Are you a bad hunter?
 

Bad as in not a good hunter , nothing to do with safety, ethics, legality etc...

I bet a friend that I would post this question and no one (honestly) would reply yes...

Kinda like asking someone if they're a bad driver. Even if they are, no one wants to admit it.

Go ahead test this theory, ask a friend/relative who you think is not a good hunter or driver, if they are....My bet is they will never admit it...

RE: Are you a bad hunter?
 

Sorry dude you lose....[8D]

I'm a total outdoors hack,, can't catch fish worth a darn,,spook every deer within miles cuz I snore.

Now for the question,,what did ya lose. money, beer, choice of deer stand on opening day...come on whadit cost ya?

RE: Are you a bad hunter?
 

OK, what I lost rhymes with Budweiser....I thought that bet would last a little while..;)
Phoenix...Maybe if you didn't snore, I wouldn't have lost my bet so fast...Thanks!:D

RE: Are you a bad hunter?
 

Anytime I can help;)

RE: Are you a bad hunter?
 

What a total waste of my time.
Thanks.

RE: Are you a bad hunter?
 

Any worse and I might as well go vegan ... ;)
We all have bad habits . I used to smoke while hunting , my stalking skills are pretty laughable , and I almost always forget something that I'll invariably need later*cough*blaze hat*cough*license*.

Do I still have fun ? Of course !

RE: Are you a bad hunter?
 

I'm terrible,noisey,stink and cant shoot over 20 yards with Xbow or 50 yards with my gun.

RE: Are you a bad hunter?
 

yes, yes I am

4 years hunting and only 2 deer. (one each year for the first 2 years, none the last years)...but I killed them both with a bow.

RE: Are you a bad hunter?
 

I don't knowif it's that I'm bad, but I'm pretty experienced.

It ain't easy to take up hunting when you're in your 40's.

RE: Are you a bad hunter?
 

I would like to think that I'm a "good" hunter but my record says otherwise...:( I started archery hunting back in 1984...and I took my first bow kill (black bear) two years ago...:(:(:(. That would indicate that I'm a "bad" hunter...or as I told my wife Monday after sitting in my stand for 7 hours and seeing nothing...I'm a good hunter...I'm a terrible "killer". I hunt and hunt and hunt but never see anything.[>:][&o]

RE: Are you a bad hunter?
 

I prefer the term "average" as opposed to "bad". I don't really shoot big bucks and have, in past years, not even filled a tag. Would that be considered a "bad hunter"?

RE: Are you a bad hunter?
 

I enjoy my early morning walk in the woods with my rifle.
The sunrise. Hearing the forest come alive.It's great even
when I don't kill anything, which is the great majority of the
time. So yeah, I too am a bad hunter.

PK

RE: Are you a bad hunter?
 

It varies from year to year.

RE: Are you a bad hunter?
 

DITTO!

RE: Are you a bad hunter?
 

Jimmy S...looks like you lost that bet really really bad...[:@]

RE: Are you a bad hunter?
 

Yeah, I'm a bad hunter. I fart in my stand, and if I wasn't so high the deer might smell it. I move around in my stand, pick my nose, and chew Redman and drink coffee. I think the deer just come by out of curiosity just to see what I'll do that day. Then I shoot them. :D

RE: Are you a bad hunter?
 

your bad hunter question really made me stop and think......gut check.I modern firearm hunt for a lot of years.uptill just a few years ago,i took intrest in bow hunting.A buddy of mine bow hunts and i told him id take him out.I was happy to see that all the spots i thought would be good places to go,where...7-10 a weekend.he got his deer.but got the shakes bad at a shot of 20 yrds for his cow.After getting to be that close to wild game....what a rush.i will never fire arm hunt again....the reason is that fire arm guys out here dont like to walk...and there like knats out here in washington.

RE: Are you a bad hunter?
 

Boozehound74, I've been "firearm" ( mostly handguns) hunting around 35 years and I walk around ten miles a day hunting mostly in brush. I'll hand it to you there are firearm hunters that are out just to get away form the wife and kids, but I've seen a lot of bow hunters in the same boat. I also see a large number of bow hunters ride there quads out to there treestands where they sit all day. This I trust is not your idea of walking is it? Good luck to you my friend this hunting season.

RE: Are you a bad hunter?
 

Like you said...Really Bad! What the heck was I thinkin'. Maybe folks in other states/provinces are more honest than the hunters in New Englans...'cause no one I know up here would ever admit to being a bad hunter....(not even me)!;);).

RE: Are you a bad hunter?
 

I would rather say I'm inexperanced than bad. I went out hunting a small bit when I was a kid. But with divorced parents I didn't go out. I finally started hunting again about 4 years ago. I just have a lot of catching and learning to do.

RE: Are you a bad hunter?
 

15 years ago, I would have said yes. Very few deer spotted each season and even fewer killed.

But around 10-15 years ago, something started clicking. I started seeing more deer, seeing them before they saw me, and making more killing shots. I started to actually sneak up on deer while still hunting, and have deer bed under my stand while sitting in a tree. My stand site selections started to pay off, and I have noticed other hunters in our group seek out my opinion on hunting locations/tactics now.

Now, I pass a lot of animals up, because I am confident that I will see more/better animals later. I also am much more confident in my equipment and my ability to make a good shot.

I'm no master hunter, but I feel that I am certainly a decent hunter now days.

RE: Are you a bad hunter?
 

I think we all go through that bad hunter phase.I know that at the begining of every season I make lenty of dumb mistakes.But doesnt take long to learn again.So for the first couple of weeks every year I am a bad hunter.Takes time ot get into my groove.

RE: Are you a bad hunter?
 

Am I a bad hunter? Yep! I'd like to think I'm a better shooter than a hunter. Here in eastern, NC we have sooo many deer that you really don't have to "hunt" for them. Just pick a stand location and wait. About every 10 years I get really lucky;)

RE: Are you a bad hunter?
 

I'll back your theory up. I'm an excellent hunter with very bad luck.

RE: Are you a bad hunter?
 

99.99% of the time I'd rather be lucky than good. I have had so much bad luck in the woods one might evan cry over it. :(I am very fortunate that luck happens to change during the course of life. I am just being patient waiting for the turn around.

RE: Are you a bad hunter?
 

only if the grocery store is closed...or its laast call and I havent made the move already