What's more important in the whitetail hunter's arsenal?
04-02-2008 | 08:36 PM
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RE: What's more important in the whitetail hunter's arsenal?
Do you think you'd be a better whitetail hunter if you'd picked it up at 20 and hunted those 14 years?
You see, the intelligence and experience gained, allow me to be where I am today as a hunter.
04-02-2008 | 08:44 PM
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RE: What's more important in the whitetail hunter's arsenal?
So if you'd had the same teachers from 20-35......you'd still take those early years?
I think you knew what I meant.
Interesting discussion, though.
I think you knew what I meant.
Interesting discussion, though.
04-02-2008 | 08:44 PM
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RE: What's more important in the whitetail hunter's arsenal?
Exactly Jeff, there are just way too many variables to pick one over the other. The herd, hunting pressure, terrain, and just overall hunting background all come in to play.
My dad is one of those guys that did pretty much everything "the wrong" way according to books and magazines, and he gave up hunting a few years ago because it became too easy for him. I believe he hunted for around 28 to 30 years, and in that time, he probablly only ate tag soup about 4 times. He didn't practice scent prevention, didn't scout, smoked on stand, ect... and every year he was killing deer.
My one buddy on the other hand, he buys top of the line equipment, scouts, uses scent killer, uses game cameras, and spends countless hours monitoring the deer on his hunting property, but yet he has only killed two or three bucks and a couple doe in 12 years of hunting.
I believe instinct is a bigger part than intelligence or experience. Some people have it and others dont.
My dad is one of those guys that did pretty much everything "the wrong" way according to books and magazines, and he gave up hunting a few years ago because it became too easy for him. I believe he hunted for around 28 to 30 years, and in that time, he probablly only ate tag soup about 4 times. He didn't practice scent prevention, didn't scout, smoked on stand, ect... and every year he was killing deer.
My one buddy on the other hand, he buys top of the line equipment, scouts, uses scent killer, uses game cameras, and spends countless hours monitoring the deer on his hunting property, but yet he has only killed two or three bucks and a couple doe in 12 years of hunting.
I believe instinct is a bigger part than intelligence or experience. Some people have it and others dont.
04-02-2008 | 08:45 PM
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RE: What's more important in the whitetail hunter's arsenal?
Magic....you said yourself the brain was the number one tool in a hunter's arsenal (in another thread). It's why I asked the question I did in this thread.
04-02-2008 | 08:46 PM
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I believe instinct is a bigger part than intelligence or experience. Some people have it and others dont.
04-02-2008 | 08:51 PM
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So if you'd had the same teachers from 20-35......you'd still take those early years?
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04-02-2008 | 10:44 PM
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RE: What's more important in the whitetail hunter's arsenal?
Intelligence Area
Is strong in:
Likes to:
Learns best through:
Verbal-Linguistic
reading, writing, telling stories, memorizing dates, thinking in words.
read, write, talk, memorize, work at puzzles.
reading, hearing and seeing words, speaking, writing, discussing and debating.
Math-Logic
math, reasoning, logic, problem-solving, patterns.
solve problems, question, work with numbers, experiment.
working with patterns and relationships, classifying, categorizing, working with the abstract.
Spatial
reading, maps, charts, drawing, mazes, puzzles, imaging things, visualization.
design, draw, build, create, daydream, look at pictures.
working with pictures and colors, visualizing, drawing.
Bodily- Kinesthetic
athletics, dancing, acting, crafts, using tools.
move around, touch and talk, body language.
touching, moving, processing knowledge through bodily sensations.
Musical
singing, picking up sounds, remembering melodies, rhythms.
sing, hum, play an instrument, listen to music.
rhythm, melody, singing, listening to music and melodies.
Interpersonal
understanding people, leading, organizing, communicating, resolving conflicts, selling.
have friends, talk to people, join groups.
sharing, comparing, relating, interviewing, cooperating.
Intrapersonal,
understanding self, recognizing strengths and weaknesses, setting goals.
work alone, reflect, pursue interests.
working alone, doing self-paced projects, having space, reflecting.
Naturalist
understanding nature, making distinctions, identifying flora and fauna.
be involved with nature, make distinctions.
working in nature, exploring things, learning about plants and natural events.
Hmmmm..... Intelligence or Experience... My 2 cents...it takes the right combination of intelligence ...closely followed by actual huntingexperiences that help to refineandevolve thewhitetail hunter.
Aboveis a breakdown of the 8 multiple intelligences by whichpeople learn.Its safe to say there are combinations of"intelligence' blueprints/geneticsthat are bettersuited for hunting.I would say in most cases intelligence is still#1, yet in some casesa person may be extremely scholarlywithina variety ofgiven disciplines..yet lack in other areas of intelligence that are conducive toa skilledwhitetail bowhunter.
