When to quit?

[Schmo]

From your avatar the country looks pretty open. If you have time (and distance) I have found a couple dry fires really calms the nerves before I send the real deal.

Absolutely. Got to do that last season on two deer, one at 360, another at 370. Had time to dry fire on both. It’s tremendous how much it helps calm and give confidence when you have the luxury to do it.

 

[Andrew12gauge]

One thing I’m seeing here, and it may have already been brought up but you mentioned hunting multiple spots over the course of a season. Have you tried hunting 1 spot consistently? It seems to me if you had a consistent spot that you knew intimately, knew when, where and how the animals were going to use the land in that spot you might have more luck. Do your buddies that are successful regularly jump around or do they hunt the same spot all season? I personally have fallen into the trap of grass is greener syndrome and I’m always checking someplace new, but I’m also a western hunter where game densities are much lower and seeking out new spots/animals is the norm


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[Lil-Rokslider]

You can’t kill bucks if your wife sucks.

Put that on a t shirt, and sell it in the rokslide store!

 

[Jpsmith1]

One thing I’m seeing here, and it may have already been brought up but you mentioned hunting multiple spots over the course of a season. Have you tried hunting 1 spot consistently? It seems to me if you had a consistent spot that you knew intimately, knew when, where and how the animals were going to use the land in that spot you might have more luck. Do your buddies that are successful regularly jump around or do they hunt the same spot all season? I personally have fallen into the trap of grass is greener syndrome and I’m always checking someplace new, but I’m also a western hunter where game densities are much lower and seeking out new spots/animals is the norm


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I've done both. While I'm not keeping super detailed records of deer Sightings, it seems that moving more leads to more Sightings for me.

I do hunt good spots multiple times and hunt them over multiple seasons.

My buddies have good spots but still wind up moving stands mid season. The one I'm particularly thinking of uses ladder stands while I'm using a climbing stand so moving a stand is a project for him while I can just move.

 

[manitou1]

Yeah, if I had your hunting record I would have quit many years ago.

I don't know what keeps you going.

I enjoy the experience, but getting up at 3 a.m., the gas, the equipment and tag expense, the being cold/hot, wet, etc... I gotta have some return on my investment.

 

[Fatcamp]

Maybe ask her to go with you. even if she doesn't hunt, she can be there to make sure you are safe. My wife went with me many times and just staid in camp while I was hunting. I made sure she knew how to use a gun before we were married, so I wasn't real concerned about her staying in camp.

Yup. If that's the condition she puts on it time for her to put her money where her mouth is.


Organize a very comfortable camp. Buy a dog. Teach her to shoot. Enjoy a new phase.

 

[Jpsmith1]

Yup. If that's the condition she puts on it time for her to put her money where her mouth is.


Organize a very comfortable camp. Buy a dog. Teach her to shoot. Enjoy a new phase.

She's a wonderful wife. I love her and my life is better with her in it.

She also has a genetic condition that has almost killed her a couple times that is aggravated by smoke and strong smells.

Taking her to camp could literally kill her. At the very least, the trip would be cut short after a camp fire and we'd be running for the nearest hospital.