Post by: n2thecraft on October 14, 2013, 08:24:09 PM
Gas is a finite item, it's better to take an extra half hour to fill up before you head up the hill than to spend 3 hours wishing you would have while you're walking down.
Brakes are also finite, learn what 4L is and those numbers under D are and how to use them.
You can spend $700 at Cabela's the week before the season opens and you'll probably still be cold.
You get real mad when you're cold and you try to take a leak and end up pissing on $700 of gear ya bought at Cabela's a week ago.
Hunting deer doesn't always include shooting deer
Hiking in a couple miles is ALOT different at 44 than it was when you were 22.
Just because you think the place you're sitting for hours on end would be the place you'd go if you were a deer don't mean the deer are gonna go there to get shot.
Whether it's 36 or 28 degrees outside, that rifle barrel is gonna feel like it's -30 when ya touch it with bare hands.
No matter how much smack ya read about those folks that road hunt,, you'll still and up doing it.
Cabela's won't exchange your $700 gear cuz they're cold and ya pissed on 'em a little.
My jeep can and will go places their Subarus won't, take advantage of that.
When you stop and ask some Ol boy who looks like he knows the ropes, where the deer are, and he tells you, you're probably gonna end up where ya started from.
I can't wait til later in the week so I can go learn some more!! I hope some of you new hunters can learn a thing or two from this. :bash:
Post by: deerhunter_98520 on October 14, 2013, 08:47:10 PM
Post by: irishevox on October 14, 2013, 08:48:35 PM
Post by: n2thecraft on October 14, 2013, 08:53:43 PM
Sounds like you had a hell of a weekend...it'll get better keep at it
I'll be back at it in a few days! Still beats the hell out of a Monday in the office!
Post by: irishevox on October 14, 2013, 09:08:31 PM
Sounds like you had a hell of a weekend...it'll get better keep at it
I'll be back at it in a few days! Still beats the hell out of a Monday in the office!
It's all trial and error , i couldn't even begin to tell you about some of the issues i had when i first started!
Post by: DeArBuCK4me on October 22, 2013, 09:38:36 AM
Post by: gunrinwa on October 22, 2013, 10:00:33 AM
I always have my animal callers w/me and when deer don't come out I call animals that are predators like coyotes, bob cats you name it. fun to shoot them suckers and say you got something... :chuckle::yeah: fawn bleats etc. in a backpack. It will also help you know an area and once you know it you'll get more dialed in. Spend time still hunting and exploring, I think that's the most fun aspect of hunting is walking in nature and using your instincts that get suppressed in your daily email, iphone, powerpoint, phone call office bull pucky life.
Post by: deltaops on October 22, 2013, 04:35:29 PM
Post by: spotter26 on October 22, 2013, 07:15:37 PM
Post by: n2thecraft on October 22, 2013, 07:27:40 PM
Post by: n2thecraft on October 22, 2013, 07:35:51 PM
just cuz your jeep will go where others dont mean you need to drive it, get out and walk those roads.
There's some hunter traffic on the roads I take,,, so I dunno if walking the road will get me much more than a sack of beer cans. I find a spot to park and hike in,, I park where the loggers block off the road into a clearcut and hike in there. I do what I can to make sure I'm not steppin on someone's toes out there.
When I hike in, it's usually a ways in off the road. I tore my ankles up pretty good playing football when I was younger,, although not to often,, I've rolled one and been "man down" for a little while,, so I carry a pretty full pack,, enough to keep me where I lay for a couple days,, think that's overkill? I always lived by "better safe than sorry".
Feedback?
Post by: Eli346 on October 22, 2013, 07:50:32 PM
Post by: spotter26 on October 22, 2013, 10:31:27 PM
Post by: Sun195 on October 22, 2013, 10:38:23 PM
Deer make noises like that? Bucks smell like that? Cougars sound like that? It goes on and on. I like to think I'm learning something... no matter how slowly.
Post by: Recovering princess on October 23, 2013, 08:56:43 AM
Post by: deltaops on October 23, 2013, 11:33:51 AM
I really appreciated your post. Trying to learn everything on my own has been a daunting task, and I often grumble to myself that every other hunter has had a mentor and teacher except me. Okay....I know that isn't really true, but it feels like it. Hopefully I will be ready to go next season. I just got a rifle and don't even know how to shoot it yet. So thank you for posting, and in a humorous way, about some of the things I too get to experience as I stumble along on this journey.
you are about an hour away from me, but if you ever want to make the journey and or take the time, we can go up and shoot together. I will do my best to help you in any way I can. Both the women and I are ex military and combat vets. I taught my 9yo how to shoot, and he can shoot dang well as long as he follows directions and doesn't hurry.
Post by: n2thecraft on October 23, 2013, 11:37:57 AM
I really appreciated your post. Trying to learn everything on my own has been a daunting task, and I often grumble to myself that every other hunter has had a mentor and teacher except me. Okay....I know that isn't really true, but it feels like it. Hopefully I will be ready to go next season. I just got a rifle and don't even know how to shoot it yet. So thank you for posting, and in a humorous way, about some of the things I too get to experience as I stumble along on this journey.
How to use your rifle, Rule #1
The really dangerous end has a hole in it,, the other end has you on it. Assume you're going to kill anything that the end with the hole in it is pointed at.
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Post by: huntnphool on October 24, 2013, 09:33:14 AM
Here are some things I learned out hunting this weekend.Sounds like you should have spent $750 at Cabelas and picked up a pair of gloves. :chuckle:
Whether it's 36 or 28 degrees outside, that rifle barrel is gonna feel like it's -30 when ya touch it with bare hands.
Post by: n2thecraft on October 24, 2013, 09:57:13 AM
Here are some things I learned out hunting this weekend.Sounds like you should have spent $750 at Cabelas and picked up a pair of gloves. :chuckle:
Whether it's 36 or 28 degrees outside, that rifle barrel is gonna feel like it's -30 when ya touch it with bare hands.
didn't wanna piss on my $45 gloves :o
Post by: huntnphool on October 24, 2013, 10:03:24 AM
:chuckle:Here are some things I learned out hunting this weekend.Sounds like you should have spent $750 at Cabelas and picked up a pair of gloves. :chuckle:
Whether it's 36 or 28 degrees outside, that rifle barrel is gonna feel like it's -30 when ya touch it with bare hands.
didn't wanna piss on my $45 gloves :o
Post by: Buckmark on October 24, 2013, 10:10:43 AM
Don't get to discouraged either, the success rate last year was 27%, 115000 hunters killed 31000 deer, so 84000 hunters did not fill there tag.....
And of those i would bet more than half of the deer are killed by the same hunters every year...
Post by: Carl on October 24, 2013, 10:21:52 AM
I haven’t hunted big game for over 45 years, so I guess I’m starting over too.
I know what someone meant when they said “it feels like everyone else has a mentor”. :chuckle: :chuckle:
Keep the humorous tips coming on future episodes… :tup:
Carl
Post by: methowman on October 24, 2013, 11:19:55 AM
1) Never forget the butt wipe- I've used my tee shirt an a pinch
2) If your on a road with one way in & one way out You better have a chainsaw in the truck to cut the tree that could be laying across the road on your way back out -been there didnt have a chain saw or a tow cable :(
3) Carry what you need to spend the night in the timber... Ya I know you didn't plan on an overnight hunt
but @#$% happens. Firestarter, emergency blanket, extra water, etc.
4) Learn how to use your GPS before you get lost.. I know a guy who did this..
5) Dont piss into the wind... Its hard on Cabelas gear.... :chuckle:
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