I know a lot of guys that bowhunt don't like gun season for all the obvious reasons...generally speaking I'm one of those guys. However, I work a corporate job in a major central ohio healthcare organization and I've learned to tolerate other beliefs and not fret over things I can't control. So I get both sides of the story.
Having said that, I will, on rare occassion, break out my remington 870, and hunt just like I would with my bow. Again, if you only hunt during shotgun season and do deer drives the entire time, I get that.
The only thing that really jerks me the wrong way is this....
Every year I find trash in, on, and around my treestands as well as the rest of the property. I'm fortunate to hunt this dream of private property, but come gun season, it turns into a garbage dump. You name it...cigarettes, dip cans, bottles, cans, food wrappers, hunting scents, I can go on and on.
I leave a property better than I found it, and I just don't understand why these disrespectful slobs trash the place. I find more trash on this property in one week than I find there the rest of the year.
Not much the landowner can do...he's elderly and although it upsets him, it's hard for him to do anything if he is not catching them in the act. The guys he allows to hunt during gun season worked for him in the past or are relation and I know he doesn't have the heart to tell them "no", because he really does want them to enjoy the outdoors. Only me and another guy hunt during bow season, and we are dedicated diehards that practice scent control to the max, shoot on a regular basis, and are selective to the point of fault.
I can deal with deer being spooked and changing patterns because of gun season and the shock it brings, but I've decided I'm going to rip my stands down and only use my climber or hunt from the ground. I'm sick of these disrespectful, littering "outdoorsmen" getting a free seat in my stands and not having the courtesy to haul their trash out.
It's pathetic. If you are one of those guys that leaves your trash and you're reading this, think about it next time and haul your junk out. If you want respect, you need to give it. Do the right thing.
Stay safe, have fun, enjoy the hunt, and RESPECT NATURE. It's a privilage so don't abuse it.