What are the 5 biggest hunting myths?
05-10-2009, 05:44 AM
#41
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Nov 2008
Location: Adirondacks
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RE: What are the 5 biggest hunting myths?
ORIGINAL: DeerandbearhoG
WRONG! Your assuming the weapon used is the only factor in what makes a hunt difficult. I dont know about your state but here in NY you will see 10Xs as many deer during bow season than in gun season. The weapon and range matter little if you dont have anything to shoot at, and most of my gun kills have been with in bow range anyway. That and the fact that you have about 50Xs as many hunters in the woods during gun season as oppose to bow season, kind of adds to the difficulty aswell doesnt it?. Not to mention, you have many more option of where you can hunt w/ a bow than a gun ,and more opportunities to practice shooting a bow than a gun, Id call that an advantage wouldnt you? Personally my most frustrating and challenging phases of deer season is gun season, not archery season!
Like I said bowhunting being harder than gun hunting is a myth IMO.
ORIGINAL: Bernie P.
Bowhunting is harder!It requires much more practice to shoot a bow well and your range is far more limited.
ORIGINAL: DeerandbearhoG
Wow 4 pages and no one mentioned the biggest hunting myth of all " BOWHUNTING IS HARDER THAN GUN HUNTING"
Others:
Deer are smart.
(deer have very low intelligence and behave strictly on instinct)
The younger the deer the better it tastes (I find fawns to be the blandest of all the age groups)
Bear meat doesnt taste good (better than venison IMO)
Bears are harder to kill than deer (a avg. black bears shoulders and ribs are about the same size as an avg WTs)
Wow 4 pages and no one mentioned the biggest hunting myth of all " BOWHUNTING IS HARDER THAN GUN HUNTING"
Others:
Deer are smart.
(deer have very low intelligence and behave strictly on instinct)The younger the deer the better it tastes
(I find fawns to be the blandest of all the age groups)Bear meat doesnt taste good
(better than venison IMO)Bears are harder to kill than deer
(a avg. black bears shoulders and ribs are about the same size as an avg WTs)
Like I said bowhunting being harder than gun hunting is a myth IMO.
05-10-2009, 05:55 AM
#42
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Nov 2008
Location: Adirondacks
Posts: 1,305
RE: What are the 5 biggest hunting myths?
ORIGINAL: SWThomas
If your friends are that good where they can kill turkeys in jeans and a t-shirts, that's awesome!
ORIGINAL: Bernie P.
Sure if you take it to the extreme- .22 vs .50 you'll see a difference but I seriously doubt any animal shot with my 7x57 or .280 would go more than a few yards farther if any than one hit with a .50 cal.Me and my friends often use tree stands while bow hunting deer but a couple never use a blind or camo for turkeys and that's with a shotgun.Rifle's arent allowed here in NY for turkey.I always wear camo when hunting turkeys (Even my Mberg 835 has the Mossy Oak finish.) and most everything else as do most of my buds.Never heard of Tred Barta and from what you say glad of it.Good luck!
Sure if you take it to the extreme- .22 vs .50 you'll see a difference but I seriously doubt any animal shot with my 7x57 or .280 would go more than a few yards farther if any than one hit with a .50 cal.Me and my friends often use tree stands while bow hunting deer but a couple never use a blind or camo for turkeys and that's with a shotgun.Rifle's arent allowed here in NY for turkey.I always wear camo when hunting turkeys (Even my Mberg 835 has the Mossy Oak finish.) and most everything else as do most of my buds.Never heard of Tred Barta and from what you say glad of it.Good luck!
05-10-2009, 09:24 AM
#43
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Oct 2008
Location: Orange county, NY
Posts: 2,949
RE: What are the 5 biggest hunting myths?
Bernie I would concede that bowhunting in the dacks is probably as hard as it gets, however down here its a whole other ball game, its hard to even find a spot to gun hunt around here outside of public land and the spots that you can usually dont have many deer anyway. The best spots down here are small patches of woods in the burbs, loaded with deer and some pretty big bucks too. Bowhunting those spots are a slam dunk compared to hunting the bigger tracts of land in gun season ,even on private land. My point was its not really the weapon or the range that makes deer hunting hard nessarily so thats why i think the idea that bowhunting, is automatically harder is a myth.
05-12-2009, 11:29 AM
#45
Giant Nontypical
Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: Chatham, Ohio
Posts: 8,834
RE: What are the 5 biggest hunting myths?
ORIGINAL: DeerandbearhoG
WRONG! Your assuming the weapon used is the only factor in what makes a hunt difficult. I dont know about your state but here in NY you will see 10Xs as many deer during bow season than in gun season. The weapon and range matter little if you dont have anything to shoot at, and most of my gun kills have been with in bow range anyway. That and the fact that you have about 50Xs as many hunters in the woods during gun season as oppose to bow season, kind of adds to the difficulty aswell doesnt it?. Not to mention, you have many more option of where you can hunt w/ a bow than a gun ,and more opportunities to practice shooting a bow than a gun, Id call that an advantage wouldnt you? Personally my most frustrating and challenging phases of deer season is gun season, not archery season!
Like I said bowhunting being harder than gun hunting is a myth IMO.
ORIGINAL: Bernie P.
Bowhunting is harder!It requires much more practice to shoot a bow well and your range is far more limited.
ORIGINAL: DeerandbearhoG
Wow 4 pages and no one mentioned the biggest hunting myth of all " BOWHUNTING IS HARDER THAN GUN HUNTING"
Others:
Deer are smart. (deer have very low intelligence and behave strictly on instinct)
The younger the deer the better it tastes (I find fawns to be the blandest of all the age groups)
Bear meat doesnt taste good (better than venison IMO)
Bears are harder to kill than deer (a avg. black bears shoulders and ribs are about the same size as an avg WTs)
Wow 4 pages and no one mentioned the biggest hunting myth of all " BOWHUNTING IS HARDER THAN GUN HUNTING"
Others:
Deer are smart.
(deer have very low intelligence and behave strictly on instinct)The younger the deer the better it tastes
(I find fawns to be the blandest of all the age groups)Bear meat doesnt taste good
(better than venison IMO)Bears are harder to kill than deer
(a avg. black bears shoulders and ribs are about the same size as an avg WTs)
Like I said bowhunting being harder than gun hunting is a myth IMO.
Sorry, but your wrong.
Bowhunting IS harder then gunhunting. Fact.
Your location troubles haveZERO to do with this fact. If it was a level playing field (say, Iowa, on a private ranch), it would be 100x easier to tag out with a rifle/shotgun then a bow.
Once again, just because there is no deer left during gun season in your area, does not make gun hunting harder.
09-28-2009, 06:48 PM
#47
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: North Louisiana
Posts: 3,050
1. Deer only move in the middle of the day during a full moon.
2. Only does blow.(you know what I mean)
3. Human urine spooks deer (I know this has already been said,
I'm just enforcing it)
4. Gunshots spook deer. I've shot coyotes and bobcats, only to
see deer a few minutes later. I've shot deer and stayed in my
stand a few minutes longer only to see deer totally relaxed
walk by.
5. Hunting a food plot is totally different than hunting a feeder.
They are both designed for the exact same reason, to kill
deer. Either way, you are hunting a food source that was put
there by the hunter.
2. Only does blow.(you know what I mean)
3. Human urine spooks deer (I know this has already been said,
I'm just enforcing it)
4. Gunshots spook deer. I've shot coyotes and bobcats, only to
see deer a few minutes later. I've shot deer and stayed in my
stand a few minutes longer only to see deer totally relaxed
walk by.
5. Hunting a food plot is totally different than hunting a feeder.
They are both designed for the exact same reason, to kill
deer. Either way, you are hunting a food source that was put
there by the hunter.
09-28-2009, 06:54 PM
#48
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Oct 2003
Location: Sierra Nevadas., Ca
Posts: 1,050
How about other hunters will never tell you a good spot to hunt!
I have a habit of talking to local hunters when I travel and they frequently give me good info.
I've been given good info from people on this board and others.
I have a habit of talking to local hunters when I travel and they frequently give me good info.
I've been given good info from people on this board and others.
09-29-2009, 03:56 AM
#49
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Nov 2007
Location: Roanoke, Virginia
Posts: 2,335
Food plots take work to put in and keep up. To me that is more ethical.
Feeder, or baiting....takes no handy work, time, or effort at all. Walk in the woods with a bucket of apples. Or put up a feeder and a stand in front of it. Thats just not right IMO
09-29-2009, 03:58 AM
#50
Nontypical Buck
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