My first whitetail hunt

[Mr Mykiss]

I'm headed north in 10 days for my first whitetail hunt. I have never truly targeted the whitetailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) so I have made a short list of what I will need for this hunt based on what I have seen on television in regards to whitetail hunting but if there is something I've left out please let me know. Here's the first draft of my Basic Whitetail Necessities list:
- 11 remotely operated and networked trailcameras so I can name all my "hit list" bucks
- 17 food plots
- 9 automatic feeders
- 8 treestand locations with 2 stands each (for me and my cameraman)
- 8 "ozone" thingies to blow my scent upwards
- 13 mock scrapes with scent drippers at each one
- a rattlin bag
- 4 different kinds of grunt tubes and snort-wheeze thingies
- a guide to whom I'll refer as "My good friend so and so"
- landowners to provide me with breakfast and coffee each morning at 4am so we can get some giggly "pre hunt" footage
- sheds and pictures from last year of this years hit list front runner "Old ____ity ____" (gonna be tough at this point)
- an ATV to ride 800 yds from the landowners house to my stand of choice for that day (wind dependent)
- I know that I will need roughly two dozen sponsors and I'm currently in talks with an electrical supply company and hoping they will donate 18 D batteries for my trailcameras

[combs338]

I think you nailed it , you should be golden. 

[The100Road]

Remember........... If its raining, you dont hunt. just go ahead and sleep in.

[DeArBuCK4me]

Why go through all the money and hassle just bring your fiance and hunt is over...

[deerhunter_98520]

Dude your numbers and a little low 

Also ATVs are last year....everyone has gators/razrs now...and don't forget your heater body suit...it my be cold

[Boss .300 winmag]

you forgot world class "CHEF" to cook up your deer. 

[WSU]

You will also need the following:

1.  2014 weapon of your choice.
2.  3 or 4 bottles of scent killer and scent killer plastic bags to put your clothing in.
3.  3 or 4 bottles each of various doe urine scents
4.  2014 camo of your choice
5.  2014 underarmor
6.  2014 pickup
7.  2014 GPS mapping system for your 2014 pickup in order to find your hunting area.
8.  2014 truck bed storage system to haul all your other crap while allowing your ATV to be driven on top of said storage system.
9.  Butt-out tool.

[MTMule]

You will soon need names for all the bucks you find on those trail cameras.

[Buckmark]

Better get to work on your "thank you" speach listing every single sponser etc...that alone takes 5minutes to say.

[novice870]

I laughed out loud at the "giggly pre hunt footage"...so true. 

[PolarBear]

It sounds like you have the typical NE WA hunter down.
If you want to be even more tv ready you will also need a smokin' hot wife who kills a buck almost as big as yours on the other side of the food plot/bait pile, then both of you will have to wait until the morning to find your near matching bucks because you thought that it would be best to "give them some time" to expire.  In the morning you, along with a dozen farm hands will find your bucks half eaten by coyotes only 30 yards from where you shot them.   Then. it is off to the farmer's house for another 5 star meal while the farm hands gut, skin and process your deer.  After you fill you gullets then it is time to sit around the fire talking about what a "tough hunt" that was while looking through hundreds of trail cam pics and videos of the bucks that you just shot and those you "left for next year". 

[JLS]

It sounds like you have the typical NE WA hunter down.
If you want to be even more tv ready you will also need a smokin' hot wife who kills a buck almost as big as yours on the other side of the food plot/bait pile, then both of you will have to wait until the morning to find your near matching bucks because you thought that it would be best to "give them some time" to expire.  In the morning you, along with a dozen farm hands will find your bucks half eaten by coyotes only 30 yards from where you shot them.   Then. it is off to the farmer's house for another 5 star meal while the farm hands gut, skin and process your deer.  After you fill you gullets then it is time to sit around the fire talking about what a "tough hunt" that was while looking through hundreds of trail cam pics and videos of the bucks that you just shot and those you "left for next year". 

 

Sadly, this seems to be the norm.

[NOCK NOCK]

You will also need the following:

1.  2014 weapon of your choice.
2.  3 or 4 bottles of scent killer and scent killer plastic bags to put your clothing in.
3.  3 or 4 bottles each of various doe urine scents
4.  2014 camo of your choice
5.  2014 underarmor
6.  2014 pickup
7.  2014 GPS mapping system for your 2014 pickup in order to find your hunting area.
8.  2014 truck bed storage system to haul all your other crap while allowing your ATV to be driven on top of said storage system.
9.  Butt-out tool.

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[DeerThug]

exactly and what gets me is on these shows when they are bragging about their hard earned bucks that cost them thousands and I compare it to what me and my buddies get for a little hard work and old fashioned hunting - it makes me laugh as most of what we get are equal or bigger than what is on tv.   world is going the wrong way

[Mr Mykiss]

Getting some things crossed off my list...