How can you not?If I were not influenced by others and picking up informationit would seem like I have it all figured out, which I know I don't. So I am constantly trying to sponge up information from other successful hunters, the woods/deer, magazines/books, and just about anywhere else I can find it. Like Duke mentioned though you need to be able to determine what is useful or applicable to the areas you hunt and what isn't.

VAit seems hard to imagine thatnothing or noone has influenced changes in your hunting. On some level you were influenced somewhere along the lineotherwise you would still be hunting the same way you were 20 years ago (or whenever you started) except for self learned stuff,and I can't imagine that being the case(for myself anyway). You have never heardsomething or readsomething and thought "Man I am going to try that in that bottom I hunt or near that bean field", never?

I'm just asking, Idon't me to sound like a jerk or anything.