RE: What's more important in the whitetail hunter's arsenal?
 

Did not say everyone is intelligent, nor that everyone is experienced. You asked what was more important in the hunter's arsenal. I just don't believe you can have one without the other and be very (Consistently) effective.

LT

RE: What's more important in the whitetail hunter's arsenal?
 

True...buckmaster. I feel I have the knowledge and a little experience, so I think patiently waiting for what I have studied to come into reality is a key to my arsenal. If that makes any sense.

I kind of think that intelligence has little to do with knowing deer are out in the woods, more common sense to me. Even someone with lower intelligence can gain from experience and learn what to do to make themselves a better hunter in my opinion. Like an animal that adapts based on past success or failure. If you look at it this way, then I'll stick with experience.

RE: What's more important in the whitetail hunter's arsenal?
 

Well intelligence is what lets us put our experience to use, so they do go hand in hand.

I kick my neighbors dog repeatedly for crapping on my lawn, but that damn dog keeps coming back. The dog gets experience each time I kick him, but he has no intelligence to use his experience to tell him hes gonna get kicked.

I wouldnt trade my "exerience" for anything.

RE: What's more important in the whitetail hunter's arsenal?
 

Josh.....I knowa guys who's been hunting60+ years that walks around the woods with a rifle taking dumps in the same woodshe's hunting.

He hasa ton of experience.

RE: What's more important in the whitetail hunter's arsenal?
 

experience is most important. but you have to be intellegent enough to apply it.

RE: What's more important in the whitetail hunter's arsenal?
 

I would say that experiance wins because you learn from your mistakes and that gives you the knowledge.

RE: What's more important in the whitetail hunter's arsenal?
 

At what? Taking a dump in the woods. I thought we were talking about real hunters here.:D

LT

RE: What's more important in the whitetail hunter's arsenal?
 

I guess experience doesn't "automatically" equal intelligence.[&:] If I make a loud noise and it spooks a deer than I "learn" that making noises spooks deer.

Intelligence is the capacity to acquire and apply knowledge. Hey, I just did that when I learned from experience not to make loud noises around deer, for example.:)

RE: What's more important in the whitetail hunter's arsenal?
 

Yeah, he has enough experience to know that when tummy hurt...go bathroom.:D No matter the location.

RE: What's more important in the whitetail hunter's arsenal?
 

LT.....that guy's killed more animals in his life than anyone on this board, I'm betting.

He's HAD to.