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RE: One deer states.....2 deer states.....ramblings...
So we just put up a series of trail cams....WATCH the deer from our living rooms and offices....and gain "experience" without ever taking one or getting cold?
If we use multiple angles....are we even doing better than the single-cam guy? Running feed add bonus experience points? I know this is ludicrous....but hey....we're just rambling, right????;) We should all just put up video cameras in our woods.....and have our kids watch them from the time they're able to watch TV until they'r eof legal hunting age. Actually killing the animals is way overrated. This way....the day our kids take a step into the woods.....they'll have YEARS of experience.:D (OK...that wasnt genuine........it was a joke) |
RE: One deer states.....2 deer states.....ramblings...
ORIGINAL: GMMAT Maybe you're not misunderstaning it, too. I asked if taking animals gained a person more experience than watching them. You said it doesn't. Your opinion.....and you're entitled. Yeah thats kinda what I was thinking. |
RE: One deer states.....2 deer states.....ramblings...
ORIGINAL: GMMAT So we just put up a series of trail cams....WATCH the deer from our living rooms and offices....and gain "experience" without ever taking one or getting cold? If we use multiple angles....are we even doing better than the single-cam guy? Running feed add bonus experience points? I know this is ludicrous....but hey....we're just rambling, right????;) If you define experience as sitting in the same stands year after year shooting the same herd year after year that you take pictures of at the same bait pile year after year then I guess you wouldn't gain any experience from learning your prey's habit and idiosyncrasies. I'm just rambling here but perhaps you should give us your definition of experience ;) |
RE: One deer states.....2 deer states.....ramblings...
ORIGINAL: brucelanthier A thought just occurred to me: Do you(anyone) learn anything from cameras you have in the woods? Do you(anyone) gain more (any?)experience than the guy (me LOL) that doesn't have any cameras in the woods? Now I'll say the first part of your question was do we learn? Sure, We learn what some of the deer in our area look like. If they are bucks we learn how many points, spread etc. Does that equate to experience? Perhaps we let that 120" 8 point walk because there is a 130" 8 with a bigger spread?? We also learn stuff unrelated to the deer hunt. What other wildlife is out there coons, turkey, etc.. We also learn about our cameras and how we shoulda spent more money on a better one..but I digress. I guess for me it's a way to hunt when the season isn'topen. I have a pot on the fire. I'm doing some non-invasive (or less invasive) scouting. It's like a woods ultra sound Some people want to know the sex of the baby, some wait til birth. We knew early ;)and had each of the nurseries done, when the kids came home! |
RE: One deer states.....2 deer states.....ramblings...
ORIGINAL: brucelanthier I'm just rambling here but perhaps you should give us your definition of experience ;) We just didn't call it that back then. ;) |
RE: One deer states.....2 deer states.....ramblings...
ORIGINAL: GMMAT So we just put up a series of trail cams....WATCH the deer from our living rooms and offices....and gain "experience" without ever taking one or getting cold? If we use multiple angles....are we even doing better than the single-cam guy? Running feed add bonus experience points? I know this is ludicrous....but hey....we're just rambling, right????;) We should all just put up video cameras in our woods.....and have our kids watch them from the time they're able to watch TV until they'r eof legal hunting age. Actually killing the animals is way overrated. This way....the day our kids take a step into the woods.....they'll have YEARS of experience.:D (OK...that wasnt genuine........it was a joke) |
RE: One deer states.....2 deer states.....ramblings...
ORIGINAL: GR8atta2d Your reply was a good one.. Now I'll say the first part of your question was do we learn? Sure, We learn what some of the deer in our area look like. If they are bucks we learn how many points, spread etc. Does that equate to experience? Perhaps we let that 120" 8 point walk because there is a 130" 8 with a bigger spread?? We also learn stuff unrelated to the deer hunt. What other wildlife is out there coons, turkey, etc.. We also learn about our cameras and how we shoulda spent more money on a better one..but I digress. I guess for me it's a way to hunt when the season isn'topen. I have a pot on the fire. I'm doing some non-invasive (or less invasive) scouting. It's like a woods ultra sound Some people want to know the sex of the baby, some wait til birth. We knew early ;)and had each of the nurseries done, when the kids came home! |
RE: One deer states.....2 deer states.....ramblings...
ORIGINAL: bawanajim ORIGINAL: brucelanthier I'm just rambling here but perhaps you should give us your definition of experience ;) We just didn't call it that back then. ;) |
RE: One deer states.....2 deer states.....ramblings...
Haha.. do you think I meant by watching tv shows? You put WAY too little emphasis on just "shooting a deer". I recall the days before I took a deer.....thinking I was "passing" on deer...as I watched them go by. My buddy tells me to put one on the ground before I start asserting that I'm "passing" on deer. Whole nuther ballgame. |
RE: One deer states.....2 deer states.....ramblings...
ORIGINAL: GMMAT Haha.. do you think I meant by watching tv shows? You put WAY too little emphasis on just "shooting a deer". I recall the days before I took a deer.....thinking I was "passing" on deer...as I watched them go by. My buddy tells me to put one on the ground before I start asserting that I'm "passing" on deer. Whole nuther ballgame.  Perhaps the passing on deer is the hang-up. By passing, I'm talking, a legal buck (could be doe) in bow range that could be taken with normal effort. I'm not talking about passing on the 140" buck I saw at 200 yards walk into the nasty thicket! |
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