Internet... learning curve...
#11
RE: Internet... learning curve...
I think the Internet helps a great deal,
But at the same time, alot of the newer guys (myself included), get reamed out for "trial and error" situation.We get called unethical, and inhumane. I know one thing for sure, Huntingnet.Com has made me not attempt a shot on several occasions (good or bad? You decide).
But at the same time, alot of the newer guys (myself included), get reamed out for "trial and error" situation.We get called unethical, and inhumane. I know one thing for sure, Huntingnet.Com has made me not attempt a shot on several occasions (good or bad? You decide).
#12
Boone & Crockett
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location:
Posts: 11,472
RE: Internet... learning curve...
I remember my 1st year I decided I wanted to kill a deer with a bow. I used a salomander heater fueled by diesel to try to keep warm at the hunting camp before I went out. I'd rumble into the woods smelling like I just bathed in diesel fuel. I wondered why I didnt' see many deer that year. Oh how I wish the internet was around.[8D][8D]
#13
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Sep 2004
Location: Manassas, VA
Posts: 3,612
RE: Internet... learning curve...
I had noone to show me anything when I started hunting. I just got the old 30-30 my dad gave me and walked onto public land to hunt. I just supplemented that with magazine articles and books. Man it was hard.
#14
RE: Internet... learning curve...
I was self learned as well buckeye but I wish I would have had some avenue of knowledge where I could have went for questions I had. Sure I learned it all by myself and may not want to have changed anything as well although I do wish I had some shots back again as well as some animals.
I learned the hard way, years before you came along young man as well as the technology that's come along since I started and before you started. I started with a fiberglass recurve, glass arrows and field points. I'm glad I didn't hit anything. At least the internet would have told me at 12 NOT to do that. [&:] Nothing or no one else did.
I learned the hard way, years before you came along young man as well as the technology that's come along since I started and before you started. I started with a fiberglass recurve, glass arrows and field points. I'm glad I didn't hit anything. At least the internet would have told me at 12 NOT to do that. [&:] Nothing or no one else did.
#16
RE: Internet... learning curve...
Scott, I think you might be on to some thing. Learning hunting from family members took a whole lot less arguing. We found it incredible for an elder to share his experiences with us. To kill a deer was and still is special. Look at the kids posting here waiting for a " book " buck, you people have not a clue.
I am very much thankful that I don't have to kill to have hunted.
I have a great family a would trade them for nothing.
I am very much thankful that I don't have to kill to have hunted.
I have a great family a would trade them for nothing.
#17
RE: Internet... learning curve...
Scott..I approach everything pretty much the same way that I want to be successful in. Again....if I can teach my son where to look for deer.....I'd much rather do that than have him have sit after fruitless sit. Is he gonna learn as much if I put him in a tree? No. But he can learn a lot by studying WHY they should be a certain place with me.....then picking his own spot.
I can assure you no one set my stands. I just took what I read here (and EVERYWHERE) and applied it to my woods.
Your way isn't wrong. Is it virtuous? i dont' think it is, personally.....IF you had a choice.
"Worked for it" is subjective. I used to work with guys who it took 50+ hours to get done what others achieved in 30-40. Were they hard workers, all? Sure. Some just developed a more expeditious way to skin the cat. Which guy would you rather have on your payroll?
I can assure you no one set my stands. I just took what I read here (and EVERYWHERE) and applied it to my woods.
Your way isn't wrong. Is it virtuous? i dont' think it is, personally.....IF you had a choice.
"Worked for it" is subjective. I used to work with guys who it took 50+ hours to get done what others achieved in 30-40. Were they hard workers, all? Sure. Some just developed a more expeditious way to skin the cat. Which guy would you rather have on your payroll?
#19
RE: Internet... learning curve...
You know, while I didn't have anyone to teach me the rope in person, I believe I logged on this very site in Aug of 2000 and the information was invaluable to me as a hunter. You can't take everything into the field, but it was a great stepping stone for me. I had to trial and error as well, but gained most of my baseline from you yahoos. Scary thought now that you think about it.