Giving mad props again....
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Giving mad props again....
After reading thru my post about "who was there?" I came to realize that all bowhunters owe a huge thank you to those who came before us... I started bowhunting in 1990, not exactly a trail blazer ...but the guys that did it in the 1930's-70's and even the 80's had it really hard compared to today...I have seen much improvement since 1990 myself with equipment, stands, scents, knowledge, and especially herd sizes...some of the younger or newer guys may not even fathom how hard it was just to even see a deer back in those days....we all have been spoiled by a growing deer population, accept for guys in Maine and then you have Shclutzy up there in MN with few deer, but yet still gets it done...sorry had to ride his sac a moment...but let's give thanks to those who learned through trial and error when mistakes were the learning curve!!!!!!!!!Thank you gents!!!
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With exception to the herd #'s explosion.....we can still "take it back" to where it was "then" by our choice of equipment. If you're willing to hold out for a certain criteria of animalin your pursuits.....I suppose you could make it as "old school" as you wanted.
As far as technology....shared knowledge....etc....Yeah....we owe them a lot. When/where I gre up.....I'm not sure I could have kept the flame buring, not seeing a single deer in a season, though. When I was growing up....that would have been a very distict possibility/probable likelihood.
As far as technology....shared knowledge....etc....Yeah....we owe them a lot. When/where I gre up.....I'm not sure I could have kept the flame buring, not seeing a single deer in a season, though. When I was growing up....that would have been a very distict possibility/probable likelihood.
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but the guys that did it in the 1930's-70's and even the 80's had it really hard compared to today...
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Bob, the access was easier??? right? Either way, hunting then and now are much different...and yes Jeff, we can take it back to a certain extent...going trad, or hunting for particular deer and only one, but it would a far stretch today with as many deer and the amount of info on deer hunting...I agree, it would have been hard to hunt and stay enthusiastic all season without seeing a deer...
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Bob, the access was easier??? right?
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ORIGINAL: Vabowman
After reading thru my post about "who was there?" I came to realize that all bowhunters owe a huge thank you to those who came before us... I started bowhunting in 1990, not exactly a trail blazer ...but the guys that did it in the 1930's-70's and even the 80's had it really hard compared to today...I have seen much improvement since 1990 myself with equipment, stands, scents, knowledge, and especially herd sizes...some of the younger or newer guys may not even fathom how hard it was just to even see a deer back in those days....we all have been spoiled by a growing deer population, accept for guys in Maine and then you have Shclutzy up there in MN with few deer, but yet still gets it done...sorry had to ride his sac a moment...but let's give thanks to those who learned through trial and error when mistakes were the learning curve!!!!!!!!!Thank you gents!!!
After reading thru my post about "who was there?" I came to realize that all bowhunters owe a huge thank you to those who came before us... I started bowhunting in 1990, not exactly a trail blazer ...but the guys that did it in the 1930's-70's and even the 80's had it really hard compared to today...I have seen much improvement since 1990 myself with equipment, stands, scents, knowledge, and especially herd sizes...some of the younger or newer guys may not even fathom how hard it was just to even see a deer back in those days....we all have been spoiled by a growing deer population, accept for guys in Maine and then you have Shclutzy up there in MN with few deer, but yet still gets it done...sorry had to ride his sac a moment...but let's give thanks to those who learned through trial and error when mistakes were the learning curve!!!!!!!!!Thank you gents!!!
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ORIGINAL: Vabowman
just where schultzy hunts...they only get one tag!!
just where schultzy hunts...they only get one tag!!