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Last weekend I drove an hour away from my house to hunt an old school in a very old town. I started hunting around a old rusty backstop and within a couple of minutes I had a deep signal that turned out to be a 1864 IH. I was only going to stay for a half hour or so as I was on my way home from a morning of hunting. After I had been there awhile, I noticed another fella hunting at the other end of the field and he was gridding a section off and really hunting slow. When I was ready to leave I hunted over to him to check out his finds. When I got close, I noticed he had a small shovel, not a hand digging tool. He had some success and I left him. I did not see him dig any holes nor did I see any of his holes at that point. I went back yesterday and figured I would hunt the end where I had found the IH and I was shocked by what I saw. Every hole this guy dug was huge( 18 inches in diameter) and he left most of the loose dirt on the ground. Granted this was not a manicured lawn, but holes that big are totally out of line. I can dig a 8 to 10 inch deep plug and have the hole 4 or 5 inches in diameter and I use a drop cloth to put every bit of dirt back in the hole. You will never know I was there. Sloppy people like this are ruinning our hobby. These people are meat hunters that will not slow down and enjoy the hunt. They grab what they can, figuring that when they leave, they are gone for good. Two weeks ago one of my favorite parks got put off limits because of one of these slobs. Bringing a shovel to dig a public place can look pretty intimidating. Dig the smallest hole possible and leave the yards and fields just like you found them or we are doomed in this hobby. Just my thoughts. R.L. Johnson