Do you hunt solo or as a group?

[buffybr]

Except for my international hunts, which were all guided, probably most of my of my hunts here at home were solo.

For about 20 years I had a couple of horses and they made the job of packing in a wilderness camp relatively easy, and especially packing out the meat.

My mountain goat, 2 of my bighorn rams, 1 of my Shiras moose, 1 of my black bears, probably 20 of my elk, and half of my deer and pronghorn antelope I got on solo hunts.

For quite a few years 1 to 4 of the guys that I worked with and I would all go antelope hunting together and sharing the camp was fun, but most of the time I hunted solo out of camp. After we all retired, the other guys lost interest in the hunt, and for the last 10 or so years I've just gone by myself.

My first Alaskan hunt was a DIY hunt with 4 of my friends, and my first South African hunt was with 3 of my friends. My girlfriend went with me on my New Zealand hunt and except for the rain, we had a great trip.

For all of my other international hunts, I traveled by myself, but hunted with the guide and sometimes with the camp staff.

 

[EastHumboldt]

I almost always hunt with my brother and my son. The social aspect of hunting camp life is really fun to me. That said, sometimes we’ll get up on the ridge, and one of us will break off to hunt back towards camp solo.

So you can have your cake and eat it too.

 

[MTMH14]

I am solo for 99.9% of all my hunting. I hunt elk, deer, bear, upland, waterfowl, turkey. I have friends who hunt occasionally, but it’s not a priority for them. But they know I’m out there and if they get a couple days off I’ll happily help them fill a tag.

I should mention I require alone time lol. So being lonely isn’t something that I suffer from.

I do have a couple of friends who hunt regularly that I sometimes hunt with. In the past two years a few times per year. Unfortunately our styles of hunting are a little too different to work well together. On the plus side it’s shown me areas that I need to improve on. That I otherwise would not have known about without hunting with a partner.

 

[Njhunter1124]

I big game hunt by myself, waterfowl and upland with friends and family

 

[ElkArcher918]

Hunt solo for Western big game. Tired of lame hunting buddies bailing out early for a handful of BS excuses. Small game and turkey always welcome others.

 

[WRO]

I wondering which you guys tend to do, and the differences in your opinion of each.

I don't have a hunting group so few times I go, its exclusively solo and usually turns into more of a camping trip than hunting.

I’m blessed to have a good crew of guys I hunt with, I rarely hunt big game alone. Either my buddies or my kids.

I’m more likely to bird hunt alone, but there’s always a dog or 2 with me.

 

[Cleidig]

Mostly solo or with a real good buddy that we hunt good together. There’s definitely less drama that way I’ve come to find out….

 

[COLD SMOKE]

80% solo, but some of my favorite turkey hunts have been with buddies and we get a double header. That’s always a great time.

looking forward to gaining a hunting partner this fall season for mule deer and bear for help with pack outs and to see if we can work together effectively to increase both our skill and opportunity for shots.

 

[tkhuntsman]

I wondering which you guys tend to do, and the differences in your opinion of each.

I don't have a hunting group so few times I go, its exclusively solo and usually turns into more of a camping trip than hunting.

Mostly solo since my kids have gotten into their later teenage years. They'd rather go hunt with their buddies and do their own things. We do still get out together a couple times a year. I also try to do at least one big trip with a couple of good friends for 3-5 days every year.