Worst Deering Hunting Advice

[Cab]

I thought this could be a fun topic of what's the worst deer hunting advice you have ever heard or received? For me it was that all deer ONLY walk quartering to the wind. When I first heard this I thought it was true but quickly realized this isn't possible and is just false when I started hunting more.

[Peewee]

Cut its throat to bleed it out

[Rainier10]

I’m a hunter education instructor now but when I was a brand new hunter(not required to take hunter Ed because of my age) I was told to always hunt with a full magazine, one in the chamber and the safety off because I was going to have to shoot quick and shoot a lot.

I share this story with every class I teach and advise them to have the magazine full, chamber empty and safety on. If there isn’t time to load chamber and flip the safety off it probably isn’t the best shot.

[buckfvr]

bust'em out of bed, gett'em up, gett'em runnin, get a shot.  LONG time ago from another hunter who obviously should have kept his mouth shut.

[GOcougsHunter]

Hang the deer in your garage for a week to let the meat age....  Might be the thing to do when temps are in the 30s and 40s, but definitely not during most of our seasons here in WA (definitely the #1 way to make your venison taste bad)

[3nails]

 Never pass on the first day what you are willing to take on the last. Dumbest thing ever.

[wadu1]

When you bust a bunch of bucks out of bed, shoot the last one it's always the biggest. This happened with a group of guys on a Wyoming hunt. One of the guys shot the last one and it was a dink 2X3 on opening day.

[rasbo]

Cut its throat to bleed it out

x2

[asmith]

Worst advice is the advice I give myself every year.  That im tired and burnt out and no need to go.  In fact, I talked myself out of going opening weekend. 

Trying to talk myself into going this weekend.

[boneaddict]

Don’t ever hunt alone. 

[vandeman17]

Deer only move in the morning and evening so you might as well go back to camp during the day

[Skillet]

Don’t ever hunt alone.

Yep, this.

[JakeLand]

Never pass on the first day what you are willing to take on the last. Dumbest thing ever.

x2

[Skillet]

I’m a hunter education instructor now but when I was a brand new hunter(not required to take hunter Ed because of my age) I was told to always hunt with a full magazine, one in the chamber and the safety off because I was going to have to shoot quick and shoot a lot.

I share this story with every class I teach and advise them to have the magazine full, chamber empty and safety on. If there isn’t time to load chamber and flip the safety off it probably isn’t the best shot.

I'll compromise with you - I always, always hunt with the chamber loaded, safety on.  Racking a round is relatively loud, and when hunting close quarters in dark timber I want the advantage.  I can snap off the safety in the amount of time it takes me to get the gun shouldered if I need to (grouse and waterfowl jump shooting skill there), so that's not an issue.  But leaving the chamber empty seems like a mistake.

 

[buckfvr]

I’m a hunter education instructor now but when I was a brand new hunter(not required to take hunter Ed because of my age) I was told to always hunt with a full magazine, one in the chamber and the safety off because I was going to have to shoot quick and shoot a lot.

I share this story with every class I teach and advise them to have the magazine full, chamber empty and safety on. If there isn’t time to load chamber and flip the safety off it probably isn’t the best shot.

I'll compromise with you - I always, always hunt with the chamber loaded, safety on.  Racking a round is relatively loud, and when hunting close quarters in dark timber I want the advantage.  I can snap off the safety in the amount of time it takes me to get the gun shouldered if I need to (grouse and waterfowl jump shooting skill there), so that's not an issue.  But leaving the chamber empty seems like a mistake.

 

Empty chamber will bite you in the end.