What makes an expert hunter?

[noisy]

Interesting question. I have a few friends I consider expert elk hunters. They have been doing it 30+years (me = 8 years). None of them carry binos, none use a bipod, they have no expensive hunting clothes, they sleep in the back of their truck or ghetto wall tents or bivy in the bc, and not one has ever been on an outfitted hunt. Big bulls, brush bulls, cows, they slay every year and fill the freezer. They hike a lot until they find elk and they have an innate sense for where the animals will be. They are mostly humble about it too. They have earned expert status in my book.

 

[Vargasm]

If you enjoy being out there and respect the resources you're an expert.

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[WV Mountaineer]

Drive makes expert hunters.

 

[missjordan]

Consistency in my book. If a hunter can go every year and harvest a respectable animal they are pursuing, then they deserve the title of expert hunter.


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[Ursus1975]

i agree that consistently harvesting mature animals is a quality of an expert hunter, but i would throw in being able to do it in any habitat and terrain puts you in a different class.

 

[tttoadman]

If there was such a term, it would be for those guys that figure it out and adapt to make it happen when the conditions are less than ideal. That really takes some serious time in the field to master.

If that isn't it, it would be anybody with more than 1382 posts on Rokslide. You don't even need field experience if you have that??

 

[JLH208]

Consistent and versatile. Meaning many different animals, conditions and landscapes.


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[flatlanderhuffandpuff]

If someone tells you they're an expert hunter, chances are they aren't.

I like to keep the emphasis on the primitive reason for hunting so I'd say the guy/gal I'd like to have with me if I was stranded in the wilderness and was hungry. Someone who knows where the animal are and why and how to get close and kill them is the expert. Big bone doesn't factor in to me as much.

 

[MallardSX2]

Knowledge, experience and being able to combine the two
in many different scenarios or situations.

This pretty much sums it up. I know a lot of people , good hunters, who have hunted hard for 40 years and they still struggle with being able to figure out a solution to a situation when things fall apart.

 

[JWP58]

Cool tats. Or not so cool tats. Pretty much just tattoos in general...

 

[juan trueno]

Cool tats. Or not so cool tats. Pretty much just tattoos in general...

Finally. Now I’ve got it made. People wondering if I’m an expert hunter or an expert mma fighter or an expert rock star. Tattoos have really gotten versatile.

 

[MuleyFever]

How many stickers do I need on my truck to make the rank of expert?

 

[realunlucky]

How many stickers do I need on my truck to make the rank of expert?

Just a giant mnt ops one covering the entire back window will do in most places.

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[Kootenay Hunter]

+10k instagram followers and elk101 follows YOU!

 

[Crippledsledge64]

Anyone who can get it done with a trad bow let alone with 3 kids has my respect despite the size of the trophy. Even bringing your kids along without getting anything is worth recognizing in my opinion.

 

[JWP58]

How many stickers do I need on my truck to make the rank of expert?

Depends on how many tats and flattys you got, bro.

 

[Savage99]

How many stickers do I need on my truck to make the rank of expert?

Well... I have 4, so.... at least 40!


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[Chesapeake]

Maybe there’s guys who are good in thier region and preferred prey, but how would they be if the prey and terain changed?

How would a guy from Utah do in the Amazon?

I don’t think an “expert hunter” exists. That would be like having an “ expert doctor”. Too much to learn.

Jack of all trades, master of none.

 

[CX5Ranch]

Guys filling tags with B+C animals are not necessarily expert hunters. They may be decent hunters with an excellent place to hunt.

Try swamping an old doe with a bow on public ground.

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[EastMT]

I’m not sure what an expert is, but when I see a old man in the woods with a bolt gun and a peep sight I pay attention.


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