RE: What are the 5 top hunt killers?
#1-ROUGH SEAS 7-9 FOOT WAVES, GALE WARNING ETC...KEEPS ME FROM DEER HUNTING. HAVE TO RUN 40-45 MILES OR MORE IN OCEAN TO GET TO AREAS I HUNT DEER. IF I CAN GET OUT THERE THEN THE WEATHER GETS BAD I STILL HUNT. HAVE HUNTED IN 60-70 MPH WINDS AND HORIZONAL RAIN IN SHEETS....STILL SEE DEER AND GET THEM.
#2 ILLNESS OR INJURY- HUNTING PARTNER CAME DOWN WITH 104 FEVER....ENDED GOAT HUNT.
#3 WATER TOO LOW IN RIVER TO RUN BOAT
#4 GETTING TOO COLD AND ICE IN RIVER ...UNABLE TO RUN JET BOAT. USUALLY JUST CHANGES HUNT FROM RIVER TO ROAD THOU.
#5 FLOODING MUD SLIDES OR AVALANCES KEEPING FROM GETTING TO HUNT AREA....USUALLY THAT WOULD ONLY DELAY HUNT?
REALLY 4 OF THESE COULD BE LUMPED INTO MOTHER NATURE KICKING BUTT.
#6 NOT HAVING A DEPENDABLE HUNTING PARTNER TO GO WITH. I HAVE GONE SOLO IN ALASKA BUT NOT RECOMMENDED AND NOT AS MUCH FUN.
#7 HAVE SOMEONE DRINKING TOO MUCH OR DOING DRUGS IN CAMP....
#8 HAVING SOMEONE ALONG THAT IS ENDANGERING THEMSELVES OR ANYONE ELSE IN THE GROUP. SAFETY IS OF GRETA IMPORTANCE.
IF 7 OR 8 HAPPENS THE HUNT WILL BE DELAYED LONG ENOUGH TO RETURN THEM HOME IF THEY RODE WITH ME AND START AGAIN IF I HAVE TIME. AND THEY WILL NOT GET ANOTHER INVITE.
ALOT OF OTHER STUFF ARE THINGS TO JUST WHINE ABOUT. AND I DO KNOW HOW TO DO THAT.