What Lessons Did You Learn This Year?

[cougforester]

Well, wrapped up my first year of archery hunting this year. Called in a bull for my buddy on the 6th day of hunting, and he killed his first elk! Things I learned or was reminded of this year:

-Elk are ghosts in the woods. Always amazed how they can tiptoe through brush without making a sound.
-Bulls can cover 100 yards in about 3 seconds if he thinks you're trying to steal his cows.
-Nock an arrow early and be prepared for them to come in quick.
-If elk think you're an elk, you can make a lot of noise on the way over to them. Silence spooks them.
-Seems like no one hikes more than a half mile off the road or trails.
-Always pack an extra smoke in a bottle in your pack.
-Late morning small fires to dry off pants and socks and having lunch around it provides a quick morale boost.
-Roosevelt's bugle. A lot.
-Investing in a boot dryer that plugs into the cigarette lighter of a truck might be my next purchase.
-Always pack an extra pair or two of socks than you think you may need.
-Never go off where the shooter thinks the wounded elk went. Follow the blood and flag the trail.


There're more, but that's a good list for now. What did you learn this year?

[jennabug]

  I'm watching and learning here until I get out there.

[Mr Mykiss]

I’m not sure what I learned...I guess I learned that I need to learn a bunch more stuff. Oh, actually i learned that I suck.

[7mmfan]

Well, wrapped up my first year of archery hunting this year. Called in a bull for my buddy on the 6th day of hunting, and he killed his first elk! Things I learned or was reminded of this year:

-Elk are ghosts in the woods. Always amazed how they can tiptoe through brush without making a sound.
-Bulls can cover 100 yards in about 3 seconds if he thinks you're trying to steal his cows.
-Nock an arrow early and be prepared for them to come in quick.
-If elk think you're an elk, you can make a lot of noise on the way over to them. Silence spooks them.
-Seems like no one hikes more than a half mile off the road or trails.
-Always pack an extra smoke in a bottle in your pack.
-Late morning small fires to dry off pants and socks and having lunch around it provides a quick morale boost.
-Roosevelt's bugle. A lot.
-Investing in a boot dryer that plugs into the cigarette lighter of a truck might be my next purchase.
-Always pack an extra pair or two of socks than you think you may need.
-Never go off where the shooter thinks the wounded elk went. Follow the blood and flag the trail.


There're more, but that's a good list for now. What did you learn this year?

I learned this 2 years ago. First animal I ever had to track. I was confident on where I had watched him go, but absolutely couldn't find any sign of him. Finally after half an hour of pacing around and beating myself up, I went back to last known blood and started trailing and flagging. Lost blood, looked back at my flagging, took a straight path through the saplings based on direction of travel indicated by the flagging, and there he laid. I was close, but it would have taken hour's of grid searching to find him.

[frazierw]

Well, wrapped up my first year of archery hunting this year. Called in a bull for my buddy on the 6th day of hunting, and he killed his first elk! Things I learned or was reminded of this year:

-Elk are ghosts in the woods. Always amazed how they can tiptoe through brush without making a sound.
-Bulls can cover 100 yards in about 3 seconds if he thinks you're trying to steal his cows.
-Nock an arrow early and be prepared for them to come in quick.
-If elk think you're an elk, you can make a lot of noise on the way over to them. Silence spooks them.
-Seems like no one hikes more than a half mile off the road or trails.
-Always pack an extra smoke in a bottle in your pack.
-Late morning small fires to dry off pants and socks and having lunch around it provides a quick morale boost.
-Roosevelt's bugle. A lot.
-Investing in a boot dryer that plugs into the cigarette lighter of a truck might be my next purchase.
-Always pack an extra pair or two of socks than you think you may need.
-Never go off where the shooter thinks the wounded elk went. Follow the blood and flag the trail.


There're more, but that's a good list for now. What did you learn this year?

From my experience propane ones work better, and then you dont need a truck around to use it either!  FYI

[cougforester]

Well, wrapped up my first year of archery hunting this year. Called in a bull for my buddy on the 6th day of hunting, and he killed his first elk! Things I learned or was reminded of this year:

-Elk are ghosts in the woods. Always amazed how they can tiptoe through brush without making a sound.
-Bulls can cover 100 yards in about 3 seconds if he thinks you're trying to steal his cows.
-Nock an arrow early and be prepared for them to come in quick.
-If elk think you're an elk, you can make a lot of noise on the way over to them. Silence spooks them.
-Seems like no one hikes more than a half mile off the road or trails.
-Always pack an extra smoke in a bottle in your pack.
-Late morning small fires to dry off pants and socks and having lunch around it provides a quick morale boost.
-Roosevelt's bugle. A lot.
-Investing in a boot dryer that plugs into the cigarette lighter of a truck might be my next purchase.
-Always pack an extra pair or two of socks than you think you may need.
-Never go off where the shooter thinks the wounded elk went. Follow the blood and flag the trail.


There're more, but that's a good list for now. What did you learn this year?

From my experience propane ones work better, and then you dont need a truck around to use it either!  FYI

Do those run off like the green Coleman bottles? Or how big of propane container does it need? Intriguing.

[coachcw]

We already know it all .....

[coachcw]

But i learned im not getting any younger !

[knighttime25]

Don't load your truck, pack all your gear, buy 100 lbs of ice for the cooler and get ready to leave until you are certain you have your hunting license and tags in hand  Tore the house apart looking for it with no luck and ended up last ditch effort driving to my parents house at 3:30 AM to find it somehow stuck in between the couch cushions from the previous weekend there eating breakfast. Two hours late to where I wanted to be hunting for the morning. Definitely will be the first thing on my checklist next time...

[frazierw]

Well, wrapped up my first year of archery hunting this year. Called in a bull for my buddy on the 6th day of hunting, and he killed his first elk! Things I learned or was reminded of this year:

-Elk are ghosts in the woods. Always amazed how they can tiptoe through brush without making a sound.
-Bulls can cover 100 yards in about 3 seconds if he thinks you're trying to steal his cows.
-Nock an arrow early and be prepared for them to come in quick.
-If elk think you're an elk, you can make a lot of noise on the way over to them. Silence spooks them.
-Seems like no one hikes more than a half mile off the road or trails.
-Always pack an extra smoke in a bottle in your pack.
-Late morning small fires to dry off pants and socks and having lunch around it provides a quick morale boost.
-Roosevelt's bugle. A lot.
-Investing in a boot dryer that plugs into the cigarette lighter of a truck might be my next purchase.
-Always pack an extra pair or two of socks than you think you may need.
-Never go off where the shooter thinks the wounded elk went. Follow the blood and flag the trail.


There're more, but that's a good list for now. What did you learn this year?

From my experience propane ones work better, and then you dont need a truck around to use it either!  FYI

Do those run off like the green Coleman bottles? Or how big of propane container does it need? Intriguing.

Yep little green coleman bottles, and they last a while too.  Use it every year and my boots are dry and warm every morning.

[Harbor_hunter]

Remember to compensate for shooting uphill, 

[Special T]

use a wire tie to secure the quiver to the bow. nothing is worse than having a deer step out broadside at 40 yards and realizing you dropped your quiver when you go to knock an arrow...lucky for me they are dumb and hung with in 50 yards for the next hour and a half while i was back tracking to find all my ammo!

[Jonathan_S]

use a wire tie to secure the quiver to the bow. Get a decent quiver  nothing is worse than having a deer step out broadside at 40 yards and realizing you dropped your quiver when you go to knock an arrow...lucky for me they are dumb and hung with in 50 yards for the next hour and a half while i was back tracking to find all my ammo!

[Jonathan_S]

Remember to compensate for shooting uphill, 

What do you mean by this?

[ASienkiewich]

What general area were you hunting? Because my Roosevelt’s were silent all season lol


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