My friend is a deer expert
 

This friend of mine comes by and shows me pictures of the buck he shot opening day of gun season, it was big 22 in. inside spread 11 pointer that green scored 178. He tells me the story. He over slept opening morning, gets up and decides to go hunting around 8 a.m., while driving across the farm he see's two does and this buck standing in a wood lot, he jumps out, rest his 30-06(he has never bow hunted) across the hood of his truck and kills this buck. Now he's telling me what I need to do if I want to take big buck's like he does. I just smile and listen as he enlightens me with his new found monster buck killing powers.:D:D:D:D:D

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I've got some friends that have had simiar experiences. Always brings a smile to face as well. Darn them. Beginners luck i suppose. Rifle prolly helps quite a bit to though.

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I think the same thing when I see Stan Potts and these other guys on TV on farms that scout for them all year long.....hang their stands.....etc....

Iftheyput ME in that stand...that day.....would I be an expert?

These guys have people THROWING deer at them.....begging them to come and shoot deer that they have SAVED for for them......all so the hunters will mention their ranch/outfitter on TV. I'm not taking anything away from their ability to make a shot when the moment of truth arrives.....but let's call a spade a spade.

If I hear one more TV hunter talk about how hard they've hunted "this deer".....I think I'm gonna puke. Hell....you just got there, Tuesday....and today's THURSDAY! Get Sam to move you a stand over to that side of the cutover....and you can continue to hunt him hard, tomorrow.

Please.

I'm honest with myself. I know I have a lot of deer around. I know I'm lucky.

Jeff

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Keep him as a friend. You never know when you will need his expert advise. Plus it is always nice to touch base with a true expert from time to time.

My opinion is that a deer hunting expert cannot be judged by the size of the deer he has killed but by how often he is successful. Anyone can walk into the woods the first time out, get extremely lucky, and kill a monster. No skill involved and certainly no expertise.

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Lol. I can relate. I live in outfitter haven. I love how the guys from Dallas and Houstoncome down with every bell and whistle cabalus has to sell. Get a outfitter to set them up in a heated 20 foot enclosed blind and shoot a nice buck.Then come into the local cafe and brag about how knowledgable they are about hunting. When 90% of the times these guys dont shot their gun all yearuntil a week before coming to the outfitters. Have the gun shop sight in their rifle. Buy all this camo to set in an enclosed condo blind.When theyshow up after the hunt all camoed out, reaking of after shave and wearing leather boots. I can only giggle. Not giggle at how they got their deer, that doesnt bother me, just the bragging on their hunting prowess.

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He'll fit right in around here. Tell him to sign up for a username.

RE: My friend is a deer expert
 

so he knows how
1.Breathe
2. Wake up ... late
3.Drive
4.Shoot a high powered rifle

Well no kidding hes an expert, I only DREAM I could do those things, you had better take all of his advice,lucky sonbuck...:D

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I believe in most places resting the gun on the hood of a vehicle is illegal. Am I wrong on this?

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This happend to me this year too. A friend of mine shot his first deer this year gun hunting. It was a 120-130 class buck. He has been hunting on and off for about 5 years.

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Isnt that considered poaching?

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I know some people like that. Just smile and congratulate them.

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here in indiana its called poaching, using a motorized vehical in aid to pursue wild game, not to mention shooting off the freakin hood, then there is shooting from the road.
did he even know the owner of the land he poached the buck from??

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I just called the game warden,he was like "whatever" when I got off the phone with him I called tred,HE WAS PISSED!

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Hey, give the guy a break........at least he jumped out of the truck.

How do I clear up this avatar photo?

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He was on his farm, KY. law states, can't discharge firearm upon, over or across any public roadway or from an automobile. He was within the law, in the middle of his farm and he exited the automobile, but why he thinks he is the deer masterI have no idea.

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Here it is illegal to use motorized vehicle to pursue game, but as long as you are sitting still and off the road, you can shoot from the vehicle if you want to. Off the hood would be no problem either.

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I've got one for you a freind of mine owns the woods i hunt in , i know every trial in the woods witch way the deer run on them right well he go out try to get a deer can't get one so i tell him what trial to set up on he get a deer then tell me how he got the darn thing but makes it sound like he put al this scouting time in and makes it sound like he knew the deer were useing that trial i just laugh and let him believe he knows what the hell he doing .

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OH YAH, WELL IMA POOP EXPERT !!

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im the best kid hunter there is period

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Just be happy for him. He does have a nice place to hunt and he will soon not understand why things aren't working out so well. He'll need a friend.:D

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ILL TELL YOU GUYS THE BEST METHOD !! GET A NIGHT VISION SCOPE AND A SILENCED .22 AND HUNT AT NIGHT... THAS HOW I GOT ALL MY BIG BUCKS...13 AND COUNTING :)

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Wow, your a riot!

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This year was my sons first seasion.He watches all the shows and has a few pieces of fancy equipment.He hunted morning and evening rain or shine right up to the rut and hardly saw a deer.I was usually hunting in another area closeby but not close enough to cut deer off headed twards him.(1000-2000 yds) finally i saw that he was only 10-15 ft up the tree and told him 20-25 would be better.After that he started seeing lots of deer but they were all too small.The last weekend of early seasion he decided to shoot a buck.When i asked him about the size he said it was bigger but not realy big.When we found it i thaught it was a mule! He had to break 200 real easy.Pounds that is.Turns out that my son was so high up that everything looked small!He put his time in before and after work though and he deserved that 9 pointer.

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I know a guy like that.He was just starting out bowhunting and I took him under my wing, showed him a couple of the spots I hunt, let him hunt them that first year.He crippled a buck I had been watching, rushed in to soon after the shot against my advise, scared the buck which was bedded down and never recovered him.The following year the guy had his own stands up in my areas, had invited several of his friends to hunt the same area, and pretty much ruined my favorite hunting spot which I havent been back to since.

Yet to this day he still tries to offer advice to anyone that will listen, point out what he thinks others are doing wrong, and follows me around trying to figure out where Im hunting and generally he wastes no time in getting permission to hunt right behind me.Hes never killed a deer with his bow.Last week he tried to give me muzzleloading advice.Maybe someday when I need help dragging Ill enlist his expertice and put it to good use[:'(]