what' s your best attribute??
 

Just wondering what you guys/gals think your best attribute is while hunting. Myself, I have a good knack for picking up movement in relation to sound. If I hear a twig or leaves in the woods my eyes seem to pick up the movement that made the noise immediately. Although 99% of the times it is a squirel, but I think it still helps me out.

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The patience to stay in position for long hours on the stand. I think many, many guys just don' t stay in place long enough. Ants in the pants. It' s probably better just over the next hill. Lots of excuses. It' s easy to leave when your feet are cold, your not seeing deer, too hot, etc...Pick the spots carefully then hunt with conviction.

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Does sleeping in count?

I would normally say shooting, either with bow or rifle, but seems I always blow the shot with a bow some how some way.....lol

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Not really sure, but I wish I could stay on stand for more than four hours. That is tough. I read about all these guys that get their deer between 11a and 2p. That' s not me. Too many ants in the pants as Jimimac says. I think my best attribute if I had to pick one would be determining sounds. I' ve listened to no short of 87,000 squirrels in my day and am getting to the point where I don' t move to look at the sound behind me only to find it' s a 230# 8pt. squirrel. Limiting the movement is obviously one of many key factors I think. I' ve been busted from deer that I turned in the stand and didn' t know they were there - more than 200 yards away.

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Yep, picking up movement would have to be mine too. A lot of times, I sort of let my vision zone out on me, and it becomes much more obvious when anything in my field of vision moves. A lot of times, I focus in on a leaf blowing or moving, but I don' t miss much that way.

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I" m REGULAR.

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Picking up movement and being almost silent while on stand. I have a practice of scanning the woods 360 degrees like a radar system. I look left and slowly scan to my right. I do this slowly to keep my head movement minimal. About once every 45 seconds or so, I also scan behind me and into the blind spots behind my tree/stand. I' m telling you, after scanning the woods for the first hour, I can almost pick out something that doesn' t belong there in a second.

For instance, I' m more or less capturing all the tree and bushes and thickets. Then, if a chipmunk or squirrel happens to move off to my right at 80 yards, I somehow pick that up in my vision. I can also spot a deer' s foot showing thru thickets.

I' ll also be honest with you too...as the morning wears on, I also spot ' imaginary' deer that get your heart going for a second. Most often this is the cause of a lone leaf dangling from a nearby tree. But I do see several imaginary deer each time out!

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I' d have to say my patience is my best attribute. Helps me keep quiet on the stand and make the right shot when it becomes available.

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That' s a great attribute:D:D:D. I wish I could say the same. I stopped eating the traditional bacon/eggs/homefries breakfast before going out hunting. A cup of coffee and I' ll tough it out until lunch. I' d rather be hungry than in trouble:D.

I think my best attribute is as a still hunter. I can sneak through the woods very well and analyze sign. I wish I had more patience for the stand because I know I would tag more and better bucks if I just put more time into a good stand.

Scott Meier
White Oak Lodge

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Luck Luck and more Luck.

I' m just one of those people that everyone hates. I' m the friend that goes to the truck early, only to have a buck walk to me. I' m the guy that you put up in a nonproductive stand for one night, only to have a bign walk right by me. Yeah thats me, I' m THAT guy.

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Being able to make the pressure shot. I have had five chances at trophy bucks, put five on the wall. Ofcourse, now I will be pathetically jinxed for all eternity.

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I have to say mine is being able to pick deer out. They just seem to jump out at me no matter how far away. It drives my wife crazy. We could be driving down the road and I could be playing with the radio and I' ll hit the brakes. She yells and asks what the hell I' m doin' . That' s when I say " well can' t you see that 8 point half way accross the field" . I just seem to see them out of the corner of my eye even when I am not looking for them. I guess you could call it instinct. It' s almost as if I know that they are there before I see them. It works the same way for me in the woods.

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as a younger hunter, I had no patience whatsoever to stay put on a stand for any length of time ...... over the years I' ve learned to put in the hours and good things will come my way eventually ........ sure, some years the luck arrives at the start, but other seasons require a lot of patient waiting for that moment to arrive ....

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I am really going to need to try to get through at least one month without having to look at David and his charmin.....;)

I guess my best attribute is picking well concealed and productive stand locations. It always seems that my buddies want to sit in the areas that I normally frequent when I am not there....:)

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Picking out deer. Similar to what bearklr stated.

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this may sound funny but mine is smell. I can smell deer coming if the wind is right.

another one would be cool under pressure. I may not be able to target shoot as well as the next guy but when the moment of truth is upon me I tend to always come thru.....now, like another person stated, I will probably miss the next 20 deer to make up for that statement.

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Patience. I could sit in my stand from 4 a.m. to 8 p.m. without seeing as much as a fly move. Doesn' t bother me at all. I don' t get bored. I just keep telling myself that any minute the big one is going to walk by. Usually doesn' t happen.

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experience, after 35 years of hunting, I' ve made most of the mistakes you can make.

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My buddy says i can be unbelievable calm when it comes to the moment of making the shot.
My heart go' s running after.;)

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For me it is being able to stalk very quietly and smell deer. Ants in the pants does not adequately describe me trying to post. I don' t think I can sit still for more than 5 minutes, unless I fall asleep which I do if I sit. If I post I never see deer. If I stalk I jump deer all the time. Now killing the deer after I get to them is another matter :)

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I think my best attribute is patience in a location. I can and do think things out when I am not seeing deer and rationalise why - I think, " The deer are in the field east of me this morning and will be moving by here at 13:30 " Doing so allows me to sit without going nuts long periods, knowing that anytime a deer may pass. I am also very aware of movement times and pay special note to them every day to pattern what is going on on a particular week......

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I can find the great spots and pick out good ambush points... I think.

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Patience.......now that my ADD is being treated.
Before that, I was a deerhunting mess. I think hazcon was tempted to double lung me just to get me to stay in one spot[:o]

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i think my best attribute is the older i get the younger i feel, right now i feel like a baby......... i don' t have any hair, few teeth, and i think i just messed myself.

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I would have to say that my best attribute, would be the use of new knowledge. I am constantly reading how to books and articles on patterning and hunting bucks in different situations and at different times of the season. I think most people get into a rut where they think they know it all and do the same things over and over. I am good at putting new knowledge to use to see the BIG PICTURE. I like to get this info. from numerous different writers, so I' m getting different views on what may be the same topic. Besides reading I also like to pick the brain of someone that has harvested a big buck, and see what thought process he had behind his stand location.

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Mine would be being able to pass up the smaller bucks, even though this is only
my second year bowhunting I have passed on four bucks so far this yr, a 7-6-4-4
pts. I hunt on forest crop land that anybody can hunt. The sad part about this is there are people that hunt this area that will shoot these smaller bucks.

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ADDICTION...to all aspects of archery and the hunt..not just the kill...makes everyday enjoyable [:-]

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My best hunting attribute?? I LIVE IN ILLINOIS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!:D:D

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:D My best attribute is seeing the forest through the trees. I would love to see monster bucks all the time but that is not what it' s all about. The mere pleasure of watching nature unfold its mysteries before your very eyes is more than enough to make each and every hunt rewarding. We can see the interaction of all the creatures, their favorite snacks, hangouts and play if you just take the time to really see the forest. Try it, you will never have a dull moment.

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patience is mine.

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Mine is definitely picking stuff up, sightwise. I' m extremely hard of hearing (technically deaf without hearing aides), so I have learned to rely on sight much more. I hunt with my bro-in-law mostly, and he has awesome hearing, so between the two of us, we make a good team. He' ll hear ' em, and I' ll see ' em.

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I would say it the " feeling." Right before you chance into greatness there is a split second where you can get a glimpse of what is going to happen five minutes from the present. You have to catch the feeling and mentally struggle with it to get the upper hand. Once you understand how to harvest the information from your premonition you go into action. Keep a clear mind while hunting. Focus on being there, in the moment. Concentrate on avoiding work issues, family issues, and the like. Everything happens for a reason! You being in your #2 stand instead of old faithful has an effect on the world. Where as if you went to old faithful things will come out totally different. Listen to your soul, the deep down part that wants to hunt! Ask yourself, " What do I do next?" Say a prayer before going and let the good Lord flood you with insight. Reap the benefits my friends!

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That was extremely deep and insightful. I think I have new found inspiration after not seeing a deer for my last 8 sits. wow!! so there is a reason I choose #2 stand? cool.

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Flexibility. I' m not tied to one style of hunting. If the deer won' t come to my stand, I can go get ' em. You ain' t never really hunted until you' ve stalked in on a group of deer and gotten close enough for a shot on your pick of the herd.

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I guess I would have to say selecting stand locations. Even before I knew about rublines and buck trails being separate from doe trails, funnels, bedding areas and food plots, etc. I seemed to have an instinctive (or maybe more accurately- lucky) knack at picking trees that bucks would walk by. The only problem is, now all my hunting buddies and family members want to use my stands. :(:D