Deer hunting over rated?
11-25-2008, 12:14 PM
#31
Spike
Join Date: Jul 2007
Location:
Posts: 74
RE: Deer hunting over rated?
Like Okiegunnut said, hunting is not just about shooting something; it's about spending time in the woods, preferably with family and friends. Unfortunately, I didn't get a chance to do this until I was 43; and I all got on that trip was a fairly small hog (70 lbs).
However, by the next hunting season I had convinced my son, who was 15 at the time, to take his Hunting Safety class and to go to my next hunting trip with me. Since then we’ve taken one hunting trip together a year (for the last 4 years) and even though he has not harvested anything yet, he still looks forward to it. We've also introduced a couple of friends to hunting, both his friends and mine, whom we have brought along with us on these trips.
That’s what hunting is all about.
However, by the next hunting season I had convinced my son, who was 15 at the time, to take his Hunting Safety class and to go to my next hunting trip with me. Since then we’ve taken one hunting trip together a year (for the last 4 years) and even though he has not harvested anything yet, he still looks forward to it. We've also introduced a couple of friends to hunting, both his friends and mine, whom we have brought along with us on these trips.
That’s what hunting is all about.
11-25-2008, 12:16 PM
#32
Spike
Join Date: Dec 2004
Posts: 90
RE: Deer hunting over rated?
It would not be hunting/sport if it was easy.
Ilikenhunting to poker...you could be the best most prepared player at the table but sometimes the cards just work against you and you lose...but understand in the long run your skill/preparation will pay off and you willconsistentlywin the game or put yourself in situations where you score the big animal. Also do not make the mistake to think you know everything about hunting...time spent in the woods equals education. There is definitely an element of luck in hunting, great preparation can increase your chances but it is no guarantee.
btw...I think it is underrated...people do not appreciate how much work a days hunt takes.
Ilikenhunting to poker...you could be the best most prepared player at the table but sometimes the cards just work against you and you lose...but understand in the long run your skill/preparation will pay off and you willconsistentlywin the game or put yourself in situations where you score the big animal. Also do not make the mistake to think you know everything about hunting...time spent in the woods equals education. There is definitely an element of luck in hunting, great preparation can increase your chances but it is no guarantee.
btw...I think it is underrated...people do not appreciate how much work a days hunt takes.
11-25-2008, 12:22 PM
#33
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Oct 2008
Location: Orange county, NY
Posts: 2,949
RE: Deer hunting over rated?
Overrated?
Everytime I put a good shot on a deer, buck or doe,and watch it go down(which is not nearly as frequent as Id like), the 1st thing I say to myself is, " I cant believe only 10% of the population does this''
Honestly, there is nothing, and I mean NOTHING, I' d rather do in life , than be in my stand waiting for a deer to show up.
When I die, I want to be in the woods, with my 100 year old hands clenching the rack of a giant whitetail I just killed.
Everytime I put a good shot on a deer, buck or doe,and watch it go down(which is not nearly as frequent as Id like), the 1st thing I say to myself is, " I cant believe only 10% of the population does this''
Honestly, there is nothing, and I mean NOTHING, I' d rather do in life , than be in my stand waiting for a deer to show up. When I die, I want to be in the woods, with my 100 year old hands clenching the rack of a giant whitetail I just killed.
11-25-2008, 02:17 PM
#37
Spike
Join Date: Jul 2007
Location: Central Illinois
Posts: 70
RE: Deer hunting over rated?
Not at all. My best day was when my oldest son took his first deer. It took him 4 years but I was there every year till he got him. It's not just about the "kill". We hunters experience more that most will ever get to see. That is what hunting is all about for me. Not what I put up on my wall. That is just a plus.
11-25-2008, 05:08 PM
#39
Typical Buck
Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: Georgia
Posts: 770
RE: Deer hunting over rated?
Do you think that deer hunting is over rated?? I'm starting to because i spent weeks before the season started scouting, putting out cameras, and putting out food for them. Also spent a day out in the tent a couple times to see how they were movin and saw about 10 deer. Then it comes down to opening day of gun season. Don't see one thing! Then you come on this site and see a ton of people but you with a deer. What do you guys think.... Is it over rated? [align=right][/align]
