Golf vs. Hunting
 

Golf vs. Hunting[/b]
Let’s compare:

Golf
The hole is always a known distance away.
The hole is always visible because is has a nice flag waving over it.
The course is always nearly flat.
There are always either 18, or sometimes 9, holes.
Many courses offer carts to drive you from hole to hole.
"Hazards" on a golf course consist of artificial sand traps and ponds.
Every hole always ends in success, even if it takes 10 strokes.
You can take your sweet time teeing off on every hole.
There is always a cold beer waiting at the "19th hole" (the clubhouse bar).
You never get dirty playing golf.
You don’t play golf in bad weather.
If you get bloody, you've done something terribly wrong.

Hunting
The hole (the wild game) is never a known distance away (unless you use a rangefinder, a relatively modern device).
The hole moves around randomly and constantly.
The hole can see you, smell you, and hear you.
The hole runs away and/or hides when it sees you, smells you, or hears you.
There might not be even a single hole on the entire course, but you don’t know that.
If you are lucky, you might have 5 seconds to judge the distance, get into your stance, and tee offon the one and only hole of the entire day.
If you don’t get a hole-in-one on the first hole you find, you often don’t get any more holes for the entire course.
The course is almost never flat.
A cart doesn’t haul you from hole to hole.
Hazards consist of poisonous snakes, mountain lions, grizzly bears, steep cliffs, unstable footing, and getting seriously lost.
Most hunts end in failure (if “failure” is defined as always getting a hole).
There are no cold beers waiting, unless you bring them.
You almost always get dirty and sweaty while hunting.
Bad weather is often the best time to hunt.
If you get bloody, you've probably done something right.

So tell me, which is more manly and challenging – hunting or golf????

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golf is by far more challanging
i play just about every single sport and i have been playing golf sence i was 6 and i can tell you their is no sport harder. did you ever try walking on a golf course and see what you shoot? now no it isn't challanging to get a 140 but when you get good it is always a challange to shoot par or sub par. i haven't played many courses that are flat. in tourniment play you have to carry your own clubs which isn't hard but why don't you put a 70 pound weight on your back and then walk 3,500 yards and see how easy it is.
-hunting is very hard also and it is more "manly" however do you know how many people go out and shoot a buck or doe without scouting or really praticing with their equipment? lots. many people who have never hunted before shoot deer. once in a while they get a big one. - if in golf you don't pratice i would like to see how many pars you get "shooting a doe" then see how many get a birdie "getting a buck" how many eagles "getting a big buck"
i could go on and on but do you see what i am saying it is much harder to be good at golf then be a good hunter besides i think any day in the woods is a great day

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:D:D:D:D

Speak for yourself.[:-]

Actually it's amazing the similarities between bowhunting and golf. Perhaps the biggest factor in both is "TARGET". Precision and focus on your target.

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I've been plenty dirty playing golf. and a lot drunker than i'll ever be hunting. gotta love public courses.

you go hunting and never take a shot, it's okay. go golfing and never swing a club, you're a moron that wasted his money. you are guaranteed a challenge every time you golf.

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I hunt on golf courses. Both sports are very compatible. Yes I have enjoyed a limo ride in a golf cart to and from my stand with or with out my deer. In fact many of times, we wish each good luck on the fairway. I played both and stick to poolifa ball is involved. Hunting is by far easier.

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Cant eat the white ball

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I never got into golf. Seems lame.

Plus, I go to church on Sundays.

Plus, I'd probably not be good at it and get frustrated.

Plus, it seems as though "elites" play golf. Maybe someday when I'm rolling in the dough I'll play golf...

Yeah, on the other hand...probably not...

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I play golf for my high school, hunting is by far easier, I have golfed for 4 years on the team, my 4th season just ended. It is hard to comepete with the elites of Northen IL, the kids who have the dough and have had every PGA Techer available, especially since in my conference my school has the lowest enrollment, some of the other schools like Geneva and Batavia have 3 times the amount of kids.

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Dude You need to come visit me , First off you got county like this Then you gotta hunt it like thisThen if your lucky enuff to see thesesYou got shoot one and pack it out like thisAll the time fighting off theseI don't know if you have really been hunting?????

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Money can't compete with talent. One good thing about golf is you can't flat out buy a golf swing. You can drop all the money there is in lessons, but you have to have some natural ability to excell at golf.

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Personally, I encourage guys to take up golf at every opportunity, I don't golf myself butI understand that fall is an excellent time to play.;)

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I am passionate about both. Neither is easy or even comparable to the other. Except good range guestimation is crucial to both.

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I've always thought golf and archery were pretty closely related. I always compare the two when explaining things to people. They require many of the same disciplines.

I think golf is MUCH harder myself. I became a pretty decent archer fairly fast. Golf is much harder to get good at. I mean I can play it, but not well. The hole is at a known distance from the tee, but most can't hit a ball that far. I can't come close! And I'm lucky if it stays in my fairway:D.

I don't use a golf cart either, I walk. I play a fairly small course though.

Paul

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I think there both difficult. Just like any other sports the more you practice the better you are. I used to play golf at least 3 times a week, and I got pretty good at it. I live in city surrounded by golf courses, I have roughly 20 courses within a half hour drive, and live within 5 minutes of two more. If I had deer woods this close I probably would be a better hunter. So for me personally I would have to say hunting is harder.

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I would have expected NYB to come up with this one. Definitely some food for thought. :D

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funny post man, i enjoyed that

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IMO the only thing golf courses are good for is hunting the deer that live on 'em. I don't play. I have just didn't enjoy it as much. Golf courses are so un-natural and man made...just not my bag.

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No No NO.... 9 holes is NOT golf. It's a kiddy game. Golf is ALWAYS 18 holes, unless you're playing for money or beer... then it can be any number.

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there's a bit more at stake with bowhunting. you miss a shot in golf, you get another and no big deal. you miss a shot with a bow, your done at best - you have a wounded deer at worst.I like both and there are some interesting similarities, but when it comes down to it they aredifferent at the core.

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I GAVE UP GOLF ..MADE ME CUSS TO MUCH

ROLL TIDE
DD

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I've deliberately broken golf equipment........I've never even considered damaging any hunting equipment. That about says it all for what I consider tougher to master. (For a competitve guy like me anyway)

Many of us probably have what it takes to become a "World Class' hunter if provided the prime locations that many hunting "Stars" own, use and employ............damn few of us have the skills to be a single digit handicap in golf. Actually when you consider the number of guys who actually play golf, the number who actually have the talent to be 'World Class" is just a hair above zero.

This thread reminds me.........I have to fish 1/2 of a putter out of the bottom of my bag.;)

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Get another no big deal? How about winning or losing thousands of dollars with every swing or every 10 foot putt?[:-];)

Actually your statement is the exact opposite mindset you need to excel at golf. You have to practice and play like there is no mulligan. There is no 2nd shot. Practice and play every shot like you're in contention at the 72nd hole of the US Open.
The focus, patience, and discipline required to play golf really coorelates to bowhuning in a beneficial way IMO. Target interaction!!

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10-4

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There's always room for mulligans. Just swingwhen nobody is looking! ;) Imagine yourself 20 yards from the green right behind a sand trap. You use a nice 58* lofted wedge to plop the ball right up over the trap and gently drop it on the green near the cup. Now, if you duff the shot, it's okay.... pick the ball up out of the sand trap, and put it back where it was and try again. Nobody will say a thing! ....Trust me! :D
{NYBH reaches through his monitor and goes "<SLAP> Dumba$$!!!" }

Actually, in all seriousness, golf and bowhunting do have a lot in common. The technique and demand for accuracy is vitally important. I love both golf and bowhunting, and am a way better shot at archery than I am at golf.

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not all of us are PGA professionals and putt for thousands of dollars or hundreds for that matter. simple point: I (or most regular joes) miss a putt, a 7 iron, a drive, etc. IT IS NOT A BIG DEAL - I wound a deer with a poor shot, i'm regretting that forever. golf is a game, hunting is a life and death thing (at least for the deer)

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doughboysigep- i lipped out a 7ft birdie putt to miss the cut byone strokefor the third day of golf districts. no it wasn't $100,000 on the line but damn iam still mad about missing it.
i never got lessions in golf, i'm 15 and i have a 6 handicap so i guess you could say i somewhat good. i love to hunt i love to fish i love to play baseball but i can tell you i'm best on a golf course. i mean i am okay in baseball, this year i will be the starting shortstop in JV and maybe play some varsity 2nd base. but golf has always come the easiest to me. but don't get me wrong i pratice everynight and play about 3 or 4 times a weekso i work hard for it.

like i said before GOLF IS THE HARDEST SPORT TO PLAY AND BE GOOD IN.