who bowhunts alone?
04-18-2006, 03:59 PM
#53
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Jun 2003
Location: Moccasin, Montana
Posts: 1,835
RE: who bowhunts alone?
I like to hunt by my self and do most of the time when I'm not guiding or take'in freinds out.
I bow huntmostly just elk and antelope,elk I take out on my back or with horses,antelope just drag them to the truck same with deer.
BBJ
I bow huntmostly just elk and antelope,elk I take out on my back or with horses,antelope just drag them to the truck same with deer.
BBJ
04-19-2006, 01:53 PM
#55
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: Lubbock, Texas
Posts: 929
RE: who bowhunts alone?
ORIGINAL: rankbull
I have been hunting on my own from the start, no one in my family or friends hunts. But that’s all changing it sounds like I have finally convinced my girlfriend to give it a try this fall.
I have been hunting on my own from the start, no one in my family or friends hunts. But that’s all changing it sounds like I have finally convinced my girlfriend to give it a try this fall.
I also started out hunting alone- very few people in my family/friends hunt, but I've met several guys over the last few years whom I've hunted with.
Like Rankbull, my girlfriend was the "preppy city-girl" type, but I talked her into going bobcat hunting one night, and she loved it. She was quieter than me, and was amazed at all the creatures in the woods. I thought she would get scared, but she loved it!
Now, she's my wife! She has her own gun and bow, and will start going hunting with me next fall. Her family thinks I'm a back-woods hick that is trying to "hickify" their daughter! LOL
04-21-2006, 11:36 AM
#58
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Oct 2004
Location:
Posts: 1,927
RE: who bowhunts alone?
I don't have someone up in the stand with me but I hunt the same property most of the time with at least my father, or a few friends. Even if we can't see each other we can talk on the radios (legal in VA) and give each other encouragements and possibly a heads-up that something may be heading our way. Besides checking in every hour is safer than being alone. I enjoy hearing what everyone saw that day and get their input on stand placement.Before my Dad can no longer hunt I hope one of my kids will be hunting. If I don't have someone to hunt with I go alone. 4 wheeler or drag if I'm alone.
