All by myself...
#31
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Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: Hoosier Country, Baby!
Posts: 1,710
RE: All by myself...
I'm here, the boogeyman didn't get me.... I got out of the stand about 15 minutes before I should have, but I wanted to make sure I knew how to get back to the trail and I didn't want to try to find it in total darkness... I had an excellent hunt though, saw 4 does and 3 bucks, two of which were very nice. Everything was about 80-100 yds out though. Baby steps... Maybe tonight I will stay 5 or 10 minutes later.
About that rutting buck thing, my father in law once spilled doe pee all over himself and STILL went out. He was hunting from the ground, sitting against a tree and heard all this grunting and ruckus about 10 yards behind him, when he turned around, there was a buck snorting, stomping, grunting, head down, and started charging him... he turned around and shot the sucker in the chest as he was heading straight for his tree...
I don't mind being in my tree, I would sit there through the dark hours of the night if I could, I feel safe in my stand, just don't like being on the ground. It's okay, like I said, baby steps, eventually I will have the nerve to stay till dark.
About that rutting buck thing, my father in law once spilled doe pee all over himself and STILL went out. He was hunting from the ground, sitting against a tree and heard all this grunting and ruckus about 10 yards behind him, when he turned around, there was a buck snorting, stomping, grunting, head down, and started charging him... he turned around and shot the sucker in the chest as he was heading straight for his tree...
I don't mind being in my tree, I would sit there through the dark hours of the night if I could, I feel safe in my stand, just don't like being on the ground. It's okay, like I said, baby steps, eventually I will have the nerve to stay till dark.
#32
Join Date: Aug 2005
Posts: 55
RE: All by myself...
Like everybody else said, with a little repetition you'll be just fine. When my family moved to NC from AZ, I was scared stiff of the woods, because I had never seen them before. But now, well, earlier this week I slept on the ground a couple miles into the woods all night with just my bow. Heard some yotes taking down a deer, even, but it didn't faze me at all. I just rolled over and tried to find a softer spot in my backpack. ;-) Have fun!