Thread: Crap Bivvy in the Bush

Could it be a homeless person?

I think if it's still there next time you visit a match might be needed.

We see it here too occasionally.

Edit: A new trend here is to buy cheap tent, gear etc. Go camping for a few days then just go home leaving all the gear behind.

Originally Posted by Oldbloke

Could it be a homeless person?

I think if it's still there next time you visit a match might be needed.

We see it here too occasionally.

Edit: A new trend here is to buy cheap tent, gear etc. Go camping for a few days then just go home leaving all the gear behind.

yup i have destroyed afew tents left behind on clements mill road, making space for other hunters to stay during the roar

As Oldbloke said buying cheap gear and leaving it behind is becoming a common theme. Just look at the aftermath at concerts etc. Korea has a problem with people doing this on holidays but the local councils can't just dump the items, they pack them up and try to find the owners and that costs even more.

Originally Posted by 9STAGS

3 possible options.

1) Remove all traces of the camp then leave a polite note in its place explaining why.

2) Re-engineer the bivvy, tidy up all the surrounding rubbish and remove all surplus and dirty gear, then use it for yourself as well if it is an area you would normally camp in.
Also leave a polite note explaining as to why you've done what you've done.

3) Remove all traces of the camp.

Have done option 3 before, worked out well. Could not even tell it existed

Originally Posted by Ryan_Songhurst

Could just be a bunch of kids (judging by the construction skills..) and burning up all their shit probably isn't a good way to encourage healthy use of the outdoor resource. Just write a note to hopefully educate whoever it is and remember that they don't own the place, and neither do you.

I can assure yo I never feel like I own the bush. And treat it and the animals I take from it with the care and respect they deserve. Just get dissapointed that someone that's taken the 2+ hrs to walk into this area doesn't feel the same way.

I will carefully remove this bivvy next time I'm up there, fold it all up neatly and leave it near their gear stash.

Originally Posted by stumpys

I can assure yo I never feel like I own the bush. And treat it and the animals I take from it with the care and respect they deserve. Just get dissapointed that someone that's taken the 2+ hrs to walk into this area doesn't feel the same way.

I will carefully remove this bivvy next time I'm up there, fold it all up neatly and leave it near their gear stash.

Your a good man.

Originally Posted by stumpys

I can assure yo I never feel like I own the bush. And treat it and the animals I take from it with the care and respect they deserve. Just get dissapointed that someone that's taken the 2+ hrs to walk into this area doesn't feel the same way.

I will carefully remove this bivvy next time I'm up there, fold it all up neatly and leave it near their gear stash.

Can't disagree with that proposal. Balanced and reasonable and if the guy isn't hopelessly stupid the message might register.
I applaud your general attitude.

I recall a tale of woe a year or three back on old forum. Fine fella and his even finer four footed hunting buddy were up in tops hunting and came back to camp to find water gone and pot crapped in.... NOBODY deserves to come back to find camp is gone...might be cold n damp when they get there..so indeed pack it up tidy like but please don't burn it or destroy it completely.

Originally Posted by Micky Duck

I recall a tale of woe a year or three back on old forum. Fine fella and his even finer four footed hunting buddy were up in tops hunting and came back to camp to find water gone and pot crapped in.... NOBODY deserves to come back to find camp is gone...might be cold n damp when they get there..so indeed pack it up tidy like but please don't burn it or destroy it completely.

@Micky Duck
Good comment and a scenario I hadn't considered.

Originally Posted by Micky Duck

I recall a tale of woe a year or three back on old forum. Fine fella and his even finer four footed hunting buddy were up in tops hunting and came back to camp to find water gone and pot crapped in.... NOBODY deserves to come back to find camp is gone...might be cold n damp when they get there..so indeed pack it up tidy like but please don't burn it or destroy it completely.

They took my sleeping bag too!

I remember that post too Stumpys. Still makes me cringe thinking about when you lifted that billy lid…

Originally Posted by stumpys

They took my sleeping bag too!

farking dirty bastards. cold night that night stumpies!!

It would depend on the state of the place for me, I could pack it up nicely or if the place is is a hell of a state with rubbish and shit everywhere fuk them I wont feel like being nice about it. I like to treat the bush so you cant even tell Ive been there

Man, I feel bad if I can't find all my brass or if the wind blows something away. Then you have dudes leaving a whole ass department store in the woods with no shame.

yes we flew out a lot of crappy old camps when I was a Ranger - I would not pull it down- only because they could walk in without any camping gear and then wet night - they don't really deserve that consideration - make up a note and laminate it - "clean up your camp you are giving hunters a bad name - if this camp is not pulled down and removed - we will do it - or something like that -