deer hunting
#6639151
10/13/19 10:36 PM
10/13/19 10:36 PM
|
Joined: Dec 2006
Posts: 8,167 Piney va. soon be 19
cotton
OP
trapper
|
OP
trapper
Joined: Dec 2006
Posts: 8,167
Piney va. soon be 19
|
it's getting near that time of year again. man i wonder how many older guys think deer hunting has turned into a joke? horn hunting is killing it in my book.
John 3/16
ifin your gonna be dumb ya gotta be tough VTA life member
|
|
|
Re: deer hunting
[Re: cotton]
#6639269
10/14/19 07:34 AM
10/14/19 07:34 AM
|
Joined: Jan 2014
Posts: 21,054 North East Kansas
Marty
trapper
|
trapper
Joined: Jan 2014
Posts: 21,054
North East Kansas
|
it's getting near that time of year again. man i wonder how many older guys think deer hunting has turned into a joke? horn hunting is killing it in my book. High $ lease's, food plots, outfitted hunts, very high $ deer farms......anything to get that 'hero' picture for Instagram. Lots of guys that hunt those places would have a very hard time killing anything on the pressured public land around here especially late season yet they all think they are great 'hunters'. It really has become very much about how to get deer to come to you rather than figuring out deer movement/patterns and setting an ambush.
E 'Honey Badger Militia' Sleep, the anti woke adote.
|
|
|
Re: deer hunting
[Re: cotton]
#6639276
10/14/19 07:39 AM
10/14/19 07:39 AM
|
Joined: Dec 2006
Posts: 17,379 Coeur d' Alene, Idaho
James
"Minka"
|
"Minka"
Joined: Dec 2006
Posts: 17,379
Coeur d' Alene, Idaho
|
Deer have antlers, not horns.
Jim
Forum Infidel since 2001
"And that troll bs is something triggered snowflakes say when they dont like what someone posts." - Boco
|
|
|
Re: deer hunting
[Re: Marty]
#6639277
10/14/19 07:39 AM
10/14/19 07:39 AM
|
Joined: Oct 2018
Posts: 5,570 Dunbar, Wisconsin
Pike River
trapper
|
trapper
Joined: Oct 2018
Posts: 5,570
Dunbar, Wisconsin
|
High $ lease's, food plots, outfitted hunts, very high $ deer farms......anything to get that 'hero' picture for Instagram. Lots of guys that hunt those places would have a very hard time killing anything on the pressured public land around here especially late season yet they all think they are great 'hunters'. It really has become very much about how to get deer to come to you rather than figuring out deer movement/patterns and setting an ambush.
Sure is sad....true but sad.
|
|
|
Re: deer hunting
[Re: Pike River]
#6639278
10/14/19 07:44 AM
10/14/19 07:44 AM
|
Joined: Jan 2014
Posts: 21,054 North East Kansas
Marty
trapper
|
trapper
Joined: Jan 2014
Posts: 21,054
North East Kansas
|
Sure is sad....true but sad.
Some of these guys cannot figure out wind direction without an 'app'....cannot read a topo or navigate with a topo/compass. It is very sad, for sure.
E 'Honey Badger Militia' Sleep, the anti woke adote.
|
|
|
Re: deer hunting
[Re: cotton]
#6639282
10/14/19 07:50 AM
10/14/19 07:50 AM
|
Joined: Dec 2006
Posts: 8,167 Piney va. soon be 19
cotton
OP
trapper
|
OP
trapper
Joined: Dec 2006
Posts: 8,167
Piney va. soon be 19
|
High $ lease's, food plots, outfitted hunts, very high $ deer farms......anything to get that 'hero' picture for Instagram. Lots of guys that hunt those places would have a very hard time killing anything on the pressured public land around here especially late season yet they all think they are great 'hunters'. It really has become very much about how to get deer to come to you rather than figuring out deer movement/patterns and setting an ambush
yepper thats all part of it, how many young kids get cut out of even getting started hunting?
John 3/16
ifin your gonna be dumb ya gotta be tough VTA life member
|
|
|
Re: deer hunting
[Re: k snow]
#6639315
10/14/19 08:33 AM
10/14/19 08:33 AM
|
Joined: Jan 2014
Posts: 21,054 North East Kansas
Marty
trapper
|
trapper
Joined: Jan 2014
Posts: 21,054
North East Kansas
|
Not whining at all. Just trying to keep our sport alive and well. Hard to get new people involved when there's no where to go, or you need piles of money.
Guys all around here complain no deer are moving, but it's been 20 years since anyone really did drives. Guess what moves deer? Drives. Guess why bucks don't move? Hundreds of does at their disposal. Everybody has a food plot, even here in AG land. Deer can literally eat, sleep and reproduce in less than 10 acres around here.
I have no problem if you only want to shoot big bucks. It's the running down of people who shoot does and little bucks that irritates me. yup.
E 'Honey Badger Militia' Sleep, the anti woke adote.
|
|
|
Re: deer hunting
[Re: BernieB.]
#6639319
10/14/19 08:36 AM
10/14/19 08:36 AM
|
Joined: Jan 2017
Posts: 10,129 Marion Kansas
Yes sir
"Callie's little brother"
|
"Callie's little brother"
Joined: Jan 2017
Posts: 10,129
Marion Kansas
|
Live and let live. Hunt for what you want and stop whining about what other people choose to hunt for. They do make some valid points about kids not being able to hunt like we did growing up and lot of people shooting "fed and protected" deer that dont take a lot of skill to harvest. Bernie you make your living in the hunting business don't you?
|
|
|
Re: deer hunting
[Re: Marty]
#6639379
10/14/19 10:01 AM
10/14/19 10:01 AM
|
Joined: Jan 2016
Posts: 1,781 Mi, Mecosta
ambush32
trapper
|
trapper
Joined: Jan 2016
Posts: 1,781
Mi, Mecosta
|
it's getting near that time of year again. man i wonder how many older guys think deer hunting has turned into a joke? horn hunting is killing it in my book. High $ lease's, food plots, outfitted hunts, very high $ deer farms......anything to get that 'hero' picture for Instagram. Lots of guys that hunt those places would have a very hard time killing anything on the pressured public land around here especially late season yet they all think they are great 'hunters'. It really has become very much about how to get deer to come to you rather than figuring out deer movement/patterns and setting an ambush.
Thought I was a good trapper until I started trapping coyotes...... Thought I was a good bowhunter until I targeted mature bucks....
|
|
|
Re: deer hunting
[Re: BernieB.]
#6639381
10/14/19 10:01 AM
10/14/19 10:01 AM
|
Joined: Nov 2015
Posts: 16,951 OH
Catch22
trapper
|
trapper
Joined: Nov 2015
Posts: 16,951
OH
|
Live and let live. Hunt for what you want and stop whining about what other people choose to hunt for. I see no whining at all. There are post from guys all over the country and they are seeing the same things happening in their neck of the woods. Marty and k snow among others nailed it. Things have changed drastically over the past 20 years and it is hard to find places to hunt now if you don't have money to lease property. It's hard to get kids interested in hunting if you have to rely on public land that is heavily pressured.
I wonder if tap dancers walk into a room, look at the floor, and think, I'd tap that. I wonder about things.....
|
|
|
Re: deer hunting
[Re: cotton]
#6639386
10/14/19 10:05 AM
10/14/19 10:05 AM
|
Joined: Dec 2008
Posts: 28,715 Eastern Shore of Maryland
HobbieTrapper
"Chippendale Trapper"
|
"Chippendale Trapper"
Joined: Dec 2008
Posts: 28,715
Eastern Shore of Maryland
|
My second year bow hunting and I’m more pumped about it this year than last.
Friday morning I went to the stand, no weapon, just getting my mind right. Against my better judgement I decided to do some rattling. 3 times in a minute and a half. 4 minutes later hear he comes out of the swamp. 40yrds out He stops, starts the little tail twitch, a couple more steps towards he and he bolts. I now have to move the stand. lol
After 3 days of target practice, the shot is going to be my downfall. I can’t repeat my technique. The closest I’ve been is 8 arrows in the target box but none closer than 6 inches from each other.
-Goofy-
|
|
|
Re: deer hunting
[Re: HobbieTrapper]
#6639394
10/14/19 10:12 AM
10/14/19 10:12 AM
|
Joined: Nov 2015
Posts: 16,951 OH
Catch22
trapper
|
trapper
Joined: Nov 2015
Posts: 16,951
OH
|
My second year bow hunting and I’m more pumped about it this year than last.
Friday morning I went to the stand, no weapon, just getting my mind right. Against my better judgement I decided to do some rattling. 3 times in a minute and a half. 4 minutes later hear he comes out of the swamp. 40yrds out He stops, starts the little tail twitch, a couple more steps towards he and he bolts. I now have to move the stand. lol
After 3 days of target practice, the shot is going to be my downfall. I can’t repeat my technique. The closest I’ve been is 8 arrows in the target box but none closer than 6 inches from each other. Not at all coming across as a meanie butt, but, you really should be able to shoot tight groups before you hunt. Keep practicing and tweaking, it will come.
I wonder if tap dancers walk into a room, look at the floor, and think, I'd tap that. I wonder about things.....
|
|
|
Re: deer hunting
[Re: cotton]
#6639398
10/14/19 10:18 AM
10/14/19 10:18 AM
|
Joined: Jan 2016
Posts: 1,781 Mi, Mecosta
ambush32
trapper
|
trapper
Joined: Jan 2016
Posts: 1,781
Mi, Mecosta
|
Hobbie
Technique..
not sure if this would help you out...years back I picked up target panic not sure why I'd been shooting archery since I was a kid and shot a lot of 3d for years..
This helped me and may help you with your muscle memory.. I shot close and closed my eyes and shot over and over this way...Removed my sights and shot close to the target..this helped me to relax as I wasn't so concerned on the placement just relax and shoot..
Thought I was a good trapper until I started trapping coyotes...... Thought I was a good bowhunter until I targeted mature bucks....
|
|
|
Re: deer hunting
[Re: Catch22]
#6639409
10/14/19 10:37 AM
10/14/19 10:37 AM
|
Joined: Dec 2008
Posts: 28,715 Eastern Shore of Maryland
HobbieTrapper
"Chippendale Trapper"
|
"Chippendale Trapper"
Joined: Dec 2008
Posts: 28,715
Eastern Shore of Maryland
|
My second year bow hunting and I’m more pumped about it this year than last.
Friday morning I went to the stand, no weapon, just getting my mind right. Against my better judgement I decided to do some rattling. 3 times in a minute and a half. 4 minutes later hear he comes out of the swamp. 40yrds out He stops, starts the little tail twitch, a couple more steps towards he and he bolts. I now have to move the stand. lol
After 3 days of target practice, the shot is going to be my downfall. I can’t repeat my technique. The closest I’ve been is 8 arrows in the target box but none closer than 6 inches from each other. Not at all coming across as a meanie butt, but, you really should be able to shoot tight groups before you hunt. Keep practicing and tweaking, it will come. That’s why I haven’t taken the bow in the woods yet. I don’t want to be overcome with desire and take a bad shot. lol
-Goofy-
|
|
|
|
|