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I.'m just like Mitch Rompola but without the rack.;) I love to have a social duck hunt with friends and have a ball but I can't stand to be with other hunters for deer. I have 320 acres and could have others hunt it with me but I love the solitude. I don't feel that I'm wrong but do some of you have the same outlook?

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I like hunting by myself too:D

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Hunting by myself is bland and dangerous.[:o]

Hunting with DAVIDMIL is a BLAST.;)

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if u mean like hunting in the same stand or whatever i dont liek it but i love having a bunch of buddies hunting the same farm we have radios and talk to each other occasionaly in the stand and meeting at dark and discussing our hunt and what we saw or shot then goin to look for it all together i just liek it

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I like the social aspect of having buddies around. Theres always a story to tell when your done bowhunting and I like telling them and hearing them!

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I like hunting with my friend. In fact many of time we have been with in 50 -70 yrds from each other. We have that many deer coming through and we want to shot the big one. He has, with a first place in the state that year. I'm still working on it. The good thing is that our wives don't question us for TIW.

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Depends sometimes a weekend hunt to the camp with the buddies is great. On the other hand I have a couple pieces of property I do my serious hunting on for the big boys and I like to be by myself there. One Christmas my wife went to her mothers and I went to the deer camp by myself for 4 days I did not see another human being during that time. It was probably won of my best christmas ever just don't tell my wife.

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I must be one of those switch hitters I guess. I hunt with my family and some friends and have a blast at our family hunting camp. But other times, I love hunting by myself. I mostly bowhunt by my lonesome. My batteries get really recharged bowhunting alone.

I had sort of the same experience years ago as above. I went to a buddies camp to bow hunt by myself. This cabin is 10 miles in the big woods of northern Upper Michigan and there was not another human being for many many miles. I stayed there on two seperate weekends and just loved it. This cabin was just a very old run down place, but it had a wood stove to keep warm and a bed to sleep. Did not get anything, but it was the best!!! Too bad the cabin collapsed about eight years ago. Darn snow up here![&o]

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Solitude ,If I even see another hunter coming my way I jump up aand down like a crazy rabied creature and holler the devil got me. Most head off real quick the other direction

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If I'm serious about the hunt.........I want to be alone ! Or I have my father drop me off and pick me up.........but I'm hunting alone !!

If my buddies want to get together and have a doe shoot or something (for management purposes)...........it's fun to be out with a bunch of folks.......come back compare stories........hang out at camp (but I don't enjoy it much if it's an every weekend thing) !! :D

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I,just about 97% of the time,hunt with 1-2 of my buddies.But it's a different story when we get in the woods.We split up,with as much as 1/2-1 mile between us.We use two-way radios to keep in touch at pre-determined times..Bob

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;) I love to hunt with my son, Joe. If he cannot join me I stay on the ground to still hunt safely.

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I would love to have a bunch of buddies to hunt with, but unfortunately, I just go at it alone. I mean, don't get me wrong.... I have plenty of friends. I have plenty of buddies. It's just that they all don't hunt, or are ex-hunters (i.e. they just sort of drifted away from it and gave it all up over the years).

Butch A.

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I mostly hunt alone. Although I do enjoy the occasional gathering at my buddies camp. ;)

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Just like everything I do in life - I would prefer to do it alone.

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I love hunting camp!

I do like the social aspects of hunting, sharing stories and laughs. I get a lot from the "old timers" that I share camp with. I've known those guys since I was knee high to a grass hopper but when I hit the woods I feel my best percentages are when I huting alone in the manner I choose. Durring rifle season they coorinate hunts and to me I'd rather be in a well scouted out tree stand with my bow in hand. I feel the odds are in your favor when you keep the impact on the woods to a mininum.

Fishing, Now that's something I like to share. The more the merrier;)

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I mostly bow hunt alone or with my Dad. He's dropping off dramamtically in the time he hunts, so I'm alone mostly now. I enjoy hunting with my Dad, but I am also really liking the solitude and freedom to hunt where I want without keeping tabs on him.

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You don't need to tell us about your love life Hazcon7:D:D:D

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While I love the fact that my son has hunted with me since he was 12 we actually only hunt in the same areas a couple of times a year any more. He has a broken wrist that will eliminate him form bowhunting this year and I feel like I lost my best friend yet we both hunt totally different property 99% of the time. I actually find myself in the same situation as BUTCHA. I'd love to have a group of people that shared the same intensity for hunting that I do but there just isn't anybody out there. I think the main thing is that you do your best to get out of your hunting the things that you enjoy the most whether it be solos or with friends.

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I prefer to hunt alone and then meet back with family to discuss the day's activities.

I recently bought some land with some other family members, so hunting solo is going to be much harder.

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I agree with you sooner shooter! I like to hunt alone as well ,but on occasion I like to have a friend with me .

nubo

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Because I have more free time than my friend(s) or family members, I have hunted alone many times. However, doing so is not my preference. Nothing better that meeting your hunting partner at the tree line at sundown, exchanging notes, and sipping a hot cup of coffee.

Also makes things easier when you have to track and carry one out.

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UHHHHHHHMMMM. YOu might want to post that kind of stuff somewhere else! Nah just razzin ya newbe!:D I like both, i really like teaching my sons and friends how to hunt. When i hunt with my uncle we understand each other.........we dont have to say word all day sittin in the woods, we are all about buisness, and on the way home or on our lunch break is when we chew sunflower seeds and talk about the day

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I used to hunt alot with a friend of mine but he moved away so i got used to hunting alone and like it that way. No need to worry what someone else is doing plus i got the woods to myself.

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I hunt with my brothers and dad almost every time that I go. I wouldn't trade that for the world. I don't take hunting all that serious that I have to be completely alone I like the comradery

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I love hunting with a group of guys as long as we're spread out enough to leave each other alone. But the guys I hunt with are hillarious. I also love to occasionally hunt while my friend videos it or vice versa. It's fun to share the moments with somebody.

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It depends on what type of hunting I am doing. For bowhuntimg elk sometimes its best to be alone, and sometimes its best to team up. For calling elk during the rut, it works best to team up, one shooter and one or two callers positioned 70 to 100 yards behind the shooter. In early season, pre-rut, calls still work and are very effective. But in early season, I have had best succcess hunting/calling alone. For mule deer they only way to bowhunt is alone. When hunting alone, I still have hunting partners that I see in camp but when out hunting we might be miles apart.

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I love to deer hunt by myself and then meet everyone back at camp to swap stories. I used to be in a gun camp where we just drove the trucks up to a corner fence post and stood there all day. It would be 2 to 6 guys and that was the hunt. Wait for a deer to come into the field. First guy to see it (and call it) would get first shot. If he missed everyone would shoot until someone hit it. Then it was that persons deer.

It got to be difficult when my son could hunt. He dropped a nice 10 pointer at 220 yards with a 7mm rem mag and 12 power scope using a fence post for a rest. My (then) buddy shot at the same time using an old 30-30 lever action with iron sites and claimed it was his deer. The guy had cateracts and admitted he couldn't even see the sites. Well after he hacked the rack all up he did give it to my son but still claims he thinks he shot it. Now we don't hunt (on stand) together for anything with anyone.

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I spend 95% of my time bowhunting solo. I have friends who bowhunt, but none of them are willing to even come close to spending the time that I do scouting, cutting trails, and shooting lanes from March to the opening of the season. Rifle season is different. I sit with my son and video his hunt.

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I hunt alone and that is the way I like it. When I go out, I don't want to see any one else.

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That's a tuffy....Good Question.

The last few years @ camp there have only been 4 of us. Usually we have 6 or so. I must say that I like it better with fewer people. We all like to play cards, hangout & B.S. We all carry radios in the woods to keep in touch. Usually, two of us will hunt in one area, & the other two will go hunt a totally different area. After dark we all meet back @ camp, enjoy a few cold ones, & talk about the days hunt. We usually make a big home cooked meal. I like the commoradary(sp?) of the whole thing.

However, sometimes I feel that I may be the "most serious hunter" in the group. I like to stay out all day, do a lot of homework, & read alot, etc. The guys kid me, but that's OK. A long time ago, just me & my dad hunted together, & slept in a tent for a week. That was one I never forget. We have never done it since. I think it is safer going out in the woods w/ two people. If I was by myself, & somthing bad happened, I don't know what I'd do.

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On occasion I'll hunt with friends but mostly I enjoy going out alone to take time to relax sit and think without any distractions.:eek:

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depends.....deer and turkey i prefer to be by my self.....except when doing deer drives.....thats a diffrent story...but ill take a day alone in the woods any chance i can get....only thing i take friends hunting is like woodchucks....doves....pheasants and rabbits....heck i dont even like SQUIRREL hunting with other people....except my dad..ill hunt anything with him....but not my friends.....they know how serious i am and they really dont enjoy hunting with me because im so into it......and i wont take them to MY hunting spots.....if i want to find a new area and one wants to go small game hunt ill go there.....i enver open my mouth about oh man this is a good turkey or deer spot though...i keep it all hush hush....i dont need to goto a honey hole i found to find all my buddys there.......i love the peace and quiet and relaxation of being in the woods....alone with nature......but a day in the field busting corn fields with 5 friends is a blast in small game season......and doing giant deer drives........

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I do both - and enjoy both for different reasons.

As far as freindships go - there is no closer freindship than those made at deer camp.

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I enjoy the company in camp but I don't want to see you in the woods. When we are elk hunting I may cover 10 plus miles in a day during a spot and stalk hunt. Love the solitude until I make a kill then I love company.

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If I do hunt alone, I make sure somebody knows where I am. I got hurt very badly 6 years ago. It was life threatening and I was all alone in the woods. Somehow, I managed to get myself out of the woods and happened to find somebody at a house who could take me to the hospital. I was bleeding so badly, a friend of mine, followed my blood trail back to my stand to pick up all my gear. NOBODY ever knew I was going hunting that day and I missed the whole hunting season that year. It could have been another tragic hunting story, but I kept calm and remembered some of the survival training from my past which kept me alive and moving even though I was in shock.

On the other side...I now hunt with 3 or 4 other guys at camp. We have a great time during the season. When somebody gets a deer, there is always another guy there to help him track and celebrate! It's a great feeling when you can share a sucessful hunt with a good friend. I can't wait for it to happen with my 2 sons, which hopefully will be this year with my 15 year old.

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I prefer total solitude when hunting but love to gather with buddies after the hunt to share stories and deer hunting theories and philosophies.

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I'm with you wolfen. Athough I would say that my brother-in-law and I are thinking of doing some buddy hunts with a camera.

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I prefer to hunt by myself.

The past two years I've hunted with a couple of buddies and one guy was always looking out for himself, always hunted the best spots never asked just went, saw a monster @ 100yds and it was his buck no one else could shoot him, etc so this year I'm back to hunting by myself.

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I'd have to say, I like both. Hunting by myself is a totally relaxing, almost spiritual experience but it does get old. It's fun to have buddies around camp. Last year, on a wyoming rifle hunt, I got to watch two of my buddies shoot their deer. It was an incredible hunt. Buddies are especially handy to have around for dragging.