I'll echo the sentiments of the two guys touting solo hunting. Finding a good hunting partner is probably more difficult than finding a good wife. I hate the normal hunting routine you get sucked into with a partner. Say you'll pick him up at 5 AM, which means you'll leave his house at 6:30 AM, then go to a cafe while shooting light dawns, finally jump into the truck and head into the hills about 8 AM. So goes the day. It makes me absolutely nuts!

The worst thing about having a hunting partner is that every single aspect of the hunt will be the fruit of a compromise between what you really want to do and what he wants to do. Thus, the most important element in hunting is compromised - belief. You have to believe in what you're doing out there. How do you do that when you're not really doing the hunt the way you believe will work best?

One answer to this is to "hunt solo together". Each guy does his own hunt for the day, and you arrange to meet for lunch or after dark back at the truck. Good luck finding a partner!