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There is a lot of skill envolved For that person that gets his deer every year . There are also a lot of deer killed just by being in the right place at the right time . How much is skill and how much is luck would be a hard thing to judge . I'd rather be real luck then I wouldn't have to be so good. <img src=icon_smile_wink.gif border=0 align=middle>

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I think both. However more skill IMO, you have to know where the right place is...than Mr.Luck can rear his head!:)

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skeeter's got it on the nail

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It takes no skill to kill one big buck but it takes a lot of skill to consistantly take big bucks year after year.The exception is shooting deer at game farms but then again I never called it hunting.It also takes access to habitat where big bucks live and the willpower to pass up smaller bucks.

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i agree its more skill to know where to be and when to be there and to make a good shot and everything...but its all luck wether or not he walks by you or right on the other side of the ridge you cant see...but than again i hunt more on skill than some..i set up in natural funnels and in thickets so the other guys spook the deer to me..which is more skill than luck i think...it takes a while to find a good spot like that where the deer will feel safe moving even in the high pressured PA rifle season...i think we finally found our spot...took 3 does and a buck out of there in 2 days hunting...3 in one day..thats just this year...and we dont care much about bucks(i do but dad doesnt so i decided to take the does when i see them like he does because it dont make sense for me to wait for a buck when he dont and we sit feet apart...)so thats why we only took one buck...i know if we waited long enough we could got another one for dad....

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It's sickening to hear how much pleasure you people take by brutually killing these beutiful creatures.

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Hey Moderators......KICK THIS LOSER WIMP OFF THE BOARD...WE DON'T NEED LOSERS LIKE HIM/HER OR BETTER YET IT, ON THIS BOARD...ALL IN FAVOUR????? Brampton Mike

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Got a question for Saint to ponder . . . are you a vegetarian? If not, why don't you consider the chances of a deer in the wild, who's more likely to die of old age than anything else, and the chances of beef cattle, or pigs, or chickens, who are bred for one reason: To be used as food for humans!

And, since we choose to consume these creatures, if you are a vegetarian, tell us your plan for convincing animals not to kill each other for food, and to start killing plants for their daily meal.

PS--I think that it's a combiation of both luck and skill. In varying degrees at different times.

Edited by - Muddyemms on 12/15/2002 08:29:45

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A Quote from one of Americas greatest sportsmen

In a civilized and cultivated country, wild animals only continue to exist at all when perserved by sportsmen. The excellent people who protest against all hunting and consider sportsmen as enemies of wildlife are ignorant of the fact that in reality the genuine sportsman is by all odds the most important factor in keeping the larger and more valuable wild creatures from total extermination.

Teddy Roosevelt - 26th President of The United States of America


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Its a combination of skill and being at the right place at the right time. The more skills you develop, the more likely you are to be at the right place at the right time.

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It is skill 95% and 5% luck. If you have done your homework in scouting and preseason there is a good chance you will know where the deer are and their patterns to a certain degree. If you practice at the range you increase your skill with your weapon be it a rifle, bow, shotgun or muzzleloader knowing your range and making the shot is increased as well.

Being able to relax when a large deer you walks in front of you is luck and skill depending on how experienced you are. I don't care who you are but when the big one comes in it is still a rush. Maybe not as much as the first time but it brings your adreniline up at least a notch or two no matter how calm you say you are.

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Its alittle bit of both, you need to be able to read the signs and know what the deer are doing. You also have to hope that the deer are getting all the right food and minerals to make those big horns and be healthy.

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It is more skill than luck, the skill is finding the right place and figuring out the approximite right time, the luck is being there at the right time

The Tazman aka Martin Price
Founder and President of
Virginia Disabled Outdoorsmen Club

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Hmmm....let's see. I am not sure if it is skill or luck....cause I aint had much of either this year! But I will continue to work on my skills to see if that helps...:)

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The harder you work, the luckier you'll get<img src=icon_smile_wink.gif border=0 align=middle>

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Skill is finding where the deer are using the trails,feeding and bedding areas and where the deer have been and likely to be. Luck is if they come by or are there when you are. More deer are take each year by hunters going and coming to thier stands or blinds than any other method. I have killed 30 (at least) that have just been standing there waiting on me when I rounded a corner or looked up from a set of tracks. These I didn't expect to be there, they just were. Lucky for me.

Misplaced Buckeye