RE: Mixed feelings about going hunting with my brother
 

OK, you can start the bashing now, but one word comes to mind..."selfish". Heaven forbid that you should show him your hard earned stands. You're brother wants to enter into the sport of deerhunting, something that you seem to cherish and you want to hold back. You want to keep those special, lonely (for you) hours to yourself. To me, a large part of the whole hunting experience, is the comrauderie (sp), the times when we not only share stories but also try to educate new hunters. We always will do what ever it takes to increase the odds for someone else to tag, especially if it's his or her first deer. I would think you would want to be looked up to at those special times. So your brother can always say, you were not only responsible for helping him when he was a novice but also helped him tag his first deer....something he will never, ever forget. There are two doors in front of you, I know which one I would open.

RE: Mixed feelings about going hunting with my brother
 

Myself I would teach him to scout his own game. Take him around and show him what to look for and than have him scout and area on his own and pick a stand location. Check it out for him and tell him if its a good location or not. If not have him keep scouting, help him out. He will like it more anyways if it feels like hes finding his locations on his own.:D

RE: Mixed feelings about going hunting with my brother
 

Yeah, but you should note the two, highly accurate words you used to begin the sentence quoted above - "To me". Yes, "to you," a large part of the hunting experience is cameraderie, and that is valid. But for others, solitude is the ticket. I happen to be the latter sort. I like to be alone - really alone. And that is valid too. No need to bash us loners.

But I must say, as the years have passed and I have brought my sons online, I have found it possible to experience both cameraderie and solitude. I think the key here is to teach new hunters a real appreciation for nature, how it is all put together, how lovely and cruel it is, and how to be alone in it. It is just impossible to be bored while in the woods. Time for me just zips past. So, I get all the solitude I need. But I get a whole lot of sitting around and laughing by the fire too. When we come out of the woods and get back to camp,m we often spend more time talking about what we saw in the woods than talking about killing something. It is all quite valid.

RE: Mixed feelings about going hunting with my brother
 

What???[:@] If i ever heard my older son saying he didnt want to take his lil brother huntin'................i would jerk him up and have a heart to heart with him becuase he obviously doesnt know the value of his family! Take that boy huntin and show him the ropes

RE: Mixed feelings about going hunting with my brother
 

Swampmonster, I don't have to note the two highly accurate words, because I wrote them. I intentionally prefaced it by noting it was my personal opinion. I am not bashing anyone who likes to be a lone hunter. Everyone has their reason to hunt and we all have our personal style.

RE: Mixed feelings about going hunting with my brother
 

Babysitting is not my thing but I sure do love introducing and passing on things I have learned to other hunters. The best quote I can assimulate is from the Bible "Teach a Man to fish and he will feed his family for a lifetime, give him fish and he will feed them for a meal" Oh ok not a direct quote!! I certainly would not be where I am today had my dad, uncles, grandfathers,etc not took the time to in still ethics and the passion in me. As such I feel it is my duty to pass on the tradition when ever possible.

RE: Mixed feelings about going hunting with my brother
 

chubber there can be no more rewarding exsperience than to teach another young hunter how to do all the things we as hunters do DO NOT pass up this chance to teach your brother the proper and ethical ways of hunting, a honey hole is not worth the lose of a family member not learning the importance of being a ethical hunter nuff said larry:):)

RE: Mixed feelings about going hunting with my brother
 

I can onlysay take him. Like the song goes, "He ain't heavy, He's my brother."

RE: Mixed feelings about going hunting with my brother
 

take him out and show him the ropes. if you have to give him your honey hole. next year it will be your's again but if it produces a deer for your brother he will know you know what your doing. show him how to find what he as a hunter needs to look for. trust me when he shoots a deer you will prob. be happier for him then if you had taken that deer.

also if you just drop him off and he sits there freezeing and you know chances are you are going to see a deer and he isn't you will feel bad for him and he will think that you don't know what your doing. he looks up to you.. you should be VERY proud that he wants you to teach him!


and in the long run you can have him feild dress your deer and drag it out for you:)

RE: Mixed feelings about going hunting with my brother
 

Sounds like a selfish hunter to me, for Gods sake he is FAMILY....