Getting Discouraged

[fishnfur]

Glad to help.  It's good therapy to keep me in the game too.  I ended the general season with but a single shot taken (and missed - outside the capabilities of the ammo).  Saw four bucks total.  I'm still frustrated, but I had a great time!  Good luck in the Late Buck season!

[JDHasty]

Glad to help.  It's good therapy to keep me in the game too.  I ended the general season with but a single shot taken (and missed - outside the capabilities of the ammo).  Saw four bucks total.  I'm still frustrated, but I had a great time!  Good luck in the Late Buck season!

You are not alone.  I've still got my MS Tag.  I didn't have a buck in front of me that I wanted to shoot so far.  Looking forward to late season.   

[Billy74]

Great job.  I'm a year one hunter and headed out for my second time (for whitetail.  Glad I'm not a wet side guy) this really helps keep me motivated.  I do love just being out and mucking through cold rain and mud so I have that if I come up empty.  But great job! 


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[Rob Allen]

I hunted 9 days of the general season. Most  all but two of thoes days i was a mile or more behind locked gates. I saw  2 deer on public ground both of them the same day and thr area with the most hunters. I only saw one hunter while in the field. I saw lots driving around and i passed two others walking back to their truck.  I was slow and observant. I saw lots of fresh sign. The deer were simply hiding all day the ONLY  way to have found one was by pure luck. Or you were there opening day and knew where  they'd  be.
I could be wrong but i do not believe  anyone going where i went would  have sen more than me.

[dscubame]

This time of year you must hunt them at night with a flashlight or some kind of night vision to have any sort of consistent success.  There once was a guy who was known to attach a flashlight to his bow and that seemed to work for him.

[JDHasty]

I hunted 9 days of the general season. Most  all but two of thoes days i was a mile or more behind locked gates. I saw  2 deer on public ground both of them the same day and thr area with the most hunters. I only saw one hunter while in the field. I saw lots driving around and i passed two others walking back to their truck.  I was slow and observant. I saw lots of fresh sign. The deer were simply hiding all day the ONLY  way to have found one was by pure luck. Or you were there opening day and knew where  they'd  be.
I could be wrong but i do not believe  anyone going where i went would  have sen more than me.

You are more likely than not wrong, there are guys who can almost always find them - I am not one of them, but there are a few who post here that fit that description. 

[ctwiggs1]

This time of year you must hunt them at night with a flashlight or some kind of night vision to have any sort of consistent success.  There once was a guy who was known to attach a flashlight to his bow and that seemed to work for him.

  Illegal, and also not entirely true. 

[7mmfan]

This time of year you must hunt them at night with a flashlight or some kind of night vision to have any sort of consistent success.  There once was a guy who was known to attach a flashlight to his bow and that seemed to work for him.

  Illegal, and also not entirely true.

Classic thread   

[Tiger1358]

This time of year you must hunt them at night with a flashlight or some kind of night vision to have any sort of consistent success.  There once was a guy who was known to attach a flashlight to his bow and that seemed to work for him.

 
May as well go with a thermal scope and tracers, more fun. Screw the flashlights


 

[2MANY]

Getting discouraged is part of the ride.
Persistence always pays off eventually.
If you ain't out there you will lose.

Suck it up, set the alarm, get out there, and expose yourself to the potential for success.

[DRobnsn]

This time of year you must hunt them at night with a flashlight or some kind of night vision to have any sort of consistent success.  There once was a guy who was known to attach a flashlight to his bow and that seemed to work for him.

  Illegal, and also not entirely true.

Classic thread   

  RIGHT!

[fishnfur]

I hunted 9 days of the general season. Most  all but two of thoes days i was a mile or more behind locked gates. I saw  2 deer on public ground both of them the same day and thr area with the most hunters. I only saw one hunter while in the field. I saw lots driving around and i passed two others walking back to their truck.  I was slow and observant. I saw lots of fresh sign. The deer were simply hiding all day the ONLY  way to have found one was by pure luck. Or you were there opening day and knew where  they'd  be.
I could be wrong but i do not believe  anyone going where i went would  have sen more than me.

You are more likely than not wrong, there are guys who can almost always find them - I am not one of them, but there are a few who post here that fit that description.

Thanks JD - but don't leave him guessing.  You can go ahead and say FishnFur out loud.   

[ctwiggs1]

If the sign was there, so were they.  Blackmail are a worthy adversary.  Don't give up!

[tonymiller7]

You need to pick an area and stick with it.  It takes a few years to learn the area and the habits of the animals there.  Jumping all over the state looking for an easy deer is not going to do you much good.  Spend time in the woods in the off season, find the areas where they live, set out game cameras, get away from the road, stay persistent, and you'll start to figure it out.  I get a deer pretty much every year where I hunt, NOW, it took me at least 5 years to figure the area out though.  Deer and elk hunting is not easy and it takes time. 

[JDHasty]

You need to pick an area and stick with it.  It takes a few years to learn the area and the habits of the animals there. Jumping all over the state looking for an easy deer is not going to do you much good.  Spend time in the woods in the off season, find the areas where they live, set out game cameras, get away from the road, stay persistent, and you'll start to figure it out.  I get a deer pretty much every year where I hunt, NOW, it took me at least 5 years to figure the area out though.  Deer and elk hunting is not easy and it takes time.

I talked to a bio once and he said something like 40% of BT are bucks and 30% of them mature three point or better bucks.  He also said that where I was talking about the BT population was something like 80/square mile.  That cured me of a lot of my urge to move around and instead to find the three or four mature bucks that were using properties I have access to. 

I have three or four areas like that that I hunt and I don't know what I would classify as a lot about them still and one thing for sure and for certain is I spend a lot of time hunting and scouting them.  I know a heck of a lot more than anyone else who hunts them, but when it comes to knowing everything about the mature bucks who use them, like I said - Just as soon as I start to think I know something Drill Sergeant BT comes along and lets me know I don't know crap.   

That is really good advice though.  Learn as much as you can about a limited piece of land they live on.