My brothers and I always hunted with our father, up until he could no longer hunt and he did not quit easily, he had COPD and Raynards disease in his hands and he tried his best to stay with it but there comes a time when you know you are done. I actually quit hunting deer for several years after Dad couldn't go anymore and then got seriously back into it.

I have trouble finding people that want to hunt what I consider the right way.

I have some family members that you could say I hunt with but we have our separate spots. Stay at the same shack, ride together etc. but when it comes time to hunt they have theirs and I have mine.

I'm not against it but over the years a lot of people have ask me "can you take me hunting" because they liked what I brought home but it has always become very obvious before it was even time to hunt that the reward they wanted and the commitment they were willing have just didn't match.

My daughter is about to get started so I will soon have a hunting partner.

A story about the last hunting partner who passed in 2004. he was also my first partner after my brother.

http://thunderbucks.com/tbforum/inde...pic,226.0.html

Al

This is what I did until lung cancer finally won. Once in awhile I'll go with some friends or my brother but probably 95% of my hunting now is solo.

Depends on the hunt and what I am hunting.


Generally;

Big game - by myself

Small game - with "others".

Yeah I would agree. I do actually do more small game hunting with others. For some reason I was stuck thinking about just big game.

Not sure if any other Hunter Safety Instructors are here but I am. I figure as this thread relates to hunting alone I would pass on one of the strongest pieces of advice.

If you are going to hunt alone you should make a hunting plan if at all possible. Plan the hunt and then hunt the plan is the goal. The 2nd part is having a responsible party as your contact and letting them know the plan.

If you plan on going to "X" spot and hunting north of where you will park and will be out of the woods by 8pm at the latest if you bag something late, then tell them that and what time you'll be calling to let them know nothing has happened to you. If you change your mind about "X" spot because the wind changed and you are going to "Y" spot, then tell the responsible party that.

In the event you don't make that call, the time saved trying to figure out where you are. Time that can mean life or death if you are injured or hanging from a tree.

I hunt with my youngest brother during muzzleloader season. We get along great and are always on the same page about where and how we should do a particular day of hunting. It is very enjoyable and relaxing for both of us.

I only hunt coyotes with others. Easier to see a coyote trying to sneak up from the rear with two watching.

Al