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[street]

Nice read Robby. I agree - I've found motivation keeps me on track during the offseason but self-discipline keeps me in the hunt.

 

[robby denning]

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[robby denning]

Book Review on New Mule Deer Book: "So You Want to Hunt the West...Now What?"

 

[Dbern7]

Good read!

 

[robby denning]

Final Review is up on the Zeiss SF 32 Here

 

[robby denning]

Spotter Gets First Shot

Decide before the hunt who gets first shot at a buck. Don’t assume anything, as everyone’s got different thoughts on the subject. This will save everyone some frustration.

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[TheGDog]

Very good post and point to make. I think you should create a forum category called "Hunter Etiquette" and start filling it with these kinds of tidbits. And allows users to pose conundrum questions like this.

As an example, when I started I was completely unaware that if someone helps you to pack out an animal, that some folks expect to be kicked down some pounds of the animal.

 

[robby denning]

Very good post and point to make. I think you should create a forum category called "Hunter Etiquette" and start filling it with these kinds of tidbits. And allows users to pose conundrum questions like this.

As an example, when I started I was completely unaware that if someone helps you to pack out an animal, that some folks expect to be kicked down some pounds of the animal.

Thank you!

 

[Travis Hobbs]

Great write up buddy! I think it’s very important to decide up front…

I still can’t believe I blew it

 

[robby denning]

Great write up buddy! I think it’s very important to decide up front…

I still can’t believe I blew it

that story is for another blog post hahahahaha.

 

[HuntInWild88]

Spotter Gets First Shot

Decide before the hunt who gets first shot at a buck. Don’t assume anything, as everyone’s got different thoughts on the subject. This will save everyone some frustration.

www.rokslide.com

Absolutely needs to be discussed before the hunt..when I was younger my cousin and I were sitting together on a small hillside in Indiana. Neither of us had ever shot a deer before and this little fork horned bucks shows up and beds probably 70 yards from us. We both sat there for probably 30 mins trying to decide who was going to get to shoot this deer. Well neither of us did. We were so busy arguing with each other we didn't even notice the small buck had got up and walked away.. we were probably 12.. we still laugh about it today.

Last year I took a buddy out for his first ever hunt. We came to an agreement pretty quickly that because this was "my" area that I was showing him that I had first dibs. He fully understood and he ended up shooting a small buck on day 3 and I shot a good buck later in season.

 

[Muley Buck]

Great write up buddy! I think it’s very important to decide up front…

I still can’t believe I blew it

Awww, thats a big bummer man. That can be a terrible experience that sticks with you for a very long time.

 

[Dioni A]

I'm a big fan of whoever found and scouted the area gets first crack at a known deer. Everything after that defaults to whoever gets eyes on it first.

 

[(NOP)]

I find the older I get, the less selfish I get, and the more enjoyment I get helping and watching others be successful. Helps make the decision easier with that attitude and I end up getting more from the hunt.

 

[long hunter]

My hunting buddy and I flip a coin, heads first shot no fuss no muss been working for years.

 

[robby denning]

The Walking Stick

 

[BeardyMcBeard]

Perfect write up. Convinced me to not purchase trek poles

 

[Randle]

I have poles with my pack frame but first load out gets a stick. I find a stick is smooth all the way up and no flicklocks or loops to get hung up in the vine maple or north idaho jungle trash
Great write up as always

 

[NIDAHO HUNTER]

I have nice telescoping trekking poles that I use mostly for winter hiking and backpacking heavy. I used to always pack them on hunts but hated how noisy they are clinking on rocks... One day I left them at camp and had to hike down a really steep slope in the dark. on my way back. I found a dead branch that worked great and was much quieter. As Robby says the forest is full of walking sticks and now all I pack is a small folding saw to make one.

 

[robby denning]

I have nice telescoping trekking poles that I use mostly for winter hiking and backpacking heavy. I used to always pack them on hunts but hated how noisy they are clinking on rocks... One day I left them at camp and had to hike down a really steep slope in the dark. on my way back. I found a dead branch that worked great and was much quieter. As Robby says the forest is full of walking sticks and now all I pack is a small folding saw to make one.

Great minds think alike


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