What cracks me up are claims like yours that there is little or no affect by these hunting forums. I don't think anyone here is personally blaming you, Jesse, for these situations any more than we can blame Ruger or Remington for murders that might occur but to deny the affects that are so blatantly obvious is just....silly. I've also heard the arguement that just because someone gets a tip on where to go doesn't mean they will be successful. Let's say a fly fisherman catches trout one after another on a secluded stretch of river most everytime he goes. He rarely sees another fisherman. Now someone posts up about the great fishing spot on a internet forum and the next time he shows up there there are 30 guys fishing with everything from soda cans to lug nuts. Chances are they will catch very few, if any fish, but guess what.....he won't either. Now would you come on and say the internet didn't do it because that spot is on the map and DFG published it too? Would you bash them by saying "some think they own public ground and the rest be damned if they just happen to buy a map or get a tip to check out a new area"? Now that fly fisherman can't do anything about it and everyone else has the same right to be there but to chastise him for being a little upset about it sure doesn't seem right to me.
