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Mn-treker · Geocacher Joined: 15 Sep 2011 Posts: 10

I work with 3humphs and hunt. I see that some one suggests an air horn.
Don't do it, under Minnesota law you may not interfear with a hunter.
If you sound that air horn you will be arrested not just ticketed.
If you see a hunter up a tree look at him and wave then leave the area quietly.

sigilwig44 · Geocacher Joined: 31 Mar 2011 Posts: 332

RudeRat · Past MnGCA Board Joined: 09 Jul 2008 Posts: 719

If jogging at night, something reflective is a good idea, but the drivers of the cars passing by are not bad people. They’ll look for joggers and avoid hitting them whether they’re reflective or not. When in the woods during hunting season, wearing something that can be seen is also a good idea, but not because hunters are dangerous and bad people. Just like you don’t want to run over a jogger with your car, I don’t want to injure someone in the woods. Drivers get their safety training and hunters get theirs. I think that statistically you’re taking a greater risk getting to the parking coords than getting to the cache.

http://www.dnr.state.mn.us/hunting/tips/myths.html
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tonkaMN · MnGCA Board Joined: 10 Jun 2009 Posts: 558

jicknarson · Geocacher Joined: 26 Dec 2008 Posts: 25

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tonkaMN · MnGCA Board Joined: 10 Jun 2009 Posts: 558

Who, being in right mind, would mess with a hunter up in a tree with a rifle that can shoot hundreds of yards? It doesn't sound like a good idea to me.

GeoPierce · Posted: Tue Sep 20, 2011 10:53 am Post subject:

I've only come across mushroom hunters while caching. Smile

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RudeRat · Past MnGCA Board Joined: 09 Jul 2008 Posts: 719

The woods are no more unsafe today than they were a week ago, but yet the subject comes up every year. Personally, I think walking down the sidewalk you pass more guns, you just don’t see them. There is an underlying feeling to this thread that hunters are bad, unsafe people. If a geocacher kills someone while caching in a hobo camp, will you point to him as an example of a geocacher the way the idiot in Wisconsin is pointed to as an example of a hunter? Car accidents, biking accidents, boating accidents, hunting accidents. Why just hunting? Where are the other threads? Of these four, hunting is the least threatening statistically, but is talked about the most. How many of you have been caching on a bike trail and almost been run over by a bike? Where’s the thread for that? It is unfortunate many feel the need to stay out of the woods during hunting season. You don’t need to, and with a little education and understanding I think you’d realize that.
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tonkaMN · MnGCA Board Joined: 10 Jun 2009 Posts: 558

I hope the hunters don't feel like they are being picked on. Accidents happen everywhere. I just think it is a good idea to not cache where people are hunting, just like I don't like to cache where drunks are driving.