![]() |
![]() ![]() |
![]() |
#24 |
Pope & Young
Join Date: Feb 2009
Location: Weatherford
|
![]()
You mean you guys are taking my tape down. I thought the deer were eating it. Every time I go to the stand my flags are missing and there are deer droppings all over. I put more out every time to try to bring in the big ones.
At least no one has ever taken my duck decoys off of the lake during the night. |
![]() |
![]() ![]() |
![]() |
#25 | |
Eight Point
Join Date: Aug 2011
Hunt In: South East Texas
|
![]() Quote:
While I agree that in most eastern forest you are less than 3 miles "as the crow flies" to a trail or road, I think people need to research the area they are hiking into, let others know where they will be, bring along maps, GPS, and a compass. I wouldn't minimize the threat of getting lost. I've spent quite a bit of time in national forest and preserves and the jungles of south east Texas can be dangerous if you are unprepared. You cant travel "as the crow flies" in some of the tangled thickets and swamps. |
|
![]() |
![]() ![]() |
![]() |
#26 | |
Six Point
Join Date: Feb 2009
Location: Waxahachie, TX
|
![]() Quote:
As far as the GPS or phone app with GPS, don't let that be your safety blanket. I dang near got lost in Big Thicket and I had a waypoint of where I parked the truck. It started to get dark and I headed back but the good ol GPS couldn't get a signal. I was only about 100 yards from the road but when every tree and water hole looks the same, you can go in circles if you don't watch out. I think a compass should be in every person's toolbox if going out in unfamiliar territory. |
|
![]() |
![]() ![]() |
![]() |
#27 |
Four Point
Join Date: Oct 2016
|
![]() |
![]() |
![]() ![]() |
![]() |
#28 |
Eight Point
![]() Join Date: Nov 2009
Location: New Waverly
Hunt In: DCNF, SHNF, CROCKETT
|
![]()
i AGREE ...these fools dont realize it leads people including the Game Warden right to you...also lets the deer know
![]() |
![]() |
![]() ![]() |
![]() |
#29 | |
Ten Point
![]() Join Date: Aug 2012
Location: Tomball
Hunt In: Kennard
|
![]() Quote:
I will go against the grain here and say I am guilty from using it a time or two but ONLY, I repeat, ONLY for trailing a deer I’ve shot. I can get turned around super quick and lose a blood trail if I don’t mark the blood as I find it. I use gps and memory to get to all my spots. Too many people in the woods to pave the way for someone. One of my personal favorites is when I find hand written notes asking people to stay away. Those are always great. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk |
|
![]() |
![]() ![]() |
![]() |
#30 | |
Six Point
Join Date: Mar 2013
Location: Rowlett, TX
Hunt In: Whatever public land I can find game on.
|
![]() Quote:
The issue is that I can go into the woods near where I hunt (which requires a significant boar ride) and walk into the woods, and I won't go 100 yards before I find the first piece of reflective red and silver tape. If I follow that red and silver tape, as sure as the sun rises, I'll end up at a certain treestand that popped up just before season. I saw that flagging tape the first time I went in there back in the spring. It's been refreshed since (though the old tape is still there). Having hunted my spot (which is 250-300 yards away from his), I now know that the hunter that hung the stand arrives 15-30 minutes before shooting time, and I know where he parks his boat and when he leaves. I arrive an hour or more before him, and I walk right by his stand on the way to mine. I don't think he has any idea that my partner and I are also hunting that area, and I know for a fact that he doesn't know that on opening weekend I saw around 15 deer and 5 or 6 hogs just a few hundred yards from his spot. That secret wouldn't stay safe long with a big bright breadcrumb trail of flagging tape leading right to it. Also, I grew up in the Big Thicket. That is some nasty bush. That said, my Grandpa and Dad taught me to navigate by the sun and by the creeks and sloughs long before GPS was available on the commercial market. I get what you are saying about new guys, but I still think it's poor woodsmanship to leave that stuff out there. At the very least, pick it up on your way out when you are done hunting there. |
|
![]() |
![]() ![]() |
![]() |
#31 |
Six Point
Join Date: Dec 2011
Location: Conroe tx
Hunt In: Texas
|
![]() |
![]() |
![]() ![]() |
![]() |
#32 |
Eight Point
Join Date: Oct 2013
Location: Montgomery, Tx
Hunt In: SHNF, DCNF, 711, Trinity
|
![]()
Like the old adage says... "pack it in, pack it out". In my opinion leaving anything, whether its a water bottle or flagging constitutes littering. Its just tacky and unappealing, we need to keep our Texas forests clean and pristine..
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-G930A using Tapatalk |
![]() |
![]() ![]() |
![]() |
#33 |
Six Point
Join Date: Dec 2011
Location: Conroe tx
Hunt In: Texas
|
![]()
It's made from plant material. I don't see how it's littering. Also how do you know it's not from a surveyor?
|
![]() |
![]() ![]() |
![]() |
#34 |
Eight Point
Join Date: Oct 2013
Location: Montgomery, Tx
Hunt In: SHNF, DCNF, 711, Trinity
|
![]()
There are some kinds of flagging that are made from plant material but most are vinyl/ plastic... use it or dont use it im not here to be the police, just don't care for the stuff
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-G930A using Tapatalk |
![]() |
![]() ![]() |
![]() |
#35 |
Ten Point
Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: Farmington, NM
Hunt In: Public land
|
![]() |
![]() |
![]() ![]() |
![]() |
#36 |
Six Point
Join Date: Dec 2011
Location: Conroe tx
Hunt In: Texas
|
![]()
I'm a surveyor, i use it every day and I also know that ALL of it used today is made of soy bean.
|
![]() |
![]() ![]() |
![]() |
#37 |
Ten Point
Join Date: Aug 2013
Location: Kingwood
Hunt In: Unknown
|
![]()
I was pulling some down till I saw it was the logging company putting it up. oooooopppss. Talked with the guy, they were doing a survey.
|
![]() |
![]() ![]() |
![]() |
#38 |
Ten Point
Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: Farmington, NM
Hunt In: Public land
|
![]() First result on google search for flagging tape says "plastic" in the description. ![]() So obviously not ALL of it is soy bean. |
![]() |
![]() ![]() |
![]() |
#39 |
Six Point
Join Date: Dec 2011
Location: Conroe tx
Hunt In: Texas
|
![]()
I said all of it USED today is made of soy bean.
|
![]() |
![]() ![]() |
![]() |
#40 | |||||
Ten Point
Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: The Woodlands, TX
Hunt In: All Over
|
![]() Quote:
![]() Quote:
Quote:
Quote:
Quote:
|
|||||
![]() |
![]() ![]() |
![]() |
#41 | |
Ten Point
Join Date: Oct 2014
Location: DFW
Hunt In: Callahan County/Stephens County
|
![]() Quote:
Once had a friend give us "directions" to a timber hole in AR when the White River was flooded. Told us to go down this lane to this lane and then find the reflective tacks to lead us to the hole. Every **** tree in those woods had at least one tack in it! Took us until the sun came up to find where we were trying to go due to getting lost and leaving the gps in the truck. |
|
![]() |
![]() ![]() |
![]() |
#42 |
Ten Point
Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: Farmington, NM
Hunt In: Public land
|
![]() |
![]() |
![]() ![]() |
![]() |
#43 |
Spike
Join Date: Oct 2017
Hunt In: ETX
|
![]()
I saw a post on another thread where someone said he places a sheet of toilet paper on each blood drop when tracking an animal. Pretty neat idea and if you don't pick it all up it's gone in the first rain.
|
![]() |
![]() ![]() |
![]() |
#44 | |
Four Point
Join Date: Feb 2017
|
![]() Quote:
Sent from my SM-G935V using Tapatalk |
|
![]() |
![]() ![]() |
![]() |
#45 |
Spike
Join Date: Oct 2017
Hunt In: ETX
|
![]()
While we're on things not to do on public land, has anyone ever come across a feeder set up on public? Saw one last week pretty far in. I left it alone, but it's disappointing to see something like that when I'm putting in the hard work.
|
![]() |
![]() ![]() |
![]() |
#46 | |
Eight Point
Join Date: Oct 2013
Location: Montgomery, Tx
Hunt In: SHNF, DCNF, 711, Trinity
|
![]() Quote:
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-G930A using Tapatalk |
|
![]() |
![]() ![]() |
![]() |
#47 |
Eight Point
Join Date: Jul 2015
Location: Tyler
Hunt In: Public and wood county
|
![]()
Last year I took a hike and ended up find a box stand with a feeder, and a ladder stand with a feeder along with miles of atv trails leading from private land. There's some bold people that think they can do what they want.
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-G891A using Tapatalk |
![]() |
![]() ![]() |
![]() |
#48 | |
Six Point
Join Date: Jan 2017
Location: Aubrey
Hunt In: Public land
|
![]() Quote:
If you talk with the land manager for whichever public piece you were on I'd bet they would be very interested in that info. Maybe with GPS coordinates and some pics... Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk |
|
![]() |
![]() ![]() |
![]() |
#49 | ||
Ten Point
Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: The Woodlands, TX
Hunt In: All Over
|
![]() Quote:
Quote:
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-G891A using Tapatalk |
||
![]() |
![]() ![]() |
![]() |
#50 |
Eight Point
Join Date: Jul 2015
Location: Tyler
Hunt In: Public and wood county
|
![]()
It's clearly marked public. I gave the GW gps coordinates. Not sure what ever happened but I don't plan on going to check it out. It was pretty nerve racking knowing these people are that bold and that they could be there with a gun. So I'll just mind my own business and hopefully the GW took care of business
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-G891A using Tapatalk |
![]() |
![]() ![]() |
![]() |
Thread Tools | |
Display Modes | |
|
|