Functional Posted January 16 Posted January 16 I Get upset when people pull up next to me or cut me off so I get it but I'd never even get close to this level. I usually just move but I guess with the elaborate ice fishing setups it's hard to do. I come across stuff all the time I wish I could share with you guys so screen shot will have to do. 2 2 Quote
Glaucus Posted January 16 Posted January 16 Nope, can't understand a firearm becoming a thought while fishing just because someone gets too close. That's more animal than human, like a wolf bearing teeth because another gets too close to its kill. Lock him up. 4 Quote
Susky River Rat Posted January 16 Posted January 16 Yeah, ain’t worth pulling a gun on someone that’s being a chump. You want to be a man you start ripping lips in front of them. I guess I am just used to everyone fishing ontop of me to care. 2 Quote
PBBrandon Posted January 17 Posted January 17 No excuse to act that way. Always plenty of other spots, and if it’s a spot I’m really familiar with or confident in, I love catching them left and right while they figure it out 1 Quote
Super User Swamp Girl Posted January 17 Super User Posted January 17 I literally have had ten or so boats troll around my boat when they saw me catching fish after fish after fish. 1 1 Quote
Super User WRB Posted January 17 Super User Posted January 17 I have 1 rule with a gun shoot to kill. It shouldn’t be used as a warning device. Tom 5 1 Quote
Super User MN Fisher Posted January 17 Super User Posted January 17 39 minutes ago, WRB said: I have 1 rule with a gun shoot to kill. Ya, but then you gotta dress them out and long-pig isn't all THAT tasty. 🤪 5 hours ago, Glaucus said: That's more animal than human Dude, you're back...where you been hiding the past several months? 1 Quote
Super User Jigfishn10 Posted January 17 Super User Posted January 17 Unfortunately, there's no need for confrontation in my life when I'm fishing, I just walk away to another spot ... ignorance is bliss 1 Quote
Super User gim Posted January 17 Super User Posted January 17 Not that surprising in Racine. Really sketchy area. People set up close to each all the time here when ice fishing. State law says you have to maintain a distance of 10 feet. That's it. icast has released a new product specifically designed for situations like this. Its called the Racine County Ice Fishing Space Maker Dueling Pistol Series. 😂 2 Quote
Super User F14A-B Posted January 17 Super User Posted January 17 Been like that on public boat ramps for awhile now.. I guess it’s found its way from liquid to ice. Go figure. Never mind about road rage. Or Walmart rage 🤣 Quote
Super User gim Posted January 17 Super User Posted January 17 10 minutes ago, F14A-B said: I guess it’s found its way from liquid to ice. Its worse on the ice. At least here it is because there's way more people out there than during open water boating season. The story posted is completely ridiculous though. All that frozen water and the guy sets up 10 yards from the only person out there? Talk about disrespect. 1 Quote
Super User AlabamaSpothunter Posted January 17 Super User Posted January 17 3 minutes ago, gim said: Its worse on the ice. At least here it is because there's way more people out there than during open water boating season. The story posted is completely ridiculous though. All that frozen water and the guy sets up 10 yards from the only person out there? Talk about disrespect. Yeah I've always heard the Ice fisherman are the most hot headed out of all anglers. Over the years I've heard a bunch of stories about brawls and confrontations on the ice. Turns out Grumpy Old Men was a documentary. 3 Quote
Super User TOXIC Posted January 17 Super User Posted January 17 In my younger days, I ran with a rougher crowd and many times found ourselves in “testy” confrontations. Nothing to do with fishing….I had one buddy who was smaller in stature and always seemed to be a lead instigator. Many of our encounters were at nightclubs and bars and we usually ended up outside and squared off. Sometimes we walked away none the worse for wear and other times we crawled away to lick our wounds. One night back at my buddies apartment after a premo butt whipping, I noticed he pulled a handgun out of an ankle holster. I had never seen that and I asked how long he had carried and he told me he has always. So I asked him all the times we got our hind ends handed to us why he never used it to stop the punishment. His reply was….We were never in a situation where we risked losing our lives and he had a strict rule that if he pulled it, he was going to use it. Made an impact on me. Thankfully I grew out of that stage with relatively few scars but a lot of life lessons. Quote
Super User Tennessee Boy Posted January 17 Super User Posted January 17 As someone that I admire greatly once said, turn the other cheek. 2 Quote
Functional Posted January 17 Author Posted January 17 In agreement with everyone here. I get the anger when you have the whole lake open and someone plops down right beside you...however the only time a gun should be pulled is when a life needs protecting. This wasn't even close to justifiable and brandishing for intimidation is worse than if he just tried to fight the guy. 1 Quote
papajoe222 Posted January 18 Posted January 18 12 hours ago, gim said: The story posted is completely ridiculous though. All that frozen water and the guy sets up 10 yards from the only person out there? Talk about disrespect. I completely understand someone setting up 30ft from me even if I'm not the only one out there and it's a good location. It isn't his fault I got out there before him. Then again I would never pull a gun on a guy because it was 'my spot' and I was late getting there. One of the first rules I was taught about firearms: Don't point a gun at anything you don't intend to shoot. That's my mind set and if some idiot points a gun at me, even if he never intended to shoot me, The lesson he will learn will be short lived. 1 Quote
Super User Columbia Craw Posted January 18 Super User Posted January 18 Brain freeze on both parties. Quote
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