1 Piece of Advice to pass onto a New Hunter

[chrissytoosaucy]

What’s one piece of advice you wish you knew on your first hunt season?


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[Glendon Mullins]

always make sure you take toilet paper

 

[Wellsdw]

Start golfing.

 

[chrissytoosaucy]

Start golfing.

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[Selkirk6x]

If you plan on hunting anything close to backcountry, your bow or rifle is not the gear you should focus on most. Boots, pack, knives, weather gear, etc...will make or break a good hunt, especially if you kill something.


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[mxgsfmdpx]

Enjoy yourself and be optimistic. Success happens by sticking with it and learning as you go. You can’t learn if you aren’t out there.

 

[jayhawk]

Don't worry about bad experiences. They make the best memories.

 

[Marble]

Enjoy yourself and be optimistic. Success happens by sticking with it and learning as you go. You can’t learn if you aren’t out there.

I like that!

I'll add for the younger guys. When choosing a career, place to live, getting married and having kids, there are ways to get ahead of those things to keep your availability maxed during the seasons you want to hunt.

For funding hunting expenses, it helps to save monthly, just like any other thing in life you'll want to do.

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[chrissytoosaucy]

I like that!

I'll add for the younger guys. When choosing a career, place to live, getting married and having kids, there are ways to get ahead of those things to keep your availability maxed during the seasons you want to hunt.

For funding hunting expenses, it helps to save monthly, just like any other thing in life you'll want to do.

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Thanks to both of you guys! I appreciate the advice


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[woods89]

Maybe not just something I wish I knew in my first season, but one thing that has served me well is,

Always be hunting. If the seasons open, and you tag is valid, and it's legal shooting hours, have your weapon handy and be aware of what's happening around you. It can happen at the most unexpected times.

 

[Christopher.Reed]

Don’t feel like you need any particular piece of equipment. It’s the time you put in that creates success, not the money.


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[Dos Perros]

The trophy pictures of others you see represent temporarily arranged beams of light imparting themselves upon a sensor. The effort, experience, grit, and endless stream of failure it took to arrange those beams of light just so are not captured by the sensor.

And eff it I'm feeling generous today. Something I tell my kids...

When confronted with failure, you have two choices:
1) try harder
2) try something different (another way of saying try another approach to the problem)

 

[mtnkid85]

Try hard. Seriously you just have to try really ******* hard to be constantly successful, half assing it doesn't cut it on public land.

 

[southLA]

Don't let your mind/heart end the hunt early for you.

 

[KurtR]

take lots of pics to help retain the memories

 

[sndmn11]

There is absolutely zero reason to take a shot you don't have 100% confidence in and can't find a reason to not shoot.

(and follow Cooper's rules;

• All guns are always loaded. Even if they are not, treat them as if they are.
• Never let the muzzle cover anything you are not willing to destroy. (For those who insist that this particular gun is unloaded, see Rule 1.)
• Keep your finger off the trigger till your sights are on the target. This is the Golden Rule. Its violation is directly responsible for about 60 percent of inadvertent discharges.
• Identify your target, and what is behind it. Never shoot at anything that you have not positively identified. )

Animals get wounded and lost, the wrong animals are shot, and sometimes people are shot, because folks think they "have to" shoot in situations they shouldn't. Nobody here is hunting to survive.

 

[Btaylor]

Sharpening the indian is just as if not more important than sharpening the knife or broadhead. Be a student of the animals and environments you pursue.

 

[knale87]

Don’t get caught up with what others post on social media.

There wasn’t social media when I started hunting but I feel like for someone starting out now, it’s sound advice.

 

[Ehunter]

Stay positive real hunting is not like tv hunting. Have fun hunting is just another adventure.

 

[TreeWalking]

Take care of your feet if you plan to hike in rough terrain. Use liner socks. Use heavy socks on top of liners. Smooth out any wrinkles in liners before put on heavy socks and smooth any wrinkles in heavy socks before put on boots. Learn to lace your boots as mountaineers do which is to lock down the toe box before continuing up the rest of the hooks and loops. Never wear a pair of liner socks a second time without washing or the bits of salt crystals will grind up your skin at friction points. Stop 15 minutes into a hike and tighten your boot laces. If a hot spot is forming then take off that boot and put duct tape on the hot spot, smooth out wrinkles, lock down toe box, etc. If a blister forms, Nu-skin the blistered area. Yes, it will sting as apply. Screw up your feet and you are limited to slowly driving the roads to fill your tag.