Originally Posted by
BTBowhunter
We all want as many hunters to be succesful as possible but part of the problem with that is how each hunter measures success.
I didn't tag a PA buck this year but I had a very successful season. I passed several legal bucks, shot some doe and saw but didn't get a shot at a few mature bucks. It was a great season IMHO.
We've also had hunters here either say or imply that a buck kill is the only acceptable measure of success. When we see a member proudly post a photo of a very young hunter with his first buck and happily tell us the story of his part in helping that young hunter in his hunt only to have another member say essentially "Thats nice but did you get yours? I did. " kinda tells us that everyones measure of "success" is quite different.
Last year, I told of a very enjoyable early muzzy hunt where several of us saw dozens of deer and had several shot opportunities but foliage prevented us from being sure the deer werent bucks. No one in the gang took a shot or killed a deer but it was a great time. I closed my post with something like "all in all a great hunt" One response I got here was: "so what do you consider a bad hunt, one where you get hit by lightning?"
All that just shows that "success" is in the eyes of the beholder and I think a few folks need new glasses.
bob, if you are COMFORTABLE,WARM and have buddy or kid along, thats the fun.......i see hunters say between ages of 12 to 40.......most are NOT HAPPY ........they have to get that MEAT before you do....they sneak around following sproul and then flop their butts 20 yds from me. i had 14 do it this year around me within 150 yds.
i should have sold sportsmans club tickets this year.
now if they were there to ENJOY woods as i do,THEY WOULD NOT BE FOLLOWING ME OR SITTING WHERE I SIT peeking at me for 2 days.
so out of say 80 hunters that were in area i hunt,1 mile circle say,out of that bunch there was only12 that in my opinion were there to enjoy the hunt .rest are just sad group of people if MEAT and filling the tags means that much to them.
out of all those ,the buck i was after was shot at noon first day by one of them 20 yds from me.there i sat and did not get mad .he ran after buck yelling, ITS MINE, ITS MINE...
i offered to help drag BUCK out and he said, no thanks in mean voice.............
so thats what i am seeing in last 5 years.very few are enjoying hunting.
i saw good times when hunters respected other hunters and move elsewhere to hunt if you were there.no one would steal your gun or stand in woods.
now they follow you around and let you do their scouting........disgusting bunch to say the least.
this is because of lack of deer in WMU2G and all tags and MEAT FEVER that is happening.
we used to go too school and BRAG about the nice buck we got and how he doubled back on us and tricked us IN BLIZZARD OR HIGH WIND ETC..it was growing up to be a man thing......
today a kid goes to school and brags about his DEER JERKY,does not know anything about following deer track,is it buck or doe or the excitement of hunting a buck that tricked him the day before etc.
its hard for me to see these changes and not be very sad.i cant see it changing because most never knew what was great and what is now.
sorry got off topic a little again but this was worst season i ever had in 46 years hunting deer.....
but i am enjoying walking woods with toby flushing some grouse this week. we did see 3 grouse for about a 5 mile walk,thats was great to see but toby bro another toenail again.
